New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-22
IN LEAGUE WITH TAMMANY.
MORE EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE rLATT LAT
TERRACE METHODS TIE RISING OPPOSE
TlON To TIE MAcIIINr

TioN TO THE MACHINE
The Committee of Enrolment ana the Committee
OF Investigation OF the frauds pcrpetrated AZ the
| recent Republican enrolment AMI primaries hal
their hands fun yesterday In prosecuting the work
Of unearthng the operations OF the rlat-fauter
bach freebootess The task In charge OF G \
Jones. AZ the headquarters. 40 13 West Foriy-nrs-
ST. IS being carried on rapidly Is consistent,
with accuracy.
As stated by Paul j. Cravaih yesterday. the re-
suits announced In the first report OF Committee
OF Investigation 10 the eNicn, Of the frauds IN
the eight Assembly districts already examined are
by ~ means more astounding than being OBJ
tlinc in the other districts now under tho search
light Of honesty and falr-dealing
key 10 even a NOR" startling condition OF affairs
than that already brought the surface. seems 10
have been discovered by the committee AMI this
consists in evidences leading 10 the apparently un-
avoiiablc conclusion that deal" was made 10y
certain so-called and srlf-cOnsjltu'ol Republican
leaders. high In authority. the one hand. and
some one close TO the central power in Tammsny
Han on the other. whereby Tammany heeers re-
celved the word I'm all Assembly districts that they
- help ont the Platt-Iaui"rbsch forces In the
enrolment and AT the primaries 10y masqucrad!ng az
Republicans While the fact that such Tdmmany
followers did enact this role In large numbers has
already been published attention has not been
called to the opnion now entertained by the Com
mttee Investiga ton that this raid the legal
Il
direct deal between high up IN command
on both sides The committee expect TO have
some strong evidence bearing upon this point for
publication before long
The announcement OF the mes OF the Committee
Of Five Hundred in The Tribune yesterday caused a
sensat ion among the Pia,i-Iauterbach forces as well
as reused Of deep qualification and almost Ella
ton upon the part of sclf-respectng Republican,
The announcement caused the Platt-lauterbach
gang to realize that their opponents we're IN dead
earnest. and that Furthermore. the large array OF
names stood merely for Widespread and growing
determination upor. the part Of respectable Republic
cans TO have organization In which decency
should not De- regarded as "A rcproach
one OF the manifestations Of the telling effect OF
the blow. following fast upon the exposure OF the
frauds. the OFFER already made to certain in
nuontia Republicans TO put them on the list Of
delegates to the Republican State Convention. with
promises Of additional honors in the National line
These offers have been refused with contempt upon
the ground that the status Of those who make the
offers is viria'cd by fraud and carry only the
brand OF fraud and contempt with IT,
One Of the best-known members OF the COMMITTEES
of Twenty-Five said yesterday: THE sooner the
Patt-Iautcrbach combine understand that it Is now
war to the knife the better We shall not turn
backward We shall not compromise for after the
ncontrovertblc revelations OF fraud no honest man.
no self-respecting man. could think Of compromise
branch h?'''' '''' anu
Iauterbachs proposition 20 'reyisc" the local
constitution OF the Republican party Is perhaps as
ulicrous AZ some of the other performances OF the
machine are outrageous and pratical. The pref
dent OF the County Committee has committed the
labor connected with the "rcVisiOn' his brother
dwarf, Abraham Grubcr. whose know edgc Of the
fundamental principles on which a work Of this
kind should rest Is abon, as contracted as "Aby's"
a committee "revs.on." Is an engaging spectacle
When Ably gets through with the constitution
and has "rcviscd n to suit himself and Lauterbach
II Will be probably delightful thing for the Plati
managers and may be expected TO provide fresh facll
iics for the machine heeiers whose business # is
to PRIMARIES and elect Plat delegates. II is
predicted by Republicans who took u hand iu franz
Ing the Committee of Thirtys constitution that by
the time these two little consplra tors get their CON
stitution in shape the decent Republicans of New
York will have taken the organization into their
own hands, and "Lauty" and ABLY" will be out OF
a Job"
James NJ. Varnum says that the use OF his name I'm
the list Of the new Committee OF Five Hundred is
UNAUTHORIZED. and he declines 10 serve upon that
committee.