New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-24
THE SEVENTY'S WORK DONE.
DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE CON
TEMPLATED.
Mr.. LAROCQUE DOES NOT THINK THAT DIssATIs
FACTION WITH THE MAYORS COURSE is THE
~ MOTIVE FOR THE PROPOSED

DIS9ANDMENT.
The Committee of Seventy. organized in Sep
tember last to lead in the overthrow OF Tam
many al the polls. will soon disband. There has
been no formal announcement to that effect
because there has been no meeting Of the COM
mittee for long time. but members Of the COM
mittee have exchanged views on the subject,
and the next meeting OF the committee Will be
final one. to wind up affairs.
That much was made plain yesterday By
Joseph Larocque. the committees chairman.
who said to a Tribune reporter: 1T Is In the
air that the time has arrived for the Commit
tee of Seventy to resolve Itself into Its original
elements 1t never intended that the COM
mittee should be a permanent organization.
and we feel now that the work which the COM
mittee Set out to do has been accomplished
There was a desire expressed by a number Of
the members Immediately after the election
that the committee should dissolve then Con-
siderable pressure was brought to bear from
the outside however, inducing the committee
to hang together for a time, and there seemed
to be general wish by the public that the
committee should remain In existence until the
new administration had got start. We felt.
some Of us. that 1t was our duty to keep the
committee together and do what We might to
aid In legislation which would give effeC to
the victory at the polls. Now that the Legls-
lature has adjourned and the house has been
swept clean there Is no reason for the further
continuance Of the committee. and we will dis
band as soon as a final meeting Is called to
wind up the affairs There has been no meet
ing Of the committee for long time. and there
has not been a meeting OF the Executive Com
mittee for several weeks. consequently no
date has been set for final meeting OF the
Committee Of Seventy. Such a meeting VIII
be called after some further consultation as to
the time which will best suit the convenience Of
the members.
Has dssatisfac ction with the course Of Mayor
Strong anything to do with the determination
Of the committee to disband?' Mr.. Larocque
was asked.
There has been no meeting OF the commit
tee at which any such feeling could have been
expressed" was the diplomatic reply. and |
have heard no special complaint by members
OF the committee that subject. There may
have been some dissatisfaction with the att-
tude Of the Mayor in approving the Biparti-
san Police bill and also with some or his ap-
pointments. but that has had nothing to do
with the determination TO disband the COM
mittee.
Another member of the committee said that
ne thought number of the members did not
want to remain In "A position 10 De nelu re-
sponslble for Mayor StrOngs administration. III
view OF his approval OF the Police bill ana OF
his retention OF Colonel Waring in the office OF
Commissioner OF Street Cleaning.
THE FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE
The appointment OF the Committee OF Seventy
was authorized by n mass-meeting OF citizens In
the Concert Hall Of the Madison Square Garden
on the evening Ct September S. Hugh ~ Camp
called the meeting to order. and Joseph Larocque
was made the chairman OF the meeting. John
y Faure acted secretary or the meeting ana
later was secretary OF the Committee or seventy.
Prominent among the men who had cahed .he
meeting we're Charles Stewart Smith. Corneiius
Vanderbilt Ciusta, II. Schwab. Abram > Hewitt.
William f. Dodge. j. P!erpOnt Morgan ana
Charles Butler. who were named later az n'm-
bers ~ the committee. Mr Smith was chairman
~ the Executive Committee OF the Committee
OF Seventy. -
Among otter prominent members OF the Con-
,pitt.e OF Seventy are William Il. Hornblower,
/ I calsnen Edward b. Grlnnell. Albert SUCK
nov John Crosby Brown. Jacob H. Schin James
y Archibald Simon Sterne. John Clahin George
II Putnam Charles &. Beaman. w. Iravers
Iarome Horace Porter James Speyer, Anson
g. WcCook DR. r. H. Derby. Richard Deeves.
peter g. Olrey. Frederic Taylor. Everett r.
Wheeler Woodbury. Lang1on. j. Kennedy iod.
" Harris Roome. william X. stewart. Marshaii
e Iorferts. John + Townsend. William ~
schiYelln. Lewis l.. Deaiield Fulton McMahon,
Charles Taber and William II. Webb
+ Kennedy Tod. the treasurer OF the COM
mittee Of Seventy, has in his Keeping balance
of the large sum OF money Whicn was 'a.'et ~
bv the committee f,r campaign purposes ana
,or expenses after the election. and finai meet
ing of the committee will be needed 10 nithe d
dispoeitlon OF that money.