New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
TOPICS AMONG REPUBLICANS.
PLANS FOR RroReAx1z1Ne THE GENERAL COM

Republicans OF the city In the last week nave
talked chiefly Of plans for reorganization WideN
diverse views prevail among the leading men oil tne
party regarding the proper method to pursue. oh
one hand the plan is favored Of speedy action winch
shall be perfected before the primaries for the eec
| ton Of new members TO the present Generai 'onl-
mittee held and the other delay Is urgen uh'i
the factonal feelings and dsconents growing OUT vi
the experiences OF the year nearly ended are aaSeu
by time and the work of rcorganizlng the party ana
revivng the proper spirit among its members can DC
undertaken in cool blood. There Is not wanting
suicency Of plans for the proposed remodeing OF inc
party machinery. All thus far proposed begin with
wipng out the present General Committee. There is
also agreement in regard TO reducing the representa-
ton in the new governing body OF the party 10 SOME
thing like the former number Of oneiaf the prescht
representation One radical suggestion Is 10 nave
! only ninety members, or three for each warn ana
town. But this gives the same representation 10 the
Republican and Democratic wards alike and is foreign
TO the Republican policy of the past. which has been
the opposite of the Democratic The probability Is
that the basis Of representation Will be one
| delegate atlarge from each ward ana Wwn
J and one for each 500 Republican votes or
| fractional portion Of One-half or more OF this
number. which will make general committee
about 200 members One suggestion provides for the
nomination of all candidates. for city and county
| Offices at primaries instead Of conventions. with
secret ballot another for complete reenroimeht OF
Republicans third for the election OF the entire Gen
era Committee every year and similar one 1or te
! election of onehaf every year, Instead OF onethru
! at present fourth for tho printing OF the roll
books of each association fifth for election distrlct
captains each Of whom shall have five assistants to
look after the registration and the voting, and siHth
for the appointment of some Of the members OF the
Campaign Committee from outside OF the enrolled
members of the party 1t is probable that the keor
ganzauon Committee will draft its report this week
and submit 1t to the present General Committee az inc
| monthly meeting on December o.
George F. Elliott, member OF the General COMMIT
tee from the Twentieth Ward representing the non
ofcehodinc element OF the party said to the writer
l believe the best policy is one of delay. No action
should be taken in regard to reorganization III INC
present temper of the party. Let the matter lie dor
| mant for six months. and then 1t could be taken
| up freshly and with far more favorable results
would favor the DISARMAMENT of the present Gen
| eral Committee and no further action Tor some
] time The people are tired Of politics"
Naval officer Willis, of the First Ward, who repre-
sents the ofliceholdeIs in the committee, says: -
believe in a general reorganization Of the party ana
| not merely of the General Committee. We need To
| take fresh start The General Committee IS prac-
ticay reorganizcd each year by the election OF one
third of the members and the choice of new officers.
But there should be ample opportunity for frequent
renrolment of Republicans in the party organization
| believe in organization, but oppose bossism Now
| that the reorganization is contemplated IL shouu
| be thorough, and it should be made easy ior every
Republican to aid in renstatng the party IN us former
| high position Each Ward Association should nave
It's roll thoroughly revised. and opportunity should
be afforded to all Republicans TO enroll Then the
| size OF the General Committee should be reduced.
] BIT this should not be accomplished by depriving
men who hold Office of all voice in the party depefa-
| TONS They take hearty interest in all matters
| relating TO the party. and should have voice III
directing the policy to be pursued
The Republican Executive Committee composed OF
one member from each ward and town, Will meet at
| the party headquarters In Lawrencest on Tuesday
| evening 1t will be the duty of the committee to
select the date for the primaries to be held between
| the 10th and Goth of December, but the rcommen-
dati0n in this matter will doubtless be swept aside by
the report of the Reorganization Committee unless the
latter fixes the date for the primaries to choose
entirely new General Committee. In THIS case the
| date is likely to be Tuesday, December 49,
| The Advisory Committee Of the Young Republican
Club will meet tomorrow evening In the club rooms In
the Johnston Building to elect officers for the ensuing
year. The Advisory Committee consists of one member
from each ward, and is empowered TO select the Of
fcers of the club 1t is highly probable that Presi
dent Charles A. Moore, who succeeded William II.
Williams last year, will be reelected Mr.. Williams
will probably remain chairman of the Executive Com
mittee Irving L. Bragdon who succeeded James S.
Case secretary year ago. is likely TO be reelected
the popular pastors OF tne city preach
ing sound and sincere Thanksgiving discourse went
with his son. Yale student, and the great football
game and enthusiastically applauded the triumph Of the
blue. He assisted in the church service by
brother minister to whom he turned after the sermon
and said You conclude the service for My
and / lave tickets for the football match and want
to CO."
At the funeral of John Broach long cashier Of the
Williamsburg Savings Bank, a floral design was sent
by officers and employees OF the bank, which repre-
sened the great dome Of the bank building at Broad
object in the Eastern District Of the city, and is fire.
quently mistaken by strangers for court house The
surmounted with sheaf Of wheat
ton Was ONE e for Anthony Costello for City Auditor
The voter had taken the Christian name OF the Dem
Repnbcan canGdate proGHcing unique Combination
ana voting In the air. An enthusiastic admirer OF
The coscnsss Of the vote between " C. Wallace and
". j. Coombs for Congress recalls the faet that the
ssn of Ran YEAR Lindsay m ae ss s La one Rne
The seat contested, but Mr. Lindsays right TO it
The variation in estimates Of the probable plurality
at eeaions is illustrated BY The confident prediction Of
sweep the city by $4,000 majority for Cleveland and
he only got 120)o and this year when the Democratic
were counted and they had elected their candidates al
the head of the city and the county tickets by about
Deep Sympathy is expressed with w. ]. Coombs in
the family disaster which has bealle1 him Just after
OF his daughtern-law. Another member Of his family
has also been seriously ILL., Fears were entertained
by the family that young Mrs. Coombs would do herself
| an injury, but she resented being watched AMI
| for Ia Of unduy exciting her no guard was
| put axpn her movements. she was woman OF
trllimsA literary attachments, aand her novels
widely read. and her poems and stories found ready
market In the magazines. She wrote under her own
] name, Anne Sheldon COombs.
The Democratic General Committee will hold ts
December meeting in the Thomas Jefferson Hall to-
morrow evening. Dates VIII he fixed for primaries
to elect members Of the committee
| Ludwig Senior who died last week, was for years
the foremost German In the Democratic party In this
| city, and was hOnOred with high Office lie was
elected a police Justice I'm the days when that Office
elective and chosen to lead his party IN the cam
paign for Controller in 1880 when General steinmez.
a prominent German Republican who succeeded Fred
erick A. Schroeder, held the Office and Sought re
election Mr.. Senior In turn was succeeded by Aaron
Brnkcrhof who after being Controller is deputy
in the Office. One of Mr.. Semler's successors. Con
| trOllcr Livingston. Is also dead. Mr. Sender had
lost cinh nf for hnnn he an in