New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-29
TIE COUNTY TJCEETS

The three county tickets of the Republicans
and of the two Democratic factions in this
county are now made up and are presented to the
people for their preferences. They are each
above the average of local nominations, very
far above the average of decade ago, and
they serve to show the advance we have male
i'll genuine reform since the overthrow of the
old Ring. But no one acquainted with the
names and the antecedents of the sew
eral candidates can deny that the Re-
publicans present the ticket by far most
worthy the support of the educated and in
dependent minded citizens of New-York.
While none are bad, the nominees of the Re-
publican party are unquestionaby taken as a
whole ticket, the superiors of the others. AS
such they will get the full party vote; and as
such we can confidently submit their claims to
the support of all Independent citizens anxious
| only to secure good government
Of the election of most of the Republican can
didates under the existing circumstances we have
not permitted ourselves to doubt The "machine
vote" of the two Democratic factions is very
nearly equalzed. Neither faction is stronger
than the Republican party, united as it is and
hopeful of victory. Neither Democratic fac
ton entertains much hope of other than party
support in fact, neither faction has presented
any claim for independent support On the
other hand. the Republicans have made hand
some offers for it, and will get a large pro-
portion OF that vote. AS we have taken oc-
| casion before to show, the Independent vote
holds the balance of power in this can
vass as 1t never has held it before; and
if our urgent appeals to them to register have
been needed, the independent citizens, who
vote purely local issues irrespective of no.
litical opinions on State and National topics,
will have the deciding voice in the election of
the county ticket There is always great en-
cOuragement to Republicans in q heavy regis
tration. We gain every year in larger pro-
portion than the Democrats do of the registered
vote. This is but natural The young men
just attaining manhood, even in this Demo-
cratic city, are chiefly Republicans in politics
that is, the larger proportion naturally joins
the Republican party. Nothing in the attitude
or the principles of the Democracy serves to
attract thinking young men. They see that it
has been unsuccessful for twenty years past,
| and that, while it has varied its principles at
every National election since it went out of
power, those principles have been invariably
rejected by the people. On the other hand
principle and sentiment combine to attract the
growing youth to the Republican party And
the figures of recent elections, as well as per-
into the matter that the Republicans get
much the better half of the young mems votes
The figures being in our favor, it is only
necessary to offer good candidates to command
success As we have indicated, we think this
has been done. We regret that the Conven-
| ton did not act on the suggestion which we
made to make the nomination of Mr. McKeon
for DistIict-AttOrney unanimous. 1t was finer
and better politics, we think, than the course
which has been adopted it would not only
have resulted in taking an important judicial
Office out OF politics for years, neutraizing it
as dangerous factor in future political con-
tests, but the liberality of the movement would
have commanded votes for our other candi-
dates in the three-cornered fight. 1t would
have been accepted by independent citizens.
whose help we specially need at this time, as
an assurance of the Republican earnestness for
good local government aside from party sue
cess. In deciding upon the opposite policy.
as we think unwisely, it can be claimed, how
ever. that the Convention acted iudiciously in