New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-23
4, THE NEW ORGANIZATION.
PLANS OF W. H. KENYON. CHAIRMAN OF
THE FIFTY-THREE.
COMMITTEES ON CONSTITUTION AND ENROL
MENT TO BE NAMED sooN-REPLIEs TO

oUIGG's STATEMENTS.
The epubl.cans active In the movement for In
sttutlng new organization In this city are well
LEASED at the action Of the Committee OF Fifty
.Hree Tuesday night in electing William Hous-
ton Kenyon as chairman He Is ono OF the most
prominent patent lawyers in the city. and. while
always a Republican has not been prominent In
politics until the present crisis developed. He Is
thoroughly level-headed. a man Of great energy
and capacity for work. and earnest In his convic-
tlon that a new organization is the only solution
Of the present state Of affairs In the Republican
party In this city. His name was the only one
presented for the Craftsmanship at the meeting of
Tuesday night
In an interview yesterday Mr. Kenyon sad
My practice has In the past absorbed my entire
time and strength. but the condition Of things In
the Republican party has become so bad as to be
lntoerable to far-minded men, and felt II my
duty to Join in the present movement thou
sands and tens OF thousands OF other Republicans
are doing. The names Of the Committee OF Seven
TO draft a constitution and those Of the Committee
OF Eleven to report on a new enrolment plan will
be made public very soon The General Committee
will be called to meet when the reports OF the two
committees are ready. Important points to be re-
ported by the Enrolment Committee are what
the qualifications OF enrolment and what the unit
OF enrolment shall be, whether the enrolment shall
be the election district plan or Assembly dis
purpose OF organizing Republican voters who be
leve that the usefulness Of the present Republican
organization Is at an end We going TO or
ganlze the voters in such a way that they can be
led 10 victory, instead Of being led to defeat"
Mr.. Kenyon was asked what he estimated the
voting strength OF his organization to be and
whether he thought II greater than that OF
the regular organization. He answered:
II can give no numerical estimate OF our strength
but we believe that our organization commands te
support Of large majority of Republican voters
Every clean, honest. reputable Republican must
be with In the end. Our organization Is not
formed for conferences or for union with the pres
ent organization. We have such purpose or end In
view. Were we 10 attempt TO lead our men into
dickers and compromises they would not follow US.
md our whole movement would lose It's point. our
purpose is to go ahead 10 the ultimate mark Of
single. unified Republican organization In tho
county OF New-York. and that our organization
Our organization Is open to all Republicans but
only as individuals To go to the expense OF form
ing a political organization In January that should
d!sband in February would be tomfoolery. The
men in this movement are In Il 10 stay"
Anti-rnachine Republicans yesterday said that
tho best answer TO President Quigg's structures
upon tho Committee OF Flfty-three as being made
up OF persons who not known at oil. and who
are without consequence or weight, or notorious
dlsturbers" the list OF Mr.. Quigss own new
County Committee. That list. they declared proved
the ptiful paucity Of good material In the merl-
hership Of the machine as at present manned 10
he sure. the g. contains many well known names
but there IS a difference between being well
the Committee OF F!fty-;hrce Includes NO Cor:
rellus y Blisses. Elihu Roots or Edward
Mtchels." It includes names OF similar weigh,
and worth. which Is far more than can be said OF
the machine County committee