The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-01
WEST SIDE oLUB,s PLAN
Hnvolyes Abandoning the Primaries. but Other.
wise Resenbles QuiEG's.

Involyes Abandoning the Primaries. but Other
wise Resenbles QuiEG's.
At the last regular meeting Of the West Side
Republican Club the result Of tho election was
discussed and q was appointed to
consider the present situation and to advise
what had best DO done. This committee was
composed Of men OF all factions of the Republi-
can party. and tho plan they adopted was re-
ported at q meeting of the club last night and
unanimously accepted by tho members who
were present. The meeting was held In the new
clubhouse OF Eighty-third street and Boulevard,
and there was q representative attendance.
.Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, presided. The report of
the committee said;'
There ig no room In the city Of New York for
two rival Republican organizations. The Re-
ppOriaS IN t RSfist B;.S eUen The CITY, Ini Hs tie Il IN eie G %I,
70 DO hold In the fall OF 1893 there will be chosen
5ers Of Con S 2 i and pa q g se nate S oIafe ass;s mS%;
which will choose a United States Senator. It
VIII thus 30 seen that said election will have to
hehce will be of tho utmost Importance to the
Republican party: To go into that campaign
with shorts and Councils divided and distTssiuR she
VIII BE- to invite-nay to i~nsure-defeat. a de-
It therefore seems to your committee a high.
nay Q PATRIOTIC duty. for Republicans of all sorts
and manly way. and to devise a measure salts:
factory to all reasonable men by which tho
party may be again united. We therefore
party upon the following broad general lines: :n'
gtist..That the present organization do not
Committee hold over under the clause continu-
ing II In power until its successors shall have
second-That the constitution be amended so
e: While pressryinE for certain purposes tho
Assembly district organization.
Third.To change the basis Of representation
IN egpnysr ut fbs from. from ta b .t basis OF Of the he enrolled
hcAn vote therein cast for Governor at tho last
preceding State election.
tion for enrollpent that the %elector shall state
tial election. for the Republican candidate for
President, II then q voter. and that he intends
70 act with tho Republican party at the next
Fifth-To insure that every Republican desir-
ing SO TO do may have his name placed upon the
inspectors in his district, or, in case they cannot
be found or refuse TO act. BY the officers Of the
appeal to the County Committee.
Slxth-To provide for an entirely new enroll
troll Of a c d fDHfss to s" eona dst Of o'ff Rspab Hea so Of
Spch standing In tho community that their
guarantee Of honesty and good fait tn WITCH IH
committee should. DO chosen as the result of o
conference with all bodies of Republicans inter
ested IN procuring an honest enrolment and o
We therefore recommend to the club the
ndopton 81 the foregoing report and tho fol-
Resoipsd, That tho President of the club DO
authorized to appoint a committee of seven.
with power TO confer with other Republicans.
permanently or temporarily organized. for tho
purpose of securing tho appointment Of a com.
mitteo to ~reenrol and reorganize the Repub-
ttiSsis s rp pSsty upon the general lines set forth in
Several times during tho reading of this re-
port there was considerable applause and there
was moro when 1t was finished. The report was
adopted without a dissenting voice. The meet
Ing was ready to adjourn then, but DIR. MAJ
Eetti. who had been scratching his head,
got up and said he wanted to have
one or two sections of tho report read
again. He didn't Just exactly understand how
the present County Committee was to be con-
hnuei. Somebody else made a remark to the
Chairman that he thought the report had been
adopted rather suddenly. The Chairman said
he had given ample opportunity for any expires.
sion OF opinion, but II the folks present were
willing he would be very glad to listen TO talk
even then. DIR. Mazzetti repeated his question
and John Proctor Clarke, who was a member
OF the committee, proceeded to explain the re-
port. section By section. and asserted that he be
lieved it would result in the bringing about OF a
situation wherein harmonious action was
possible. He was applaudod, and there
were three or four speakers who fol-
" him, and who Endorsed all that
he said. The last ono was Samuel III.
Randall of the Nineteenth district. who dc.
clarcd he believed the plan would meet the ap,
proyal OF everybody, and that the appointment
of such committees as were proposed by all Of the
Republican factions would necessarily result in
The retStsbliDhment Of the party to that point