New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
FOOD FOR THoUGHr IN TWO CITIES.


There are few things that the Republicans
of this city may well reflect upon to-day. To-
morrow they should be putting the results OF
their reelection into action. They have sound,
! strong, clean State ticket Let them reflect on
| the means to cut down the Democratic majority
below the Harlem to the lowest point. They
have judicial nominations of unusual merit.
Let them thiuk on the ways by which hand
! some vote for these may be rolled up For Reg
lister their candidate is superior to either of his
Democratic rivals. Jacob Hess has no reason to
fear comparison of record, character or capacity
with John Reilly or James OBrien. plurality
| for Mr. Hess would mean a victory for the bet
ter elements of New York life. A plurality for
| either of the others would mean the triumph of
! the worst So clear is this that large number
of independent organizations, bodies OF taxpay-
| ers and even Democratic gatherings, have re-
| solved TO support Mr.. Hnss- thonoh fo oUn''i'i /"
| other than Rrpnhlireu, faTed from the Bat
| terry to the YOnkers line not one supporter of
| O'Brien or Reilly could be found not moved by
partisan influences or hopes of selfish private
advantage.
1t was never more important to send straight
forward, fair-dealing, intelligent representa-
tivcs to Albany and to the City Hall. We
have drifted into a condition of things where
the mischief that a Democratic Senate and AS
sembly might do would be of the gravcst ma
ture. Our Aldermen next year will practically
control some of the most important municipal
departments. The Republican candidates for
Senate, Assembly and City Hall are as a class
men in whose hands the property of their fell
low citizens is safe That is, if elected to Office
Il, will flnip in %
how to get all the money they can out of the
pockets of taxpayers into their own or into the
funds of their factions. The Democratic can
didates, as a class are men who favor eItrava-
CANT appropriations big pay-rols, departments
stuffed with sinccurcs, and public crib burst
ing with fatuess. These things mean IN out
rageOusy high tax-rate and woes innumcrable.
The Republicans Of New York may well re-
fleet, then, to-day on the best methods ofputting
the best men i'll Office.
Ii is time for solemn reflection for the citi-
zens of Brooklyn also. They have been trying
the experiment of governing themselves in Il
business like way, and have succeeded Now,
if they put ont the man who has proved
his dsinterested devotion to the welfare Of
Brooklyn, and his ability to secure good results,
in order to put i'll his place a mere jackin-the
box, whose head pops up and whose tongue
lOls out as Boss" Mclaughlin pulls the string,
they will disgrace themselves about as badly as
Massachusetts will be diSgraced if she Te-eects
Benjamin +. Butler Brooklyn has tested Seth
Low, and found him the man for her needs. Is
there any reason, then, for throwing away all
that has been gained, and setting up
over the third city in the United States
a person whose capacity the position Of
pourdmastcr in country village wOul Justly
measures The Democratic party secured the
the town to discover candidate willing to run
against Seth Low. After days and weeks of
doubt and despair in an obscure recess of the
Tenth Ward yOung man of prctentious medi-
ocrity was found, who, thoroughly conscious Of
his incapacity for any higher position than
that of McLaughlin's puppct, was bold enough
to accept the offer His canvass has been covered
with ridicule and contempt from the beginning.
If the voters, by any mad freak, should put this
incapable in power they will sink instantly into
the slough of misrule, confusion and corruption,
from which the new charter and the administra-
ton of Mayor Low raised them.
If the reflections Of the people of Brooklyn
to day should result i'll the election Of Hendrix,
they can never point the finger again at the
abuses of the New-YOrk municipal system.
They will then be even worse off than we are.