New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-05
State Department he had established "a dis
tinction between his country and his party.
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST ERHARDT

THE CONSPIRACY AGAINoI BHHAhD1'
Let the Republicans of New York City think
q moment who the people are that are advising
them to knife their party's candidate for Mayor
Let them think what the organization is in
whose interest. such advice is given Let them
think who the man is against whom action in
accordance with that advice would tell Let
them think of the municipal issues at stake.
If they will consider these things conscientious
", there IS no more doubt of Colonel Erhardts
election than there is of Election Days coming.
Not bit
The people who are at the bottom OF this
conspiracy to defeat Erhardt are the same
persons who, when within the Re-
publican party, always sold out its candidates
to the County Democracy They were the
especial champions of William R. Grace and
his kind of reform" They formed the loud
est-mouthed section of the Mugwumps OF 1884.
Their hypocritical support cost us the State in
1885. They got up precisely the same kind
of conspiracy against Theodore Roosevelt in
1886 that they are trying to bring about now
against Erhardt. They lied then in Just the
way they are lying now. They succeeded in
stealing votes enough from Roosevelt to elect
Hewitt, when the figures prove conclusvey
that the Republican candidate would have been
splendidly seated had he received the same
votes that were given to Judge Daniels. They
put forth then the same utterly dishonest re-
form pretences that they are blowing about
now. They are to-day the open enemies of the
Republican party.
They are doing their work in the In
terest of the County Democracy, which is by
all odds the worst gang of municipal plum
derers that has been let loose upon Newly ork
since Tweed's day. 1t is not at all to the point
that the candidate Of this gang is personally an
honorable man. This being the fact. the duty
of Republicans is not altered an iota. Mr..
Hewitt is no more honorable than Joel B. Err
hardt, and he is violent partisan Democrat.
We have to be sure his own word for it that If
he is elected he will appoint at least one Re-
publican on every Board composed Of three
Commissioners butthis, by theway, is the very
business Of making prediction promises which
he condemns in Hugh ]. Grant
Don't the people Of New-York think they
have been sufficiently robbed by these corrupt
Democratic halls? Ae they not tired of the
spectacle Of being bossed and plundered and
plundered and bossed by irresponsible and
worthless machine dictators? What has Mr..
Hewitt done to deliver the city from these ban
dts? Two years ago in public letter he said
there were no such persons. Now he says they
are all in Tammany Hall. Then why did he
reappoint Mr.. Croker? Nearly all Of his APP
pointments have been made from within the
Democratic machines and in obedience to the
behests of the bosses. He was the sponsor Of
Colonel Fellows, the most worthless apology for
an official we have had in many a day, and not
single bipartisan action can be credited
to him.
The next Mayor Of New-York will have the
appointment of twenty-three heads Of depart
ments, who will hold Office from four to eight
wears. This may be made, and will be, if
Colonel Erhardt is elected, an entire change of
the city government. Is there any Republican
who will say it does not sadly need to be
changed? Under all these circumstances, is
there any Republican who will vote through
Mr. Hewitt to perpetuate the control of the
bosses and the halls? The pretence that the
race is between Hewitt and Grant is stupid
falsehood Colonel Erhardt has already won
back the votes Of the great body of those Re-
publicans who had been intending to vote for
Mr. Hewitt. He needs but his fair, honest, full
party vote to send the bosses and their organ
izations tumbling ont of office. Let Repub-
licans have done with this nonsense Of being
used as Democratic catspaws. Let them stop
| defeating themselves. Let them stand firmly
and unitedly and they will surely win.