New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-02
PAUL. CRAVATH SPEAKS OUT
HIS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING MR.
cHoATE FOR THE SENATE.
~ LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE RE
PUBLICAN CLUB. HE ENTERS VIGOROUS


Paul d. Cravath has sent the following 'e',er'
dated December 81 1896 to the president OF the ne
publican Club: ST.,
NV Dear Sir: I went to the Republican CLUB
meeting last Monday evening pireparei 10 Say say
something about the present condl'on Tl I'm IN NV
Judgment gives to Mr.. Choates Senatorial , ear
didacy an Importance quite apart from me dest
ability of sending 10 the Senate man OF ms emu
nent talents. could not say the things ! hau eS-
peced TO say because OF me decision u h dhgte
which was nothing more nor less than this: INA
senator Pavey's resolutions their merits should
not make any disparaging illusions 10 MT iit.t VI
TO Nj Platts political methods Every Intelligent
man knows that the present condition of the re
publican organization In this state cannon ne US
cussed without frequent and pointed illusions 10
Mr. Platt ana his political methods. !. for one.
was unwilling to make statements 'Which nsiI' pc
whose name could not mention. l propose. there,
fore. say in this open letter to the presiusn, oI
should have said last Monday evening had th,
meeting not decided that In saying them sho"'"
brief retrospect will serve to throw light upon
the present situation. About year ago severn
eminent Republicans including your self. and some
less eminent ones including myself acting together
Investigation and deIibcration reached certain con-
illusions regarding the Republican organization IN
this city and State. which were en- bodied III VIII,
ten reports memorials and resolutions. unani-
Inously approved bl the committee. The following
extracts will serve 10 give the tenor oil 'oSe con"
.'Thc general conclusion drawn from the investi-
gat ion ana from which the evidence leaves 10 pos
sibc avenu~ OF ESCAPE. is that the men in control
OF th, County organization have devised and car
ricd through deliberate scheme OF wholesale wholesale
fraud intended to secure for themselves. without
regard TO the Will of the majority Of IN" hepup-
lean voters the absolute control OF me orsa' "a
ton ana of the delegations from TINS CIV 10 the
National and state conventions.
4 PLEA FOR HONEST ENROLMENT
ct follows that the organization which Resulted
from the rect primaries is fraudulent AMI illegal
Honest Repnbiicans cannot consistently support It.
nor is there any basis on which lhcy can 30 "Tate
with the mon who have secured control Of the or
ganzation 10y means of frauds which they refuse 10
Undo There, can be no legal amt representative
Republican organization In this county untii an
honest enrolment has been secured ana new pr
marics held under such auspices as VIII INSPIRE pun
lie confidence and insure AN honest EXPRESSION OF
the will Of majority of the party kepunl1cinis
need fear 10 take any action, however rau,'i'l
TO accomplish these results. for nothing couid De
more disastrous TO the party than compromise WIN
I'm a letter read at a meeting Of protesting Repub-
leans held under the auspices oi the g oninttee
of Twenty-Five in January last Mr.. Elihu Root,
than whom there Is no better INFORMED Republican,
said: "It seems to me csscntia to the party pros
pcrily that 1t should fail TO apply 10 Itself the
same STANDARD which II insists upon for Others.
The elements which compose II are sn'h inu t II
cannot live upon the liberation OF fraud. believe
that if the Republicans Of IN" state can he once
convinced that the persons claiming to represent
I'm the governing bodies OF the party large part OF
The people OF the State have other title than one
based upon fraud perprtrated by themselves they
will Indignantly repudiate and cast out me lraudu-
lent prccnders Such abuse j. sufficiently grave.
important and wdc-sproading In Its effects TO he
II have no doubt of the existence OF such fraud
in this city. have no doubt that fully one-hat OF
the upon the rolls, made up in violation OF me
constitution of the party for the purposes or the
last primary election from which the preH sem
those rolls by fraud. Nor have You any doubt OF
that fact - .
the conclusions above stated. Every independent
ana wcll-nformcd Republican in this city knows
them to be true. You will rememncr our fruitless
appeals. first to the Governor. then to the County
Committee. and finally 10 the State Committee. You
will remember that after the ma rebui1 AT thSS
hands Of the State Committee Ne decided 10 stand
by our colors and never compromise with fraud. 1t
is true conservative counsels prevailed and II was
decided TO suspend hostllties within the party until
after the Presidential campaign.
