, 1880-10-22
KELLY's CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
His Naming a Catholic Candidate Crit.
iciwcd by tic New York Herald an1
Telegram - Democratic 1T0Htltity t.

ro,ou..r. - na,,,..rntta 1Y..,r ana
Grace.
NEW I0RK. Oct, e0.-'rlc Irving Hall win,
of tho New York locnl Democratic lmr,y ~
frrc,l IN .,oj,n E.lIv ,rn,n,nn,w f',,,'; ill., u''
to fo,,a ~ Ju IT,. =, n.s t"' ~, ~ iNe' as
'o'u"na4 ilst y. !.,a'heS ouS VI "t''en loltaSa
n choice Ut Democratic candidate tor
Mayor: Samuel u. 1}nbcock, Allan t,om,
bell, Franklin Edison. william Il. f;rnap
Andrew II. orecn' EnN,Iel D. Hart, Fta.
c'S r. Mhfnalt' Jo'!ll Mcheoh' OSwaldU
t1i1u0rfcr, wheeler II. peckl1nN, John Il
V0orl'ls, william q. Whitney, Mr.. KrIlys,
iectcti W. X. Grace, the only Catholic IN Il,
i's1: sr,.,. Hnys 70. "'.at souu ,,. teason:
Thc Herald has tli editorial saying thai
john Kelly lltls selected Catholic rs canlt
tlnte for Mayor Of New York, for thu pnt,
',. hvaJ y. ~ a.ns'us s.o Oo''"''' pa''s fot
lowing Is ah extfact:
!" OR. Gracc has one Quality IN addition h
these possessed " !ngst otliers We layt
rnlHed-he Is q CATHOLIC. Of culssye he'll
none tile worse TOR THAT. III fnct, being sIn.
Of his Church, lie is, ir tlle eyes Of iii goo$
tneh' oL WMatager fe!!gioAs helies, THO bettet
,nan ,,t fof tlat: IT, NoF ses ; lis re,gio,,s aI
eyre, Nuw York Ing never yet Ind {! Cathols
Mayor, Just as the country, ut ,larEu ha
never yet lIad y CATHOLIC PRESIDENT. but Il
tfla pcorie 9f New York sllotlld eleGit Cath
gIto ior their Mayor. or If the peopleg ogf III
uniteH Suites should c!ect q Catllnlle tot
their President, granted that III either cas-
the man chosen were SINCERE mid constslen
Catho!lc, anu ottier,qlse ilt mum, We should
iPsy q 'e sefs S'{nf IL lis IS ans s sou'S Interest en-
"Bnt Wtiat t!oes Ar. Kelly 1nenn by select
Ing out OF the long list 0f gnpnble men llout
1nier than Alr. Grace? AT. Kelly Is not
blind or deaf: ilo Is not silly Or needless
must Injurious, one OF tho must dallgczuui
elements which can be l!np0rEtl Into Atner
is o!ies y tlet q rslsiSs Prs!lss ;y
dangerous, tits nnealied for tilsturbng s eIs
rs any oti,or riian IN the community. tilt
wrong, menu, unehristlan as 1t may. be, tdi
as syor aes y f b. u ad Spee o o Is q ote 5 s: 8
attenlpt to pInSe tho city under Catlio!lG h
tnus forces us OWn Church Into pollttcal
lsc,,stSo!' at exGi,es fn2tcs BY lson
well:
"Wo any,. confidently, tint Mr.. Kelly
knows oil this; therefore, wo repeat, what
toes ho 1tan? IL 1t sooa for Ills Church
that It shall thus bu p[tc!l.torked Into
1eated and acrimonious po!ttlca! canvass,
u 1t 2 wise, Or even q respectful, act toward
Ills CHURCH, uint Mr. Kelly should thus van
| tnh!y. WltllOuI tnc least cause, except to graf
| lfy Ills own self-Wlll, Introduce II 1lGw, q dis
turblng, and, to his own Church, 4 surely
danliEtng element into the Presidential can
yass? What does Mr.. Kelly mean? lilo d
| Rttrp0sea to desire tho success uf his party;
that purity Is Just now lnaklng denth ;stEugs
E'o Tor tic Presidency, nt1d against such odds
as seem TO mllsc defeat very probable, agl
behold, Kelly Insists on an net which, rs ha
knows. ns everybody knnwa, will arouse
new kind ot pfelnd!Ge, an Mhreasensng md
unreasonable pro1i!dicg, 70 b. sure. Dlt mono
tho less damaging for TINT, against tho Dem
| oCrutS. and drive not one, but q lOzeIl, nalA
ln the De1Mocrutlc coffin. Whut d0es MI
Kelly mean ?'
The Telegram declares that the Dem0c1ats
In thoir nomination Of Mayor hnyo nadea
fnlse start, md says:
"Tho selection OF Mr.. William Il. GTacoby
the Conference Cumtllttee Of the two halls
| yesterday was q hlunder. Tllu annolluce@
lnett Of tho result fell upon tho enthusiasm
and expectancy. Of politicians In the ylcil!tY
OF Monument House nsn Wot blanket. They
setincd to discer1! tho in!lercHt fatality Of
such q nomination by Intuition. Several
times before, Mr., Grace, on account Of hts
nihllt nini excellent qualifications, las been
llalflts md considered Iii connection With
the office Of Mayor. LII every ease, BY Feason
OF the manifest disqualification. Ills hathehD
been dropped. It llas becll felt to De unAlsa
2 c!sizeh ~ no ns q hfebfiaiia for iiBft!tE US
!lanle3 OF hcCtnfaah passion atlu falihIlfis,lL
1t IL not TINT ILLS FqlEEfQllB faith I0AkES hln