New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-16
DOTNG IW1Y WITH BOSSES.

Colonel BliSS'S local organization holdS llS
urinary elections tonight. and for every pom
tickets have been prepared capped by the Stars
,nd STRINGS and containing the names or
select list Of the Colonies friends 50 that voters
Will be- put TO n little Inconvenience rs posi-
r. rv.rvtlinc seems 10 BE- arranged with
that care aud fidelity 10 detail which always
DISTINGUISH the Colonies undertakings aHd H.
I'm tbn no pcrsons who will compose The BLISS
County Committee any one shall appear VINO
soy. cav" when he is expected T" say no.
ar mo" when he is expected 10 say "ay' ~
will be- only an incident and an accident. u
ycould bc Interesting 10 know how many OF the
400 OuO-or Is n AO.Oon:- persons VINO nave en-
rolled under Colonel Bliss standard have ever
taken the trouble 10 examine Oh" constitution
to which tho have mad" themselves p1rlirs' OF
+, c,luparr IL with that Of Nh" organization
formed by Mr. N.lhollauI. Nothing is more
significant than the select WAY In which '"l"hcl
Ellss's County Committee is 10 be- formed. the
select number of which II is 10 b" composed
and the select plan according {" which IL VIII
govern the Bliss party Il is To BE- county
Committee 81 10 persons and they ar" !" 90
all the thinking and AL the acting for the Ike
uuIicans Of Ncw-York that Is. II Colonel bliss
Ia. his way: and Yet il Is declared That ms
organization Is a plan - dcthr"nc bosses ana
20 get the government ~ The party clos" 10 ia"
uo,rlc And ihr great publishing firm OF
Uarpcr and Brothers has presented the colonel
considering him To- be- deserving person. Win
the sum If II 900 whorcwith 10 fight bosses. ana
to establish The reign Of Tho multitude" The
Colonel who is not without a sens" Of humor
must have smiled little when he got that
check.
There are .f3o election districts in the city
Of NcwNork More than loo of them VIII DE-
wholly unrcprcscntcd in Colonel BliSSS county
Committee The County Committee "f Inc NIL
holland organization on the other hand. consists
Of /. 400 persons afiording by lis size complete
assurance that every election district through
ont thc length and breadth Of the city VIII be
ronrcscnicd there and VIII have cqual opp"r-
tunitv 10 express its sentiments on all qu'S-
tions Of party government and on all noIhiha-
,ions Which Of these bodies. is II IN reason 10
supposc. will he the more easily controlled 10y Il
bossr The Bliss committee IS not elected. let
! II bc understood. by the enrolled voters. 1h"lr
mower goes 10 further than the selection OF
assembly district conventions. and for these az
we have already mentioned. suitable hcN"ts
! have already been prepared. No other tuhc'
ton Is permitted 10 these conventions IMAM
I
the choice Of the County Committee and when
! that siftcd and selected body comes together
! the powers Of government are apportloned 10
! . fox committees all of whom the President OF
! the County Committee appoints lf there mr."
| other MugwumpS who opposed TO bossiSln
| to the value Of $1,000 they will find the sug
| pcStion "A useful one to send their contributions
! to that officer Of the Bliss committee who does
this appolnlng He is n gentleman who, more
| than any other. will be In Il position to resist
| bosses and IL the plan Of the old machine lead
crs succeeds. he will be n man who will know
iust where 81 900 can be put 10 the best al
vantage
Ey-and-by. and soon enough for all practical
rurposcs, the fact that there Is Il great deal oi
humbue on earth will have It's proper applica
tion i'm this fractional controversy, and In" Re
publican party of Ncw-lork city, which is
now gathering itself into resistlcSs tide. Will
take merit and worth and good purpose al
thcir real and full value. II will be conceded
that it * rs little wrong for young men TO b'
ambitious as for old men 10 be obstinate, and
that Il party which wants votes cannot afford
TO place it's dcstnics in The control OF cqucs
and classes.