The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
UNION AGAINST TAMMANY.
CIT IRREC0NCILABLES LIKELY TO BE
LEFT SOLITARY.

President QuiRg of tho Republican County
Committee Finds the Workers in the
Districts RendJ to Go In and DO some
thing to Weaken TnmmRny's Grip.
President Quigg Of the Republican County
Committee is confident that the negotiations
that.havc been In progress the.past two months
between him and the workers among tho var-
Gus other organizations. Composed to Tammany
will result In the nomin alton this fall ot anti
Tammany tickets in nearly all the Assembly dis
tricts which willsunito all OF the voters anxious
to,see Richard Cookers followers crippled in
their control Of .the city Government Mr..
QuiRg s.boief is based on the cordial spirit In
which his advances have been met. and the as
surances of-support which he has received
from mon OF influence In the independe Mt
ranks. Mr.. Quigg.belleve8 tina, II the Republic
can district leaders meet the independent
workers In their districts they will he able to
reach agreements that will result In the nomi-
nation OF good men and In aggressive can
vases which will have excellent chances OF
success. Mr.. QuigG found that to put his plan
into effect would require a vast amount Of
work. Much OF this was done In the Republi-
can organization. the members OF which did
not take kindly to the suggestion at first Mr..
Qu!gg was able to bring so many arguments to
bear upon the County Committeeman that they
were obliged to admit that he was right. and
he finally got things into such shape that he
felt justified In talking to the independents.
In the municipal campaign Of 1897 Mr..
QuigG. in conducting the Republican canvass.
learned the names Of the Cit workers whose
efforts omplished something. He did not
forget their names after the campaiRn, He
also made a note OF their addresses. He did
NOT know when these lanes and addresses
might 10 useful. or that they ever would be OF
use. but ne kept them When he had con.
County II
that com bnation tickets wore necessary to win
from Tammany this, fail; Mr.. Quigg looked uD
this list Of names and addresses and communi.
Gated with the men
The result Of hia conversations with them
made which. would be supported Loyalty by all
hands. and that such com blnation would
have an excellent opportunity to take one
gains in the Legislature. Mi, Ouiee ex.
whom he conferred and told them the lines
on whlch.the Republican organization would
The Cts are not organized In many Of tho
Assembly districts. In those districts in
which there are organizations the district or
district nominees as they please. The power
to interfere IN district affairs was taken from
sae cstTa M T *
missing Cts. like those who engineered the
great Bacon movement last fall. have opposed
AmonE thsse ars ru F1er Of ha
City Com mit.es and Isaac H. Klein Of the same
committee They believe that any prem ditated
attempt OF the union and any political orRani-
cation, the Republican County Committee par.
ticularlv. to combine. would be betrayal OF
they are not supported by tho moderate mem
hers OF the organization. who are an yious to
elect good candidates. and want the help Of all
parties to do SO. The indications are.that the
district workers Of the union will enter COM
hinatons wherever it seems to the m ad ranta.
geous to do 30. regardless OF tina opinions Of
the men who succeeded in getting 12S votes
for Bacon in Manhattan and the Bronx. in the
contest for Governor last fall. Moral victories
such as'that.was. declare the distric; workers
do far less good for the city OF New ork than
the election OF anti. Tammany officers.