New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
THE PLiTT-LAUTERBACH PLOT.

The proceedings Of Mr. Lauterbach's commit
tees Of three last Saturday night may well fur
pish food for reflection for the honest Repub-
,icon voters of this county. No more outrage
ous imposition was ever practised upon a great
party by band Of political freeDooters. wno'
having gained possession Of its organization by
stealth. proceeded to fortlfy themselves In power
bv fraud and violence. The apparent concession
70 public opinion made at the meeting OF the
County Committee on Thursday night by the
elimination from the Iauterbach circular OF in
str,ctions of the clause empowering the sub
committees to erase from the rolls the names OF
all who in their Judgment had ceased 10 be
Ronublicans." was. as The Tribune pointed ont
on Saturday no concession whatever. ii WIS
offered solely for the purpose OF deception. NO
change was made in the plans which had al
ready been concOcted ar the LauterDach head-
ouarters for DISTINGUISHING sufficient number
OF Ant-Machine Republicans to leave the ma
chine in control The erasures were made with
ont regard 10 the formal amendment OF the
ORIGINAL Instructions In addition, 10 guani
AGAINST any possibility of failure, no means We're
loft untriel to prevcnt the enrolment Of Anti
Machine Republicans with a perfectly clear
dence of padding Of the rolls by the addition OF
names OF Tammany allies Of the Platt-Lau'er-
bach machine.
Great satisfaction is to be derived from the
fact that so large number of RepuOhcans madc
the effort to enroll themselves in the orgahiZa-
ton and put themselves in a position TO make
their influence felt at the party primaries. ii
shows that the rank and file Of the party are
kecnly alive 10 existing conditions. AMI willing
10 make some sacrifice of personal comfort ana
convenience to defeat the schemes OF the dcS-
perate gang who are striving with all 'heir
might to retain control 1t is OF the highest I'M
portance now that this interest should be kept
I'D. ard that no Republican, whether enroHed
or not. should permit his zeal to flag III so eoou
n cause All enrolled Republicans should Keep
in mind the fact that their enrolment counts Tor
nothing unless they follow 1t up by attending
the primaries and taking an active part III the
selection of delegates TO represent them in me
comfy convention next month. And 1t Is hlgh
" important. also, that all Republicans whose
names have been Illegally erased from the rolls
or who were prevented from enrolling them
selves either by the fat refusal Of enrolling OH
GERS. or by being kept in ignorance of the places
/
the books being closed, stolen or carried away
before the time fixed by the call had expired, or
by any other species of trickery, violence or
frau,l-it is highly important that all these should
insist upon their rights and demand or the
County Committee the enrolment to which they
are legally entitled. Between this time and the
holding of the primaries every means should
be taken to defeat the Lautcrbach conspiracy.
All that anybody asked before the enrolment
began was due notice, reasonable time and de-
cent facilities in order that every Republican i'll
This county might have a voice in the councils
of the party and the opportunity TO share its
responsibilities No heed was paid TO those re-
cuosts by The men whose avowed purpose was
10 cut down the enrolment TO the smallest pos
sble figures to make sure Of a ma ority in their
favor at the primaries. The first step In their
plot has been taken 1t remains to be seen
whether in the end 1t will prove successful.
The disclosure Of their purposes by the publlca-
ton Of the Lauterbach circular Of instructions
brought ont from all quarters such volume or
protests that the conspirators were forced TO
make the apparent concession which has been
referred to above, which was in reality no con-
cesslOn at all But the storm Of Indignation
which has been reused by the lawleSs outragcs
and high-handed impOsitions Of last Saturday
night will have 10 be more carefully Needed.
The great mass Of Republican voters in this
county have rights in the matter Of selecting
the officers administering the affairs and deter
mining the policy OF the organization which the
Iauterbach gang must be forced to recognize.
An overwhelming majority Of the Republicans
Of this county are earnestly in favor Of the con-
8 Il,
last year They know that the Platt-Lauterbach
crowd bitterly opposed every step that was taken
in that direction last year. and that their pres
ent desire is TO defeat any further efforts to
complete the work. And they will not permit
the conspiracy now under way to succeed.