New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-26
A CALL TO REPUBLICANS.
ALI. INVITED TO ENROLL NEXT TUES
DAY NIGHT

DISTRICT orrIcRnu AND IEsurs INsTEuc-
r,oss-,ssN VITO JOIN THE CITIZENS
UNION TO m EScI.upEp FROM
~Ar ORGANIZATION.
Rspus,.cnn election district officers to tho
number o: esvere. thousand gathered st Dur
land's Riding Academy, st E'shth-ave aud
r,t,y.n!nth.ut, lGs. evening In response to tho
call OF ConCrsssmon Lomue! r. Qulgs, the pTesi-
Den. OF tho Republican County Committee AS
many ct them og could get into tho hall filled the
seats end oil tho available standing room. and
then there remained crowd that could not get
In, wi.h tho heu packed 20 oyeriowing on the
ho,.es, night 81 the year so far. tho audience
was picturesque. impressive and enthusiastic.
About half the men took of their coats on ac-
count Of the heat and famed their faces with
their hats but there was good order.
l. was en- assembly for business. not for the
display Of sentiment Mr., Quigg looked over the
Republcan host with evident pride and ad!nlra-
ton and told the men that he appreciated their
loyalty In responding to his call on so warm
night: He also made them understand that they
were Ike the Oflcers OF an army VINO had as
senh!e6 70 receive orders from the COMMANDER
tn-chief. and that the orders were to be ooeyed
tmnllcitly HIS speech mainly dealt with the
coming revision Of the Republican rolls next
Tuesday night and he was careful to go INTO
r,,,rto details as to the manner in which the
rolls are TO be revised.
A sipn;fcont part Of his speech was that
which dealt with the enrolment Of Repuphcahs
who have shown sympathy with the CITIZENS
y-,,o, end with the movement to force the
ror,nstion OF Seth Low for Mayor or the
Greater New-York. lie declared that RepupH-
cans who had signed the petitions In favor OF
the nomination Of a particular candidate shouiu
not for that reason be prevented from signing
the Republican rolls, and although ne ala not
mention the name of Mr.. Low every man IN
the hall understood his meaning perfectly "he"
he said however that a man VINO Jolheu aIo'"e
political organization could not become an ell
rolled member of the Republican ofsdii1a'o'''
everybody present under stood that joining 'he
Citizens Union meant exclusion from 'he rains
OF the regular Republican organization anu '''
utterance was cheered with enthusiasm.
With Mr. Quigg on the platform were Abrahain
Crube- Frederick S Gibbs, Postmaster van
Cott, General C. H. Y. Coils, George hiiiiaiu'
James w. Perry, Silas c. Croft. George H. Diu
well State Senator Page, Aldermen Uoou"i"
and Robinson ard a few other prominent hepup-
Ncan politicians 1t took so long for the auui-
ence to assemble that It was 81" p in' peloie
the tramping of feet ceased sufhcienuy lor MI
Ouigg to be heard, and he was cheered Loudly
when he rose to speak.
MIR QUIGG'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Ouigg declared at the outset that the meet
ing was for business. You can call it pohtical |
meeting for business or a business meeting Ioi
politics Just as you choose, he sald linen iio
looked over the multitude and said This Is
meeting Of real live men. You are not postal
cards nor petitions daughter and cheers)' put
you are like the members Of military orsaniza-
ton whose duty is TO obey orders" Then ne
continued substantially a- foHows
Al the outset OF what must be memorable
tse means that should be employed to put the
Republican organization into the state OF It's great
Your Intelligence your valor, your patriotic devo-
ton TO the principles you re9reIe deesSSs sSs NOT
conceal from you the responsibility ieel & ior 'no
engage nor DENY that the desire TO arouse in each
OF you, my comrades and counsellors' sim HihliIaf
feeling has had much 10 do with the Gaining Oh
this great assembly. 49,. ,,,o oo,,sa
Nothing can be more certain than that the cause aus;
ernnent Nothing can be more certain man 'nSe be
possess IN our election disric' S brought
home to every who is entitled 10 cast a vote vote
and the bronx Nothing be surer than that the
seven men who eqnsH" the TpG Si Ssrr sso
cations have It in their power by umren1cS ne ho
djstricts as win render inevitable the triumph of
our cause. IT, therefore, the result OF our meeting
a true sense Of his personal duty and obligation
SO that he shall go out determined 10 spend ms
work Within tie boundaries of his election district
not hating. not firing, not forgetting put WoIkhe,
working. working all the while the opJect @ OF our
deserve will be already won.
NEVER 50 ADMIRABLE.
II {. nv belief that there never has existed In
the history Of parties IN this city so admirable an
organization as now avails TO the honor and benefit
o. tho Republican party. There is no neighborhood
from the Battery 10 the WestchesteT border. no
single election district ir which the Repuohcah
voters have not formed their owa association for
the better enforcement Of their principles. Ihele
never was time when they or any otheF pody Gi
voters strongly and efhc.entE Drouent
eLizat,on; do not say that there are no places
%TSTs coIoett or u:scTupHous hands II the profes
sion could be made that It was now al II should
be. the task upon which we are 9oout 10 tr engase
knowedge which Is al east as gooI III as n
discipline, In a mat goes to MAKE sV0q ofs"A"-
None the less, II we can make Il better ana ~ we
can. II IS our duty 10 do Il, and 10 do II now inc
y!r;ues ana many i@qlis Us e5Gat yrtue Is Iie Van
yersality win which II sIreadS me 0rsaniZauI2s ION
ore S a Sg Inc ~ Tie o bccp ore ~iS of tbe
create IN "a ~ tI. 80 80 - "rIo " tIo IL
dependent election district associations constantly
tive part, IN h;s party's affairs But It's evil.
and one for which entirely satisfactory can
rolls from that fairly correct condition in which OBJ
Nlously they ought 10 preserved. The population
OF New-York. especially In the denser portions Of
the city. constantly shifts and changes. and roll
which Is fairly accurate today IS bound. the {
best Of circumstances. to be decidedly wrong to-
morrow.
CURE ABOUT As DANGEROUS
The makers ot our party's constitution perceived
that this going to be Of the ernbarrass-
ments OF the system and sought 10 provide against
It, but the trouble is that the IS about as dan
gcrous the evil They provided that In the
month Of June each year the associations shall
proceed. each in its own way. revise the roll by
striking from Il all the names no longer properly
there. The existence q roll OF q large number .
Of dead offers TO any election district chair
hog Mn