New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-02

With the election on Monday night of Mr.
William Brookficld as chairman Of the County
Committee of the BSs-PattcrSOn organization
The work of the Committee Of Thirty ended
The choice was not lacking in shrcWlncSs. For
whatever else may be said of Mr. Brookiicld. he
is much less objectionable 10 the earnest Re
uuhlicans in the new organization than any OF
the old leaders who had been named for the
position The machine managers of the old
County Committee who saw last November that
the tide of opposition to them and their meth
DDS was too strong To be- stcmmcd. and Gun
ningly set on foot the movement which has 1uSt
eliminated. did not fall into the error OF show
ing their hands after they had made themselves
sure Of majority Of the new County Commit
tee To have made Mr.. Patterson. or Mr.. Gibbs.
Mr. Shea Mr. Simpson. or any Of the "ll
crowd chairman would have been too bold Il
burleSquc With almost two-thrlS majority of
the committee The old crowd might very well
be content 10 take rs q hGurrhfd some one
who mad not been 50 closely idcniih"d Win
them aS 10 fall under public crnSurc II was
a shrcwd. tactical mano"'lvrc, too, 10 place at
the head Of their committee The chairman "f
the Republican State Committee hcfor" whom
viii come the important question 81 formal
recognition Of the Ss-PattcrSon organization.
though il is barely possible thar Mr.. Er'oki.' ld
may detect the Improperly If sitting in judg-
mcnt on his own application ana decline ~
act In the matter
And now the earnest Republicans who rose
up last Novcmbcr against the rule of losses
AMI .'BoSsiSm' and insisted that the party III
this city be taken ont of the control of The read
crs who had So long prostitutcd il To- their own
selfish purposes: thc honest Rcpuhlicns upon
whose demand The conduct Of these leaders WAS
ordered 10 be iiIVcStg gated and steps taken ="
rcorganizc the party. may well inquire Wh1i
has become Of the investigation they called Tor
and The reform thcy demanded. They certainly
meant something 10y their demonstration against
the "Bossc-' and their methods They believed
the BOSSES" were corrupt ana diSloyal ana
ought 10 be dcpoScI. They compelled action.
And who were the Il, ,~>cS' whom they wanted
10 overthrow Why. one has only 10 read ih"
list Of names of The Bliss Patterson Comfy
Committee 10 know Almost without exception
they are there. And what is more important.
they are the majority. They can swing this
committee ms they did the old one Docs any
Republican suppose for a moment maj lhr|
VIII fail 10 exercise their power! or fan 10 us"
il in the old wayF Certainly not. That is what
they are there for Politics IS their business.
They are attending to il day and night. ana
lose no chances. They are attending 10 II just
now with their Tongues in their cheeks ana a
great deal Of quiet chuclng Does any one
inquire what has become Of the investigation
Of their past management which ordered
last NOvembcrf Nobody knows. But In place
Of any report here is a clear bill Of health given
them 10y ihc chairman Of the Committee of
Thirty:
II has been made the subject OF unfavorable
newspaper comment that several gentlemen, who as
leaders u districts under the old and now aban-
doned system have long borne the heat and burden
Of Papublican effort through defeat and disaster,
have been reelected 10 the General Committee Sim
pie Justice requires the statement that the searching
investigation these men themselves demanded has
proved concusively that although Republicans had
suffered many defeats at the pols-defeats for
when all Republicans were equally responsible
they had remained loyal and had done what
they could amid the prevailing apatheuc condition
Of party preserve party authority until better
times should come. They had a right to vindicaton
bv their constituents they have received 1t and
have been returned here with many new members
10 Dart icipate in the victories expect 10 win.
INDICATED. SO there no cause for all the
Indignation that honest Republicans have vast
cd on them. They were good men all the time.
Then why, pray. any necessity for rcorganiza-
ton or a shuttle to get rid Of thcmf The enter
nrisc which was 10 turn out the old gang and
give the party Il thorough reorganization has
ended in Il shuttle by which the old gang not
only retain their places and their power. but
enabled 10 start in business on fresh capital with
n clean certificate of character The Committee
Of Thirty have been dupcd by the smarter poll
tcians q. the old organization. They started
out 10 hunt the rascalS. and the rascalS have
Gagged them. No such political farce as this
has been enacted In Il long time. Fortunately,
there is time enough between now and next
November for all honest Republicans to In
vestigate for themselves and come to clear
fears for the result. The chairman Of the
Committee Of Thirty was too much depressed
by his surroundings when he permitted him
self to say the other night that III de-
feat shall come again. Notwithstanding
The bright prospects now before us, the
responsibility will rest upon any who shall by
fopentlag fractional disturbance make defeat
possiblc" Defeat Is not coming. Even the dis
nal failure Of the Committee Of Thirty's effort
10 wrest the party from the control Of thc old
gang will not discourage Republicans. There
are more Republicans in this city to-day than
ever before And Mr.. Bliss must not think that
Republicans who are Just rs useful to the party
as himself, Just as patriotic and sincere and
free from personal ambition. are "fomenting