New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
HIS LITTLE GOLDEN-HATRED BOY.

Mr., Hendrix saws he will not ask any of the
distinguished Democrats, who would be willing
to do So to " go upon his bond as a guarantee
of the performance of the promises he
makes for an energetic, efficient and ecOnOmi-
" cal administration of Brooklyn. No, he is
"too proud" and too Independent" to do
that. But" he cries, g there is at home
"little golden haired boy who plays about my
"knee at twilight he will go upon my bond,
"and never while l live will | do anything to
"bling blush to my boys cheek"
Does Mr.. Hendrix put slush of this
description into the Brooklyn news which,
we understand, he reports, i'll an indus
trious and capable manner, for The Sun
We will do our contemporary the justice to say
that we don't often see such matter in its news
columns Probably the night editor brings his
blue pencil down on it hard. Probably he was
good deal astOnished when he heard that Nr.
Hendrix had been nominated by great party
for Mayor of city of over half a million people.
We should certainly be grieyed and disap-
pointed if the most youthful and least expert
euced reporter of The TRIBUNE should be nOmi-
mated for an office, and talk such silly stuff as
this TO the public Mr.. Hendrix has been a re-
porter for ten years and has had good chance
to learn something.
The people of Brooklyn, then, fully under
stand the nature of the security offered for Mr..
IIendrixs administration. 1t will be a little
golden haired boy who plays about Mr.. Hen
drix's knee at twilight, and the aim of the adj
ministratiOn will be not to bring a blush to this
little goldcn-harcd boys cheek. In the inter-
walls Of his reporting work Mr.. Hendrix has
I l nr,T,lo al N
seen some cheap play in which these venerable
gags" about the golden haired boy" and
the "blush to the check were used with tell
ing effect, and he thought they could be worked
off to advantage upon a great audience ot IN
telligent adults, gathered to hear about matters
of taxation and government. II is probable that
men have been kept from crime by thoughts OF
their innocent children. But no one suppOses
that Mr. Hendrix would be tempted to enter
upon life of crime Il he became Mayor OF
Brooklyn. The question is, whether Mr. Hen
dirk has sufficient intellectual capacity for the
place-whch his speeches are leading great
numbers of people to doubt and whether he
would devote himself TO the good of the city,
or would be the plant tool of the politicians
in the attempt to break down the most
promising movement in municipal reform now
to he seen in this country. Would Mr.. HcndriXs
Mclaughlin came around at twilight and gave
him his OrdcrS7 Would he stop playing about
his fathers knee if he thought his father had
consented to too big an appropriation for sewers,
or had appointed the wrong men to Office, or
had leaned TO the side of the politicians in the
matter of new school house? If so, he must
be very clever boy. He would make = better
Mayor than his father, who, we fear, is ready
to do without bushing, anything "Boss"
Mclaughlin tells him to do. AS between the
two, then, we are in favor of the election of
Mr.. Hendricks Little GOlden-Hai Boy, lcav-
ing Mr.. Hendrix at home to play about some
bOdys knee at twilight-an occupation for
which, we should judge, he was much better
fitted than for being Mayor of n great city.