Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-05

ment in municipalities is only to be obtained when the power and patronage attached to public positions are not used for fectional or partisan ends. They believe that the patron. age of the city should not be used by or fol any party 1n the presidential election, or in any election, national State or local. Such statements as that above quoted fill them with alarm. The words mean nothing unless they mean that the mayoralty, if Hendrix be elected, will be prostituted to partisan endi to secure the election of the Democratic presidential candidate in 1884. His friends regard 1t as unfortunate that he should have dragged national politics into the campaign To his political opponents his remarkable as sertion that the campaign of 1881 was to open on the morrow at sunrise has given occasion for no end of ridicule, be sides being looked at in the serious light ot what it signifies.
 Again, the Democratic candidate says tho
 Democratic platform is his platform, ont
 plank in which contains 8 strong protest
 against any interference with or limitation oi the present undivided responsibility of thI
 mayor. In another breath, he intimetef
 that somebody or some party should be re
 sponsible for that official ''I confess diff
 fer with him." said Mayor Low in public
 speech. s'It seems to nae that the mayor oi
 city containing 6O0,o ,ooo people ought to be
 man enough to be responsible for himself
 and to be mayor enough not to be responsi.
 ble to party, but to the whole body of the
 citizenship of the place" This declaration
 was greeted with long continued applause.
 So there are other inconsistencies between
 Mr Hendrix's utterances and the principles
 he is supposed to represent A great many
 people, however, believe that MT. Hendrix
 more accurately represents the real prinei-
 pies of the party than the declared prIncI'
 ples themselves do. It is made much of by
 speakers on the Low side that Mir. Hendrix's
 election means return to ''bossism" under
 Hugh Mclaughlin, who, as every one about
 Brooklyn knows, has been the Democratic
 dictator for years in this locality. "Mr.
 Hendrix" said speaker. ''would be as pow
 erless with his resolutions as the aspen leaf is
 in the cyclone of the Vest"
 So much for promises. The other mode
 Of attempting to secure Mir. Hendrix's cleo
 ton is, as was stated above. by attacking
 Mayor Low. The greatest hue and cry, per
 haps, has been raised over the tax rate,
 which, as was stated in my first letter, is low
 CT than it has been for years when certain
 items of the budget over which Mayor Low
 had no control are excluded, but including
 those it is higher. This fact has been made
 much of by the Democrats. In fact it is
 the key note of their opposition. As even
 the Eagle confesses, there would be practi-
 cally no opposition to Mayor Lows re-elec-
 ton but for this. It is dilated upon, distor-
 ted and lied about. Why it is larger is not
 told by Democratic speakers. Mayor Low
 explains it satisfactorily to those who hear him.
 hayor Low is attacked personally also. He is accused of s'egotistic ambition" and of haughtiness. In reviewing his administra- tion, s'sere headn politician, who was re- moved from ofics by Mayor Low for proper reasons, ended up a tirade by declaring that everything had been done land done to the uttermost to make it appear that Seth Low IS the only man in Brooklyn fit to be it's may or" Such talk is not argument and is passed over without notice by Fir. Low. Knowing the source, it falls harmless on thinking people, as does all talk which is made with view to estrapge poorer people from him. He is spoken of as 'the million aire mayor" his house as the Queen Anne palace on the Heights" The streets are said to be dirtler than ever except on the Heights, etc.. etc., Gd 760lse0na. A little goes 8 great ways in showing the tone Of the Democratic speakers When there is nothing to be said against man in truth it must be said in falsehood. A campaign lie, they know. an- swers all the purposes. ''It's good enough Morgan until after election"
 The campaign waxes hot, in fact has been hot fer some time. Meetings are held every night in various parts of the city by both parties. Picking up to-night's paper notice Mayor Low is billed to speak St five pi- ces this evening, six tomorrow evening, five Friday evening and two the next night. That shows what sn active campaign 1t is. The Democratic candidate is also travelling about evenings. The prohibitionists, of whom have not spoken before, have can didate of their own, one Leigh. They hold meetings Sundays. Their support of their candidate seems lukewarm, and 1t seems to be question with them for which of the two principal candidates they can with most hope for their cause cast their ballots. When g Democrat addresses them 1t daW11s upon all that tho only escape from rum Is to drive out Mayor Low and put in 8 Democrat. When Republican speaks they become con- vinced that safety lies in keeping out the Democrats and re- electing Mayor Low. In ether words they do not seem to know Rho they do want in the mayors chair.
 The msyoralty contest ovsrshadcws every thing else To overhear conversations one would not imagine anyone was to be elected but a mayor. In point of fact thare are five State officers, three judges, three Senators, twelve assemblymen five county officers, thEee city judicial officers and small army of aldermen and supervisors.
 There is plenty of work going On. There is the usual number of clubs and commit tees, posters, campaign documents and the usual amount of election paraphernalia gene- rally Next Tuesday the climax will bs reached. Who will be happy it IS hard to say. Popular opi.ion seems to think that 1t is to be a close contest. This is due 60 the fact that Brooklyn is 8 Democratic city with ordinarily large Democratic majority. Mayor Low was elected before by majority of 4, ,354, receiving therefore number of votes. This year, if elected, he will have to draw again from the votes of the Democratic party. That there are num- bers of thinking Democrats that will vote for him is certain. That number of Re publican politicians who have found Mayor Low no ser7ile tool in their hands will vote against him seems also certain. That cam peign lies have 8 certain influence on un- thinking people is pretty evident. All these clements render it difficult to, foreteIl the is, sue of events. There seems to be an under current of opinion, however. that Mayor Low will receive reelection. He certainly deserves it, o. E. l..