, 1881-01-02


~ SOlFEA L. JAN I
.,,,+,o, 80 .-.- -
drpnne @ op,t of H. ,vpr pGi'ticrt @ @progaey, ant
fho ssno;st;a,, nS woih. 1ne meeIlngs O
daInha tinG in Is5n u au, H. Wnen came 20 fniia
MI fa;ti,fi,1 iG'b, ~ WAS lotnant ia Dony VIII
~ le1t 10 Walcn owe
Sra aoainat H. HhtAIG1 H; a4tu Assp up skAmlsl
LAG "e@l11as 4no ntl'g pol1tlcians. -
GIANT DESPAIR
the feeling Of flopeltsness Of reform in thf
minds Of the people. While wishing SUCCESS
to the movement, they quite generally said,
1T IS useless to try; we have tried 50 Otter
and failedW Even Mr. Childs Of the Ledger
in reply to my question why he
powerful Influence of his ubiquitous journal,
said it was hopeless task And, WHEN ex.
pressed my astonislment to another leading
citizen that the people were SO Indifferent t0
their wrongs, SO paralyzed with despair, and
so wanting in courage to fight their Cypress.
ors,--who had nlortgaged every foot Of real
estate and the industry Of the city by a debt
Of 81, ,00o, 600, so that the net income of tile
realty Of the city, after paying interest on
indebtedness, and the expenses Of the City
explained the situation BY describing the
a.. o,4;na.- eol-oHloAn cutelseo1nh
otic nntch and dha so c@,rar1y p1sM nnaa .aG n
asked, What conT he axnectS'i aF snch ~. -
race but that It woulG fail % an easy 81 I prey to
o91;t, r e1eSu5' s;a al,u INSCRIPTIONS Vllalny.
tit;o dip N.Y. ~ ;a'ppealga 10 mems aEaIIce ala
afrnn, ~ .ae st.eGe ai ugt IeRrooisi e Disy
~ ta ifv " "t M XIV, =; G ~
was aIleged.-and Ills zeaI 1T once ahated- An.
otIler va aitnwad Ae1 fat steI of1ics trontb &
WIN 10 I'M vaa, ato"eu a., Nv 1t oa, g. WELL WELL
stIt ,,;s, ,sear, aao tne nexI W9 hearel
sat,, ~ mI,r .is ~ VIZ ~ narIlsDsIg askng nt Leg
tceand IL he ar uo + u 9aaf1es lo1 LIS ol"
A' s SUCCESSFUL F; rssunnEcr1oxs.
There have been frequent elections by the
people OF Ketorm candidates, who were
counled omt oy Republican Judges or can
vasserS: -, linus, Joseph l.. Caven was elected
oyer oyer William M ): stokley, present Mayor, in
t, t4.1 ou'' 20 eoaeest moaiu 4ast neitiay
~ o5oktey 10 fh WaS aia4w9H d TO Keep @ tne o.
nce' oo 81 Elae 1Wentlelh Nala, IVY years
Ha ago tue 10e, a,erolM s caldatSs iGr te c4mmoh
cnnntad nnt A. o1ons;n3+;on H' ~ . stn@ einnja
uu o oa G
showed M Slxty-two " false presentations atoms OF legal
voteTs VINO ula not vote, ny ll1egal voters:
but 70 O. c0mlese ~, lla electlon Woula nave cost
over as,o" ~. ana II was apanaonea. Pao Bus III
Mnt I lew Instances tne heIorlne1s eleGIea
-~.~
lne otner partleS 10 put up pelter candidates
lnf0neh rear OF: deleht. Infee years ago
Lney electea honert y. Fattlson, Democrat,
Clty Contro!ler, who pore himself 50
nobty IN hls nigh once, by protect
mg tne pubic, treasury against both
hepupllcan ana Delnocfatle tnfeVes,
fhat 1ast 1all tne people Teeiectea a hlm over a
hepupIlGan hlngster by l5:No majority,
tilongh u od tne kepubllcans carried tne clty py
S5,ooo = ~ majority. a mammoth protest by
Ss'ooo Republican voters! And here Is where
TIE GREAT AWAKENING
began. and out Of this reform vote crew
the appointment of the Committee of One
Hundred Republicans to make nominations
outside of the regular party machinery, It
comlnitteu two great bIunders rs a Re-
form Committee: First. it decided that its
work should be strictly partisan,-that it
would nominate faild support none but Re-
publicans,-t thereby repeiling large number
Of Democrats ready and anxious to cooperate
in any noll-partisaii effort IS reform ths City
Goyeinment. Next, it appointed a Commit
tee to confer with tie Kepuhlican Central
Committee on the, Subject of Nominations.
Had they really Been in earnest for Reform.
they would not have placed party in the
frOilt and Reform in tile background,-
would have invited the co6DeTation Of all
good citizens. without raising the partisan
tiar ut the Threshold. And many Refor1u
Repub licans Believe that the ap-