New-York tribune., 1901-01-31
REVOLT OF DEMOCRATS.
BROOKLYN MEN FORM a NEW ORGAyI.
ZATION
FIERCE ATTACK ON WILLOU,iHBY STREET.
AND TAMMANY HALL-PEOPLE CALLED
UPON To THROW OFF sERvILE YOKE.

FIERCE ATTACK ON WlLLOUGHBY STREET
AND TANMANY HALL-PEoPLE CALLED
UPON To THROW OFF sERvILE YOKE.
Representatives of the local Democrscv an
posed to the rule of wTIoughby Street met last
evening in the Real Estate Exchange BuiIdins,
in Montague-st, Brooklyn and formed an or
ganizatOn styled the Brooklyn Democracv
Senator Michael j. Coffey and about fifty others
representing nearly all the disaffected Demo-
cratic factions in the Assembly districts %
Brooklyn, were present The meeting was sa
cret. An Executive Committee of twenty-ons
one member from each Assembly district was
elected. who will arrange for the election Of a
County Committee OF 51S at a meeting to be
called later.
Rufus L. Scott. a lawyer. of the XvIIth As
sembIy District. was made chairman Of m.
County Committee. and is therefore the head OF
the new organization Those present pledged
themselves to mutual cooperation in the forma-
tion and work of the organization for the NIL
nicipal campaign Of 1901. so that Democrats in
Kings County might be heard and represented
in the councils of independent municipal politics
The pledge signed set forth the following:
The present gross mismanagement of the mu-
Tammany Hall and its annex. WiIIoughby Street
demands the serious and combined effort Of CHI,
zens, without regard TO party to put end 10 th-
existing misrule, vice and corruption for which
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should be conducted solely business principles
the polls OF only such candidates for Office are
partsSn and Business admnstrason Of P1[s oay cg p0
affairs We further believe that many Democrats
in Kings County will take their stand in The
coming city campaign with an independent Demo-
set forth.
The Brooklyn Democracy issued manifesto,
which was in part follows:
To tba 80
presents am 1toer9bie siT1afion u hEs C3eny
under the demoralizng control of few politicians
who care nothing about Democratic principles or
solely to the pursuit Of selfish ends In the eser
else of their qSurPed functions as leaders they
TO condition of hopeless political bondage Hid
cry they have dictated nominations and appoint
ments M regardless Of the popular will or the pub
and conventions were turned into farcical mock
did not consent to surrender his political
soul soul 70 their keeping Men who dared TO express
party and stigmatized traitors. They had no
refused to wear the collar of the boss and to be-
come his blind and obedient tool Such is the de-
Democratic voters in Brooklyn
The effect of this condition OF party affairs has
been demOralizng and disastrous in the highest de-
gree Moreover. the Wnloughby Street machine.
tributed its full share toward the defeat of the
Democratic party in State and Nation. These two
boss ridden organizations have formed an irrev-
ocable and unbreakable compact for the sake of
Spots, ana their JOINT tOnS have borne log
ical fruit in the general wreck of the Democracy
in the last election Worse than all. the crying
which the people rising in righteous
wrath. owe their existence in large measure to
the election Of puppet officials. sponsored by the
allied Democratic bosses of Manhattan and Brook
!yn who Prostitq!ed their public trusts in the in
Of view therefore. the existing Democratic ma
public plunder and private profit. have forfeited
respect and confidence of the people. and it be-
comes the mission of all good Democrats TO crush
them 10 earth.
Toward the accomplishment Of that purpose in
this borough ii is the duty Of the Democrats voters
OF Kings County TO cast of the servile yoke OF
WIioughoy street ana 20 organize truly repre-
be controlled directly by the voters themselves.
Brooklyn Democracy a permanent Organization
for the masses and by the masses. whose principles
honest and popular respectful of law of the rights
OF all citizens and of all Democrats. and such as
tend TO reflect credit on the name OF American
Democracy.
This statement followed by platform TO
the effect that business affairs Of corporations
should be managed by selected with ref
erence to their qualifications, independent OF
/ their adherence to State and National politics.
The platform also in favor, among other
things. OF home rule and Of local autonomy,
adequate school accommodations. a reasonable
Civil Service law. equal taxation, municipal
ownership of public utilities and honesty and
economy in public affairs All Democrats of
Brooklyn who sympathized with these views
and desired TO see them realized were appealed
to. that all might unite in the upbuilding Of the
Brooklyn Democracy"
The members of the Executive Committee are:
Ist District. Edmund r.. Terry; lid District,
Peter j. Bauman; lid District. Edward J.
Cough; Nth District. Morton Davis; Nth Dis
trict. Patrick Hayes; With District, Henry
Hamm: With District Walter H. Durack;
With District, ]. Frank Belford; IXth District,
Michae, j. COffey; Xth District, Ralph Ryan;
XIth District, James G. Church; XIIth District,
John T. Willoughby; XII1th District, James l.
Flynn: NIVth District, John NJ Harding; XVIII
District, Henry Newman; XVIUh District,
Nathan s Jones; &NIIth District Rufus L.
Scott; XVIIIth District. Dennis NJ. Sullivan;
XIXth District GOttfried Westernacher; AAth
District. Otto Kempner. and XXIst District,
George c. Schultz.