New-York tribune., 1896-06-05
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,MKINLEY MEN FEEL SAFE.
rrIE PLAN OF HOLDING A BIG MASS
MEETING ABANDONED.
MO CsE. THEY SAY. IN GOING TO ST LoIiS-Ai'
FITCHIE LIKELY TO BE ELECTED PhEsl-
DENT AT LEAGUE ORGANIZATION
MEETING TO BE HELD
TONIGHT.

TONIGHT.
The meeting TO be held IN the Johnston Bul!o.hs
this evening for the organization OF Mchii,.!
League N Kings County will be atteheeu D'
majority Of the delegates elected D! INC '..,a.
Assembly district leagues. Several OF '"' r.,,a
have been careless In informing Ihomas n,
o, the selection OF their delegates. and ior .nis
reason a few OF the delegates VIII receive 10 "'S
that the meeting is to be he'd tonight eHoep'
Through the newspapers Mr.. Fitchie WILL "i."oU'
doubt be elected president OF the !easue az" a.
semblyman +. c. Brennan is hkely u oe ~
,ecretary The officers will be elected perma"''iI
plans for the campaign will be discussed ana a
things will be arranged looking to"aiu "i'
.,d oggressIvc campaign. II McKinley's noniiia-
tion was legs certain than 1t is at present CUM
rn,ttee would be appointed tonight TO arrange 4oI
n special trip Of the Kings County Mchine! "'o"
10 St. Louis. but within week or wv Inv ,s
yiction Of McKinley's election mas 50 h"eu - -
upon the minds of Brookynites that most VI '".."
consider il useless TO go TO the Convehuoh' al"
other idea which has been abandoned, at least tenn
porarly. is the holding of big mass-nee''"s
This feature OF the movement was one OF lhe "o''
prominent early in The iormauon VI Inv
league but it has been given up. because as
the leaders say, there appears " NC e
could be gained from it.
Two of the Assembly districts in the count! hd'o
organized no leagues. These districts are inc
XIIth and NIlIth. Mckinley men are py 10 "iea''S
lacking in either place. The Min Dis'ic,' !"
fact which includes the greater part OF 'he i"e"
ty-second Ward contains many OF the most a'''e
Mckinley men in the city. The leaders OF 'i'e
mckinley movement, however, have decided not
TO organize a league because they iear 'ha' u!
doing SO they would ALLEVIATE many worm Aiei'
who would refuse 10 come into the league di'ei
the nomination was made in case they were ho'
the leaders in forming the league THESE men,
is believed however, will ally themselves Win me
Mckinley people as the Convention mas
done its work This theory Of the Mckinney leau-
ers In the X1Ith and XIIIth districts is not ac-
ceptable to Mr.. Fitchie. who believes that no" Is
the time for action. He is disappointed In their de-
casion not TO fall into line before The convention
acts He is likely to do some missionary "orh
with them which Is practically equivalent 10 say
ing that they will take part in the movement
An interesting feature of the meeting tonight
will be the presentation of big crayon portrait OF
Major Mckinley by Charles \. Moore The likeness
is ten feet high and four feet broad
Mr. Fitchie gave yesterday the following
abatement. explanatory Of the Kings County League
and Its purposes.
There seems to be an erroneous impression, due
either to misconcepton or Misrepresentation OF us
purposes that the Mckinley League Is designed 10
supersede antagonize the regular organization.
This is not so 1t means TO be an auxiliary 10 1t,
while part OF its mission undoubtedly Is 10 awaken
enrolled Republicans TO A sense Of their duty and
take such action at the forthcoming primaries as
will lead the Rehabilitation OF tne IepuOiiVhn
State Committee on lines that will assure controi
of the campaign 10 the friends OF the NauOnaI
candidate who will undoubtedly be Major Mckin-
ley. Public sentiment within the party mas DeeI
aroused by the Mckinley League II VIII ma
means OF expression within the party. There Is
nothing hostile in this to the regular organization
The Mckinley League will in all probability ac-
complish more for the Republican party within this
State than any other agency that has ever Deen
conceived II has brought about an interchange OF
sentiment and Of sympathies that has mace the
case of the New-York people for instance, VINO are
kept out Of the Platt-Lautertach organization, one
10 which the majority of the counties OF the state
will listen In the next convention 1t means inc
adoption OF constitution for party in the
the execution of Independent thought and manhood.
Or TO come down ~ our own county, VIII not toi-
crate the expulsion a. men such as Alderman Wass-
muth and Assembl' man Brennan because man
from across the river didn't want the latter sent
back 10 Albany. The result in that case may be
the proposition that two Republicans nominated In
Republican conventions and elected by the people,
should be expelled such fimsy pretexts mas
awakened Indignation. Contes;ing delegations IN
such would be supported by the Mckinney
man. and their recognition under such circumstances
would entitle their candidates TO be called regular
under the election law and TO place under the
State ticket. That the Mckinley League is interest
ed in Ii aims do this legally, 10 accomplish its
purpose within the organization. In times OF tur-
bulence in our great municipalities. when law and
order dehed and their agents unable 10 enforce
the mandates Of constituted authority. the most
public-spri,ed citizens band together TO maintain
mittee OF public safety. The Mckinley League is a
committee OF party safety, to uphold the dignity
of the grand old party and 10 safeguard the or
ganization from assaults within and without.