THE FRUIT FAST RTPENING.
The Presidential campaign is over. Mckinley
and Hobart carried New-York by overwhelming
ma jority, not because OF the Republican machine,
but in spite its growing unpopularlty among the
people The fruits OF the deliberate scheme Of
wholesale fraud" which denounced few
months ago are fast ripening. one man all
but controlled tho New-York delegation to the
National Republican Convention. The man
does control the Republican majority in our legis-
man say whether he viii allow his faithful and
carefully selected legislature 10 send him TO the
for the office. For the first time in ten years ibis
state is to elect Republican Senator, yet M
State. is the only one who has had the courage to
declare himself a candidate. and the only specula-
a
shall name for the office. The worst We ever feared
has S.o CONF ,uo, ,,a, ur p,o,t t. ard has long
been. the guiding spirit and master Of the organ-
cation which in carving ont its ,deberate scheme
primaries disenfranchised Republican voters pros
itutcd the public service. made the legislature
upon corporations. and in other ways too numer-
Gus detail done more TO lower the standard Of
political morals in our State than Il generation OF
The Following quotation from statement, by
uary y OF this year viii serve TO indicate the
position then taken with reference 10 Mr. iiatt by
the Committee of Twenty-Five and its supporters.
II am not especially concerned in anything Mr.
iati may rec, iru J'o h 40 hSr p inr i H.
partnership with Stewart, Thornton. Lautcrbach
d co. he has taken forced possession OF the Re-
publican County organization. he has not the
standing in this cpy TO command the confidence
of the Republican masses He 4. not a voter here.
which have been committed here 10y his followers
frauds much serious ana far-rcachins to be
permitted to go unrcmedicd. Mr. Plat,'s denun-
citation of the Republicans who propose to show
Investigation viii 90 on to The end. regardless Of
consequences to any one. or to the charge that
cation. There can be no bolt from such organi-
cation. The Thorntons and stewards and Lautcr-
hachs have done all the boiling that Is 10 be done
They have established fraudulent organization In
this county at Mr.. Platrs direction
HE DOESN'T WANT CANCELLATION.
Men who believed in the work OF the Committee
of Twenty-Five cannot disagree single fact
CT the SubSiarfial correctness OF single concur
sion thus Gar stated In the light OF the undispued
facts / cannot understand the present err Of
harmony dinners and general conciliation Mr..
Plat and hi~ political M, hods certainly have not
changed for the better IT Is as certain now as ii
was three months that unless the party *
purged from within II Will be purgcd from with
out by defeat at the polls. which is the inevitable
punishment of a party which allows itself TO fail
into the control OF gent and corrupt orSani-
cation.
1t Is true that the machine never had so many
Offices 10 offer now. that harmony in the party
will save some embarrassment in the distribution
Of appointments by ;hC incoming Federal Admin
istration and that man VINO now opposes the
machine puts his political life IN jeopardy. But we
must agree that such considerations OF con-
venience and personal advantage should have no
weight where the issu" IS between honesty ana
Dishonesty Therefore. why should sc not agree
now as we did cary In the year when We signed
the report OF the Committee of twenty-five. that
nothing could BE- more disastrous TO the party
than compromise with fraud? Their" Is hardly a
member Of the Union League Club or OF the Re
publican club except ihOs" who ar" 81 need by III"
possession or hope Of cficc. who does NOT in
private express his disgust OF the party manase-
l., than