New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-29
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
MR.. OUIGG AND PURE PRIMAhir"'
A SAMPLE OF THE RoTTENNEss OF HIS ENho'
MENT

MENT.
To the Editor OF Tho Tribune ~,
CT. II q snee,h recently made in brooklyn "''
Iemue, r. Ouigg is reported as saying
.Jf our party which has stoci TOT conn ~
for honesty for patriotism and rect'uue, a,.
divided against itself. then Ia'n"""'
again step III. ,od &, .r,,e.
That the Republican party mas 30 9 80 ,be
,ha, I, IS now divided against itsei' u oe'". -,
80, r,ho control tho Republican orgahlzt'o" ~
his CITY no longer stand for honesty pa
and rec,itude Their actions are al val IAN" -,
the attributes so aptly named by tne
the County Committee. and such a''io''' ia
PEELED the division ne mentions - .r,,
The great issue In this campaign i d nun '''
49,, co,errnent for the city OF New YORK
Wi, DOCS non-partsanship conflict Win com
,o,oncy bones.y. patriotism and recttude' Is
there ANYTHING in tho platform OF the O''1e,'
linton which conflicts? II MI Quisgs high siam
ard % Repub.icanism Is true. does no' such p'''
form fully NEE: such standard? How theh "oe'
- ,,e, 10 stems upon such platform, leave
~, Penuhicanisrn behind him? He is not asAeu
% alter his views as 20 monetary STANDARD OF
os N a protective tariff The competency honesty
patrio;ism am fectitude OF those VINO s"N" s''
ern his CITY is :he question; nothing ese'
And 70, Mr. Oulgg and the gentlemen who' as
,ha Co,,,t,. Committee. claim 10 represent the Re
nuhIcans Of the city could not accept that pia'-
form Why? Because non-partisanship III CIVIC
affairs was 10 them-not TO the Republican party
q most Objectionable principle IL VIII ho' '"J".e
the citizens OF New York An no. those IL VII
inture are the very men /, aims at-the spoiismen
those who enter political lie soiey 'o' ''e ~
ments resulting from success
Such being the fact. 1t is most natural tha' 'he
Penublcen machine should in this campaign en-
deavor 10 hide tne true issue behind the HfoieVa"'
and feigncd issue OF National polity. Nheh Ma
,,oral noIit becomes n i've issue It will be met by
- h.fn
tho old cry of Preserve The nation never h'l''u
the city" IS now heard and some RepubHcans
losing sight Of tn, fact that cities make '"e
Nation and that unless the cities are wei gov
erned the Nation will suffer arc STRIVING 10 pace
,h.,- c,v IN tho hands of men who. when gauged
by Mr. Ouiggs standard Of Repubhcanisi"' are
not Republicans and whose positions as alleged
represenratives Of the party have been acquired ny
methods which no true Republican would adopt
or knowingly sanction.
The machines tactics IN the NXNlIth Assembly
District will illustrate such methods. mat ais
,rict extends from Thrty-sixth-st on the south
10 Fifty-third-st. the north; from Lexington
ave on the east 10 Eghth-ave on the west. In II
reside large number Of intelligent earnest Re
pubIcans some Z whom have. as members of the
Republican Club Of the XXVlIth Assembly Dis
trlct. of which am a member labored 70 increase
Republican enrolment and honest representation in
the district.
REPUBLICANS NOT WANTED.
When that club began its work II found that
association existed IN the Twenty-sixth Election
District: such district is bounded the north by
Fifty-frst-st. on the east by Fifth-ave.. on the
eouth by Fftieth-st and on the west by SiXth-ave
Application was a. once made 10 the County Com
mttee to organize such association. but no atten-
ton was paid thereto and strenuous efforts In that
direction met with success. Why? Because It
was assumed by such committee that the delegates
elected by that association. If organized would not
be subservient the gentlemen who now control
the Republican machine. The Constitution which
created such committee required IT TO organize
such district association hut that Of no ac-
count.
In September last delegates were elected TO repre-
sent the respective election districts the recent
conventions At the first Of such conventions seven
delegates were to be elected to represent the
XXVIIth Assembly District at the CITY convention,
which nominated the Republican candidate for
Mayor You may remember that before the AS
sembly district conventions were held the local
press stated that those In control of the Republican
machine openly boosted that every Assembly dis
trct In the city opposed TO the nomination Of
Mr. Low. The machine. however. feared that the
action of the convention In the XXNI1th District
might refute such boast and steps were taken to
prevent any such refuta,ion. Observe how this was
NOTICE HELD BACK
The constitution of the Republican party contains
the following provision (Art. l5):
Twenty days before the holding Of each conven-
ton the County Committee shall fix. in accordance
with this constitution the number Of delegates to
which each district will be entitled in such con-
vention and give notice thereof to the district as
sociations"
No such not,e givea-at least not TO dis
tricts opposed to machine methods-until three or
four days before such delegates were TO be elected.
end seven eight days before the convention. The
oh ~ h. prevented thorough In
vestigaiion as TO whether the number of
delegates allotted any district exceeded the num-
Der to which such district was entitled.
The club however satisfied that in one cleo
ton district Ghe Fifth the number OF delegates al
lowed by the County Committee was larger than
the number of Republicans in that district war
ranted
This conclusion was justified by the following
facts The number Of delegates in such district
had been fixed at eleven. which or the consiitu-
tiona basis Of representation would mean that
such district mad on its roll AZ least two hundred
and twenty Republicans residing in the block
bounded on the north by Forty -scven'h-st. on the
east nv Seventh-ave on the south 10y Forty-siXth-
ST and on the west by Eighth-ave. The Repub-
Iican vote in such district at tho last election was
49, the total vote 222
In May OF this year. about one month prior to the
preparation OF the roll on which eleven delegates
were allowed house-to house canvass was made
hv such club Of those whose names appeared on the
las, registration list Through such canvass it was
ascertaned thar OF those such list eighty foHr
had either died moved or were not Republicans. and
that eishty-One were alleged Republicans. Within
Two months afterwdrd the Republican District As
ISOLATION certified 10 the County Committee that
there wpre 223 enrolled Republicans In such district
\ member of the cub prior To the primary II
euch district brought the attention Of the presi-
6ert OF the County Committee this remarkable en-
rolment Nothing done. Strenuous efforts
had been made for weeks procure from such
rresilsni from such committee. from the leader in
our Assembly district and from n" chairman and
secretary OF such election district copy % the
roll OF the 22S Republicans. but such efforts were
persiste,tly and wilfslly thWarted. for with such
roll in our possession We could readily snow fraud.
THAT LOW RESOLUTION.
The convention for the election OF delegates was
held \ strong protest made aga!ns; seating
,he delegates from the Fifth District aud II In.
sisted that under constitution that district was
6isnnalifiel from REPRESENTATION a; he convention