The sun., 1872-10-08

| men there arc.
Conccde that Mr.. DUNCAN is Mr.. STEW
ARTS peer in natural talents and in up
rightness of character: he has not his age,
nor that wisdom which attends upon the
! age of life mdustriously spent; he has
not Mr.. STEWARDS experience; he has not
his accurate and thorough information
about every part of the city, and his
knowledge of all the diversified wants
and needs of its inhabitants. His will
might be rs good to make great Mayor;
his ability, all things considered, would
not equal, and would not very nearly ap-
proach that of Mr.. STEWART, who would
give us an administration that would stand
out with the same conspicuousncss, when
compared with the administrations of his
commonplace predecessors, rs his Hotel
for Young Working Women does among
the ordinary and even the frst-class build
ings in its ncighborhood.
And now we come to the highest and
principal consideration, the chief and con-
trolling reason, why we prefer Mr.. Stew
ART To MIR. DUNCAN for Mayor II Is because
ico belicrC ne tCottld do more 20 imprOr6 the
| sanitary condition of the cttM
One Of our contcmpOraries-intru
| with characteristic vulgarity, into dis
cussion which has been otherwise so Cour-
| teously couducted-suggests that TuK Sun
| ought to be "seen " on the subject of the
| Mayoaltv. IL has been secn-scen by
| sightless eyes, 10y the glariug eycballs of
the dead who died prcmaturely and un-
| necessarily last summer in consequence
| OF the neglected condition of some parts
| - tttvh efFnn nfrniFa
| tears. by their bereaved aud afflicted rcla-
tives and friends; and it now speaks in he
half of them, or rather in behalf of those
who will be needlcssly sacrificed and those
who will mourn for them during the next
two coming summers, unless the city shall
| Zee rendered cleaner and more salubrious.
| We were deeply impressed on this subject
| last summer by the almost constant and
| unbroken procession of funerals across the
| ferries, bearing little collins which con
| tanned the infant treasures OF stricken
families; knowing, rs we did at the same
| time, that New York, ns the statistics then
showed. was one of the unhealthicst cities
| in the world, while nothing was needed to
make 1t one Of the healthieSt except thor
ough drainage, whip h a great Mayor like
! ALEXANDER T. STEWART could initiate and
push forward, and other sanitary measures
which he could adopt and execute with
such powers rs the Legislature would
promptly and gladly confer on such Il
| man.
We felt heart-sick at the sight of these
incessant funeral professions, following lit
| tie collins which a man might bear upon
his shoulder, when we took into consdcra-
| . o.. 81 nj
had no inevitable cause and we resolved
then to do what we could 10 give to New
York government which should make II
a safe and wholes ONE city for poor people
| 10 dwell in.
We fancy that we hear voices from those
| little collins now appealing to us to save
rom unnecessary and premature death
the infant brothers and sisters and play
mates that some of them have loft behind;
aud all that is requisite for this is n good
charter and man to administer il of the
rare qualifications of A. 4. STEWART
In our earnostness in this cause, we have
taken the liberty to urge upon Mr.. DUNCAN
| b. decline in favor of Mr.. STEWART unless
| he feels certain, as we do not that he can
10 as much to improve the sanitary condi-
| ton OF the city as Mr.. STEWART. And Il
| may seem harsh to Mr. DUNCAN TO say that
the classes who have an interest in his
election over Mr.. STEWART are the under
takers, the hcarse drivers, and the grave
| lipgcrs; but we caudidly submit to his
own decision whether they would not have
| more Ia do if ne is elected than they would
Il Mr. STEWART should be.
Death il the same among the poor and
unknown rs il is among the rich and
famous and life is sweet to all. Death, we
siucerely believe, would be indefinitely
postponed TO hundreds, not To say thou
ands, if Mr.. STEWART should be chosen
Mayor, to whom, under an ordinary adj
ministration of our city government, il
would come during the next summer.
Behold a regiment of soldiers marching
through our streets. They occupy CON
iderable space, even in this great city
Now, We rcligiously believe that by the
more hcalthiul condition in which Mr. A.
+. STEWART if Mayor, would put this city
~ many lives would be saved next summer
rs it takes Of men to constitute full
| regiment
Many Of these would be the lives Of chill
dren; aud II is ,mphatically for the chill
dren Of the poor, whose tiny voices cannot
be heard, but many OF whom have the IN
tcrest OF life and death In the result Of this
election, that we advocate the choice OF
| Nh STEWART
Perhaps some Of our readers have never
| been among the poor, and do not know
what beautiful children they often have.
| suppose it was only onc--a little boy or
! girl say four or five years old, with II we'll
shaped head, curly hair, laughing blue
eyes, and a symmetrical and graceful
| hgurc-such as you may see, half clad in
rags any day, in our most povcrty-strckcn
streets and suppose this child were exposed
| before an omnibus i'm Broadway, and
about TO be crushed by its pondcrou,
| wheels would not the whole city lit up
| il voice, with one accord, in preference
for the man who would rescue this child
over him who would let it perish
And yet, what Is there worse in death by
being run over by an omnibus than ia
| death from some one of the horrible form.
Of disease which filth and neglect of san-