The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-01
With a Proper ORGANIZATION.

The Hon. b. +. JONES, the amiable Pitts
burgh iron manufacturer whom Mr.. BLAINE
was unfortunate enough to select for Chair
man of tho Republican National Commit
| tee in 1884. who distinguished himself by
picturesque incapacity during the campaign
OF that year. and by the finding OF a maro's
nest Of fraud IN New Lots after the election,
has made present OF some original ideas
about the Republican party in this State to n
| Tribune reporter. Mr.. JoNEs's views are
thought so important that they arc tele-
graphed to that solid old Republican organ.
the Boston journal. Tho despatch AYERS
| that Mr.. JONES Is "one OF the most thought
full observers OF New York politics" and that
he watches the drift OF the local political
current most carefully" The substance Of
Mr.. JoNEs's observations is this:
"Thero is no good reason why this city and State
should not DO Republican All you need is proper or
ranzaon That is what keeps Philad elpha and Penn.
syivania safe for ORGANIZATION is tho secret OF our
success and you must make this strong No teachery
should be tolerated Get rid OF traitors Just as you
are doing"
This is a perfectly simple recipe for Re-
publican success Will tho New York Re-
publicans take it !? 1t is true that they have
pretty large stock OF organization on hand
already, ranging from the b. NJ. r. o. OF the
Elevent to the Union League Committee on
Political Reform. But the trouble is that In
their zeal for organization the Republican
organizers interfere and clash. The Hon.
LOUIS f. PAYN wants an organization so
highly organized as to cast out DR.. WARNER
MILLER. and one organization seems all too
small to hold impetuous organizers like
Justice SoLoN BARNACLE SMITH and the
Hon. JACOB PATTERSON. Overorganization
rather than undcrorganzation seems to be
the Republican difficulty. There seem to bo
but two ways OF getting out of it. Mr..
JONES suggests ono way. which is to get
rid Of the traitors. Getting rid Of the traitors
is forcing out Mr.. FISH, Mr.. GIBBS, and
every other Republican who has been pre-
sumptuous enough to stand in the way OF
the Hon. THOMAS COLLIER PLATr. This
would give compact Republican organiza-
tion whereof Mr.. PLATT would be the begin
ming, middle, and end. We don't exactly
see how making tho Republican party in
New York smaller is going to make it big
ger; but Mr.. JONES does, and for the present
purpose that is all that is necessary.
The other way Of promoting Republican
organization would be for Mr.. PLATT and his
colleagues to step down and out, and let a lot
OF green hands of the B. L. JONES variety try
TO run the machine. Federal oniceholderS
from the Brownstone district would, OF
course, have to give bonds to keep the peace.
II Gen. HARRISON had been more astute, he
would have filled all the big foreign missions
and fat Consul Generalshps with active Re-
publican politicians from this town. He has
been credited with tho idea of helping tho
Virginia Republicans by sending the Hon.
WILLIAM MALONE into foreign parts. 1t is
an idea OF genius and perhaps Mr.. BLAINE
suggested it to him. It could have been APP
piled to a number OF New York Republicans
with gratifying results. But perhaps it
wouldn't have worked. Perhaps they
wouldn't have chosen to leave the scene OF
their labors and their quarrels.
So proper organization" as Brother
JONES calls it, must be had. In Philadelphia,
where people are wondrous wise and eat
pepper on Strawberries, the secret Of proper
organization may be known. Perhaps Mayor
FTTLER can be induced to como here at the
end OF his term, and teach the New York
Republicans how to make the city and State
Republican. The mystery OF the KELLY
motor is nothing compared with the mys-
terry Of Republican organization.