New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-04
THE COMMITTEE OF THIRTY CLAIMS
NEARLY 10000 NAMES.
IMMENSE GAINS OVER THE REPUBLICAN VOTE
OF LAST NOvEMBBR-AN ACHIEVEMENT
~ "FpEp' GrRRS'S DISTRICT


IN FRED" CHESS DISTRICT.
The principal members OF the Committee OF Thirty
expressed themselves yesterday as well satisfied
with the enrolment OF the evenings OF March 70 and
April @ Al the headquarters. No sol Fifth-ave. II
was estimated that the total enrolment would reach
the gratifying aggregate of from $500 TO 10000
Secretary George W. Lyon said last evening that
preparations for the primaries in the election dis
tricts already under way. When the five days
which the constitution allowed for appeals had
expired notice OF the holding OF the primaries 10
choose officers and committees would be- given. Ten
days notice OF the elections would be published, and
they would therefore take place in about a fort
night A month hence It was hoped to have all the
machinery OF the organization in full operation
Two different OF figures were given out by
the statlstcians OF the two nights enrolment. BY
one OF these which was supplemented by an impos-
ing array OF tables, 32957 persons appeared TO be
enrolled In all the Assembly districts with l6S
election districts sti TO hear from. The other. the
returns being suppositousy full. gave 4O01i the
grand total in the thirty Assembly districts. This
is certainly an exceedingly credltable showing and
II OF the figures did not indicate little omuch
enthusiasm the part OF the Bss-Patterson math-
e.naticans Republicans might believe It time TO
congratulate themselves on having clear majority
OF the voters of NewYork.
The tables spoken OF show that 1887 OF the
rolled voters, or about one-thiri OF the whole
rolment, belong to the first ten Assembly districts
which IL rather remarkable when IT IL remembered
that only one-fourth OF the Republican came
from these ten districts last November.
In the With Assembly District although there
were only 2OS2 votes cast for the Republican cani-
for Secretary of State last fall 1883 have been
placed upon the two ros-an excess over the OFF,
cal OF 3Ol, and four election districts still to
hear from. comparison OF the two returns as
they appeared in two afternoon papers. which have
sought to Guido each otner in the Bliss-Patterson
cause, reveals some strange discrepancies. In the
With Assembly District. for example. report
fixes the aggregate enrolment at 1885, while the
other refuses 10 be satisfied with less than 1884
The Committee OF Thirty has enrolled a great
many more persons than there were Republican
votes cast at the election OF 1893 In certain districts
Take the Ist Assembly District. In the Seventh
Election District. John Palmer. Republican. for
Secretary OF State got 80 notes.-the Bllss-Patterson
enrolment shows a return of 40; Eighth. Palmer 10.
Bllss-Paterson 49, Ninth: Palmer 3, Bliss Patterson
2o Fourteenth Palmer 81; Bliss-Patterson 70; SIX
Palmer 65: Bliss Patterson 81: Eighteenth. Palmer
e. Bliss Patterson 2s: Twentieth. Palmer 4. Bliss
son 6: Twenty-seventh. Palmer H. Bliss-Patterson
49, Thirty-second. Palmer s. BlIss-Patterson 49,
The Id Assembly Districts returns meagre.
but the same extraordinary work OF hauling In Dem
ocrats proceeded. In the Twenty-thoi Election Dis
trct Palmer got vote only. but the BlissPatter-
son fellows returned as enrolled: Twenty-eghth.
Palmer L. Blss,Paterson %; Forty-hrst. Palmer 4.
In the Fourth Election District OF the lid As
semDly DStrlct. Palmer last November received b5
votes, while the Committee OF Thirty. by means OF
the Bliss Patterson plan OF enrolment. secured 81
Sixth Palmer &C. Bliss Patterson 49, Fifteenth Pal
mer &C. Bliss Patterson 10; Sixteenth. Palmer 80.
Bliss Patterson Il: Twenty first, Palmer 49, Bliss
Patterson 81: Thlrty-tifh. Palmer &C. BlissPatter-
son 20; Thrty-sixth. Palmer 81. Bliss Patterson g.
The Xth Assembly District furnishes evidence OF
the wonderful growth OF Repubcansm in the
Der Palmer received forty-six votes. The returns
show that the signature Of l13 Republicans were
obtained for the Committee Of Thirty
But the star performance of this description so
far Is known. reported from the XIIIth As
semby District, where the Committee of Thrty's
reformers still look upon ex-senator Frederick s.
Gibbs their leader. Last November the Thirty
NTH ri. elton District of the XIIIth gave the Re-
publican candidate for Secretary of State
So and Cord Meyer. jr.. the Democratic candi-
date. received al votes. or a total of IA. The
agile Mr. Gibbs according the figures Of the
Committee of Thirty. enrolled l7s supporters OF the
Bliss Patterson plan.
one OF the leaders OF the Independent County
(Steckler) Organization said yesterday that the
names OF a large number OF that organization had
been placed upon the Blss-PattersOn rolls OF the
With Assembly District without their knowledge
or consent. a Tammany man said yesterday
About 100 OF our Tammany Hall men enrolled in
a certain Assembly district on the upper West Side
on Thursday night. just for fun" -
The Bliss Patterson Republicans OF the NENllth
Assembly District met at the Republican ciubroom
No. 2277 Third-ave.. last evening. William Renhart
ir presiding. Speeches were made by Columbus o.
Johnson and Colonel Dewitt c. Ward eulogzing the
plan OF the Committee of Thirty. The ticket made