New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-11
MERGING THE MOVEMENTS.


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the sanda rd-bearer OF the cause OF souna . its
and social order 1t year ago. but unsdss
noi only Of ali Republicans but also Of body OF
Independent citizens who supported it In It's Of
the country will be imperied alamo. .,
The m o hSi 3,se a ss
Greater New-York and thereby sinking the Hne epmo
an G he ety. that
greater city over to Tammany by dividing .l on
he par Of its leaders would nave won city for
good government as in 1884 It f9lowefa n Protest
ins Repnbicans rather than against Tammany Ls
leaders gave positive assurances OF suGcd out to
be utterly groundless and absurd 1t delo o,essn
abandoned the Republican policy OF non-par nartv
ship in municipal affairs, as expressed IN the P"''
platforms OF 1884.
AS TO THE ENROLMENT
The party machine has forfeited the conndehce
OF Republicans also because OF the notorious i"
that its enrolment is largely fictitious tnat e'e's
attempt to purge the rolls Is resisted. and appeA'
are In most instances overrued and In many cases
not even heard: that inspection OF the rolls Is UNI
ormly denied. except TO those IN accord W, WIN nartv
leaders and Is denied even 70 nSe leaders Dele
gates 10 conventions are preven,ed iloi
Of ,ose eonvenons as well as the enroments Of
the various election districts upon whlch tne nn,It
ton OF delegates is claimed to be based Eon'n The
qualifications OF delegates at such conventions o'e,
enroments and elecon sas Ist Wss
OF and methods OF aovernment and
the rule OF the majority have virtually dis sap
peaieJ TO defeat honest representation and is used
to carry out the will OF small minority Lad m.
The qshns rs no rh GsSs is shown BY
q the election and . by hs s cf Rspub
who msled then nj The maeh9e The en ma
ment is claimed to show @W names (, ooo votes
OF this 5000 It may be confidently asserted ina. ,ess
than go had enrolled parry voter S has
manifestly ceased to represent the party
RIGHT OF REPUBLICANS.
! It is the right OF tho Republicans Of the county
OF New-York TO have the affairs OF their parry
managed BY organization that truly represents
| them and to create such an organization. II mono
! exists and above all. to repudiate and suppressed
| n machine which presumes TO manage those az
fairs on the false assumption that 1t represents
This principle is recognized in Article 80 Of the
very constitution under which the machine cai m
tcrminng when the machine has ceased 10 repre-
sent the voters by providing that II the Repu,b ol
on shall be less than the numssf on mem ss
sociation shall thereby be disqualified from repre-
scntation in any convention and the association dis
district ASSOCIATION in the city ceased to exist on
Tho Necessity for some sort Of reorganization
is admitted by all Republican,. even by the machine
leaders. The constitution under which the macnlne
aims 10 act provides one method or reorganiza-
ton, but the machine has failed TO adopt such
~iGed GeorSaniza1on Of these ASSOCIATIONS.
either In accordance with the constitution or by
WSy so on S as il is under the control Of ihe ma
chine It's leaders. is impractcable and hopeless.
Of tho Republican voters would have no faith in
such a reorganization. 1t would not command their
confidence or respect
WHAT THE MACHINE PROPOSES TO DO.
most OF its election district associations became
dissolved November and. by the law Of their
creation. disqualified from sending delegates to
any convention until rcnstated by long process
which has not yet been attempted, the machine
proposes to hold primaries as usual on December
IL OF all these dissolved assoca tons. and 70 elect
whcfe they cannot legally sit. and thus to rear
n new superstructure on this fictitious foundation
hS r@e "' Of the sam. ssders to
leadership they propose that the new. but illegal.
sGo way %Rch does ssH not r nG
ing control. such a pIosramms. cannot and does
We therefore consider that the only solution Of
the present situation Is tho formation Of an en-
tirely Republican organization In tho county
Conceived and Conducted as to be truly and hon
Which az 5a as %hd b 81 5 ~ sha To
be heard and p the rsh, Of The majority to rule
AN HONEST PARTY ORGANIZATION
Tho Republican, OF tho county Of New-York de-
rnand an honest party organization and a party
/ organization that represents them, and whose
leadership they can follow TO tho polls with conf
dence and hope OF success
Such new organization should be effected under
auspices that Will command tho respect OF all Re
The Psn pr1P95ed ns os
organization Of hfty-three members. carefully Sc
iectcd from tho Assembly districts Of the county
have tns run pow@r aha H"pnbcans who are to
eo1ag mi f,e on
MS commend that committee and Its work to the
confidence Of all Repub,ans; ,,,,,, D., -. DO
publicans OF tho county Of New-iork. and call
TS OF new honest and trustworthy party
organization. and We suggest that Republicans do
chine called FOR December a.
The new oreanization VIII proceed at once. ana
an early day
TO ADOPT THE SAME REPORT
II was expected that the Executive Commit
tee headed by General Swayne and William
Brookheld would meet last evening at the st.
Cloud Hotel and take action In harmony with
that at the conference at the Windsor Hotel
but the committee was not called together last
night report or policy and plan exactly
like MAT adopted last evening has been pre-
pared for the committee appointed at Lyric Hall.
however. and II prop'loiy VIII Nv auop'e' W '"e
committee soon
the committee OF Nine. headed by Mayor
/ Strong, VIII hold Il meeting taty ncNe WIN
and select the Committee OF Fifty three. The
onrolment OF Republicans in the city under the
smrervisIon OF the larger committee Ia expected
to take place In few weeks.
T. A. Sands selected as treasurer OF the
committee at the Windsor Hotel last evening,
ana n was said that there would be no lack
~ means 10 push forward the enrolment and
reorganization OF the Republican party In the
city
OJ'IGG NOT SANGUINE
,,,nry EXPECTS THAT THE OPPOSITION CAN BE
PREVAILED UPON TO COOPERATE WITH HIM
THE organization has been criticised for not
abandoning It's principles and going into plan
Il ..nion sa.d Lemuel z Quigg. president OF