New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-26
RE-ENEOLLING THE OLD WiCUINE.

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In discussing the question Of party rcorsan-
zaiion two months ago. The Tribune pointed
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accd by the old machine We told the Com
mittcc Of Thirty that they were in imminent
danger Of falling into the hands of The local
leaders whose Incompetence and dNloyally
had made necessary the REIMBURSEMENT of
party lines. The counsel which We gave AT
that time was uttered in the fricndlicSt spirit
toward the gentlemen who had undertaken The
task of reorganization, and II Spran" Sol' ~
from our interest in the welfare of the party.
1t was To us Il matter Of regret that ii should
have given offence To some of our friends on
the Committee. but ii is Il matter of much
greater regret that the note we sounded then
was not needed. for subsequent developments,
particularly those within the last few days,
have demonstrated that we did not ovcrSatc
the alarming features of the ease. Every pre-
dction made in these columns at the time has
been fulfilled.
We said then that the plan If the Committee
of Thirty WIS IN excellent one on paper only,
and that il would not be in the least objection
able to the district bosses; that they would adopt
it. and that the whole result of the Committees
work would be continuance of The diScrc'Iitcd
leadership of Mr. Patterson and his allies.
only sixty days have elapsed since these state
mcntS We're published. but the interval has
been sufficient to justify every one of them.
The old organization leaders not only accepted
the plan. which WAS expected Ia drive them
into oblivion. but actually adopted il with up
roarious expressions of approval. refusing ab-
solutcly 10 hear n word of debate on the
subject, although all Of them had declared.
in and out of caucus, thar The plan was
utterly impracticabc and would never be- car
ricd out except in their own way. BY their
way was meant that thcy would select the
enrolling officers in the various election dis
tricls direct the primaries and return To- power
in triumph, the work Of reorganization affecting
them no more than did the Committees invcSti-
CATION of their miSdongS.
There is no Disgusting the fact: tn" Com
mittcc OF Thirty is to-day dependent upon III
old machine for any enrolment If Tie party
that ii may make. The oil leaders in the yari-
Gus districts have been iulrustcd with the task
Of supplying The enrolling Offices. and All The
volunteers outside II the machine are too few
to interfere in any serious way with their
future operations Mr.. Collins FOR example IN
the INth District. according 10 The testimony
Of those Intimately associated with him. has
supplied the enrolling officer, for that district;
Mr.. Gibbs will do the sam" in The NlIlth: Nr.
Patterson in the With; Mr.. Simpson In thc
Nlh and a careful inquiry has thus far failed
10 reveal in the published list from the NIih
any names that were not supplied 10y NJ.
IIcnkcI Apparently the advertisements # The
Committee NJ Thirty for volunteers met with "A
feeble response from Republicans outside ma
chine influence
This. however. i not 10 be- wondered at
What The great mass Of Republican voters in
this county want i. not a conventional rcor-
such we have had from time Ia
time in this county for The last twenty years
bu. Il brand new organization. IN organization
with new men and new methods: one that is
new in aims and impulses; new in principles.
leaders and membership. and in devotion -
the interests Of the party Of IN" city and ~
the State: such an organization ~ was sue
ccssfuy launched week before last az Cooper
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