New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01
wArcHwoRps AND NOTICES.


Relieving that n watchword IS always soul-lnspr-
ing and sometimes the forerunner OF victory, the
central body 81 Of opinion that II should nave one
Many suggestions have been made. but the one
which meets most favor Is that contained in the
wel-known words taken from Washngton's fare
LET u raise a standard to which the wise and
honest may repair. The event Is IN the hahuS ol
While awaiting action on This point. the City Club
OF New-fork wncn IS really the parehs oouS ,r,D@
believing In the old saying that we should learn
mere sight Of which should startle honest man
into action. II Is frame ana nanss II rom onyb -.
Tammany heller Is shown with his hat tipped over
in Bowery fashion and cigar between ms iee1n:
h e ns nanS9 N and %Teah Of
no ia x,nposed ~ be saving but what he and his
kiri ap IN fortunately long every day The CITY
OF NewYork; FUR Ne an Ne Frinis Al 1h f, -
II 10 A complete focus is a hitting contrast The
contrast Is there hangs right beside 1.-THE r9theT
OF the Republic signing the Declaration OF lnde-
The Committee on Federation Of the affiliated I'd
draft a scheme OF edtnton. was made up OF
club A H. Van Amringe, Talbot Olyphant ".
Kan h11 n IT.. J. IL G Neylqs club CJohn Jay
Chapman Lester W. CLARK Issac r. hnT; T,mo
club E-Charles ". Barnes, Edward F. Emmett,
These statements are taken from the long report
submitted by the committee:
loyalty of It's members each has It's own poncy
and It's own methods. and az its members acquire
cedire they not unnaturally hesitate before indors
ing any proposition looking 10 outside cooperation
or n coalition which might prove enDarraSsih
Yet the ultimate aim OF the Good noVSin''eli i
movement-the improvement or our munlclpal a"-
mnistration as u whole well as In all ITS parts
must ever be kept I'm View and obviously this aim
viii be most effectually realized bv throwing the
ment clubs into matters raIling within the scope
~ their iont activity, VIZ. matters when Affect
sirn q nv
activity Of the clubs in the election OF general cry
officials ana is dou6y trns Win os from time
70 time and which without being imneHatey con-
n.cted with elections. demand the attention ana
concerted action of independent citizens throughout
the city"
TALK WITH MR.. wELtING.
r. W. G.. yelling president of Club d. who is one
OF the most earnest workers in the organization
said to the reporter that the credit for starting
these Good Government clubs belonged 10 Edmond
Keuv OF the CITY club who was chairman OF the
Win, who conceived the iiea and 1t Is to him
the credit OF having nauGurated such a movement
Are these club. the same as the City Club"
They are not" he answered. though they have
about the same object in view. Many OF It's mem
bers are also members Of the City Club. and they
work harder than the CITY Club people do, although
they work hard. too. .. A.. a. oo,
,,oters na wh %o do So not vote? he was asked
I'VE ring many door-bels' in the first place" said
least warm advocates Of what is called propaganda
nv deed The Tammany candidate Farguhar had
a majority for Assembly Of about loo in lS9- When
James r. Sheffield ran we appointed a captain Tor
each election district. and in our EFFORTS 10 bring
out a full registration we relied no longer on car,
oulars but on urgent personal NOES, on c9or-oell
ringing as | said before. and on frequent visits 10
houses Many of the residents Of the district go 10
the country and 70 these we forwarded speclal uelV
erv letters and kilograms urging them to come In 70
register Our watchers were In the pQnng-piaces
provided with certificates signed by both Mr.: Snel-
held and Judge Bartlett. that In case one was
rejected by the Tammany men. as it sometimes
az tho other would hold good. II the same In
the XXIst and XXIId Observation-Disclosures, In fact.
one ~ our clubs was started-but the success was
NOR. notable in the districts | have named than In
any other. From this you may learn that we mean
business and YOU may obtain some idea OF what We
hone 10 accomplish when organized in al parts OF
the civ as we expect to be- and fully equipped
for the fray.