The sun., 1894-10-01
MILITANT MILHOLLAND.
WITH NORM LEGS orr, HE WILL
FIGHT IRON HIS STUMPS.
FartisE Kieks st Kerwiu sad the Fifteen
others who Rave Just Desertes Htn--
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| FartisE Kieks at Kervvin ssd the Fifteen
| others wac Rave Just DESERTED Hir--
| Mr. Pisu Accused OF Hreaki.e Promises.
| The Executive Committee Of the Milholand
| Republican organization held a meeting at the
State Club last night, and accepted the resigns-
tlons Of Police Commissioner Mchael Kerwin
and fifteen other members of the committee,
which wero rendered on Saturday night In ac
| ceptlng the designations Mr.. Milholland and his
friends indulged In some parting kicks At their
seeding brethren.
| All the Assembly districts excepting the
| Twcnty-eighth, which Gen. Kerwin carried In
| his vest pocket, were represented at the meeting
last night and the several district leaders stood
up on the call Of the roll and renewed their oath
| of feaity to Milholland and his cause. A letter
from Milholland to Gen. kerwin was adop ted
| with cheers. II says, among other things:
You have done the only thing that you could well
do under the circumstances; II would have been
| worthy Of you had you resigned some time ago
In explanation OF your resignation you say that
| have made personal grievance paramount to the
parys nterests" This Is amazing declaration for
you 20 make. II s the hrst time heard that
had any personal grievance" " In this matter have
not been applicant for any ofce at the hands Of
the Tammany Mayor or my own party, conse
quentiy I have not been disappointed consequently
am not. You yourself arc a witness OF
this, for when you TO me last winter and asked
II wanted the orice OF Police Commissioner, which
u, Nv" Nv no,u 1870, ~ :, 'ns, ns o',, Wv, "
=, ,hs ryocn,vo comn,,,ss Issn,,c IN. or
position 10 Won O, of the organization
The simple fact Is General that you have msunder.
stood the movement of which you have been a con.
nsure ~ mss nov 70 oo'an spo.s
although some members OF our organization partcu.
larry yourself. have been benefited In this way. II
and Ia based upon principle: The right OF every
Republican to participate in the party's activities
unrestrained by the corrupt domination of any ma
chine or the arrogant tyranny OF any seuappolnteu
leader. We began an honest war against the old
machine OF this county. We did not withdraw he.
cause OF Its alliance with the wealthy and influential
elements represented oy tne committee committee OF ih'r'y'
Our course mas been Nindicated al every point
,Ss "sSus Sa he wa on s @
OF party reform here We relied upon his promises
and when he brot. them we had simply to con,Inue
nshtns'
You know. General that the Republican election
same dlscredted leaders that have sold out the party
c.nd,Ia,ss vn.r after v..r and nerm,t.J who,s.,l.
Democratic irauus To go uncheckeu' al" you Know
that the only check upon them Is this organization In
mi, v YEAR. :, viii, he because we make n So
The men who resigned besides Gen. Kerwin
vere Henry t;rasse Of the Twentb-seventb n
a wiIsnn and N p "A vor,Ia;rs ~ The rwnntv.
eighth Frank J. Martin Of the Third James
n To,xnsend NJ tho Eour,eentb Dr y
porah,an ~ tho Tws,f,b s,nonson and
J. Edelman OF the Eighteenth. William Cum
minvs and James ]. O'Rourke OF the First. Will
son Berryman or the seventeenth, Gnarles II.
Bible Of the Eighth, Dr. Hamilton Williams Of
the Ninth. Joseph Wilkinson or the Tenth, and
+: J. Murphy OF the Twenty-ninth.
The list looks formidable said Milholland
last night, " but when IL Is considered that an
Executive Committee Is composed OF sixty-fou-
members. and that with all the designations
there Is only one district organisation lost to us
the TWenty-elkntn-tner IL no occasion Tor
alarm Instead Of being loss to us, the resig-
nations are In many respects decided gain. l
do not say this OF Berryman and Murphy. whose
designations sincerely regret. But Bergman
was not member OF the Executive Committee
nor has he taken the members Of that commit
tee from his district with him.
I'm losing kerwin we gain the respect and
support of the anti-Platt Republicans through
out the state. While he was with us we had no
hope Of building up our state organization be-
cause with such a decided Platt man as the
General at the head Of our organization we were
very naturally looked on with suspicion. We
viii now no longer bc looked on as Club in the
hands Of MIR. Platt to keep Jake Patterson's