New-York tribune., 1894-06-11
rs 10 "BOSSINN "


urr communication from Dr. George W. WIN
icrburn. taking exceptions 10 The course ~ The
Tribune with reference - the reorganization of
thr party IN This city tn" Tribune being ms
Or Winicrburn says. the chief exponent Of
the Republican party. not only affords falr
hearing as In duty bound 20 Republicans who
crilicsc H. policy. bur invites suggestions from
them and gives them cordial welcome - Is
columns The cornerstone ~ Iis political creed
is free speech onl fair discussion. lis columns
have been open to Colonrl Gcor.r Bliss. General
Coils AMI other Republicans who~r Views diurr
from our own on the subject "f r"rg1nizlil"n'
aud even when the writers seemed 20 D. NJ.
necessarily warm We have cndcav"r'd - cN'r
else paticpcr and give the soft answer which
"lurneih away wrath" And We are glad - be-.
lrvc that our cuursc I'm this respect has bad q
good cfIcc, ia modifying The passions and
soflcuing 'hc g~ucr.t.'s incident 10 The situation
Even the f.r,rity of ID" evening newspapers
has been v',.5iy tanned down. ana HE loneliness
Of some IL 'hc moro prous'rnt ~ 'hr readers
I'm COLONEL Bliss movement las IN great
measure. di.iulrar,7l We rejoice HAT th" calm.
phlloSnphic views II The Tribune "n ihe local
situation have had such excellent effect In nj
LAYING passion On both sides
IT, the communication printed herewith Dr
Wmfrilmrn br,ius his complaint with pretty
broad .mtimaiion that The Tribune. knowing
that The object OF The so-calcd Milhollhnd
movement" l~ 10 give The Republican party
Boss" and that cN Senator Phii Is {" be- thai
Boss" Is dlsingcnuou~ IN describing he move
Incnt rs IA protest against Bossi~ln' To state
II mildly this lniimaiiou Is entirely erroneous.
Except that Mr. Plat some Tim" after ihc rror
ganizailon WAS begun expressed In an Inter
view his opinion that II WAS nctsl"d ana would
result IN purifying and strengthening The party
In the city and State. we have not observed
that he has been active or prominent in II. or.
Indeed. HAT hc has bad any connection what
ever with H. ON lie contrary. We recall tina
on two or ihre. occasions during the progress
OF the two enrolInrnts the newspapers, which
At first seemed uncommonly anxouS to connect
Mr. Plaif's name with the new organization,
were quite merry over the uncertainty Of that
gcntcman's position aud the possibility that he
might after all favor the movement directed 10y
Colonel Bliss There was something suspicious
IN the pcrsstcncy with which Colonel BliSs's
followers connected Mr.. Platt's name with the
Milholland movement. II looked very much Ike
raising up Il bugbcnr. and We have 50 treated IT.
Or Wlnterburn himself sofs forth n little
later in his communication the conditions which
provoked the uprising of the young K"pub-
leans and brought Mr. MllbOlland 10 the front
In the reorganization He says, and says truly.
that 'in this county the Republican voter had
no more 10 do with the naming OF the ticket
than he had with regulating the weather. The
TamInany ticket and the Republican ticket were
made up by the bosses, and we could vote ms
We were told or stay at home" Precisely. Mr..
MilhOlland had run up against just that state OF
affairs when he cndeavOred 10 enroll In the
NIth District Republican Association ia order
TO have voice In naming the ticket which as
n Republican he was expected TO vote for. What
Aarthly reason was there why he wclknown,
active working Republican. should not be per
mittc1 10 have. Il voice In the primaries of the
pariyf None whatever, except that the Boss
Of The district, Colonel George Bliss. willed 1t
otherwise Upon frivolous tcchnicalitles Colonel
Bliss kept him out That was "Bosslsm" In
the concrete. and Milholland had personal ex-
prrience Of It, Was 1t strange that when the
Republican masses began 10 protest against
"Bosslsm" last November Mr.. Milholland was
on hand with strong personal interest In Civ
Ing that protest form and force? Was il strange
/ that he persisted in carrying forward the re-
organization he had undertaken when he saw
that the only other movement In TINT direction
was openly controlled and directed by Colonel
Bliss who was its central figure? Is The Trib-
une "dislngcnuous," then, in describing The Mil
holland movement as - protest against Boss
ism? We think not.
What DR.. Winterburn says with regard 10 the
nomination OF Mr. Quigg for Congress Is In the
nature Of news II Is the first intimaion we
have ever seen that Mr.. Quggs nomination
was not full, fair free and untrammelled cx-
/ preston Of the preference Of the Republican
voters Of the district. That Mr. Plat favored
Mr.. Quigg's nomination may be true; that
he In any sense dictated II Is certainly
not true. But II he had done so, and
never does the Republican party worse SER