New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-18
WORK FOR THE CONVENTION
NECESSITY OF PARTY EEoRGANIzATBoN.
COMMITTEE-DELEGATEs TO MINNEAPOLIS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE IkIBUNEI

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE IkBUNEI
Albany April 1.-THE Republican State Con-
vention, which will assemble here on April 2S
will not only have before il the duty of select
ing four MISUNDERSTANDING to the National Con-
vention, but the far more responsible task OF
organizing the party in this State for the contest
for the Presidency. The call for the convention
| expressly states that a State Committee shall
he selected. No more important work could be
done by the 500 delegates to the convention than
this one of putting their party organization in
efficient condition. It is work that. in the opn-
ion of the leading Republican members of the
legislature, merits the most careful and thorough
attention at the hands of the convention. What
is the reason" said Senator Mullin few days
ago, that the Republican party has not elected
any Of its candidates Tor State offices since 1881
This is not a Democratic Statc-that is proved
by our carrying it for President in 1850 and in
1888, and 500 more Republican votes would
have given IL 10 MS in 1884. There
must he some cause for this steady
succession of defeats. OF course, every political
party expects defeat now and then, but persistent
defeat shows that there is something radically
wrong: that either party's political principles
are unacceptable 10 the people, or that It's party
machinery is out of gear worn out or out Of date
| am Of the opinion that our party organization
is defective and can bc improved We must get
ont the Republican vote in Republican counties.
! doubt. for instance, il our State Committee last
fall had sufficient information from the interior
of the State TO rcvca! the prodigious still hunt
for votes that the Democrats were making in the
rural parts of the State. In the interior of New
York we were badly beaten. That is, We were
beaten upon our own ground, where the Rcpubli-
can crop of votes is usually gathered Now, the
Republican workers in the interior of the State
were seemingly unaware of what going on,
and apparently gave no warning Of this still
hunt To- the Republican State Committee in New
York | think one cause of this important iniOrna.
ton not reaching our State Committee was that
members Of the committee living in rural New
York have too many counties under their care.
How can ono man understand thoroughly the
political condition. say of such a Congressional
district rs this new one composed Of ST Lawrence.
Hamilton Saratoga and Fulton counties? Why,
the district is 100 miles long ana 100 miles broad
in some parts and il i divided in the middle by
the big Adirondack wilderness There are
dozen such big district, In the Congressional Ap-
portionment bill just signed
The constitution Of the State Committee
promises 10 Dc one OF tie leading subjects for
consideration before the convention. At present
there Is one member from each of the thirty-fpur
Congressional districts, and the members are
elected by the delegates from each district as
represented at the last Republican state Conyen
lion But under the new Congressional Appor-
tonmrut law just signed by Goycrn>, Flower,
majority of the member, Of the Republican State
Committee will If elected according TO the old
system represent Democratic constituencies, and
a majority Of the members Of the Republican
PARTY in this State will not have controlling
voice IN the management Of their own affairs.
This Is easily shown. The new law gives the
countlc> of suffolk. Queens, Richmond. Kings.
NrN-York. Wc,tchcstcr and Erie eighteen of the
,hirty-four Congressional Districts Of the STATE.
or a majority Of one All bat one OF these dis
iricts are surely Democratic. The representatives
from these districts, therefore. viii control the
Republican State Committee hereafter unless Its
constitution Is changed. Yet these districts IN
1853 only east the following vote for Harrison
for President Erie, 3l,jl2; Kings. '0'032
Ncw-York, lOG. .022; Richmond. il0o; Queens.
1I,oI5: suffolk. 7.GC5; Wcstchcstcr, 1879
total 2li,GGD. There wcn Gjo,3jo votes cast
tor Harrison in tie State The sixteen Congress
-ional Districts outside of those already men
toned east 40J.6G0 votes for Harrison The
dispartv of votes east by th, two bodies of Re
publicans is best shown 10y the following:
Sixteen Congressional Districts east 40j,669.
E.rhtccn Congressional Districts cast 2+4,669.
Majority in smaller number Of districts,
lGl, 900.
II thus appears that 81. 500 Republican voters.
If the old plan Of ORGANIZING The State Committee
a., again adopted, viii have more votes IN the
Ecpublican State Committee than 40j,663 Re
publican.. although there are lGl 600 more than
There are in the other. Fortunately, the APP
proaching State Convention is organized on
different principle. The 500 delegates viii be-
chosen according 10 tlc Republican vote OF their
counties and this bcn- the ease, there Is no mr
10 the reorganization of the State Committee on d"
Llsi, which will dye a majority of the Repubh-
can voters of the State majority in the commit
tee The destruction of the old Congressional DIS
tricts laAt wccl, and the dissolution IN tins man
ner OF "a vast number of political alliances per
mits such a change in the character of the com
mittcr without exciting any personal feeling or
party disseE.ions.
There seems to he general agreement that
Chaunccy VI. Dcpcw, Thomas {. Phtt
Warner Miller and Fr'nl, ili,cocs shall lie
the dclcgatcs-at-largc To be elected by the
convention TIE Congressional District convcn-
lons, at which siNty-ceht OF Ncw-l ork scNSnty-
two delegates to the National Convention Will he
elected are now being held. SIN OF The dele
gates have already been ccctcd-t'orton Allen ana
James Dunwcll IN tie Cayuga, Wayne and OSwego
district: H. A. Munger and Hobart krum IN the
Icr,imcr Scloharic and OtScgo distlIoi, ANA H. H.
Warner and George 4. Goss in the Monroe dis
rrict II is already apparent that j. Sloat / as
sctt the Republican candidate for Governor last
fall ana John w. Dwight Will he delegates from
tLr Chcnfunp district and Senator Donaldson and
Congressman sanford from the Saratoga district.
H. seems likely that ext on ngrcs-nan JAMES Sher-
muu of tica and j.. Stewart W llllamS, Ol kOmc,
,ilI rcprcscnt the Oneida district. In the Rcnssc
lnrr-Washington district it is certain that Con
grcssman Quaclicnbush will be onc of the Two
delegates and Isnac '; Baker ana Henry IT, bC-
lciuiNarc struggling 10 be the other delegate
I'm Buffalo il Is generally believed that o. q.
Warren and Philip Becker will represent one
of its Congressional districts. III the
franklin Clinton Essex and Warren district
the two leading candidates are Congressman
-, ~ Meyer of Ilatisburg. and frank =.