New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-16

absolute devotion subservency TO Tarnnany HAN mas
led him TO commit the most garing political crimes
In the Of the eitys history. In lustrauoh Vi 'S
statement only necessary refer to the outrageous
manner in which destroyed the nonpsrtsan character
OF the Police Board his reorganization OF the Depart
ment Of Charities and Correction in the interest Oh lam
many TO his manipulation OF the Fire Department 10 us
desperate efforts to capture the nonpartsan Aqueouc'
Commission the Parks department and the DOCK OohhS'
sion and every other important department. OF
the city government to his schemes ior secur-
ing vast rapid transit system, TO De unuer
the complete control Of Tammany Hall, through It's
Board OF Sinking Fund Commissioners, and to his con-
temptibe deception Legislature in his efforts to OBJ
tain the enactment OF law by which the City Hall PARK
would have been destroyed and a monstrous building
erected vaser in proportions in point Of size and In prod
ipal expenditure that othor architectural monument
Of Tammany Hall which adorns this park-the Court
House. built by the late Tammany chietain William NJ
Tweed,
Third-These facts not only prove that Mayor Grant
Is man who cannot be trusted at the head Of any great
public enterprise they also plain unmstakable evil
dence Of q still important truth, namely. that the
great political organization which the Mayor represents is
PLAYING one OF the desperate games that ever
undertaken by it, Tammany Hall is seeking not merely
to gain absolute city, but of the State
WELL and by Of NewYork States pivotal character
hold the balance of In the next Presidential cleo
ton.
Holding this opinion and recalling the fact that our
UnitedSStates Senator, Frank Hiscock. who Is
chairman OF Worlds Fair Committee In the Unlteu
States Senate and overwhelming majority OF our re
publican Representatives in Congress. from this state
have repeatedly declared that to the location OF the
Worlds Fair NewYork City, 1t absolutely neees-
sary amend the Assembly bill proposed by the Senate
the members Of the Republican state Committee hos'
earnestly ndorse and commend the action OF the kepuO'
Senators and Of the majority OF the Rpuocah ASs
biymen in insisting upon addition Of sufficient NUMBER
Of list Of the Fair corporators TO rescue inc
management this great undertaking from the eohuol VI
Tammany Hall. and to insure nonparanshp IN us man.
sgement.
And we further commend the spirit Of compromise ex
hbed by the State through It's several Conference
Committees whereby 1t has expressed Willingness 70 meet
the Assembly any reasonable proposition calculated 10
secure such divorce between politics and the manage
ment OF the Worlds Fair
The first three resolutions were adopted unanl-
mously Colonel Cruger opened the debate on
the main question. He expressed regret at the
division of Republican opinion on the subject,
argued in favor of the original bill, and closed
by making a motion TO strike out all OF the re-
ppnblican State platform. Mr. Psyn made a vigorous
reply, in which he defended the aculoh Oh the
Republican majority in the Legislature and scored
the opposing minority In strong terms ,...,-
Other addresses in favor OF the committee
report were made by jerome L. FISHER, ); D
Thurston, the Rev. Dr. Derrick and others, Inc
only speaker on the side Of Colonel Cruger was
George Cromwell Police Justice Smith inter
jected few remarks, but did not offer TO n axe
any regular address. The first vote on IoIolei
Cruger's amendment was the same as that on
the original auestion-which was taken immedi.
ately afterward-23 to 6. The result was accepted
with perfect good-nature and the committee ad-
journed.
the XIVth, General Husteds, who stayed away
because he did not want to appear
as indorsing himself; the XVlllth, congressman
Quackenbushs, who was detained in Washington;
the XXIIId, Charles A. Chickering'S, who was
kept away by the death of relative the AA M
XXIXtb. William L. ParkhurSts. Bernard Big
lin was was proxy for O. 6. Warren, and Dwight
Lawrence for George w. Adridge: The large
attendance surprised everybody. " was on the
State Committee for years, said a welI-known
city official, after the meeting, and ! never
knew of such full attendance at such short no
tice. Evidently the State is aroused on this SUD-