New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-20
1ArTrRBACH'S SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN.


IAUTERB4CHS SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN.
The Tribune has heretofore expressed its opin-
ion of the plan by which the South Carolina
| democrats in their Constitutional Convention
nronose to perpetuate their own power In the
! ctoto That nlan-and they make no secret or
its TO djsfranchise their opponents 1t Is SIM
n,e and STRAIGHTFORWARD. with no circuitous proc
essos Rut II is. all the same, as cold-blooded
and brutal an outrage upon common honor anu
| common honesty and upon the CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS Of the citizen as highway robbery or de-
rhorote murder For It deprives the citizen OF
q ,.ioht which should be dcarer TO him than his
nroner,v and no less precious than his life. In
n furtherance Of q similar purpose Mr. Edward
Jauterbach and his co-cOnSpirators nave lnl'l-
ated in this county similar plan. The tribune
holds the same view Of Mr.. Lauterbachs pro-
nosals that II has already expressed OF the SCUM
| carolina scheme Of diSfranchsement On Mon
dav last we published the details of the Lauter-
bach nlan. and against them set off the pro-
| visions Of the constitution which they override
| and annul.
| When the Committee Of Thirty completed me
| concentration of the Republican party In TINS
comfy II claimed to have the names OF 4"'V"o
Renuhlicans on the rolls The claim was as
puted by the Anti-Machine people, WHO charseu
that the lists had been padded, and' co'lse-
ouentlv the returns were incorrect But even
allowing for padding and manipulation. there
was M ouestiOn in the minds OF falr-m'nded
nersous that more Republicans had been en-
| rolled in this county than ever before IN the
history Of the party A great many names nave
| hnen added since then. in spite OF the EFFORTS Oh
| the old leaders TO prevent II, and there are To-
dav in all probability between 10000 anu ooo~
Republican voters in the county within Inc or
ganization and qualified TO take part IN TIE
| coming primaries This number includes 'he
army Of workers, whom VIII devoNe TIE
nractical duties Of the coming Presidential CAM
paien. They are live. active men; they desire
| to nartcipate in the party's activities, ana are
exceedingly anxious to be permitted to do So
| Resides these there are many more equally
good Republicans who desire to become mem
hers Of the various election district assoca-
tons throughout the county. They desire 10
make themselves useful in keeping this city
from falling again into the hands of Tammany
Hall: they wish to prevent the revival or lilll-
| ism In this State, and they are eager To place
Republican President in the White House. These
voters are asking The Tribune day by day now
they can identify themselves with the party or
ganization, where they can 20 to be enrolled
and what they shall do in the matter The
! Tribune for great MANY years has been CON
sidercd pretty good authority on all matters per
tanning to the Republican party but II Is oDlgea
70 tell these correspondents that 1t can give them
no information whatever on the subject or lher
inquiries II does not know to-day where Il
Republican can 20 TO join the organization; 1t
can give him little encouragement in The mat
ter for il knows positively that there are TO-DAY
hundreds Of loyal members OF the party WHO
after persistent effort confess their utter ina
bilty TO get within the organization lines. IL
cannot tell them where are the headquarters OF
1he election district associations. There are sup
posclly 1882 such places in this county Ac
corljpg TO the constitution. these should be
located rmanently. but The Tribune Is unable
10 tell its readers where these are; much less
when the meetings are held. The whole matter
is shroudcd In mystery. So far as il can be
done the election district associations and The
Assembly district campaign committees have
been practically wiped out by President Lauter-
bach and his associates. In place Of the cleo
ton district associations and Assembly district
campaign committees as provided for by the
Committee Of Thirty Mr.. Lauterbach has APP
pointed subcommittee Of three TO take charge
of each Assembly district. and the party ma
cbinery of the county to-day is in the hands or
these individuals Consequently, If any Repub-
lcan. living, for instance in the NNNh AS
semby District, desires 10 find ont anything
about the party organization there, he will have
10 find Mr.. Amasa Thornton or Mr.. Gale
Smms, wherever they may be. Even when
these statesmen are found it does not by any
means follow that the desired information will
be obtained from them. Indeed, ii Is highly
probable that it will not be, unless the anxious
inquirer declares his willingness to swear ale
glance 10 the party Boss.
This is no fanciful statement. II is simple
declaration Of facts. The Republican organza-
ton to-day under Mr.. Lauterbach is in Il worse
condition, il such thing were possible. than
II ever was under the Jake Patterson regime.
1t has trampled the constitution under foot, and
violated all party law; II has In short. dellb-
eratey undertaken to wrcst the control Of the
Republican organization from 10000 enrolled
Republicans to place II in the hands OF gang
of political freebooters New-York Republicans
have witnessed many stirring scenes Of fractional
strife, and been compelled first and last to sub
nit to many yrannous acts, but never has there
been snch a shameless disregard OF decent pub
lie sentiment, or such fragrant violation OF all
law and order There is no use in attempting
10 disguise n fact that Is perfectly apparent 10
every cear-headcd observer The rule Of action
that governs NewYOrk Republican politics to-
day is the law Of the lobby at Albany. And how
can Il be otherwise? is not the official head OF
the organization man who has been notorious
as corporation agent at Albany and Washing.
ton for the last ten years? All Republicans