New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-28
4 BOLT NECESSARY.

The Rev DR. r. Heber Newton. who was seen
yesterday at his house. No. ISL Mad.son-ave., by
q Tribune reporter, sa.d in the course Of con-
versation the local political situation and upon
the fraudulent tactics Of the machine organization:
II am heart and soul in sympathy with the move
mint OF the Committee of Five Hundred The ev-
dence OF fraudulent enrolment seems 10 me con-
elusive. The attempt of Mr.. Plat to throw the
responsibility for this fraudulent enrolment upon
the professors themselves is Of the checklist
things in the history OF New-York politics. and
there have been many cheeky things in the poll
tics OF this city. For one. ! cannot understand
how any decent Republican can continue longer IN
connection with the machine organization. There
are hosts of honest and self-respecng Republicans
who continuing in that connection. but whose
consclences l am sure. must be suffering many a
twinge at present.
ut seems 10 me that this last outrage drives us
to the inevitable necessity OF boiling the regular
organization. if there is to be any decent Repub
can party left in this city. The methods of these
enrolments not whit better than the meth
DDS OF Tammany-n fact. don't remember in
twenty-five years knowledge OF New-York City.
any Tammany enrolment that was quite as out
rageously fraudulent.
"My conviction for long time has been
that. sooner ter. we should be driven to bolt
the machine. The last performance is simply Il
browning outrage 1t is a elimination Of long
series OF offences against the moral sense of the
party. Anybody who followed the Of the
Lexow Committee could feel no doubt that, to all
intents and purposes Mr.. Plat and Mr. Croker
wore hand in hand. Any one who has cared to pry
beneath the surface and find out the secret of Mr.
Platts astonishing influence in the State hev
discovered long ago thai that SECRET was one and
the same the secret of Mr. Croker There seems
TO be no doub; whatever on this point among
who know what they taking about
longer continue TO talk about Tammany while
sort But the thing that has offended me more-per-
haps than this outrageous roll stunning has been the
ess Of the city manifes,ed by Mr. Pst and his or
gan.zat.on. One might understand how machine
outragrpus fraud as they attempted last fall hut
one who sincerely cares for the city and IS sin
cerely seeking its redemption can ever forgive the
course Of the party last winter in the Legislature.
Every deares, interest in the city was either
riced or preudiced in The interest OF the machine
The same machine is now apparently planning for
the notification of many Of the reforms we have
achieved through the measures proposed for the
Greater New-York. II ever We are TO achieve the
redemption Of the city We Of the Republican party
must first free ourselves from Plat. on the re-
Of raTryng forward ,r the re- reform
sable steps to have party organization represent
ing the Intelligence and morality Of the party and
and no Democrats citizen fereafter can be asked
to support the machine in the civic election wthou,
smile on the face Of the Republican 50 asking IT.
the National ticket in the coming Presidential cleo
ton Apathy does more to endanger Republican
party. and no apathy that we have ever seen Will
equal that which will manifest Itself toward the
party which IL willing TO be in the hands OF a
who could engineer such offence as that Of last
fall! The stir In the party and the awakening OF en-
which will follow this courageous action will add
strength to the party in the Presidential election
going on In the city.
"But. apart from any considerations o: party IN
buke the men who have insulted the consciences OF
the party In so high-handed manner