The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-27
The Three Couaty rickets-Mr. keiiy's
PETS.

The Three Couaty pickets-Mr. Kelly
Pets.
The city republicans have missed grea
opportunity. Had they nominated a strong
local tcket-a ticketcomposed of well known
citizens, who enjoy and deserve the conf
dence of this COMMUNICATES election o.
such a ticket would have been easy and the
local success of the republicans resplen-
dent. A full republican vote in the city
comes within less than two thousand votes
of the Tammany strength last year, and IL
is inconceivable that the deserters from
Tammany should fall below that
number. II the city republicans had
played their cards skilfully the election OF
their local ticket would have been lore
gone certainty. Had they acted wisely they
might have had double guarantee-a guar
antee in the recognized excellence OF their
ticket and superadded guarantee In the
desire of Governor Robinson's supporters
in the city to punish Mr.. Kelly for his bolt.
Had the republicans presented local
ticket of conspicuous excellence the anti
Tnmmany democrats would have had every
motive to insure its election means OF hu-
initiating Kelly, unless they were absolutely
certain of electing their own candidates.
How did it happen that the republicans,
| ignoring so great and golden an oppor-
! tunity, have put forth miserably weak
ticket instead of ticket which respectable
citizens could have supported in the interest
Of good government? Are the republican
manipulators acting in collision with Tam
many? Have they, in the interest of Tam
many, set up ticket which they intended
should be beaten? How are we to explain
the fact that they have given away their own
canvass in advance by nominating ticket
which is destitute of commanding strength
and responsibility in conjuncture when
their triumphant success might have been
assured by Enthusiastically strong nomina-
tons.
Even the Times comedies that the local
republican ticket deserves no respect with
the exception of Mr.. Root, nominated for
Judge of Common Pleas. We will state
our views of this particular nomination
further on. We quite agree with our re-
publican contemporary the Times as to the
residue Of the republican ticket. .The re-
publican candidate for Sheriff" says the
Times, ''was Tammany republican during
the Hank Smith era of our party politics,
and enjoyed the pickings under Tweed in
the shape Of pipe contracts" Zone of the
republican candidates for Aldermen-at-
Large" says the Times, ''has been q stead
fast leader in the Kelly-republican COM
pact in the present Board" When
republican organ is thus constrained to ex-
pose and condemn the ticket of its own
party on account of it's Tammany affiliations
the community at large will be confirmed
in its belief that the republican party of
the city has been sold out to Tammany in
consideration of Mr.. Kelly's aid in the
election Of Cornell.
Passing from the republican blunder to
the Tammany ticket we regret that Mr..
Kelly has not given us an opportunity to
say something kind and commendatory
of his set of candidates. Praise is always
more agreeable than censure, and had
Mr.. Kelly presented strong local ticket
our sense of fair play would have con-
| strained US to recognize its M rits. I'm
fortunately Mr.. Kelly is q true Bourbon
never learns or forgets. After boiling the
regular democratic State ticket for no better
reason than the removal of his pet,
Mr.. Gumbleton, Mr.. Kelly now makes
the further mistake of nominating a
county ticket SO miserably weak that
only his most attached and servile parti-
sans can vote for it, Who among the 16S, O43
uofarc Of fb;c cjfv corao for NJ, Cr,,blo
ton, except that he is pet Of Mr. Kelly !?
But Mr.. Kelly blindly chooses to stake
the success Of his local canvass on the
election of this young man, whose
chief claim to public recognition lies
in the fact that he is one of Mr.. Kelly's
pets The other names on the Tammany
ticket have evidently been selected on the
same principle of recognizing and promot-
ing only the particular pets of the Tam
many chief-a sort OF pocket borough ar
rangement which makes fidelity TO Mr.
Kelly the sole test Of qualification for local
offices.
We should hesitate to say that the repub-
lican ticket has been selected in the in
terest of Tammany; but even the one con-
spicuous exception made by the Times con-
firms this suspicion. Mr.. Elihu Root is
no doubt sharp and capable young repub-
1ican lawyer; but it should be clear to
everybody that he is a jealous Tammany
republican. The struggle in the Police
Board over the appointment of inspectors
OF election is too recent to have escaped
anybody's recollection. In that struggle
Mr. Root was prominent figure. He APP
peared in all the reported proceedings as
the counsel and adviser of the republic
can members of the Police Board when