New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07
QUIGG IN GLOOMY MOOD.
HIS LETTER TO JAMES YEREANCE MADE
PUBLIC
BOUND TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PRIMARIEs-A
PLAN FOR ''HARMoNY'-MR. YEREANcEs

! CONVENTIONS IN REPLY.
The recent correspondence between Lemue E.
Quigg. president OF the Republican County Com
! mittee and James Yereance the subject or
reorganization of the Republican party in TINS
! city was made public yesterday Mr.. Quss
wrote his letter to Mr. Yereance on November
90, after conversation by telephone. The most
| interesting portions OF the letter are here APP
pended:
have been so wlckedy abused and lied about. so
many things that ! have not said. and so many ma
me In the newspapers. they have placed me in so
many false positions and have hereupon nJu S
! selves maiciously manufactured. that 60 spear IN
frankly doubt whether II is IN the esss at
| all. They arc sure to be misconstrued 10 be sub
jectcd to unwarranted and what is TO me very hu
| they VIII be rejected without regard TO their mer
OF the scheme. and you are free to make whatever
use Of 1t seems TO you good ,.,,s
party. those who are now against one another must
have some consideration for one anothers sen I.a
ton generally fraudulent do not on me
Tn know that they aTs n bad eon
aon TOR bad purposes 90 NOT Dr.. inn st ' ns good
as yours or any other mans. and that the district
! leaders with whom have come In very close con-
Honorable an and dra ways Sss On the other hand
am willing to concede that the question here Is nor
! ton. am willing 10 concede that, however g9od
the enrolment may be. Il any considerable number
as basis OF organization is gone and 1t ought TO
go with It's usefulness.
IRREGULAR AND WELL INTENDING"
The suggestion has been made that we should
postpone the primaries hold enrolment at once.
revise constitution and organize anew IL
that could be done a physical possibility prior 10
the date which primaries due to be held.
I should be in favor OF it. But 1t cannot be done
prior to that date. and the attempt on our part 10
do 1t would at once destroy our position as regr
4 lar organization. This we must not permit we
do take the view of ourselves which the ex-
remisis on your side take that we are irauduie EN-
organization. But, the contrary, we take the
view that We are perfectly regular ana We,5-
intending organization. and being. nevertheless'
willing to do all that be necessary IN the m
! terest Of unity and harmony. we should NOT DC
asked to do things which are not only unnecessary.
but injurious and Impossible to self-respecuhs
men
We must therefore 10 ahead with our primaries.
with our Assembly district conventions. with the
| elections Of our new County Committee. and with
under he constitution and cannot be avoided with
out self-destructon. But we can, nevertheIess
which can be put into effect long before any event
ia due to occur Of political Significance we are
willing to out OF existence as regular ORGAN ,d
zation when there is another regular ORGANIZATION
ready to step into our place when Odhg rgmais
share In producing.
Your committee and our committee can get 70 10
Cether and Jointly resolve that there ought 10 %
revision OF the constitution and new ehtoI-
l mo
OF themselves or Of outsiders-one OF these co','
mt,ees to revise the constitution. ana the o.het 70
conduit the BE- ssm,ed to our County
Committee and upon ne adoption Il VIII ne inc
| lawful and regular constitution OF the party In
its provisions there will be Incorporated the pan
OF enrolment, and thereupon; that pan ~ .he
adopted. tho enrolment will take place under me
supervision o: that agreed-upon conin'o,e; eernn5
"a | said might be composed precisely as see'ieu
INK u, and representing the protestants The en-
roment being had. primaries WOULD De htiu anu "a
r, eoynmtt.~ would cease to exist and tho
new ono would come into Lawful ana regular "a
istence ,,, a,a s..us
This plan TO me entirely feasible ana seems
to accomplish precisely the ming you nave IN, Sc
which IA not our expulsion from existence. Dut IN"
creation OF n harmonious and united parry .'O rJ
OF wat you are AFTER IS 1 nronoss does
not accomplish It. ON the contrary. the plan /
propose everybody who IL now i'epupnca,i,
No. ourSt 70 be- the purpose OF every Republican
| who wishes to see his party succeed.
MR.. YEREANCES REPLY.
=, NJ. -onlv under date OF December 3. Mr.
| Yereance wrote that In many OF the election
districts the rolls had been padded for irauuu-
lent purposes. and that as result OF the Vo'e
cast al the last election not per cent OF the
district associations had a legal existence uhuet
Article IS OF the constitution OF the County VI
Committee He therefore held that the pri-
MARIE. could not be held legally on December H.
In conclusion. he wrote:
Hence my suggestion that now is the time ,9e
is room for but Republican parry IN ,ent
New.York would therefore favor the apo" ~
Of comrnttec.-one by the skeleton OF your oui.
~ Committee and composed OF clean men Oh IT,
oguz.d nigh character and standing ~ w IN
muuIty and who have not been dscteu ~, - ard
Inc peopl. and the other Of IKE charlC,p',tt a."
standing appointed by those sterls ~ ,her
Tor the success Of Republican princlpIes HI ' v
and National affairs. and who recosii%c ua n
platform which the best e.enients %, the
ever hope 10 win In municipal s'eeI t.a shin
Republican platform OF 1894 OF h-p"F'''"'s"P
In municipal afaifs.
Mr. Yereance defined the duties OF the Con-
ference Committee To be the presentation vi
revised constitution FOR the oTganlZatl"h' i,'an
,r, arrancnments for a new enrolment ana de-
filming the rights Of delegates At ''o''''' ,, ,
Inventions After declaring that ne heIu ~
resentment on account OF MS uca.I ',,,oa Mr.
Ias, meeting OF the County committee 'i''
Yereancc wrote:
q, ,.u 90 400 thot your present determination 70
,d ,or pr rnaries on December ii on discre9l,ed
and fraudulent rolls 10 eject nv" rnressntation
mittee for the year. based on a., nro,niss Of
from such rolls and primaries Win VIZ - ~nar "a
n possible rcorgan!zaoa some ,s mronragenent to
yy,arrant stopping the further progress oi "o"
oreanizaton to secure the end sousa o,,,,ee nro
The constitution OF the County .oniu, ,t,, p a.
,,I"s for a hold-over' until q new cohI mt ~
elected and organized; and lai! ~ a. th ino
can IusV,g Sorirs under the circumstances. unless
Won hone thereby secure an ihdor ,i n, s,
an to'i' havn no personal ends TO serve: want
the Republican party IN tne ranrnsen,nTye ~
s ur,urinlcs; and II mistake not the sentiment;
ns reeccted by the public press the fepuoncahs ot
the city mean 10 have IL So
EXTENDING THE MOVEMENT
r.o Committee on Organization appointed by
~. p.nublicans who recently held a conference at
,ho plaza Republican Club met again yesterday