The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13

more rosy view o. the OUTLOOK for The party
some persons will be found treeding on
delicate ground when they touch on this dues-
Walking on eggs Tor some a Of them. Mr. plstt
Is undoubtedly viewing the subject from his
hSSs SsSnt tse
ton with this present controversy, hut don't
may possibly have occasion TO do so later.
II looks as though there was going to be =
high old time. but don't think 1t Will result
Mr.. Plat makes an attack on the Commit
sf q sS Sns that ssteTs %Sa son
might call Republican MuRwumps on it-men
who have done yety little OF nothing Tor the
however. is composed. Of hard working. con.
s'stent and persistent Republicans ! have
principally against two or three. In making
up the. COMMITTEES these dilletanti had to be
De represented. and i must nj TT be rem mbereG
that the party is made up In great measure OF
the dilletanti., the npickyImen. in fact. WIG
know what to do with victory when they
VI believe that the present agitation lie
stirring up an element Of the voting popula.
ton which will bring to it's support men that
good. and think that Il is Mr.. Hates idea to
enlist In the party ranks men who have not
hitherto trained with US AZ result hone 70
Edwin Einstein. on whose motion tho COM
lean county Com nlittee, was inclined to, sc9ld
Mr.. Plat for trying to belittle and undo his
Il had thought TO keep out Of. this contro-
versy." said he, and have RETAINED from
cay, siHTing ANYTHING heretStors hit fee, that the
Senator Plat and have maintained the most
friendly relations with him. still cannot but
publican party. l do not believe that his very
worst enemy could have wished him to do
the estimation Of good Repu bllcans as what
he has done in this matter.
have the honor OF having initiated the
At the first meeting Of the County Committee
held after election / proposed the election OF
committee OF twenty-seven, to which three
were atterward added and the committee was
named. l felt that it was due to earnest and
inaugurated. and believed that it ought to
originate In the County Committee l under
ton could be obtained through tho County
Committee. The choice Of the COMMITTEES OF
Thirty and acceptance Of it's plan proved that
Mr. Platt was wrong on that occasion.
Complaint has been made that the majority
OF the members OF the committee are also
Letting them l had no idea OF considering the
Union League Club and only sought for men
body could be OF the best ele m ents OF the party
In the city. state. and nation. The unanimous
BY
Messrs Plat. Reid. and MiiholIana. proves
that was very nearly right In what did.
buttons to cam palgn funds and belittles By In
ference the members of the committee. As far
as helping the party in its necessary expenses
Is concerned. / chalenG him or any other man
In the entire Republican party to mention an
equal number of gentlemen who have been
as fair and as liberal in their contributions to
the Republican cause as the majority OF these
sh9w fS Of San1 H%
mittee's treasury in 1857 For myself ! viii
say that there has not been q year when have
not contributed To tho cause.
I'm conclusion wish to say from my knowl-
edge OF the Republican party that its members
when secretary Foissr was beaten. By nearly
and nothing else. Now. i venture to PREDICT
that this REORGANIZATION By the Lommlttee OF
any OPPOSITION exhibiting so much pettiness
and selfshness as this effort OF MIR. Milholland
viii utterly falkland react with the result that
Chairman William Brookfleld OF the State
Committee. and at the head OF the Committee
fused to say anything regarding the statement
made by Mr.. Plat that he BROOK Aeldl had
Held had intim sted that Mr. Tlatt was, a re-
land mSysmen, and The latter suggested snq Z,
he had signed the Bliss. Root plan.
The holes In my hat aren't big enough for
nsid' hSII will say is that have not changed
my position. and that our work Of ,EeOrganizs-
Il think that Mr.. PlAtts last statement"
said William strauss. another member OF the
committee; rs an anchor to windwsrd; be-
IL leads the way TO explanations which can only
result in good to the party. II the controversy
lieye it could have resulted in more good to
the Republican cause. IL will awaken interest
en- cre sss party emu IL Sots fnt Il mo-
fool, and what he does he does with purpose.
as ssSt that @stss hsSsr
mittee on that score could hardly be, directed
at me. for refused the nomination Tor Court
OF Appeals judge last fall. There may be
few Goyernors, Senators and MAYORS on the
Cornelius N. Bliss,who probably knows more
about tho money contributions q the members
cause than any other man. was as dumb as an
oyster 81 the subject Of Mr.; Piatts accuse
tons VII ,rs SAY inc, nothing today o said he;
glanced at Mr. Flatts statement yet"
William /. strong smiled a greeting to the
say to-day / may be induced to say some
thing II they pile It on too thick. though: It's
~. but have not attended its meetings"
James A blanchard was another member Of
1SG WhsR i a POlIeSy said he
my weapon ia directed against Democrats
have no quarrel o With kSRu9lcaR n hand
rushing 10 catch a train for Columbus. o..
where he Is 20 deliver an address at a Lincoln
banquet, called back TO the reporter; Haven't
had time 10 read Mr.. flatts interview yet"
Mr.. Milholland resorted 10 the Cnion League
Club itself for ammunition to eGpent on his
Union League Club rivals yesterday. lie Sc
cured the endorsement Tor his movement from
two OF its members. Gen Thomas l. James
and COL Ethan Allen. Mr. James said that no
Thought little quarrel among New York city
Republicans would do the party good.
IuL Allen accompanied his endorsement OF
the Mllholland organization with denuncia-
tiOn Of some OF the men who, he said. con
trolsd the Committee OF Thirty and whom no
called the gang" The present faetiOnAl dis
seusions, he said. grow primarily out OF sell
fish and corrupt motives ON the part OF a few
men, who are banded together and always in
tTiguing for their own personal advancement
aiher han that OF the party"
state Committeeman Henry Grasse also in
teTyisWsd himself at some length yesterday
In iayor 20 the Milholland movement
Gen Michael keTwin's Washington Rspub-
liean Club, at 1921 street and Amsterdam ave-
nue.. met last night. denounced the Commit
tee Of Thirty as an unTepIesenattys body"
aud endorsed the MilhOlland organization.
"ILL rs Nor G0LD THIT CUTTERS"