The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-19
BOSSES WOULDN'T DOWN.
HENCE MORE CHAHGE rs IN THE
q. O. p, co UNTY MACHINE.
Defects In the Election District system OF
tho Party Organization that VIII ne
Hemedied 1t Made Altogether Too

Defects In the Election District systeua OF
tho Party Organization that VIII ne
Hsmsdied Made Altogether Too
Much Work for tho County Committee
1t has boon demonstrated by an experience Of
three years that the plan of organization Of the
Republican party In this city is a failure in one
respect Mt least. The plan was; tho product OF
q committee of thirty members OF the
party, who. In their endeavor to reform the
party administration In the county. proposed to
wipe out all Assembly district bosses or leaders.
This was to be done by the establishment of an
election district system. Anything like an
Assembly district organization was prohib-
tied. There could be no such thing rs an
Assembly district lender under these condi-
lions, II was averrod, but tho reformers were
wrong in their surmiso. The Assembly district
leaders still exist, the only difference being that
they are now self-selected or rather chosen by
a process Of natural selection. whereas tboy
were formerly elected by the votes of enrolled
Republicans.
The change took away tho Assembly district
organization, but it did not eliminate the
1t created a central county organization. which
was compelled to deal with all the troubles and
chickering's arising in the 1909 election dis:
trict associations, and which had as well
to listen to- the complaints of 10000
enrolled Republicans and also to consider the
grievances of the other thousands who were
unable to get on the rolls. The task imposed
on tho County Committee was tremen-
dous. and subcommittee have been kept
in almost continuous session to attend to
n. ns,ise OF P With d All ibi wG bSpas wer no brought ppaSisid to
was made for funds to pay the expenses Of tho
that the system has had n sufficiently thorough
trial, and they propose to remedy is defects.
system, In fact they praise it as helping
to make the organization, moro efficient.
m nhey 40 9u say eo Tsli.ysd 'h Of the the p Sesn oy d SS%il
work thrown upon 1t. and they declare that the
only way TO do this is to establish an interme-
diary or Assembly district organization.
George r.. Bidwell of the Nineteenth Assem-
bly, district has prepared an amendment to the
Constitution which will be offered at to;night,e
meeting of the County Committee. which Will
provide for this change. 1t will require the
election of an Assembly district committee by
the election district associations.
ThIs committee will have a Chairman who
will OF course be the district leader. All differ
ences in Assembly districts will be first deter
mined by the Assembly district committees.
A right OF appeal to the County viii
with.
trict talks of proposing another amendment to
provide funds TO make the County
self-s ol ppoT, ,dg; II He has b 8 4 an n id dsa, Of maxi making it a
enrolled Republican will be required to pay once
a year to entitle him to vote at the organization
amendment by which he proposes TO do away
with the present unwieldy nominating conven-
tions. He would have election district associa-
lions choose but one delegate to these conven-
lions, that delegate to cast u vote equal to that
cast in his election district at the last previous
election for the Republican candidate for the
highest office on the ticket. These amendments
cannot be voted on until twenty days after their
submission.
The County Committee has before 1t one pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution. which
nomination by the County Committee of men,
beers to call to order every convention Of the
party In the city. and preside until the conven-
tons are permanently organized. This 10 In.
tended TO do away with the wrangles and
double conventions which have resulted from
the present system.
The Committee on Organization met ut head
quarters, III West Thirty-eighth street. last
night and'disposed OF a lot OF grievances brought
to their notice. One of these. growing ont of
the feud between Sol Berliner and Louis :.
Grenner, rival leaders in the Twenty-seventh
Assembly district. was decided in Soils favor.
and he will rsorganize the Twelfth election dis
trict at 100 sixth avenue on next Tuesday night.