New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-19
FOR A REFORM COMMITTEE.
BROOKLYN YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB
TAKES FIRST OFFICIAL STEP.

The first official step toward the formation Of
the committee which is TO try to purify the
Republican party ii Kings County was taken
last night. when the Brooklyn Young Republi-
ran Club passed carefully worded resolution
rroviding for the appointment by the president
Of a committee TO be known as the Enrolled
Republican Primary Committee. 10 advocat e
and work for the election to the various con-
ventions OF delegates who VIII not sacrifice
party interests TO personal gain
Both in the resolutions and the observations
Of the members, the mention of names was
studiously avoided. Frank NJ Brooks. who pre-
sided in presenting the resolution, said that it
had been adopted by the advisory and execu-
tive committees Of the club, and was presented
for approval by the members. Il is as follows:
Whereas, The Brooklyn Young Republican CIu0
believes that IL order TO insure The election OF the
Republican CANDIDATES Tor State offices, Congress.
me Senate and Assembly, there should be elected
q re 2-Sntzo-SS seiera 1rh1 r;I1 80 IN
secure the confidence OF the rank and file Of the
Mhere@s3; -CTet - - ieI lt ooI0+oh OF our
party ar4t[s res ts,e elecL-on 20 the So9ntF
gates who will not sacrifice party interest TO per-
Resolved, That this Executive Committee use its
utmost endeaEQrs 70 bring about the results above
outlined, and that the president OF the club be au
Thorized 10 aRpolEI, a -sneclaI committee % be
1nittee 70 GoS-S % ne Cohlnellee OF
Committee.
Elmer S White president Of the West End
Republican Club. in the With Assembly Dis
trict Of which Congressman Harry a. Hamburg
is the leader. deplored the fact that the Repub-
ucan party in Kings County was becoming
Tanmanyized- He said:
With this club rests the question as TO
whether il is possible to Tammanyize the Re
publican party and keep il Tammanyized. In
our district are determined. whether the
Brooklyn Young Republican Club stands by US
or not. 70 stop for all time the condition Of
things that has dIsgTaCed the Republican party
in Kings County. We know no such thing
cc17n-auise The evils which have disgraced
the party which heretofore has had every yea
son TO be proud OF its record. must be stopped.
and VIII be il the With Assembly District We
will fellow leaders, but what insist upon is
1hat we viii not be driven by spoilsnen-
Israel Ludlow said it was not true that a lot
of men had been employed in bringing disgrace
on the party.
There are less than FIVE men who have been
doing this" he said, and this committee should
start out with the object Of putting these men
out Of the leadership.
men would take q more active interest IN party
affairs there would be no possibility OF repetl-
zion Of what had occurred IN the Republican
party in the county in the last six months Elk
Senator George W Brush spoke mildly in favor
Of the resolutions, as did s. L Noodhouse VINO
declared that in the work OF reforming the
pa-tv nobody would necessarily be antagonized
excepting the men referred TO by Mr. Ludlow.
7 s Curry. Of the Tventy-second Ward. told
the members they must work five nights
week for fifty weeks If anything was TO be &C
complshed- Otherwise the movement would be
a waste Of time. He told Of the conditions in his
Assembly district. and said that Magistrate
Charles S Dewey, who is the leader Of the dis
rrict had almost become despot-
The resolutions were passed by unanimous
vote. Mr. Brooks said that the report that il
was intended to appoint committee of one
hundred was erroneous. In addition to the eX-
ecutive committee, he said. only few repre-
sentative raen would be named Ex-Mayor
Charles A Schieren who had been regarded as
the leader Of the reform movement, was not
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