New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-04
REFORM OF THE PAKTY
MANY REPUBLICANS WANT REoRGANi'
ZATION

. MEETING TO BE HELD IN LYRIC HALL On
NOVEMBER Is TO CONSIDER THE SUBJECT
o.ro, Wager Swayne was seen yesterday
.,o-noon at his office in the Equitable builu-
,.o hv q Tribune reporter who asked MIN II lie
a,d NOT consider this the opportune moment 'o'
concentration Of the Republican party as d
whole in this city.
"We're going right ahead" he answered CHI
obat,cally and ne continued. in substance:
1--WE have hired Lyric Hall. where 'he ne
nublican ORGANIZATION Of the CITY OF Ne"-io'N
has held Its regular meetings Tor several
months. and will hold meeting there on NO
ven,ber IS TO consider the subject OF I'epu'
,,con reorganization. This was decided uPo''
at an informal conference OF some OF us '"''
morning. at which there was manifes'eo ho' %
r,uch vain distress over the past d'i''i'a''
seizure OF the city--as resolution 10 os'''' '"s
~ the future The action we are taxing Is "o.
.,, ~ accordance with our own judgment and
desires but also is prompted by WISH 10 sa'
isfv the demand Of great many flat' f'ePu"-
ucans made In the brief time since Tracy de-
feat was announced l cant walk about as
Won know but M. Bragg, ice-preSiueht Vi
our organization. tells me that ne perso"a'i9
met this morning more than twenty fePuoh-
cans who voted yesterday for Tracy, ana WIZ
now insist that there must be reorganization
of the body Of which they have been MEMBERS
and that such reorganization and REFORM i"ue'
be effected from the outside. Our basic ioea III
the work Of reorganization is that there shall
be a freer and fuller enjoyment OF the Suffrage
nv the great body of Republicans than has
heretofore been permitted the membership Vi
.,o plat Republican organization. No. don't
1Nt ytN
tho lines of our own organization or have an
entire readjustment and reorganization lha'
will be for those who attend the meeting OF the
middle Of this month TO decide and at that
meeting all Republicans. Of whatever previous
affilation. will be welcome.
Ex-Judge Henry f. Rowland, while dis'n-
clned TO comment upon the result or the eiec-
ton on the philosophic plea that IT was useless
,an,enting over what could not be undone WAS
vet emphatic in his opinion that some measures
should be taken to reorganize and reuni'e the
Republican party. The party" he SAID was
solid last year in the Presidential election anu
It is unfort innate that the division "hic" ~
materially aided Tammany's success TINS year
should have occurred. While not sugses''"s
that Mr. Plat should be superseded l." '"e
leadership Of the party by some one eise' wv
saw Mr. Platt himself should recognize the iii
psratiye necessity Of doing something 10 COZ"
oiliate the Republican factions. Otherwise 'he
Republican control Of the State VIII be ehoa"
gered. Tammany is now in complete possession
of this CITY, and will keep 1t for four years ana
will thereby WELD tremendous influence. Inc
Greater New-York charter was passed against
the wishes Of many people. and the result as
these people feared, is Democratic ascenoehcS
IN the first administration Of the new munich
his fOrtI
immediate steps should be taken to end the en-
listing division in the Republican party
William Brookfeld has been suffering from
heavy cold and has been confined to his apart
ments In the Murray Hill Hotel for the last day
or two. He said last night that the Republican
ORGANIZATION of the City Of New-York. In which
he and General Swayne have both been promi-
nent. would be conducted along the same lines
as IN the past Its constitution was broad
enough to admit OF the reception or every
Republican in the city, and 1t would be glad 10
extend the right hand Of fellowship to all real
Republicans-that was. all Republicans VINO ac-
cepted the tenets Of Republicansm ana con-
demned such practices as corrupting the prima-
ries and falsfying the enrolment lists. AND II
any other Republican body In this city would
repudiate these unfair practices-and their com
mission was admitted openly by many members
of the organization to which he referred-it
was not improba BILE that there might then be
coalition between that organization and the
one with which he himself was Identified IN
ill., however. the former body should be con-
Quoted on honest lines there could be no union
Elihu Root said last night. when asked II he
thought that there should be a reorganization
of the Republican party i think there ousn'
TO be- In his opinion there should be a reor-
ganization which would give larger measure
Of liberty to the great body Of Republicans-a
change from the present condition Of the prac-
tical domination of one man. Asked II he would
take an active part In movement for SUCH q
reorga 1ization. he answered that he was not at
present prepared to speak positively as 10 tha''