New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-13
A FLAT-FOOTED DENIAL.
cONsOIIDATIONIsTs GOT A SHOCK ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE ACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN GENERAL O0'
,,,rrrr UPSET THEIR ASSERTIONS THAT
THE PARTY Is ANXIOUS Fun


u,rrrE UPSET THEIR ASSERTIONS THAT
THE PARTY Is ANXIOUS FOX
Union WITH NETWORK.
Tho action of the Republican General Coh''ii'-
fee last Tuesday night In announcing ohi0'"''
for the party in Brooklyn that 1t disappio'eu
of all attempts to effect consolidation ~
dark" and without the publication OF coii'p'e'0
Information as to the terms and coho'i'.''
unon which a consolidation measure Is " NC
based added another emphatic contradiction !"
the ardent consolidationists VINO aN""eu '''t'
the hearts desire OF a great MAJORITY Vi '''
zens politicians, business people, ciuo heii''e
men women and children OF BrooKiyh' - INC
immediate consolidation Of Brooklyn anu NC"
york ON almost any terms AS the matter IS
sifted down, it appears that the Mayor - w
referendum. that the Republican party in the
county desire at least a referendum anu 'ia'
tho majority Of the substantial citizens of Brook
Iyn Gre opposed to consolidation under the pro-
pcsed plan. some of these people being Tor
r,or,rdur, and some for resubmissiOn. some
hypercritical politicians labored to make nine
davs, wonder out Of Mayor Wurster's failure to
vie,t Albany and present personally proles. VI
the General Committee against cohsohua''''
They said he had seen that ardent cohsoiioa.i'
e., pouce Commissioner Parker, OF New-1 DIN
CIV. that he had talked with Edward haute'
hocb of tho Plat host and that he had receiver
advice from Mr.. Platt himself. But when they
minated that Mayor Wurster had peeh i''iu-
orcod ca that he had changed his Ideas on the
consolidation question. they guessed woe u
the mark AS Mr.. Wurster has told Tripuhe re-
porters several times. his position IS Simply ''"'
which he outlined in his letter OF acceptance
nothing more nor less. He is IN FAVOR u
referendum and always has been IN laNo' "a 49,
Insisting on eGualized taxation. Inc iacI 'i"'
he did not go to Albany was stretcheu " 10
utmost limits to give reason for saying that INC
Mayor IS coming around to the consoHda'i'"
party ,,,,oo
When il was announced that a committee
would go to Albany to present the protest u
the Republican organization, 1t was aiSo ar
nounced unofIicay that the Mayor wouiu w
one of the committee Mayor Wurster said the"
that he had received an intimaticn that HIS
promise to 20 to Albany was desired ne was
nat Amounted on the committee To visit Alpahy;
and ne did not promise To go. He does ilteilu
To 20 10 Albany on Friday TO attend 'he naI
mony dinner there and he sald 50, u.s.
facts Joined and multiplied by active iliiae
lions were nut forth to bind the Mayor 10 mem
bership i'm the proposed committee TO VISIT Al
bany Consequently. when he SAID deiiiii'eiS
that he was not going 10 Albany except 10 at
ing from, his former position To consollda-
ton and said that he ought to CO. so that my
themselves might be called true prophets. lhen
the Mayor said that the consolidation DIN "ouiu
come before him officially. and that, therefore,
he did not want to go TO Albany as a protestant
and killed the objections of the critics.
Perhaps the Mayor has had dispatches from
generals and lieutenants at the seat of the con-
solidaton war in Albany lf ne mas. tnen IL
seems that the results have been beneficial TO
the Observation-Disclosures. for the concession as
70 submitting a consolidate measure TO the
Mayors OF New-York City and Brooklyn seems
10 have been wrung from an unwilling source.
The people Of Brooklyn generally believe that
the Mayor will see. that their interests are pro-
tccted when the bill comes before him.
Meanwhile the committee appointed ny the
General Committee 70 60 10 Albany ana present
it's protest there may leave Brooklyn for the
state capital to-day The situation at Albany
seems 10 have changed during the last week.
\ combination against the LrXOw Committee
bill is talked Of and Republicans and anti
consolidationsts feel that Governor Morton and
the Republican Legislature are considering more
gravely than they did before the evils which
the "antis' say Will result from consolidation.
1t WIS significant that. AZ the meeting Of the
General Committee. Congressman Hurey's mo-
ton that the Executive Committee be requested
10 net In unison with the several committees APP
pointed by the State Committee to call conven-
lions In each Congress district. laid the
table by a vote Of So 10 90 stephen Il. Jacobs
said lhat he wanted To know by what right the
State Committee assumed the right of running
such attempted action was a gross usurpation
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