New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-19
Up GIBBS AND HIS "CONSTIIt EN TO-

UP CJBBS AND HIS "CONSTITCENi"'
venality at Albany is always difficult Oh
correction. simply because the supporters "i
Lr,visb LEGISLATORS stand between them ana
tho pubc. So long rs his scheme OF ra>ca'''!
includes trucking to the vicious e'e"'e"' Vi
his constituency. every Senator ana Assem-
blyman who has learned tho \ VI HIS
business knows that at pinch he can %"rc
III, votes enough 10 "rrdicatc MN III '"c
polls." Thus the intrepid Sawmlller OF onoh-
d,o, who Joined in the scardalnus opposition
:, the Excise bill, avowcd that he didh care
, 60 for nuLIic criticism - long as the rum
.ollcrs in his district were pleased: and III inc
sowo WAY wicked Fred" Gibbs openly fiauntS
Defiance in the face of his accuSers. because
forsooth. he believes he can count on MS con-
stitucnts., If by constituents he means inc
Tammany heclcrs of the Nlllth AsS'n'h! lis,
,rict. there is no doubt that hts support VIII
he active and enthusiastic. Services such as
bc has rendered are nor to be lightly passed
ovcr and Heaven and c.i.ih. if necessary. VIII
no moved to furnish him with the customary
yindica,ion.' to the end that his power 1or
mischief may be pcrpctuatcd.
Mr.. Gibbs of course. is too Old manu- 70
confess his piouc at the turn events nave
taken. He is much obliged 10 the lah''''i'
voters who promise 10 stand by MIN AT the
next election. but OH ihc whole. he would nave
nrcfcrrcd To conduct his operations Ill secret
TO men of his stripe the only emharilH'ineh'
* in being found out. and rcproach they pear
-. ,uutily as attacks on their honor Yet when
:, noli,ician * contemplating new trcachcrIr'
il sometimes spo> The game publicly to adj
yDrtSe and expose his past dclinIlencies. Mr'
Gibbs evidently expected to "p'ay me entire
Republican party As he has "play'd hi' young
friend Fish But from his own point OF We"
he has hunglcd the thing inSlorlo'isly. lhrn
Is not a loyal PARTY man who doesn't know him
for what he is. and tho CorporaPs guard "i
tru,nts who are laundering about in his train
will wish they had listened TO reason as soon
~ calamity oycrtakcs them. II is all very
we'll to swaggcr and tell funny stories and talk
loudly about setting I'm rival establishment
Rut husincS, is furnishing ut tho old stand
RppubIicans have shown i'll many ways. ana
with unmi>takahle emphasis, that inc! Cd"
afford tn dispense with traitors ana faha'irS'
and everybody clearly understands that II Mr.
Gibbs ever finds his gay hack to Il scat III the
Assembly il mu.; be n Il Domrcla'. represent
ing Democratic principles and elected hS 'eh'-
ocratic votes.
The action taken by th" E"pnhllcin '"'h'
" Committee last ni"ht and the srithinV
resolutions adopted Lt III" E"rmhlIranN "i
his own district leave II" doubt "i the
feeling toward this political d""iv'r among
thu>, whose r,inripl"' h" has falsely A.
,nncl to represent. With characteristic n
.ur:lnrc h" has laughed down tn" cri"s "'
",raltnr" and humorou>ly declared that h'
couldnt tell what all ia" fu,- was about. u
is gratifying to reflect that v" has now IN "p
nmluni,y IA find ont Th" ">i:"r"lrN "' pra'
,iral poli,,cs are made Ia COMPTON," many u""S
,inu,llr c\pot> that IN pilIai' ME "''ih h'
unh">ita,in.l, c"ndcmncd ard cheap cunning
occasionally purchase, prc>iIe" that i WIN
held from un>pIh>tcat"d merit. Mr. ''ihh>
wo believe, il rather proud 81 his un"nvnhl'
sohriuuct. and hi. friends enemies f'nti"r him
far ih" ART, l., which h" has earned II. Yet
ucachcry in a political party, Il" in every "ih'i
,.,nrIit,un nf INTELLIGENT and cltili"d mon, j.
ri,h;ly adiudcci tho most '"nt"mpfi''' "'
r,lrl,,. and "trN tim" that rs "\hl'I'i'l j.
followed hv it, Iu>t results step i a'hl"Ir"
N ia, puilraion of our public morals.