New-York tribune., 1895-09-06
many regime? That Is the whole question IN
PRACTICAL POLITICIAN.

To the Republican League convention ASSEM-
MOD ot Rinchamton Mr.. Edward lauterbach
sent 4 characteristic greeting. We do not
,.,,o, vvhotber or not It was written on The otii-
a,,, manor of the Republican County Committee
~ NewYork and signed Edward Lau'erpach'
chairman" but judging by other ehaha'ohs
s ,h some source we should say that 1t
,,rohoh,v wos However that may be. the greet
-, contained these words: "Ilad the local Re
.,-..uoo, ,ortv of This great metropolis listened
"to the counsels Of its practical polinciahs III
,a,ooa o> landing ear TO the cajolery of the Mug
"vumps and self-stylcd reformers' Ne" 10TH
.c,,, todav would be Republican city ana the
"Republcan party would have oeen "o"iih'h'
..,,, ,a,rs 70 come" II Mr.. Lauterbach,
.,,,,,, ,,o counsels which might have been
,. oro NOT had described the source
from which they proceeded IN 'he s'hs"''' nun"
hor II would naturally have Deeh "sS"'''" ''''
no was referring exclusively to MI ii' "".'n
,rou,d have been becomingly doche anu ''''o'"''
Rut by using the plural number lie uouo','H,
means 10 include himself among 'he pr"''i'a'
nol,t,cjons'' from whom the Repuprcah part!
withdrew It's ear for the purpose oi ehu'nS TIA.
organ "to the cajoery of the MugwuihpS ana
so,fstvled reformcrs" For this reason II seems
nroner 70 review briefly Mr.. Lau'ero'eh ''i'''
as a practcal politician, since he SET "oo"' w.
oo,orino the ear which he and the other pracucai
poltlcians so inopportuneiy ios''
T., uos ON the nth Of last January IN the
-, ,,ot Mr. Iauterbach started In pursuit
Of the Republican ear. mat WAS '"' -
.,.,,ch having been elected temporary chairman
of the Republican COUNTY rohVen''oi ~ ..
o,oso ,,ota he proceeded to lecture ana berate
had
sors which they deemed good ana suihcieh' 10
support Mr. Brookfieds cahoiu''s
80 norsons who were present thought 'h't
Nr Iauterbachs performance ON 'n''
was not only foolish but also lihpei"en '-
""' NV .1a,, sign,Acd their opinion of his first
omc,a, onnearance as an earchaser by leaving
I'm o,on hefore some Of the practical poll
.o,ors had bluntly told him to "cut 1t snort ana
aaa him elf down. But this was at time
whom the very practical politician VINO had Gre
oted a temporary chairman out oi WI, ''"
hoch was confidently expecting to fashoh ana
appropriate the results OF the muh'',p'
.,nn and no was so well contented with the per
formance OF January II that he soon ai'c. "","
orocted the temporary chairman OF the hepuo-
lican County Committee INTO us p'in,'"'"'
chairman, and thus provided MIN Win wv op
portuniteS which ne mas sinO' ~
Mfr Lautcrbach's next appearance III 'he s''nc
ro,o was as the putatve author ana ac'uai S'Eh'i
of an elaborate document vilifyihg h"nio''
% eminent Republicans who had puolcN reco'n
morded without any reflection upon any lnuf
,,drol the massage Of the reform DIS whch
,hov and \ great majority Of the reputable peo
,,o of this CITY and State believed to be absolute
t. oseontlol 70 redeem the promises made Deiore
A., election and secure the benefits made pos
shle ot the polls. This document MT '-'u'ei
,, ,rod nc chairman Of the committee. ana
~, ,,hsoouont announcement that 1t was per-
sonol and not an official utterahce hci'n''
ohor,od tho facts of the case nor modified the
o,,,,on In which his impudent and rancorous
oaou,t an biqhmlndcd and pubc-sprltcd cit
.a,o ,,os hold Nor in Justice TO his audacity
should we omit TO say that the instah' co"
dcmnotion of his conduct did not de'er MN
from arranging for the wide dissemination VI
the document by the chairman or Inc hepup
ucon State Committee. who confdcntlaily ir"hS
mIttcd It ms an outgvng from the committee
TO the rural Republican press
Turing the rest Of the winter Mr. Lauterbach
was freouently employed at Albany as a prac-
,,oo, no,,ticion and undoubtedly had great sue
cous in obtaining the ear Of individual members
Of tbe Legislature: being In a measure conSoied
thereby for his failure 20 recover the ear OF ihe
marty NJ large. Since the Legislature ADJOURNED
no has not been much In evidence, ns el'r
,yr,,or or otherwise. until now. when he ~ seen
mailing annroachos TO tho ear of The Rcp1bhcnn
Iooguo Convention ut Blnghnmon. But thor"
orc Indications that Mr. Lautcrbach ~ r'itlng
re,dv for a full renewal Of actlyliy. For the
,oners which contain his greeting 10 ih" cony'n'
ton contain also report Of his doIngS NJ
spcclal meeting Of the County Committee on
"Wednesday evening. That meeting had been
rcu,lorly called nt the instance 0f the prescribed
numhcr of members, 10 consider the question hs
IN whore the Assembly convention Of the NNth
District should be held, and "nll oihcr mh'''rS
concerning primaries and conventions IN Inc
"ctv Of New York" But having taken posses
sion of this formal and regular call Mr.. Lau'er-
bach proceeded TO mutilate 1t by cutting of the
general clause and thus restricting the business
I'm hand to the single matter OF convention
meeting place. which he was able TO dispose OF
nromptly in n manner entirely satisfactory TO
himself though without the least regard either
TO personal courtesy or official propriety. There
Is no doubt that when the practical politicians
lost the ear Of the party they did not lose their
own check And they are welcome to whatever
satisfaction that circumstance affords them.