New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-21
A COMMITTEE OF 500.
TO FIGHT PARTY CORRUPTION.
GROWING INDIGNATION OF REPUBLICANS
OVER THE FRAUDS OF THE MACHINE.

LARGE NUMBER OF wELL-KNowN MEN UNITE
TO RELIEVE THE PARTY OF THE INCUBUS
OF A ROTTEN ORGANrZATION-AIL ELE-
MENTs OF REPUBLLcANIsM REP
REsENTED-NAMEs OF THE
Committeeman.
That body Of Republicans known the Conn
mittee OF twenty-five, who have been opposing
and exposing the fraudulent Platt-Lauterbach
enrolment and primaries IN this county for
weeks, took another important step yesterday by
appointing a General Committee OF Five Hun
dred to act with the original committee In
continuance Of the effort TO obtain for the Re-
pubcans of New-York an honest. representative
organization.
Five hundr-d men make large committee It
IS one Of the largest CT the kind selected In
New-YorlI politics. Il surpasses in size even
that which supervised the Columbian celebra.
ton or the one which Mayor Grant named to
work for the Worlds Fair. But the Conn
rnittee of Twenty-Five determined to show the
reputable members OF the party from the outset
that the movement for the regeneration OF the
county organization should not be along any
narrow factional lines: should not be confined
to Murray Hill. the State Club or the ant-Platt
numerous reputable members Of the party who
reject the idea that Republican supremacy must
be maintained by padded lists and unlawful
primary elections.
To this end the committee has been made large
enough to be truly representative IN point OF
numbers: large enough to make It's control by
any Individual clique or combination absolutely
impossible and large enough to give members OF
the party from every section Of this great city
voice in its deliberations.
TRULY REPRESENTATIVE.
There is not an Assembly district or I'm
portant part Of one that the committee has
not sought to have represented. and there Is
certainly not an important element OF the party
that has not a spokesman. AS might be ex.
pected the legal fraternity is in good evidence.
Joseph II. Choate. General Swayne. Edward
Mitchell. Elihu Root d. G.. Rollins. S. w.
Knevals ex-Judge Rowland, Paul ID. Cravath
and a score Of others need no introduction to the
people of this city State. There Is not
financial centre the world over In which j. Pier
pont Morgans name is not familiar, and to the
railroad people OF this country an introduction
of General Samuel Thomas o. Brayton Ives
would be superhuous. Business men from
Maine to Mexico. we'll as the politicians.
great and small. know or know OF, Cornelius N.
Bliss. c. L. tiffany Louis Stern. NJ c. d. Bor.
den and f. W. Bloomingdale
This crusade for clean politics Is nothing II
not moral In its aims, and. as might be expected.
its appeal has found response at the hands OF
such public-s spirited clergymen as the Rev. Dr.
r. Hcber Newton, whose only concern, ap-
parently. is that the aims Of the committee may
not be radical enough Men like General For"
ter. General Butterfeld and General La Grange.
thafr pfrv on a
field. were among the first to respond. In fact
il would be difficult to find single branch OF
activity-medicine. trade. journalism manu-
facture mechanical pursuits or daily manual
toil-that has not it's delegates in this new
body. rejecting the hold that the movement
has already taken upon the public and giving
an earnest of what is certain to come here
after
Great care has pern exercised by the COM
mittee in making up these lists No man mas
been appointed knowingly without his full au-
thority or that of friends claiming The right TO
speak for him. Mistakes may have been maze.
but they will be promptly rectifed II the mat
ter is brought to the attention OF The Tribune
The practical side Of the matter has not been
overlooked altogether. few veteran politt.
clans are in the ranks. but to fight Loyalty ror
the dominant idea of the undertaking-an
honest organization and government by the
majority.
NAMES OF THE COMMITTEE.
Alexander. r. G.. Mall and Express, Building.
AgrTeS AnGTe%s Ridhard So M ss East twenty eghths
Aiger byron Ashland House
Auitmeier Henry. No. 90 Grove-st
Asards Asnrsa hni hniono c. c. 10 IS West Fftyafth-sA
Alien. Ethan. no il5 Broadway r,,.,.,x,
NJ Wesf Sk
Armsrong Aligp sn charles H. No 40 West Fortiethst
Allison. James 6, N2 y, 3, e ConsEess-st.
Aeh"y Aeh Wlam If h NO O iis lis West
R2sy Pier So NG 81 Il Wes NOT'R Rysr
,ii"s fss, '5S%s Coraelius ;'' g. No III puane-st.
Tookasd William Z n No 3 ET;Gn.s and rb,ra.
borden Borden? n: {, D.. No, II Duane-st.
RFs@eS RfSss lSaa: S III H. Is S0 %i-;l 81 Sa-sau.
blanchard, James A. No, O., 10 q, Nassau-st.
R'sn%tS Fa5ooa SS Sc$ Ws:5 TTsSI5;y,AIr,Ss,
sfo%n sSoafl + F. &C. . Rsss sss Fsf'sss;ss
Barrett. Barrett J. NJ No II West Twenty .nnth-st.
ws N3HT j. No. No. 81 81 Wess
Blagden. George, No; Is East Thirty -sixth-st
Birmingham. Edward j.. NJ. D.. No. East Forty
f,enedct. Charles ~ No .0i West One -hunired-and-
Beebe. A. O.. No. 45o Fifth-ave
Brown Commodore f. NJ. No. As West Twenty
Rrown Warren C.. No: lss West Fifteenth-st-
Ragley r. c., No 1876 West Twenty-nlnth-s,.
Burke James r., West Seven nteenth-st.
Brown John W.. No. 224 West Twenty -eighth-st.
Butler William H.. No. l3i West Twenty -sixth-se
Brownsen. Nathaniel. Forteth-st. and Broadway.
Besant william No. 800 Sixth-ave.
Baker Floyd f.. No 10 East Twenty hrst-st.
Ryrnes Patrick j.. No. 10 East Thrty-frst-st.
BarEsr fSn Hsns Wsm b. go 3 3 East ons'SSndrsdsss
Rrainard. Frank No 2as West Seventy -fourth-st
Bush ]. A. No. 10 West Thirty-sixth-st.
No broad
Thomas H., No. so Washington So.
BALDWIN. Walter s.. No, q West Thrty-fcurth'se
Baidwin. +. e. No. IS West Fifty -ninth-st.
R.shop J. A. No. 80 West Forty-eighth-st.