New-York tribune., 1902-02-25
4 BIG POLITICAL DINNER.
THE NXVIITH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT REPUB-
LICAN CLUB TO ENTERTAIN LARGE
PARTY-MORK OF TIE ORGANIZATION

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The XXvIIth Assembly District Republican club
is now being considerably talked about in the po-
lt!cal world, account OF Its coming annual din
ner TO be held in the KnckerbOcker Athletic
Clubs gymnasium on next Friday evening, Feb
ruary 2S which will be attended by about seven
hundred and nifty persons. II Will be the largest
political dinner OF the season and at this moment
d brief history OF the club, its aims and objects
s OF especial interest to readers of The Tribune.
The club organized on rs present basis in
February. 1897 and had for its object the reforma-
tion OF the regular Republican organization Of the
NXNIIth Assembly District from the inside by
starting "a non-reg,lar machine but by getting all
good citizens to attend the primaries and take an
interest in political work and thus capture and
control the regular organization OF the district for
honest clean politics SO well has this plan been
carried out that 4 now only Repub-
lican club In the district and has the united sup
port Of all OF Republicans-the regulars the
semi i-inde pendents the out and out MugWumpS. and
even the Citizens Cniouists-and its candidates for
the Assembly and Board Of Aldermen and for mem
bers OF the Republican county and city commit
tees elected without opposition at the party
primaries
The way in which these results have been accom-
pishcd is In detail follows: BY interesting the
voters OF the district In the Assembly organization
to work all the year around, and especially from
primary to Election Day; by inducing them TO en-
roll and vote at the primaries. by promoting the
election Of capable delegates to the party conveu-
tions and urging these delegates attend the
ventions and by insisting that the delegates advo-
cate the nomination OF honest and intelligent men
FOR elective Offices. To carry out these plans ef-
fciently the club maintains bureau OF informa-
tlon, which all It's members can obtain knowl-
edge of the workings OF party politics, and also
Civil Service school. 50 that only competent and
intelligent men indorsed FOR positions In the
public service.
To accomplish these objects a number of men
have given their time and money to the work OF
the club and its membership has rapidly grown
from lS3 when 1t was organized until it num-
bers 624. In this list are included many repre-
sentative OF the city. for the clubs territory
covers the district extending from Thrty-sxth- st
TO Fifty thirdst. and from Eighth-ave. to Lexing-
ton-ave.. and includes the "brownstone district"
The aim of this CLUB. TO promote pure politics in the
regular Republican organization by active work at
the primaries. at conventions and Election Day
and. in fact all the year around has never been
lost sight or and predominates over the social
side of political club life at the present time.
great social feature of the club is its annual
dinner, which is attended by the Republican lead
ers of the nation. State and city. and which I'm its
appointments is always far ahead OF the usual po-
itlcal dinner. At these AFFAIRS gather many men
prominent not only in politics. but in the financial
legal mercantile and social life the city who are
urged on in their political work by the oratoricaI
efforts of brilliant after-dinner speakers
. The moving spirits in the club since its organlza-
OF its success. are b. Aymar Sands. of the law
hrm OF Bowers & Sands and James W Perry. the
ing work and influence and the great confidence
shown In their Judgment by the citizens of the dis
trict Is largely due the result that the XXVIItb
Assembly District Republican Club is now the dom
mating factor in the Assembly, district and exer-
cises SO great m Influence in the Senate district
also In Their efforts for good politics these men
have been ably aided by such representative men
as }. Pterpont Morgan, Dallas h. Pratt + w
Rhineandcr. jr, Charles r. Cook, Henry Lewis
Norris Charles Lanier. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Charles Stewart Smith. William D. Barbour James
=. Ford, Gustav H. Schwab. \. s. FrisselI George
ler NJ Dwight Collier. John s Rogers, Colonel
u.
Stimson, Henry w. Taft William ID. Sloane. George
C. Clark, Walter G. Oakman and Bayard Dominick
The club points with pride TO the excellent work
done in the legislature by Assemblyman GherardI
Davis, and in the Board of Aldermen by JOseph
Oatman, both of whom owe their repeat ted election
TO ITS support and typify the class of this or
Sanizaton places In office. The present officers OF
the club are President Otto T. Barnard: first vice.
president Richard J. Lewis second vice-president
!; Bayard Backus; third vice-presldent Charles
Bukley Hubbelli treasurer, Henry w. Taft: record
ing secretary. Joseph Oatman. and corresponding
secretary, William c. Wilson.