The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
PARTY HARMONY IN SIGHT.
PLANS ON FOOT FOR UNITING ALL
REPUBLICANS.

The Regulars ana the Corarnittee OF Eirty.three
60 No Asked 20 sepd Representatives - .
Conferences Intended 70 Bring About Roace-
Ceunrnitteee Or Firy-thres inclined 70 Treat
Edmund wetmore and Elihu Root will meet
this morning at Mr.. Roots office TO consider the
advisability Of sending an invitation to the TO
publican County Committee and to the Com
mittee Of Fifty-three, asking those Organize
lions to send representatives to a conference OF
prominent Republicans to devise q method Of
bringing about harmony in the party. The
gentlemen who are interested in the attempt
to restore party harmony kept thcir plans from
tho public up to yesterday. It was intended
that nothing should be said Of the matter until
to-day, but 1t became known prematurely yes
terday. The scope and character OF tho move
ment may be Judged from the following draft
OF the invitation which IL Is proposed to send to
the organizations:
" To the Republican County Committee and the Or.
gantratfons Of the Republicans Of the counfy Of
Eeto York.
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned Republicans
in the city of New York respectfully invite each
of your organizations TO appoint n committee to
meet with us at such time and place as may DO
convenient to confer, and IL possible to agree,
upon a course to secure united and effective &C
ton by all Republicans in the boroughs Of Man.
haitian and the Bronx ut the next election. We
suggest that such committees shall be author.
lied to represent thor several organizations in
providing for a joint committee to consider and
act upon the subject Of reorganization. re.en.
%rollment, o now constitution, a new primary
election law. and any 9, her measures which
% eans i Iea the to ae sfneF Of t Rsfirif pantS and ~ the Me estsb.
lishment of an organization which Will fairly
express the wish Of the majority Of the party
Coy. Levi r, Morton, ,channeey, NJ; DegeYg.
Cannon, Edmund Wetmore, John Clafin John
J. McCook, Henry ". Cannon. Edward Mitch
s pan s'X T.: f. +. G 5nifiaird ae anS Il k1 5sreH #. d :; i; TsP.
fare and success of the Republican party, and
character that an amieablc understanding may
publication of the plan is regretted by the gen
tlemen who have been interested In the move
cnce at Mr.. Roots office to-day It will be de-
cidcd to send tho invitations, to the organiza-
lions, and it was the general opinion among
members of all factions last night that good
must come OF a movement Endorsed by men OF
such standing as are the signers of the invita-
1t can be said that II the invitation is pre-
scented to the Republican County
at Its meeting tonight a committee nf,S VII ~ Dc zap, sp-
ers of the invitation
William Houston Kenyon. the Chairman Of
that as the invitation to a conference had not
been received By him, he was not In a position
pared at the headquarters Of the FifIty-three
after Mr.. Kenyon had refused to talk about the
matte" %Tse S nnS Sas siv In t IL sh oye Rfiess': papers of
a COMMUNICATION purporting to be addressed
to tho so.called regular Republican County
Seem to cali for a restatoment Of our position.
shadowed in THE Sun about two weeks ago
and announced by Mr.. ,Quigg in Washington,
at at once IN Wf fairly e 1 AND p positively sMi ,iise stated e IN the papers @@s
and II was reiterated last week even more en-
phatically,, as follows:
us is absolutely wasted. II any one imagines
for a single instant, That there is the slightest
cerned, he certainly fails to appreciate the seri-
business and truth of tho situation, In our
judgment harmony means surrender
I'VE have the greatest respect for the gentle
men whose names are signed to the letter asp.
pearing in the the evening even ago PsP PC +. nVs;t have 1nn for
ward the movement which this organization
aware of this long before our temporary organ
ization had been perfected or our constitution
Der. Some OF them voluntarily. others upon
being requested to support our movement. have
from time lime t to time inh, nor sons "a shat tt they tb aR,
could be more useful later on when the time
should como for harmonizing the party
pubiiieanis ReHii in the state Which we believe is
passing away. One Of the fundamental doc
party can best be reformed from within and by
means of its own so-called regular organization,
by harmonizine the elements Of reform with the
elements OF corruption. Their. present effort
to reform by barmonizing is not their first.
Ale OF the party, both the younger and older
members. the latter of whom no longer believe
mer ot..whom growing up in the midst Of numer.
gus abortiye attempts to put 1t into execution.
ure at their true value statements protesting
sympathy with reform, but having attached to
them what we must call a string r. namely; that
that the methods OF This old school have been
wrong, tina. they have not gone to the root of
and which now beset it with oven greater force.
We believe that the chief reason why all their
heretofore been allowed to come when effective
reorganization could be induced to desjst by the
desire DE Ire OF n,o 1ae si% of eb ,eT w sSlcsiie 10 bber eood' and
PARTY crime.afier party crime and incompe-
tent leadership following upon the despotic ex.
their effect upon us. and we have come to the
conclusion that the party can only be made
our present plight can be sent and kept to the
rear. We believe they can be sent and kept
e9 sne fee ent HaiS Apart az from them and TH whic =
will appeal to the good sense and honest senti-
ments OF an outraged and boss.riddcn commu-
1--WE have not gone into this movement light
ly. We have gone into it advisedly and after
mature elaboration. We have gone into 1t
with the determinationto remain in 1t and TO
carry 1t on to ultimate success, in spite of tho
fear of the timid or the cry OF tho boss that we
shall ruin the party. We believe that the party
has been ruined by the present machine. We
therefore intend to WACO relentless warfare upon
the machine and TO save the party ont Of its
grasp. The machine may raise the old cry of
harmony, and even induce eminent Republi-
cans, upon whose good nature and good sense
It can successfully impose, to appeal TO us,
bul we shall go right on with our work.
The principles which tho party represents
arc dear to us, and we regret most profoundly
that these gentlemen cannot find it compatible
with their sense of party duty and practical
politics to Join with us in our work Of taking
the party. out Of the hands and control Of those
who use its name as a cloak for a multitude of
selfish and corrupt purposes. We have adopt
ed a constitution, which has been generally up
| proved, and has not been criticised in any quar-.
ter. It permits. complete harmony on the basis
Of thorough reform, and no other harmony is
the fact that it IS not presented TO tho voters
by the old machine, or after conference wi h
the old machine. Any new plan for indepen-
dent reorganization could differ from our plan
,.lr H. At. -. - tIn .,A a. 10. .-f-ln