New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-09
REPUBLICAN CLUB WORKERS.
WHERE POLITICS AND SOCIAL PLEAS
URES ARE UNITED
TIRE TWO UNION LEAGUE CLUBS, THE REPUBIL
CAN AND THE WEST SIDE REpuBII-


The Republican clubs If New York have al
ways been important factors in the political
contests of the State and city. and some Of the
Republican victories have been credited to the
work done by the committees and workers" OF
these organizations. Smokers. theatrical and
musical entertainments receptions. loan exhi-
billions and ladies evenings" have made the
clubs popular. have robbed them of their purely
political features. and these departures have at
tracted to the clubs good men who would not
have Joined them il they had no object beyond
politics.
hut when the campaigns open when cand-
dates are to be elected. he clubs store away the
sOciai features to a great extent and devote
time. energy and funds to. the real object Of the
organ,zation-the promotion of the interests of
the Republican party Every district has its
organization. and usually its club also, but the
larger clubs are the places where representatives
from all parts of the city gather. and there new
men meet leaders and leaders renew old ties.
The Republican clubs have been unusually
active in the present campaign. and the first
public demonstrations in favor Of the Saratoga
nominees were arranged by them. Each one Of
the large clubs has appointed a Campaign Com
mt,ee and the work ~ which Colonel Roose-
Albany is already being pushed by these conf
mttees in 4 vigorous manner
There are three large Republican clubs in the
Borough of Manhattan. and although many Re-
pubcans are members of all three the clubs
represent various clements. While all have the
same object in view they differ in many i'm
charges $500 entrance fee and $75 annual dues:
RpDuhIiCln IN foa 4<Ir
annual dues. and the West Side Republican
the present and charges its members only $40
year for dues The Union League has .paIatiaI
quarters the Republican Club has q large house
In Fifth-ave. which is arranged more for COM
fort than for display. and the West Side Club
has neat home the Boulevard into which
1t moved its belongings last November where
the youngest element of the West Side now
congreGate and discuss the situation and plan
Republican victories. The Union League has
earned the title swell; the Republican Club is
democratic the consreSatinG place Of Republi-
cans OF all shades stripes and classes, and the
young West Side club is credited with possess
Ing the most energy and the greatest disposition
to work. Each club does good in its own way
and between them they help to keep up the
gauization and make it effective
THE UNION LEAGUES ORIGIN
The Union League Club was organized in 1869.
when patriotic citizens found it necessary to
take steps against the Northern sympathizers
with the cause of the South The charter mem
bers were Cornelius r. Aguew. Horatio Allen,
James w. Beekman. Henry w. Bellows Francis
B. Cutting. John A. Dix. Wolcott Gibbs. John
c. Green. George Griswo!d David Hoadley
Murray Hoffman, William j. HopDin Charles
King. Charles H. Marshall. willard Parker.
George 7. Strong. Jonathan Sturges. Otis d.
Swan and Moses Taylor
1t was not club nor social organization in
its infancy. but a society for the protection Of
NETWORKS hearths and homes and it's social
features developed after peace had removed the
object OF its organization. The club vas ncor-
porated in 1865. when Charles II. Marshall was
president His predecessors had been Robert b.
Minturn and Jonathan SturgeS The first home
Of the club was at No. u East Seventeenth-st..
but this soon became too small 10 accommodate
the growing club, and the house now occupied
by the University club. Madson-ave and East
Twenty -sixth-s was built. Where the club re-
manned until 1881 when the present beautiful
clubhouse at Fifth-ave and Thirty ninth st.
was opened.
In the mean time the following members
served as president of the organization: John
Jay. Jackson 5. schultz William j. Hoppin,
Joseph II. Choate. George Cabot Ward and
Hamilton Fish. After taking possession Of the
new house William NJ Evarts chosen presi-
dent and was succeeded by Chauncey NJ Depew
and Horace Porter The latter resigned when
he accepted the place Of Ambassador to France.
and was succeeded by Elihu Root the present