, 1881-11-11
The Protest OF the People Against
the Rule Of the Ma
chine,
Expressed nj tho Only Place Where
Their yoico Can BE fiearl,
Showing Also that Blue Blood and Money
Do Not Always Win at the
Polls.

crease, OF the Republlcatl party'a vote tiiluer
nh circumstances. 1ndeeu, the ui.cotnfOrt~
nLiy tarys majority of Tie I,arty Inns Int 1,lahy
cases lost 1t s0ll,e OF tile Offices. New York
StAte has generally becn COUNTED Democratic |
l,y II comfortable majority; but 1t Is now at'-
parent tint tho Republican vote Is itnproy-
lny, mt only f1r tho State, but In the cities
hitherto Democratic strohgl!ults. brooklyn |
has bcen afinost expNnRed ns Democratic
e ty. This may be i.npl,tett tU n light within
ttu Democracy there; but Brooklyn lias at
tho sainc time reduced the Democratic ina
jurlty OF ls.0oO 10 about 1000 VII tie State |
ticket, the said Stute ticket being OF no
SPECIAL conccrn to the people Ut brooklyn.
Tie Democracy is weak III many Ut the
ci.les By tie e0ilcrellcy Of Its central organt
zat1on to some stout b0ss or machine ,nnR-
nate. There Is no 1--we Of bosses 1t. any part
Of the country, and wherever. they put ur
tlielr Iie.lus the popular vUte like brick Inns
been thrown Mt them and their candidates.
Ncw Yurls City Is full OF little machine
bttsses In the different Assembly districts.
'rIluy appear III the Republican, us Welt us tho
DclnociMtc party. Tolny there IL Illourl,-
ing in their ln.1seholds* Like all bosses, the
little fellows rs well lis the big grow more
III! lilurc selfish. refusing to 1ln11!natn any
bully fur anything unless l,e WILL agree to
Ruk lWklU}InEE Ill hIl9sI uM1lAos
OH. OF tile strongest Republican districts
tn New York Is that where Congressman!
4Ansnn, MeCook, once an Ohio boy. lives, and
a took TO aetive part. hut sappoftcSA the
I'll s%ssa 1t xsal xh Msssafe caasr Y s sisis ss st
friend If C0nklfnE, ngnlnst the regular Re-
publican nol,l!ttec, Nlr. Gibbs. Tre,aaine
nolled III tho neiehborlloo.l Ut 1000 votes, and
Of , tl!s Re.nocrnt }. wns elected. Now
Yurk w!!ero eye', the old GonklinE ant
Arthur machine was Strong. They atso lost
tle two New York Congress!llGlt,4Astora and
Mnrplly-one tt!iek. and.thl., Conk!ing nilan:
tilu lis Iialt-lirectls elected tileir Congrcssnel
iii The yacnltt districts.
The CIV u Df1okiyn elected setI Low to
nnce, nl!d il: the son of probably the richest
Mll, In brooklyn, tile wellknowl1 tea ,ner-
clInnt Low, WHO II 0f A(nssaclll!sctts fanI-
Lly, lung t0lng business III New furlk City.
xS""x ycsF asw pf a ns ss s' M ss s1as
WIS rather ngalnst him. Ills Speeclles
sounded sur'lnuartc, yet. tho polls were
na,,llc,l by young felows, like himself, who
@ EoG q, p tn polts1 ~ qx'rfS Il itr tsr 'rfy r.
Druok1yn wus swept tE!s yenr By rising up
Uf the y0ung men. against the regular pol
ittclnl,s. Un1nts.lolinbly, tho iew genera
tluli 1,as bee,, rruulnK thu history of tha War,
NliA t4F tOu4 OF VI p0hLlNA&A 8f~A%0 r4H%2 AA*o
On tha other hand. Mr.. Astor, equally a
young mandn q suunl Republican district,
lias l,ecn scolcled. II not killed, mainly BY
seeli III him III .sEgns Of Independence Ut
| character, Of original convictions, or Ut syn-
patlty with anything bull tho l'gnor vt 9ltlce
| M Il faulty acquisition. Ilpse Mr. CnEklfng
Murtnn for Executive ofllce.. Morton ras..
r!gu that district by olley nlld close poslticlll
application. lie WAS thought to ho = rather
democratic anui,.of n kind address. Prnonbly,
leel, beaten as xtsIor was, though his GAM
unls-by jncob Iiuss,. The Hebrew: Solon
Smith. one ot the petty Justices. and johnny
/ davenport, tho Election MhrsFll!. Tl!u Raihe
machinery which H. yeAr ngu put Morton tutt!
Congress utterly tailed to uleet Astor. .Wllya
There Is hut one answer: Atr. CoMkllnE Is
not popuIar In New York City. :olr. Astn1
In tlU StutH Legislature introduced tlo meas
were Sir. conkling's schemes, which Ito al
It was rpear,led us credltab1e thing fol
tile sui Ut y very rtcl man to cntle tHtu poll
ssi rss IT, i s Sosa ill., as sx"o Sa a TIC st s" ssa
their erlltlmother's fa'ntiy; ,sl,s WI
Mlss !Armstrong, of peli''sSiv9nla
1tsans, stss fatas'' s es sionarsh'ss ;!S a1ts 1I
trrs. cnlllng on (;eli. Washington 10 becn!t,t
King Of tile American Colonies. lie utter
war.l worked hIu,sctf into Jetferso'l's pnrty,
bungllllg calupn!gn Ut lSls-'4.. Washington
was burnt while llu WIS Secretary nj Wnr
| lle hatl previously moved from penllsyivaMl.
to New York, anu lla.t bean elected Senator
Iaeob tx Xst"r, s' sWio was froin Waldorf. IL t;er
many, and W,is u pedsifer Nnta buyer at skins