New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-17
THE LINE OF PARTY ACTION
HOW TO AVOID DEFEAT NEXT hEA'

,,rr1vs or BROOKLYN REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY
MEN-ELEcT.
p-ook,vn's Ave Republican Assemblymen-
e,ect are playing a waiting game just ho"'
rbev are holding off and resisting all tempta-
t,ons to place themselves on record, WIN VIC
one purpose of discovering and deciding upon
49, i've of action which will best aid the Re-
nublican party to regain the public coniiuc"o
- hitch the PIatt machine has robbed it, ana
.,,,,oh must he restored II victory Is to be "on
next year. ,o,nod
AssombIvman-elec David F. Davis explained
III. own posltio, Yesterday, and limited AZ 'he
nos,t,on of his colleagues when he saiu W
Tribune reporter: .,;r,
mrb,s is no. the time to talk. but 20 'hii'A'
rh.r. are grave questions involved IN 'riS
situation. and 7 am fully sensible 'ha' ''"."
denends upon the course pursued by the iiue
nandent Republican Assemblymen. Our coui'o
must he decided upon before January h anu
viii thus he determined largely by develop
,o.,.oon NOW and then. Meanwhile
nm mot likely TO have much 10 say io' pun
oo,,on but by that I do not mean to say 'ha'
s,ou he unmindful Of the interests ana w'shes
OF my constituents. $500. 4.
o,o ., tho Brooklyn Republicans elected 10
the Assembly with the aid OF the c'''Ne"o
s,otoa tho case yesterday In the FOLLOWING
words:
"rbo one thing most desired now by all nc
.,,,.o,a T., q condition of affairs which Will
make victory possible next fall. In my op''''o"
everything depends upon the RECORD h'aoe w
the Legislature this winter ana more WIN
be gained by the careful and thoughtiui cou''.
Of a few men than by the acts or wishes VI
any one man. mention no names. out you
are at liberty to draw conclusions. lho'e 10
too much at stake In the next election TOT uS
to allow the contest to be won by the Democrats
II we can prevent such thing. Inc hepuoh-
can organization has lost the confidence OF the
,.o,ors The only way for the party to install
,tsoI, once more In the good Will and
confidence OF the Independent citizens, whose
support II must have to succeed. Is py
r,oL,nc as r,od n record as II can In the Legls-
,a,urc and that responsibility rests upon the
legislators themselves No man can orlVe
harmony into party or into the voters oi
marty bv bulldozng I am becoming convinced
tina. there will be no harmony in our party
until ,hero IS a change In the leadership. or UNI
III the present leaders are willing TO work for
the good Of the party and not for themselves
or their machine. The voters have shown that
they do not care to support machine when
tries to use the party name and reputation to
cover up their desire to work the machine as
their personal property. This falls election
proved that the Republican voters think too
much OF the party 10 allow II 10 be used Tor
such purposes. ] convinced that there
must he change In the party management or
next year viii repetition OF THIS years
disasters. ! know Of many Republicans who
would vote the Democratic ticket next fall be-
fore they would help TO maintain the present
organization.
ITO my mind IL Is extremely dlscouraging to
friends or good government - see independent
Republicans hold alOoi from the party organiza-
ton. II all Republicans would join their district
associations and attend the district meetings
and primaries. they could keep the organization
out o: the hands ~ the men who have dsgraced
IL and given 10 It's present il-repute. Party bat
ties should Ice fought out inside OF party lines.
Men who nsht party leaders by staying away
from the primaries and district associations and
then 20 - The polls and vot" against the party
ticket may satsry thcms Ives that they are act
ing az good citizens and good Republicans. but
do not consider them such. Where the district
leaders refuse to admit Republicans 10 member
ship other means 81 fighting the machine must
be- employed. but IN most pnrts OF brooklyn II
Is possible 10 get into the district associations.
Interesting revelations In the Assembly sltua
ton may be looked Tor between now and the as
sembliug of the Legislature. | am willing TO
predict that the forces which two weeks ago
administered their singing rcbukr 10 the ma
chine will find their battle continued In Albany,
but ut the present time do not care TO have
my name used publicly with this statement. for
reasons which may bc evident later on"