New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-22
A REPUBLICAN AWAKENING.
THE ANTI-MACHINE MOVEMENT ACQUlR-
ING GREAT STRENGTH

MEETING; OF THE COMMITTEE OF TWENTY-FIVE
PROGRESS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF FRAUD
A BIG MASS MEETING SOON.
An important meeting of the Committee or
Twenty-Five in charge Of the movement OF AMI
Machine Republicans for restoring the Repupli-
can organization in this city to condition Oh
honesty and responsibility was held last even
ing in parlor No. % of the Windsor Hotel. Ex-
United States Dstrict-Attorney Edward MitcheN
presided. and John f. Milholland acted as sec
retary Others present were Cornelius \. Bliss,
William Brookfeld. John Sabine Smith. General
Samuel Thomas Paul ID. Cravath. General An
son @. McCook. General c. II. T. Coils. Alder
man Elias Goodman, Adelbert II. Steele, General
Wager Swayne. Colonel c. II. Dennison and
Dr. l.. l.. Seaman.
The committee appointed to investigate the
bogus character Of the enrolment and the frauds
I'm the primaries reported through its chairman.
John Sabine Smith. Mr. Smith said that the
committee had investigated the charges OF fraud
and padding in eleven OF the thirty-five Assem-
blv districts of the city. In some Of these DIS
trcts the rottenness Of the enrolment was simply
past belief The padding Of the rolls had been
carried on in the most systematic way ana IN"
evidence bore on. the presumption that the work
of rascality and deception had been pcrpetrated
with the knowledge and connivance OF the OIL
cial managers Of the organization The conclu-
sion was irresistible that probably not one-hai
of the alleged enrolment Of 1000 reported by
the Platt leaders last November was honest ana
fair The additional work of the committee on
three Assembly districts since its report on the
first eight Assembly districts investigated would
convince any fair-miuded man that the rotten
methods of the machine had extended to almost
every district in the city.
The committee was instructed 10 proceed with
its Investigations until 1t had completed the re-
naming twenty four Assembly districts. Fresh
evidences OF the desperate means to which the
banditti resorted in order to maintain their grip
on the organization were appearing every day
Paul ID. Cravath, chairman of the Committee
on Petitions. reported that the signs ot Re-
publican awakening were of the most encourage
ing character. SO far the protests of indignant
Republicans who have sent 10 the committee
their demands that the work of unearthlng
fraud shall be thorough and complete have
reached many thousands in number. although
only about one-third of the city has yet been
heard from. The numbers OF signed protests
already in. with scattering reports from other
parts OF the city indicated that the original
estimate that 10000 Republicans Of this city are
determined that the rolls shall be purgcd and
the beneflclares OF fraud shall be driven from
the control of the organization will fall below
the actual number.
TIL Committee on Petitions was authorized to
arrange for an early meeting Of the Committee
Of Five Hundred which wae announced In The
Tribune yesterday. The meeting will probably
be held next TUESDAY evening at the United
Charities Building. Twenty -secOnd-st and
Fourth-ave. Due notice II the meeting will be
given
At this meeting the arrangements for the first
great mass-meeting will be perfected This Will
be held In Cooper Union probably tho latter part
OF next week. Nv that time the frauds Of the
remaining districts will have been unearthed.