The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-28
Democracy against Attorney.


The chances of success for the reform
ticket in the city next Tuesday are cheer
ing. Recorder HAckETr VIII probably re-
ceive the largest number Of votes OF any
candidate for Office, whether on the Tam
many or opposition ticket This Will show
that New York city viii not have "A politi-
cll dictator. But not only are llAcKEr1's
prospects good; the indications OF u cen
erul triumph for the opposition ticket
ne also encouraging. The German vote
Will be apan-t tn ouo-man p,wrr. The
di-ati,ct on among the woI kiugmcn
toward lhWmanN is strong aud founded
In solid reason. Tie party of the oppo-
s'iiou ENJOYS the aid CO.. soms OF thu
most popular and effective OF the
Old partisan workers for Tamnany who
have been driven ont Of it, councils. They
e Vigorously contosttng the different
wdrd,. loitN Nor IssrY alone will lead
Thousands of voters against the power
which sought todostroy hir political stand
lug. lie Las never ,,ld himself nor for
ftltcd hs pledges to the people. nor has
H. borrowed the livery 81 heaven a. serve
the devil in. What he is everybody knows,
and that his political honesty 5 unsuliicd
l. just as well understood. lie is infinitely
better than joins Fox. hie opponent, whose
name describes his character
The arguments FOR the election OF BEN
JAMIN X. PurIrs TO be District Attorney
appeal 10 every honest man, howover
much they may tend TO rally against him
the whole a. itnlnal class and their po itical
guardians. New York has never had q
better District Attorney than Mr. PHELPS,
nor Que more invulnerable to assault. He
deserves the ballot of every independent
voter aud should enter upon new term
of the Cfhce he has we'll administered
with handsome majority, 10 certify the
value the people put upon public officer
who serves them and not gang Of poll
tcians.
The. opposition judiciary ticket az a
whole, commends itself to the favor OF
every man who desires To have justice ad-
ministered for itself. The Tamnanv ticket
proposes the names Of some altogether re-
putable lawyers. but it deserves defeat
because Of the source from which il comes.
Tho true judiciary ticket to vote is that
offered by the combined opposition, COM
posed of the auti-Tanmauy and Republic
can nominations.
The total city vote next Tuesday will
probably be about 10000. or this the Re-
publicans, who last year scored up, un-
der circumstances rightfully disastrous
70 their party, 5000, will probably give
this year somewhat less than one-third.
To beat Tammany the opposition will,
therefore, need to get about 30, 600 votes
from the anti-Tammany democracy and
the legion Of Independent voters which
has been gaining strength so remarkably
here and elsewhere within the last two or
three years. This required 5000 VIII easily
be more than made up if THE SUN's read
erS alone DO their duty. Let every man Of
them who has n vote to give deposit il
next Tuesday in opposition to the one-man
power. They will then vote in way
TO protect their own interests and also
those Of the whole public and defeat
consolidation Of dctatorial despotism
which threatens the good Of the whole.
The great journals OF New York-the
Times, the HtTGid, the StddtS-Zeitttnq, ana
TIE Sun, oftentimcs opposed TO each other
in their political teachings, and sull not
In unison rs TO the State ticket-are banded
together against the one-man power and
In defence OF the independence Of the jul
dietary. JAY GoULD's I'ribUne obeys JOIN
KELLY r orders, but il is dseraced news
paper, and no more regards the welfare OF
the people OF New York In an election
than it does that of its readers when il
strives TO cheat them with stock jobbing
lies for the benefit Of the shark of
Wall street. The honest journals, like the
Times, Hcrdld, and Stddts-Zcjtun0, which
join THE Sun in warning their readers
against onc-man power, and in exhort-
ing them TO vote as their consciences and
the public interest dictate are the advisers
for the people to regard, ana not those
which fall into line under the whip of the
man who runs Tammany. They deserve
public honor for their fidelity to convic-
tion and independence Of dictatorial con-
troll.
The Democratic voters Of New York
who resent the arrogance of JOHN X ELY g
assumption ana hold their votes as their
own, 10 be given MS their judgment OF pub
lie interests requires, are enough 10 secure
the overthrow Of the one-man power.
From them VIC ask and expect enough
votes to carry the opposition city ticket
through with a sufficient majority, Let
none OF them fail to thus assert their indie
pendence and prove their desire for n
genuine free government and judiciary
untrammelled by political cabal having
neither theirs nor the city's welfare at
heart.
The true Democratic ticket can never be
nlotated by one man who assumes to