New-York tribune., 1896-07-01
A ROTTEN ORGANIZATION.
OPINION OF SOME EMINENT REPUBLICANS
ABOUT THE LOCAL MACHINE

OPINION OF SOME EMINENT REPUBLICANS
ABOUT THE LOCAL MACHINE.
Appended Is what eminent Republicans, whose
names are given have said Of the present Re-
publican organization in the county over their
signatures The following extracts are from the
report published some weeks ago OF the Commit
tee Of Twenty five, which early in the year made
an Investigation of the enrolment and primaries
last year.
The general conclusion drawn from the invesiga-
tion and from which the evidence leaves no pos'@De @
county organization have devised and carried through
deliberate scheme OF Wnoeae lraua az To- me VIII Of
the majority of the Republican voters the aDsoiue
n b 9. ey ene pr he %@cna and State Conven
tons The frauds were not sporadic Iney were 30 10
Various parts of the city were similar, and the
work was ski.fully concentrated at the Polnts n
that the proof of carefully prearrsnsed design Is
Another most significant conclusion; amply sub,
etantiatcd by our investigation. il that the men men
who mad chsrse Of the scheme % nor be ee eSa1chns
Of the primaries received deliberate and systemalc
from where 8f o be paddns was the
II was found that in almost every electon nisllot
orsl SrI Sommttee' or Of me Tam1nany Hall Assembly
District Comm ttee, enrolled themselves as hePup-
mahy followers. varying in numbers according to
the varying necessities ard opportunities OF the
It follows that the organization which results;
from the recent primaries is fraudulent ana illegal
Honest Republicans cannot consistently support H.
nor Is there any basis which they can cooperate
~ tn the men who have secured control or the or
gan zstion by means of fraud which they refuse to
undo. There can be no legal and re2resenta,tive We
Republican organization in th-s county uitIl an
honest enrolment has been secured. and new
primaries held. under such auspices as will inspire
public confidence and insure an honest expression
Of the viii Of the majority of the party. Repub-
iicars need not fear 10 take any action. however
radical TO accomplish these results. for nothing
could be more disastrous to the party than com
- Ia r. not manifest that If fraudulent and bogus
rolls are used the primaries there must follow
Fraudulent and sham organization which will be dis
purposes. except as machine TO EJECT spurious dele
gates this city to the political conventions
be held during the coming year?
Would not such result be Injurious, If not dis
astrous, 10 the Republican party:
UNPARALLELED ROTTENNESS.
In view Of these results there can be no escape
from the conclusion that the present enrolment Is
rotten TO a degree before paraleled in the his
tory of the party. and that the primaries and
yentions in many Assembly districts based upon it,
nv which delegates were elecsed TO the County Com
rnfttee fer 1896 worthy of serious consideration
An organization based upon such wholesale frauds
cannot command the confidence of the Republican
party of the public.
Primaries the fOuntan-head of all represen ta-
tive government and the primaries necessarily
spring from the enrolment If the latter Is fraudu
lent. the entire party structure is tainted and un-
worthy Of confidence and support This Is subject
in which every Republican. whether his name be
upon the rolls or not, is Interested. for all look to
the organization OF party 70 secure honest con-
ventions and truly representa'ivc nominations =.
the voters in New-YoTk City.
They dishOnor ana discreiit the Republican party
organization in this county. The County Commit :,
the Republican voters of This county; its officers
have been elected by delegates whose members nave