New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-16
ELECT WILLI1N HALPIN,
Succeeds Mmray as President of
County Committee

Al the first meeting OF the Republican County
committee as now organized with $50 mem
perS' held al the Murray Hill Lyceum.
/ IN East Thirty-fourth-st., last night win.
lam Halpn of the 9th Assembly District who
foI the last year has been the chairman of tba
1 executive committee Of the Count, COMMITTEES
was elected president of the County Committee
10 succeed Charles H. Murray whom C,o,or,,,r
OdeH yesterday appointed Judge of the Court
of Claims
Samuel Strasbourger of the 3lst Assembly,
District, was elected first vice-president. Am
brose o. Neal, Of the Both Assembly Dist,tct
second vice-president; Armitage Mathews Of
the 3lst Assembly District secretary: Iouis
Stern. Of the 29th Assembly District, treasurer
and Edmund Bodine. OF the 9th Assembly Dis
trict sergeant-at-arms
FRIENDS of Samuel Strasbourger are confident r
that he will be elected chairman Of the exac,,-
tive committee when it is organized
There We're four changes IN the executive @
committee In the 1st Assembly District f. +.
Merwin was named to fill a vacancy; in the 9Th
Assembly District Richard Van C,l+t was ,,a,,,a3
to succeed his father, the late postmaster. in
the 29th Senator Elsberg takes the place Of
Alexander T. Mason, who has been appointed
Deputy Attorney General for the City of New
YORK and in the 21th Assembly District Will
lam o. Wilson was appointed to fill vacancy
The officers elected last night will have charge
of the next municipal campaign
George w. Wanmaker. of the 10Th Assembly
District was temporary chairman. In his
speech he said
To make NewYork Republican city we
must turn for the next four months to Albany
and see that our legislature there enacts laws
that will benefit the city.
Mr.. Murray expressed thanks to the members
OF the old committee for the good work that
had been accomplished lie expressed conf
dence In the men chosen
Mr.. Halpin said in part:
AT the present moment the Republicans of
NeW-YOrk have very much to be grateful for.
This has been a jubilee year for the Republican
election ii not the nominated by the
party, but il was the record of the achieve
fnents that had gone before in the nation for
many years and in this State for the last ten
years.
In entering on the work of the next year. it
is well TO tn nj back for twenty years of mu-
nicipaI rule. rn that time. i'm the old city of
New-York. we elected one Fusion Mayor. and
in the greater city elected one Fusion Mayor
and a Fusion Mayor was defeated.
Mr.. HaIpin declared that it might nave been
better had the Republican party. instead of pay
ing intent attention TO politics had done the
work of the various clubs, who for the last few
years. irrespective of politics. have had the
interests Of the city at heart He went on to
say:
We did not win this last election because we
were Republicans but because of the principles
of the party, and this should point out 10 US
the course that we should follow in the next
twelve months In the city OF New-York. You
represent 10000 OF the best people of the city,
and we must look after the interests of these
people In a word, must develop capacity
to lead rather than TO follow, as We have done
in the last decade. Then because own re-
gard for the interests Of the people the Repub-
lican party will be trusted and the candidates
for city Offices will be electe Il