New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-19

HE MAKES SPEECH AvowING THAT Low
MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE REPUB-
LrcANs AND DECLARING THE PARTY MUST
GET ToGETHER-A LONE DELEGATE
WHO WANTED THE ROLLS rURGEp.
Abundant proof Of the control which Senator
Platt and Lemuel E. Quigg, president OF the
Republican County Committee, exerts over the
district leaders In the Republican machine was
exhibited last evening when the County COM
mittee held It's regular monthly meeting al tho
Murray Hill Lyceum. There had been talk tnat
some OF them were angry over alleged olc'a-
torial and tyrannical methods OF Mr. QulSg' ana
some Of them had declared that II resolution
OF praise for him were offered at the meeting
they would raise an awful fuss. Not one OF the
leaders raised his voice last evening In opposi-
ton to a resolution indorsing the presidents
actiono during the campaign. The committees
sat down hard on delegate VINO declared th~'
the Republican enrolment was grossly lrresu"''
and who offered resolutions to have the enroi'
ment urged In advance OF the COMING p'S
maries.
Mr.. Quigg ran the meeting OF the comm'tes
as he pleased and made long speech, which
seemed to please the entire committee ne oe-
Tended the action of the Republican organization
or scapegoat was nonsense declared that the
enrolment was honest and sound, and asserted
that he was willing to make any personal sscrl-
fee to reunite the Republican party IN tno
citv The committee took such action as MT
OuIeg had planned In advance regarding '"0
primaries to be held in December IL was
llvelier meeting than meetings OF 'he
Committee usually are but everything "e"' ~
Quiggs way from start to hnish.
There was a large attendance OF the memoe"
=, tho Countv Committee last evening, ana tne
members waited patiently until Mr. euss ap
| peared in the hall, three-quarters OF an hou'
| late Then they raised great shout OF ap-
| plause and when Mr. Quigg appeared on tho
| platform little before p m. call 1or thres
| cheers for him met with rousing response
Mr.. Quigg raped for order, smiled and pro-
| ceeded to business.
| COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION.
The call for reports of standing committees
brought forth only one report. that presented oy
| Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott as chairman OK
| tho Committee on Organization. The report was
| road in sections by George r. Manchester, the
| Secretary Of the County Committee. the hrst
section called attention to Article 3 OF the COM
| mittee's constitution dealing with the. NUMBER
| Of delegates the basis Of the vote for hepuo-
lican candidates on the State ticket. 1t sus-
| gested that the membership OF the committee
would have to be materially reduced II it were
| based upon the vote for Chief Judge OF the Court
| OF Appeals at the recent election and the fol-
lowing resolution, submitted by Mr.. Van Colts
committee, was passed unanimously:
cony Committee the te be elected in December next
shall be from each Assembly district three mem
ssnd Soes an IN Of one
fraction OF thousand votes IN excess OF one one
da1e for the office Of Governor at the last precsd-
| Ing election
THE DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS.
The next section of the report dealt with
| the changes in the election district associa-
tons resulting from changes in the election dis
| trict boundaries and called attention to the
| fact that while there were 392 district asso-
| c.ations the number of election districts had
been reduced to SS5. To provide for changes In
the district associations made necessary by the
reduction in the number of the districts the
following resolutions were passed:
Resolved That the Committee on Organization
he and they are hereby directed TO take such
measures as may De " eSntormy WITH
the changes OF the boundaries Of the election dis
rics recently provided by aw sb6 ana b oe ,be rolls
| according to which the primary eieeton on S .nS
second Tuesday of December snail De he'a' ana
Resolved. That the said rolls shall be open for
| inspection at the rooms OF the County COMMITTEES
for al least ten days prior day on which the
! primaries are 10 be held.
The third section Of the report was as follows:
| the constitution numbered 49, found upon page ~
OF the printed constitution. bylaws and rues OK unS
County Of NcwYork, which reads as folows;;
If at any time an ASSOCIATION shaiI ; ~ anv
election district at general election shaii DC lSss
than the number Of members borne ba spph ahereby BE-
disqualified from representation IN any eohsehton et,
Sowever er to penstatement upon the recommenda
| ton by the Committee on OrganizaNon ol ,he ,he
Ss4 in com@'Ss soh dsrc and asiet inquiry
probability in the increase Of membersnp ,S os s sns
rict Such disqualification shall continue III, Intl
after such inquiry and until the COUNTY on Or
sansaen afe npsn and ns shaft fPVi
ISOLATION shall be assolyed ,s and ssifct waf.ne
SAD psrns6,y tna the 3, Gss'sa ss sss.. :s
was was an election OF municipal and county oticsrS
and not election OF STATE and IA. fbeor
Of this may reasonably .sy,,Sn be s,s,s
ma, In It's scope and not to iii local ocss
only Without undertaking to construe the para.
gTspss bs sact 9Ss Is sV&n Impossible Of application
time The .parasraph says that when the kepuoIi- on
ToeS rSn SG Gmembershp OF that districts association the
| association shall be dissolved, and may De REIN
| stated II the election OF 1897 Is TO be considered
general election" then almost every association
In the city would be required to be dissolved But
| is there any present way OF applying the vote OF
The election districts to the membership Of the a..
| sociation? The votes were polled according 10 the
now election district lines. while the membership
Of tho association Is according to the old election
| district lines and there is scarcely single dis
tric throughout the entire city In which II Is poe.
| sihe 10 show by the returns whether the Repub-
ican vote for, that district was Or was no. les'
provision in other words, can be applied only
| nrhora lines of district coincidental
| the lines OF the association. II would appear.
therefore first that there Is doubt whether this
| naraernph OF the constitution relates to year In
| which the elections are by law only municipal In
scope and second that even II II does so relate, Il
| is nhysical impossibity TO ascertain the fact
| which the action contemplated In this article must
be predcated Incidentally your m cpmmiitee % deems
! by the Republican City Convention when II d.
rected the appointment Of the Republican City