New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-28
THE KELLY-HORRISS TROUBLES
An EXPLANATION FROM MI. OTTENDORFTE-THH
GERMANS HOSTILE TO BOTH FACTIONS.
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I AN EXPLANATION FROM MI. OTTENDORFHH-Ii"
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The difficulties ans, disputes III iammany iIall
Fla. we c@nnot ay that The matter is 6cing treated by
the Iress i'll anything like Il dignrd tone. The news
napere mach given 10 esiigaig the Question
a., wh;rn side soid lie the synpa ics the public in
tie fcud between the Key and Aorlfsscy factions THIS
question should by no means be Touched upon ny press
laying claims 10 dcceney, for the very reason That
public sympathy can he on n'ithcr sac o! me
conicndlng factions. Inc readers nave thc coice 10
think s rIdiouous imprndcnt when ralers like THE
Tribune draw their inlerences from ms lena a. bearing
upon The approaching elections ah du;e 10 he POSI-
biliy That GcI1nans might rally under MOIflsSey
banncr ThE TLI3U*E knows the Germans very little
when 1t b; eyes That they will housht!essly follow any
into the political hc!d. and that any ndiNldua Gr-
10 hc able 10 thus barter them away 30 the the
Germana class. be il said that they recognize no
Zeal organization and agitation would avail with them to
i1ake hc follow the fortunes Of men whose aspirations
cannot stand moral examination. . .
40 little the Iamany organization can be purified
by expulsion OF The Moris>ey Clique just - little
can the latter he gaTded The representative OF
reform movement directed against The Kelly clique.
The conflict between these factions mas SIMPLY tipw out
OF the corrupt which IL mt the bottom OF the Tam
many organization IL the very moment when these
fac ous feet sepn,4itio t. e. one expels the other,
thcv cntloayor 10 excel each other III teir
that they will adhere 10 this system IL is dun either 10
accident or 10 good luck that in question OF tie
ents the Mayor has had an independent opinion which
is in accordance with the requirements OF the public wei
fare Tannany has not only not approved OF the deter
nuatiOn Of the Mayor and acyer! chiefs or departments
to pay aboiers such compensation a. their labor com
mnds an the maret bnt 1t has srcnuOusy opposed IL;
renee no credit due to Tannapy in this regard just
Is their Jealous cndcaN0r 10 decline lac re-
spOnsbility the action OF the Mayor shown IN the
report Of tho Committee on Discipline in which the eA
ptsOn Oi The MOyrissey clique is recommended NOR
rissoy crime consists la his improving the opportunity
TO make the Kelly faction responsible for Ill. WlCKla
acton and announcing that II he had the control over
the organization Mr. Wlchlan would nave had 10 yield
Ii Kelly had taken Iis assertion and had assumed me
defense OF The Mayor then respectable men, VINO dolcnd
ppblic interests against the miserable CLIQUE oil deina
aOgos whose Oy aim Is 70 plunder the public treasury
aud support their political followers On tho pubic
crib could lave had reason Tor sympitlzing with
Kelly But rciteTa,e In this Issue Ike III every other
one Kelly faction has not better than the
Mossey clique hence this issue does not present
the least for the bitter strife OF the rival iauany
We would not lie greatly surprised If the whole feud
will finally he amc1y settled. There are peHiy oipfe
ccdents such result In the Tinmaiy organization
But the fcui will no be set;!ed owing to the con-
ct OF these factions, the next elections viii ahDrd an
improved 10 the honest citizens to triumph over
the rotten system which has produced this eonilctthen
il s hoped that full will be male OF such chance
For such purpose This class OF our population must not
ally itself with OF these factions but against both,
be their endeayor 10 unite, in tie interest OF
reform all those better political elements from which it
may expected that they will prove cOaboers III sleh
reform movement. Only thei IL the conflict OF The Kelly
and MOPfssey factions should facilitate the removal OF the
II the way OF union Of the citizens fayorng reform
only IN such this feud Is OF interest 10 the c0mu
nifty, and be good omen. But since so bitter ex
peiiences have followed the plan To utilize the corrupt
TO favor reform should not for moment conjecture
NOV which comprise alliance with such eie
nents. The German Citizens who have never favored so
inexpcdent expedcncy policy, and have made con-
will certainly not be yorsby inclined to future expert
ments of this Hence, the German citizens especially
ought not be considered In any o0iectures OF this
kind.