The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-10-17
NEW YORK POLITICS.
Carl Schurz Explains His Views Upon
the Situation.
He Thinks the Republican Candidates
Should be Elected.

NEW YORK Oct. 16-In response to the re-
quest of Mr.. T. White of the Brooklyn lndepen-
dent Republican Committee, Hon: Carl Schurz
has written a letter explaining his views upon the
present political situation IN New YORK. The
coming election, he says, presents itself in two as
poets: The first, the selection from among the
candidates of those best fitted for the positions
they are to fill If elected, and the second the result
OF the State election upon the general interests OF
the country as regards the choice of candidates
for governor. Mr Schurz says: 'sMr. Davenport
mas proved himself man OF ability and high
character thoroughly devoted to his public duties
and in sincere sympathy with reform movements
which aim at an Improvement of the public SER
wee and elevation OF our whole political llte MI.
Hill has. on many occasions, proved that he looks
upon official power as means of party service,
and of personal advancement, regardless of the
public interest. They are both partisans, but
Mr.. Davenport represents the best tendencies,
not only in his own, but in both political parties,
and Mr.. Hill the worst. These are well known
facts, which might be regarded as sufficient to IN
candidates for the other State off1ces should be
treated according to the same principle Mr. SchurZ
argues that Mr. Hill ought to be defeated because
the anti-reform element in the Democratic party,
which seeks to battle the Presidents efforts to
carry out certain important reforms will thereby
will ganInew strength. That as said, President
Cleveland is going TO vote for Mr.. Hill does not
change the nature of the case in the least. That
he is in very difficult situation, we all know. 1t
is his privilege to regulate his relations with his
party in his own way, and it is our business
as friends OF reform, to do our duty to
our cause in our way. Mr. Schurz urges the i'm
portance of the Independents not permitting
their conduct to be misinterpreted. 1t should be
understood, he says, that there is on our part no
change at all but that we are acting upon exactly
the same principles this year as last, and that
upon these principles we should support Daven-
port if he were Democrat, and oppose Mr.. Hill
ii he were a Republican; that there is no return
ing to the fold this year as there was no going into
the fold last year, and that shall be found ready
in the future as in the present, and in the past to
support the Davenports as against the Hills un-
der whatever party names they may appear.
1t should further be understood that while the
Independents will support Mr.. Davenport for the
Governorsh1p, they protest most emphatically
against the unjust attacks made upon President
Cleveland in the Republican platform as well as
against those declarations which are designed to
make capital by revival of sectional prejudice
and ill-feeling between the North and South.
That President Cleveland has made mistakes no
candid man will deny, but on the other hand no
candid man can deny that he has rendered the
cause of reform very great service and as to
the Southern question, everybody kno that
there has been OF late years an immense change
for the better in the South that the existence of
the evils denounced by Republican politicians
would only prove the failure of the Republican
party during its long possession of power to rem
edy them; that if restored to power it would let
things go just as they are going and the Inde
pendents do not desire their support of Mr.. Dav-
enport to be construed as approving anything of
fhp