New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-30

BE LOST BY FAcTIoNAL TRoUBLEs-MR-
GRACEs UTTERANCEs AND THE SARA
ToGA CONFERENCE.-THE STATE CON-
MITTEEs ACTION CONCERNING
LOCAL DIFFERENCES WAS THE
ONLY THING 1T COULD DO.
AS ex-senator Thomas C. Patt stood few
feet from the clerks desk at the Oriental Hotel,
Manhattan Beach, yesterday and gazed out upon
the waves which danced and spattered
and dashed against the breahwater only few
yards away. he looked cooler than any one Of the
crowd which passed and repassed.
"Ah. Mr.. Platt," said Senator Calvin S. Brce.
OF Ohio as he advanced and in the most cordial
manner shook hands with the Republican leader.
II am glad to you"
"You are looking well. Senator" the
reply and then these two men OF opposite
political views turned aside and talked for few
minutes about matters upon which they could
agree. leaving politics to take care Of itself
Everybody wanted to stop and have
word with Mr.. Platt. but he stole away after
while and went to his
Later when a Tribune reporter called upon
him there he expressed his willingness to say
something about Republican prospects in this
State in the coming campaign; about the so
called Anti-Tammany Democrats and the poll
tics OF the man who should receive the anti
Wigwam nomination for Mayor.
MR.. GRACE WELL UNDERSTOOD NOW.
Il observe" said Mr. Platt, that our distin-
gushed antiTammany fellow-citizeD William X.
Grace is reported in all the newspapers this
morning saying from the decks OF the
Lucana, In the way of a farewell message to
New-Yorkers: Under no circumstances will the
State Democracy consent 10 have Republican
at the head Of the municipal ticket thought
the few remarks / ventured to make last week
would have the effect Of puncturing the hollow
pretence Of these so-called anti-Tammany Demo-
Gratis that the object Of their movement was
anything higher or better than 10 grab the
municipal offices for themselves. What they are
after is TO coin the prevailing public Indignation
at Tammany misrule for their own benefit. SO
long az It appeared that Republicans might
consent to a combination ticket headed by
Grace Democrat. they purred gently enough
about the purity and unselhshness OF their
motives. All they wished the defeat OF
Tammany Hall All they asked was Reform
For Reform they were willing to give their lives
their fortunes and their sacred honors Why
It only three weeks ago that Mr.. Grace, TO
disarm any latent suspicion that dstrustfu Re-
publicans might have. hinted that he might
consent 10 a Republican the Mayoralty cam
dldate He added. TO be sure. in a quiet. un-
! obtrusive. incidental way that II there were an
absolutely overwhelming public demand that
he himself should head the ticket. why, as
patriotic citizen who had no thought but for the
welfare OF the people. he would-well, he wouldn't
run away thought 1 understood Mr.. Grace.
but | anxious that everybody else should
understand him. guess we all understand him
now"
FEW PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
"Do you care 10 say anything about the local
differences among Republicans" ne was asked
Well" answered Mr. Patt readily. ''n view
of what Mr. Grace now says and of the proceed
ings now going at Saratoga, and no less In
view Of the occurrences in connection with the
meeting OF the Republican State Committee at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel last week implore the
Republicans OF New-York City. no matter what
they think Of me. OF the character Of my nfiu-
ence in the Republican party and OF my alleged
relation to factions here that they will give heed
to a few practical suggestions. | don't expect
Democrats agree with me- Mugwumps or y
course will sneer. That is their only stock in
trade But the man does not live who can i'm
peach a statement Of mine, and now speak as
under oath.
We Republicans have to-day the opportunity
Of A lifetime II we wise and true TO public
sentiment can elect the Governor, the Legis-
lature ana the muMclpdl TICKET III .>e"-iotn.
But are not united. and we are at the crisis
Of our internal difficulties false step now
may mean the ruin Of everything and the resur-
rectiOn Of Tammany on its own ashes.
What about the recent action or the state
Commttee?'
In regard to that. let say he answered.
that some Republicans have been talking most
unwsey about the action Of the State Commit
Tee last week Members OF one faction have
spread their fea Tiers and crowed. az II they had
come into possession Of the earth and the fulness
thereof, whereas the most minute investigator
would be utterly unable 10 show thar they had
got a single thing that they didn't have already
Members OF another faction have shreked
aloud their woes and wept tumultuously In public
places as II they had been divestsd OF every
fortune and every hope whereas, 50 far as
both Of value and OF credit that they ever
owned
THE ONLY THING TO DO
What on earth could the State Committee
have done except just what IT did? Here were
two factions. each insisting that ii was the Re-
publican Organization. or the fact in that re
spect the State Committee was the judge Io
function as judge was imposed upon II by Legis-
lative enactment | have heard some tax ABOUT
'yahoos from the country coming down mere 70
NEEDLE with our affairs. During the war. FER.
nando Wood proposed that Manhattan lsiano
should secede. But 1t didn't 1t remained IN
the Union and in the State Of New-York I
didn't constitute the boundaries OF the state OK
New-York. That was done before was porn;
The party in New-York City cannot be divorced
from the party throughout the State, nor can we
override the law the subject OF primary elec-
tons. That law says that when FACTIONS exist
the State Committee shall indicate which one
Is regular Factions appeared before the com
mittee last Wednesday from several counties.
They all demanded. with the warmth and energy
Characteristic of factions that the matter be dis
posed OF then and there Suppose that had been
done? Isn't it plain enough that the State Conn
mittee would have been open TO the just and IN
evitable criticism that il had acted without con-
sderation: that II had rendered snap Judg-
ment and that II had given small heed to the
welfare Of the party and to its official duty to
guard and preserve every element OF strength
that was anywhere within sight?
1T proposed by some OF the Committee ot
thut niinf,