The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-02
Tile CITY PRESS ON THE MAYoRlLM QUESTION.
From yestesday's Star.1


Several Of our coutempora aries making vgor-
our and an early effort 70 have the question Of The
Msyoraisy decided virtually two months before our
citizens WIN be called upon vote for Mayor The
motive the welfare Of the city. And Is
Is claimed that the newspapers should make tho NOM
maiden and that the people should oe prepared long
before tho election 10 vote for the nominee OF eur
Perhaps It would be better TO say,
however, that the real object 10 70 prsvens The doni
nsnt political party organization from other som
mating candidate acceptable to itss or 10 deisat
such one nominated. That 10 iact 10 about MI the
patriotism present agitation. The pnr
pose OF those engaged In tho so-caed Independents
movement is nothing than 10 break, II possbls.
the power OF the great party which, by virtue
Its majority OF voters, has ruled the city and ex
ercsod influence Ia tho politics OF the State and
nation. In other words, certain newspapers want 70
tako the place OF the dominant party While not rep
rssentng directly any large body OF citizens acting
upon the ascertaned vews Of sucn body ~ the reg
ular democratic organization does they undertake 20
forco u candidate Upon the people II two OF three
editors may assume 70 name candidate Tor Mayor
surely organization with which the majority OF our
citizens affiliate - untitled 10 thar privilege. l-
But some OF our contemporaries arc trying 70 raise
hue and cry over what they torn tho one man power
Because M John Kelly happens TO 90 . trusted
leader Of the regular democratic organizatio0 he 10
called sutocrat and the Democratic rule here Csas
ism. Admit tnst the party condos iu him and that
his influence In It's councils Is great, still that
only because he represents the views and wishes
OF the democracy and because he Is sagacous, con-
genial honest and roliablc Tho legitimate influence
OF such over OF his party or oven over other
leaders, Is natural ana there Is nothing auocratic In
IL Is sniircly disrent thing power exercised
by q usurper or under iegalized authority II Is
YovsS !. one OF craspizs,,on ana disclpns sn,rsiy
within the parry anu Tor party eihcAency Organized
parties and political leadership are net new. They
have existed ~ all times and all countscs. They
inevitable under our form OF govern and are
really useful Whether the leadership DO In ono man
have boon and always viii % polllicaI chiefs or
leaders Of parties. Indeed the same elimination OF
The ntest guides and affairs 10 In VII
inc business AFFAIRS OF life, as well 10 politics. In
In when our contemporaries use the
term suIvcrat there are autocrats In the counting
house and every whore else where arc aggregated
together But no one says shis 10 wrong. Every one
ADMITS IL IL according 10 The order and nature Of
things. But the editors who want " choose Mayor
pretend TO be indignant that the dominant political
party here should have trusted Leader that might
exercise mn influence on thts matter. .rs
The HERALD, ia agItating tho Mayoralty question,
merely wishes to show It's power and TO throw polti
gratncat,on oi making sensation and starr M up the
ponttc,ans are the OBJECTS II mas Ia view. Apart
however, rem It's rid,cuious scarserow OF Cssarism
speaking oi Mr.. Kelly or tho present rcorganized
democrscy OF the CITY. the main point it makes
that We should hive "a Mayor that tie people
will agree upon. and that VI M koliy sussans
him with tho rest Of the community SO much
the batter; but We do not want one that tho people
must accept even against their viii, because he 10
satisfactory 10 Mr. Kelly" But who are ths HREALDs
,n,s CITY or Of tue my 20 sky thousand voters reg
ulariy afnhaiins with Tho 1aninany organization
Arc they not tho pcopef Their wishes will certainly
be- deferred TO In u pominatiou Tor Mayor. Does tho
HKRALD intend Us TO underAtand that ''ws the pso-
plc," mean only tue editors. OF limited number OF
non-partsan voters, or that small minority made up
OF rvpublicanss The Sun, following 10 the waxs of
tho HERALD reitcrates Tho sanc expressions about .
Ing the poilca affairs Of the city into . muddlsa con.
TINS seems TO be rather SURPRISING because
the sun has been strongly orTosed 10 tho rspubeans
and the OF runDiug candidate Tor Mayor
not sustained by the regular democracy could Only
help the republican party
As 10 the course OF tns Tsmss, Tribune, Maj and
World, there can DO no mstske The three nrst named
publican papers simply 10 STR tue political
esidron tor the bencnt OF thsr parry. 10 Beat the
weak unit and " they could do anything 10 bring
about general scramble Ior .ne once os ,ns socase
straight-out republican candidate. But, spsrt from
the Office Of Mayor political confusion 10 the race Tor
that Office might have an effect upon tho AsssUely,
Congressional aud other ceciions. In iact the only
chance tho republicans have In this ovcrw he mtugy
against the regular democracy. IL requires saga
cry to see therefore, why the republican papers JOIN
10 the cno,u o ~ 20 muca ueeTt LOT won
course, tokcs the same ground; tor, while It
Processes 10 be domocrauc. IL Is allied with the
faction Of strikers here VINO have been soushsd "a
from the regular party. With NO hope OF succeediog
themselves, the World and the anti mocrats are so
hoss to the regular democracy thsS thor would pro-
Ter the success oil The republicans. Yet every one
knows that The great stronghold OF the democratic
party al the North 10 this city ana In the regular
organization ofthe party here. We may well say. sSen,
that those who are not Tor ~ are against Us; those
who are opposed " the regular party here virtu
ally against u Ia the State and nation. As the HERALD
and some other papers say much about The people
having thor own sbddHte Tor Mayor we venture 10
say that II those Journals woaId show ny preiim
nary OF our citizens whom they desire Tor Mayor
thu regular democracy would nominate end vote for
him. But VINO tins people these papers assume 10
speak forr The majority under our form Of govern
mcnt meana In political sense, the people, and me
only party that claim 10 have majority " me
city Is the regular democracy.