New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-15
PARTY REORGANIZATION.
AN ADDRESS ISSUED BY ANTI-MACHINE
REPUBLICANS


THEY OPPOSE THE PRESENT ORGANl'
zATio.; AID THE PLAN OF THE
CoMMITTE!, OF THIRTY.
IT,. following address has been issued by the
,~,o.u,,ve Committee OF tie Provisional Or6anza-
ION. Anti Machine Republicans
,r..acunr.ers Of the Executive Committee,
v-o,1s,onal Organization Apti-Mach!ac fepubAcahs
No. LIP Broadway.
New-York, January II, 1924.
70 the Republicans OF the City and County OF New
York:
~. nr,ro.es and character Of the Anti-Machine
rs,uhlcar movement having been miss'a'eu-ih
some Instances deliberately. IN others 'ehoran''y
-, men who claim to possess the confidence OF the
r,unitv we feel 1t incumbent upon us as the
6.ca representatives Of IL 600 voters. who con-
.,,,ute our Provisional Organization TO declare the
o,,.c, OF our activity and TO define our position IN
,,a matter Of party reorganization
re-sls,ent effort has been made to nave IL APP
TIA, orr organization had It's origin within the
L. few weeks: that it was formed merely 10 SUD-
.I,u,e another of district bosses for 'hose no"
=, ,n,ro, Of the 6lscredted machine: that 1t is
on,ro,,ed by one or individuals and that II
aims 10 defeat all plans Of reorgan'zauon' Such
statements are based either upon an hsumcent
Knowledge Of tho facts or wilfui perVers'oh Oh
the truth ,
,.sar. AGO II was the outgrowth Of the pro-
80. that had been made from time TO time our
rg the last fifteen Yeas in the various d'stric's
oorinst the close-corporaticn tenuehcies vi "e oA
ss,,ng party organization In this county anu i'S
.,i closer connection ard shameful supserV'ehcy 10
r.rmany Hall One of these contests was attend
"A nv sensational developments that attracted gen.
40, attention The district in question was con-
+rol,ed by some most influential party eaoers
IN the county who are now 'nr"s'e" WIN '"e
task OF reorganizing the party throughout TYR
int tppA
q, It's representative in the Assembly hao oeeh
,.ued 10 champon the unsavory grldiron cable
,nr,e IN the Legislature because the oistrict
LEADER was according to his own coniesson' is
Maid advocate. Another Republican Assemo'!"a
vas elected through deal with the Democ'a.c
machine Of the district. and In consequence u,'
30, DARE TO stand mp his partys interest at AL
banv during his last term OF Office Nearly TWO
.,d,ca renutable Republicans came forward with
.fdavits showing that they had tried IN Vain' TOT
rror one to five years, 10 get INTO the o'So'e' VI
vsnization but were not permitted 10 90 80 oe
couss II was feared that they would not be iriehoy
10 the controlling powers - .
M effort was made to refute these charges IL
was impossible to do 80 successfully. ihs'ean =.
a,..-on.iny any refutation reform the district
,e,6ers under threats Of Withholding Union League
Club contributions in the approaching nat'ohai cam
paiyn invoked the aid of the Nationai Auih"''
.r,t,on 10 crush the protestants. This aid was
OF that interference of the National Government
IN q district controversy was to stimulate the
movement AGAINST the old machine as nothing else
could have done
PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT
The condition Of affairs in a majority OF the
other districts such as to make ths progress
OF the movement rapid and certain In some o'
them decent Republicans were on the verge OF ope"
revolt In one downtown district the alliance oe
,usen the marty machine and Tammany was SO
omen that the district leader while running on MS
party ticket as a candidate for Assembly ac'uaiiy
voted for his opponent at the polls ana poas'eu VI
the fact afterward He was deposed ana lnheu
ately went into Tammany Hail. In another ois
trict Tammany were appointed as Repupilcah
.ns,ectors of election When the charge was pressed
home the leader sought refuge In the Wiswam
The same course was taken by the executive MEN,
her OF another dstrct-a friend also or Chairman
Patterson-when the protests OF the ahu-fhach'he
people became too vigorous for him TO endure. An
other lieutenant of the county boss sought an ap
po,ntment as Police Justice at the hands OF a
Nayor offering everything he had po-
l.icslly In return for it, Another had MS chiei
lieutenant appointed Police Justice In return TOT
services rendered az Albany. In two other os'rc's
Republicans held ceriships in district courts III
return for party dsloyalty at the polls. Still an
other openly admitted at the last election that
there were over one thousand Illegal registra atoms
An his district. but took no steps Whatever 'o"ar"
arres,ins a single violator of the law These s'rik-
ing evidences of collusion were supplemented d!
hundreds ard hundreds of other petty deals ana
contemplate exhibitions or treacher!' ''e 'o'""' vi
which would fill volumes.
Quietly FORMING AN ORGANIZATIONS
A, ORGANIZATION was quickly but quietly. formed
IN A majority Of the Assembly districts composer
~ ,,An whose political activity was not based
upon a desire for personal gain, but d deteril"a
ton 20 break down II possible, the outrageous oou
q, uolon between the Republican machihe anu ION"
MANY Hall They realized the magnitude OF the
wo-k before them: they knew that they mao 10
Co.,, M, only the traitors in their districts out
INA. they also would have to contend against '"e
extensive ramfcat,ons OF this treacherous a'''".e
with the enemy reaching as 1t frequen''y uoe NV
the wea),hest and most influential circles Vi '"'
city. ,, 80, Nv
,.c, ranch AID from large part OF the wealthy
e,s-,on. q. the party They understood Pe''e''iH
well tina, the attitude Of this CONTINGENT was
exnrcssed in the laconic cable dispatch OF MT ~
tor. wien he was applied TO for assistance III "'
1.s,a,.,e struggle TO ovcrturn Tammany three
vcsrs ago: u have no interest IN yoHV H'u''oipa'
contest" What he said on that occasion mas oe'
r,,ss,od In substance to In the Last TWO years
h. hundreds of men OF wealth and standing. ihey
have told US that our effort was e"''n'h'E ''s"'
and proper that Il was the Only way u D''"s
about genuine reform in the party management
n radical movement for Republican supreme:
Their taxes they pointed out would b. raised ''e,
buildings be inspected 100 carefully, or trey "o"'a
be annoyed in various ways by the einisshries VI
thc existing municipal government ,.,,s
In soe OF ali these Obstacles and discouraeeIieit.
~. ,rocseIed with our oreaniza ton, ana in the
las, presidential campaign had an actual en'Oi,
noI. OF nearly 1000 workers in the held Inc s'os
worl: that they performed was lost ssh' o. 90, os
cour~o IN the general defeat Of the par.y. Dui Ih
lsa ling organ OF Tammany he's since acknowenteedd
thar 10 this force was attributable az least iuuV,
votes that otherwise would not have been recout1
for the Republican tic;Sei. In the last cnnps:sn
or efforts were pat forte TO have Mr.. .dytrs re-
nor,,no.ci for Controller. The old machine tri-
,mpAed again with the m"!anchoy results Known
bcfor. the appointment o: the Committee Of Thirty
was even nesrd Of. the "coresen ,atives or the
dEerr,t l,s;,irts ret ard decided then end there
to fern = nov Organization in the city ard county
q, Nc-y-,ori entirely Separaf" ara distinct from
tho OIL n,achre It was decided 10 enroll at least
% IN Republicans in the city who were in accord
Win our views ar.c leave /. with that army, and