New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-12
c1rr IS 4 NEW COMMITTEE.

GIVE rs 4 NEW COMMITTEE.
The. enrolled Republicans Of this county Will
elect q new County Committee next month. ii
will hardly be denied by any one familiar win
tho facts If the existing situation that the feel
inc If dissatisfaction with the present com
,nittae is 50 intense and so general as 10 make
. change in il absolutely certain If only full
veto Is brought out Whether or not that can
be effected is the only question The persons
NOW in control and who have made such mess
Of II since they undertook the management are
hopeful Of being continued in possession Ana
,hsv do NOT hesitate TO disclose with frankness
the ground of their hopefulncss. which is that
the great mass Of enrolled Republicans do not
take sufficient interest in the welfare OF the
party to attend the primaries. They are IN poll
tics themselves as a profession. and their living
being in large measure dependent upon II, they
give II their whole attention $50 days in the
year While they make this their BOAST 'h''
ore no less open in their sneers at the amateur
politicians" as they call them, VINO cohnne
their political activities to few months pre-
ceding the elections and deiude thehiselNes VII"
the notion that they can make thhr ihh"enoe
felt without attending the primaries.
That the present committee mas Deeh Il iai"o
and almost a disgrace is notorious. MI Ihu''i-
bach the chairman. inaugurated his adniihlsI'
tion-or rather anticipated its inauguration 80
soon as success was assured-by dlscharglhs
violent factonal speech for when 'here was
no,tber excuse nor provocation, and when ON!
served TO disclose his absolute unfltness lor Tue
most no had been called by the perncions actV-
itv of the self seeking and the indifference Oh
rho hotter class of Republicans TO occupy. FROM
that fine forward he kept himself almost CON
tinuonslv in evidence as a factional mischief
,oo,,or and disnrber of the party peace. us
.or,,a never wearicd OF wagging; its harsh,
discordant changing was constant lie WIS ,iie
executive officer Of the Republican organization
Of this county, having been indicted mo ONCE
after the party had achieved under other ieauer
chin q trumnh over It's Tammany opponent,
,,hicb IN immediate results and far-reaching con-
coouencas might almost be called unique in The
history of politics. But from that uhe 10 'i's
he has had nothing but abuse and Remuneration
fr bis predecessor in office and the municipal
administration which Republican victory
,oood in mower For one word of disapproval
ns Tammany men and Tammany methods he
has emptied himself Of columns or condeilna
tion OF the party whose commission III "'u
and the municipal officials upon whom 'ne
,,otiro masses of the party had bestowed their
oonedonco and reposed the gravest responsible
ties There have been in the history OF iii'''lc
too, ro,itics heretofore factional leaders who
horo nrovoked censure by dverting to factional
advantage the results Of political success IL IT,
manned for Mr.. Lauterbach TO use the executive
nosition TO which he was assigned not ior 'ic
advantage of his faction, but for the dlsrup'ioh
and defeat Of his party Instead OF couhSeiiihS
harmony In the party, ne has been persistent
disturber OF its peace by gross ana "nP''
yoked attacks upon the character ana mo"N'>
of its most eminent and trusted LEADERS, gong
CO For in this direction as to issue in his official
oonocitv an abusive circular charging well
known Republicans of unimpeachabe integrity
with falsehood treachery and deceit.
And oven when Mis- utterly irrational and I'M
nro6tahIe factionalism had wrought its logical
result in such a complete withdrawal OF conn
donca from the committee that ii was left fnan-
cially stranded in the midst Of the late cam
na,on Mr. Lautcrbach continued to blame the
Republlcans who had refused 10 trust him with
their contributions while with an egotlsm ana
self sufficency that seemed almost grotesque he
attributed the local defeat TO the refusal of the
Marty TO follow his advice and nominate
straight ticket. No honest Republican can re-
view Mr. Lauterbachs administration as presl-
dent Of the County Committee, or cven without
going into the details of his career, compare the
results of his management in this county with
those obtained throughout the State without be-
coming satisfied that n change in the committee
| Is mperative II the Republicans Of this county
| arc 70 achieve any thing hereafter or even live
| NJ neace with each other. Without an executive
| body which commands the confidence OF the
marty 10 such an extent that II can raise money
| enouyh TO meet the ordinary necessary expenses
Of n campaign there is little hope of anything
Ike success hereafter no hope whatever except
| nv some fusion or other arrangement which will
in effect supersede the Republican Committee.
| As already said, the persons now in control Of
| the machinery Of the County Committee hope
| TO hold their power, not because they for one
! moment believe that they enjoy the confidence
Of the party but because they reason from past
| experience that the mass OF enrolled Rcpub-
lcans do not take sufficient interest In the wei
| fare OF the party to come out and attend the
| primaries. But isn't II possible TO awaken sutli-
| cient interest in this matter to bring out full
| attendance at next months primaries? Isn't
| redemption from the corrupt rule Of Tammany
in local affairs worth while? That redemption
monious Republican organization in this county
| And for that the first essential Is County Com
mttee which has the confidence Of the party: