New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-11
FOR MUNTCIPAL REFORM.
BROOKLYN REPUBLICANS ACTIVE.
A NEW COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE GEN
TRAL COMMITTEE.

4 NEW COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE GEN
ERAL COMMITTEE
An Interesting and important meeting Of the Kings
Comfy EepuhIcan General Committee was sed IN
thn Criterion Theatre in Brooklyn last evening me
frs, business was the appointment by PreSheht w W.
Goodrich Of the following committee on municipal re
form authorized at the February meeting; First ward
Joshua II Van Colt: second Ward. Alfred j. watson
| Third Ward william T.. Griffith: Fourth Ward George
r Finn. Fifth Ward. ". !. Buttllug; sixth Ward
Jackson Wallace. seventh Ward, Luther W. Emerson
Eighth Ward. James Woodhcad; Ninth Ward. t. w
! Alexander: Zenith Ward. AlbrO J. Newton: Eleventh
ward Alexander D. Graham: Twelfth Ward. Martin
rbni,an: Thirteenth Ward Charles Dodd; Fourteenth
ward rhoua, Maujcr; Fifteenth Ward. c. T. Heph
-,ytoe,t, ward. T.. H. Schlcuicr; seventeenth Ward
Z - ocilyI.. Eighteenth Ward. George W. Williams
Npcteeath Ward william Kramer: twentieth Naru'
WARREN : >ilcock. TWcutylr-t Ward Charles T. DIM
v.,I: Twenty second Ward. George b. sutton Twenty
third ward = II. Wagner; Twenty fourth Ward. W. T.
griffith: Twenty fifth Ward /. W. Glenn twenty
siNth Ward. Edward Grenhbach.
President Goodrich authorized to appoint
chairman for the committee and he named General
stewart l.. Woodfod.
The legislative Committee reported In opposition
10 All Iul, increasing the salaries Of pubic oihcef'.
opposition VT, also expressed 10 the bill TO eApehu
Il COO 600 for -iectpaying. a. it would be used sui
further to strengthen in power iapaclon" gang ana
| m -
rkrtt 10 oppose it as it was IN the Interests Oh inc
| mon who feed and have fed Oh tie city.
,,eor., f. Elliott chairman OF the committee SAID
that FIJI examination had been made of some other
measures. especially the TWO new bridge bills.
George buchanan wanted the bill relating to
second ave- sent back for further consideration Oy tne
! committee
Jane, y Woodhca1 >lld tn tie second ave improve
mcnt was not needed aud De spoke for the Eighth Ward
! in which the, proposed Improvement WAS to be made
Mr. C,cri ~ me seventh Ward. urged that there ~
no lob I'm the matter. Mr. uderhill. of the Eleventh
Ward opposed the bill. saving that the way IL was
favored by Tie Aldermen was sufficient to stamp IL a.
| a steal ". II. y. Cadmus said that The property
owner, Of The Eighth Ward. where he lived. DID not
want the proposed Improvement Mr. Buchanan'S mo
| ton wa, voted down uy an overwhelming majority
and the report Of tie legislative committee was aIoS'
| unanimously approved.
A. y. Lcve called attention to the iact tlat W''S
had been offered iu The Ieei-ltHre providing Tor the
uc Of bond for 100000 for school houses. when
the Mayor in his last message saws that there was su
! $500 600 flr Till purpose uncNpcnded
The Executive Committee reported the election OF
Hugo lr,h a, chairman and ". {. Tredwel Is secre-
! tlry.
The Committee On Rule~ and orders reported various
amendments The 10y laws and these were adopted
TO provde for the addition of Republicans not mem
her, Of tho General Committee to the Campaign Com
mttce to provide for primaries in December instead OF
November for the election of new members and pro
vidpc FIR the regular revision Of the rolls of ward
a,,ociliion, in the first foU months Of each year.
Other amendments were debated a: elGlh. one pro
viding for the enrolment Of members DI prov y.
the county town, defeated by large naloriV. a
pr, p1,ition 10 change the agreement signed ny me'
Der Joining an association that he purPO'cd 10 N.,e
for Republican candidates. to pledged was earnestly
debated Franklin Woodruff. F h. Gambler. DaNlu y.
Baldwin. 4. = Wheeler, Jesse Johnson ana o'IrS
opposed the proposed change. George F. Elnot sup
r1rrd the measure and said that II snrh riie hih
been enforced in The past there would nave been no
Nur,yump. II was the duty Of al Republicans 10
,nppor all party candidates. even II they ana not ap
pr1ye them Israel +. Fischer spoke Tor
marty falfv W Patton griffith and Others
Supported the measure but lis adoption was defeated
by a vote of lOJ 10 -.