The sun., 1897-06-18
REPUBLICANS WARN CTS.
IMPoLlCF OF TRYING TO FoRCE a
CANDIDATE ON THE MAJORITY.

President QuiEE's speech to the County Conn
mitteo-No Man Can win Against Tam
many hut tho Republican Candidate, and
who ne Will ne Nobody Vet Cau Know.
The Republican County Committee, at its reg
| ular meeting held at the Murray Hill Lyceum.
in East Thirty-fourth street, last night, adopted
| unanimously the following resolution, presented
by President Quigg, who left tho chair for the
| purpose:
"Iicsolped, That 1t is not in the interest of q
united and harmonious campaign for the good
| governm" mt Of the city of New York to attempt
| at this this time by forced and unusual meth
! DDS TO manufacture public sentiment In the In.
| terest of any particular candidate, nor can any
| candidacy provo unifying force among tho
| friends OF good government in this city which Is
| formally presented prior to the meeting OF the
Republican City Convention. or without regard
| to Its action"
In support Of tho resolution President Quigg
| said:
| ~ am one of those who realize that success
| ful campaign in the new city Of New York by
| the friends of good government and against
| Tammnny Hall is serious business. am ono
who believes 1t to be the wisest policy to attract
to the support OF one anti.Tammany ticket in
| that campaign every citizen, no matter what he
may call himself in his party relations,
| no matter how no has voted heretofore. who can
possibly be induced to cast his vote for the can.
| didates Of the Republican City Convention. I
| am one who believes that there ought to be but
one ticket, not two or three, or four in the field
| against tho ticket OF united and valorous
! enemy.
Now. sir. holding these convictions. rs a
representative OF the Republicans OF New York,
| / have given my pledge that no word or act Of
mno shall give offence to any citizen who can
| DO induced to vote against Tammany Hall.
Having given this pledge intend to keep 1t.
This business is to be gono about in rational
| and considerate way. Wehave no single vote TO
trife with There may be ways to win other
than the one which seeks to obtain every pos
sible support by every just means, but distrust
~ have deemed it my duty to offer this reso::
luton as frank statement Of the position of
escape Misrepresentation. hope that 1t will
not be construed In any sense as challenge TO
any other organization or set Of people or poll.
ticians 1t is intended to operate only as check
upon violent and unreasoning persons who are
placing in peril the cause which no doubt they
we have observed on the part of a certain
compel a certain candidacy, and a declaration Of
that organization intended to have what 1t called
o S ds no
Some days ago three citizens of New York
invited q fourth citizen to become a candidate
for the office of Mayor as a representative of the
cause of honest government. The reply they re-
celved was the reply which any self.respecting
lar circumstances The gentleman addressed said
prudently and. OF course. sincerely, that u the
tended honest @ government tim in New pHS YorS wanted
him to be their candidate. and 4 it could be
fofce among an them si he would ] not OF refuse the
use OF his name. But he did not say, to them
blow the horns. make all tho noise you
can. create BY hook or by crook the
win Ie your candidate He did not say this
hnmiiatsd 70 discover W that those Who profess to
DO his friends: and ,, are undertSki1g to appro,
construction upon his words
ought to be ,p BY
interest. It Is yet t six Weeks before the ' Time
will have when the holding Of
selves by HAT time; 10 ops knows ; now whose iss
mont against Tammany Hall. But 1T is very
which attempts to overreach, coerce or humili:
H a any 9taer % ,bc commits an sS, Of
quences, is an act of crime.
In behalf OF the great Republican party Of
sincere warning that these attempts cannot sue
% B hs BY As enndseg G
naturally out OF the situation as II exists when
Be nominated, for no other man % can T Win ~
Temssks
On june 90 and Il Was @ adopted % II all it's % Details
togethsr With resolution @ Offered by AeE,
district urging the officers OF the election district
association to so conduct the work OF revision
every Republican in the county Of New York
has had z full and fair opportunity to partici'
The report Of the Committee on Election
oftcers proyidIng for the selection Of tho
adopted. President 6nIEg announced the
sas R ss c "s.sd .S"
r the members should each cast the vote to
on This MAKES Fredercf Gibbs supreme
v in that committee, as he has the casting of a
The Constitution of tho organization was
amended so as to permit place holders TO become
delegates TO nominating conventions as well as
8 members OF the County Committee.
Charles j. Butler, colored delegate from the
: Twenty.soyenth Assembly district made a lit
, had been neglected by the Republican organIza
! ton IN making arrangements for the Greater
dent appoint committee OF Ave to see to 1t that
the cGi9rsd voters get proper rePresentanri,1n
trict, another colored delegate and a member
of a rival organization. said that tho colored
organization than they are at present On hii
motion Buffers resolution was laid on the table
= As tho County Committee will hold no meet
nRs In July or August and the occasion may
| arise to call primaries and conventions In those
months, the Committee OH Organization wal
empowered to issue such call
0 Commissioner Coils appeared at the meeting
, last night as a delegate from the ThirtietE
). Assembly district. having been chosen In place
. Of Henry g. Roth resigned; This was his frs
( tee when Mr.. Lautorbach was first elected
| President. He was greeted with cheers.
THOMAS KING DROWNED.