New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-27

We susDcr that some OF our RepuDliCah
friends who are ndugng In heated speech over
the action of the Stat" Committee on Nednes-
day and predicting dircfu consequences 10 'he
marty in November because the COMMITTEE diu
not ont Of hand and without hearing se''le
,hr question AT issue between the NV" riVai
local organizations are not aware that they are
furnishing a complete vndcation for ,he mo
tives which inspired the so-caed Milholiand
,novcmept and Offering the best Of reasons for
the continuance Of that organization IL mas
been rho contention ~ the young and ardent
Rcnubljcans who have been brought together
I'm thai organization from the outset that under
the leadership of Colonel George Bliss h"'h
greater anxiety was manifested TO keep the ma
cbinerv of party management in the hands OF
n few bosses" than 70 enlarge tue ehroiiH'n'
and increase the Republican vote. IN us III
ccption the MilhoanI movement was protest
against that policy. 1t grew ont OF CORONER
Rliss's action IN the Nth District III refusing
upon some petty tcchnicality TO permit MT NIL
holland. whose Rcpubcanlsm was unques-
toned to enrol in the district. mat Is ho' the
way to manage political party; II Is ho' INV
way to promote It's strength or lis usefulness
Is It? We put the question To any OF our he
publican friends who. under the spur or preJu-
dice or passion. are denouncing me action "i 'h'
State Committee. If ever n political movement
was justified by existing conditions. IL was 'hiS
one.
We shall 90 further and say that. Win 'he
experience the Republican party OF TINS Guy h"u
county has had In leaving It's manageme" anu
direction 10 such leaders AZ 'olonei BLISS IN"
the men associated with him, II was Idle 10 nope
for the rcfor. which all honest Republicans de-
sired except through the insirum"n'ahV "l just
such a reorganization as Mr.. Milholland ana hlS
associates have labor'I SO zealouSly aud :" sic
cessfully 10 bring about. Had III" STATE 'oiii-
mittee acted as some Of the very mluSlN" ann
not ovcriUdicious partisanS OF the COMMITTEE VI
Thirty desired, and refused 50 inuch as n'7r-
ing 10 the thousands Of earnest k"puDhcanS cd
rolled I'm the Anti-Machinc Organization. Inc!
would have simply given The He 10 all III" pro-
fcssiops OF the party Of n desire 10 rld hsth oi
Boss" rule BY refusing 10 recognize q hearty
and sincere reform movement entered IN" uu
der great provOcatlon BY thousands OF young
Republicans II would have sgnicd It's willing
hess 10 pcrpeiuaic The old abuses, ana cAerl'N
It's power 70 discourage any further eu"r' 10
redeem the party from corrupt control We d"
Neyc that upon reflection our Republican fTn'hds
who are now so freely airing their dl~appro'ai
and disappointment will see mat the h'uoh "i
the Committee has been wise. prudent ana just
II is not one Of the functions OF the COMMITTEE
10 make itself the instrument or PERSONAL re-
sentiments or to take sides In facnonhl disputes
10 the building up Of one side or tearing down
Of nnoIher IL Is one Of It's functions. ana
most important one. 20 harmonic differences
and bv al honorable means strengthen the
party.
In the so-called Mllhoand movement There
are several thousand Republican voters. II
thcre were no more than one thousand II woud
be- the very height Of folly. II not suicidal 10
give them the cOntemptuOus Treatment wh''h
some OF the hothcadcd adherens OF the George
Bliss organization demanded. The Rrpnbllcah
party is not here to drive away voters who de
sire to attach themselves to It's orgahlHdu"h'
support It's principles ana help elect It's caimi-
dates It Is not here 10 say 70 any one man OF
hodv OF men that they shall not participate III
It's councils or take part In the selection OF us
candidates II filings lts doors wide open 10 III
men who are In sympathy with IFS purposes
and desire It's success. That and that only, II
the meaning Of the action OF the State COM
| mittec II was wise and prudent. And we haV"
no doubt whatever that the action OF the whole
party I'm It's representative capacity Will IN the
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final result be equally wise aud conducive to the
| general good 1t is not strange perhaps, mat
| I'm the excitement of The moment some honest
| but rather hradsrong Republicans should let
| their feelings overcome their Judgment and In
| dulge In Wild talk about Republican success
being endangered because they have not been
pcrmitted TO have their own way In the gratifi-
cation Of personal resentments or fractional AMI
mosltics They have not stopped 10 think what
| that means Does II mean that they themselves
will withdraw from the party or withhold their
sppport from It's candidates? If II does they
are making serious mistake. 1t Is not party
that submits 10 the demands OF faction. how
ever violent they may be, or permits itself 10
be swcrvcd from the path Of duty by threats
! from any source whatever.
And It may be- well for the gentlemen who
are Just now lndulging in inJudlcious discourse
10 bear in mind that whatever they do, or re-
fuse to do, the party Is going straight ON to