New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-28
MAKE TT MEAN SOMETHING.

In its TUESDAYS issue 1.-THE Sun" published
a letter from a correspondent, calling upon thaC
influential journal to state more distinctly tnaU
90 one of the chief issues to be decided IN the
Nev-York election this fall is whether the Ma
tiona Government is to pay for the COOK county
Fair in 1898" The writer OF the letter evil
IDENTIFY sees that the campaign, as conducted mus
far by the Tammany orators and organs, is WIN
ont any adequate motive or definite end. lhat
be is laboring under some excitement on the
subject o. the Worlds Fair is apparent from
the tone of his letter, but he at least does not
propose to beat the air in empty demonstration
He sees the absurdity of the appeal which lam
many is making to million and nan Vi
voters to vote their disapproval OF something
that has been done and cannot De undone' anu
that their disapproval cannot affect now one
yvay or the other. His idea is that the campaign
should have purpose, a motive, an ooJecu'ei
instead of being a mere empty expression OF
anger and resentment. He says accordingly
The Democratic majority in Congress can now be
notified that this is fair and square hight on inns Is
se and II Roswell p. Flower is elected Governor 'a'
n shall be construed the voice OF Newl or that INC
national Government is 10 keep it, hands OIL ana not
IN nron ND any city or section Of this Union al inc eA
nense or chagrn Of any other city or section orihs
Chicago down to the bullring OF sponsiDhS anu '
and make her feel the responsibilities winch sie ma
undertaken and bear them too without the anu Vi '
National Government 800
Now. while we do not by any means aeree
with this writer that the influence OF the o'a'c
of New-York in Congress should be thrown III
onposition to the Worlds Fair because we nave
been disappointed in obtaining its location mere
we recognize the reasOnableness OF MS posi-
tion that if we are to base our political action
unon this issue we should at least make II mean
something. II we are to elect the 1ammahy
ticket simply because Tammany did not get 'ne
Worlds Fair. and for no other purpose than 10
vindicate that organization, we are just wasting
orr time 1t would be waste OF time even IL
we were all agreed that Tammany was the EN-
bodiment of purity and ought to have hau inc
opportunity to administer that important Vrus''
For II would neither do nor undo anything. we
MIGHT as well be voting that Christopher Column
bns ought to have discovered Cape Cod lnSteau
of San Salvador "The Sum- writer has the
sense to see this and he says, in effect accord
i'll. Lot II he understood that the election
of Roswell Flower does mean something besices
froth and rant over bitter Observation-Disclosures
II means that the Worlds Fair shall not sue
coed if VIC can prevent it, Newly ork lost IL ana
Chicago got it but Chicago shall get no prolit
ont of it. and if the influence of Newly DIRK can
effect it the enterprise shall be failure 1ha'
makes the campaign mean something.
We quite agree that it would dignity the ram
many canvass to state this issue squarely'
would put something into it besides wind. Inc
only reason why it has not been so stated Is
doubtless because the vast majority OF the voters
are fair fighters, and the meanness OF turning
round and trying to kill the Worlds Far be-
canse we lost it would offend their sense OF fair
play. So the windy orators are saying we must
elect Flower to express our disapproval OF the
action of Congress in locating the Fair at Chi
cago. and when we ask them how that is gong
TO help us they have nothing 70 say.
Meantime there is no doubt that the election
of the Tammany ticket would be taken every
where outside of the State to mean precisely
what this letter-writer defines it to mean that
the great State Of New-Yor in an election which
the Democratic party forced to turn upon that
single issue has deliberately voted that so far
as it and its representatives in Congress and Its
influence with the National Government are
concerned it will do nothing to make the Fair
a success but will on the contrary try by all
means possible to make it a failure. That is
the light in which people outside the State will
view Tammany victory. And we venture to
suggest that there are several million American
citizens interested in having the Fair a success
who will not look on that state of things with |
favor.