The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-27
Gratis and stimulating the growth OF their

ers who never possessed any great ability. and
who In the course Of years have forisitSd d moS.
no desire Tor G. The, leaders .. Of tho Inc
thcy. were twenty. years ago. There Is praG;;;
tically noshangc. Judge Patterson sitting Bull
B. Beane e sSon i. Smith, George Bliss car
Gnlso Meade, Frank RAYMOND. John HnEt th
The Align and Dennis ShSS fare are st sse a. ' nut
/ It is for short time only. Tho old leaders
are without following and many OF their rd ieM
instead Of displaying, an ability to success
%s so's tho T RsnubeSn onors spend tho
largest share OF tho time they ,s devote 10
!" e o%% spGhs the s
mGnt OF which oceupi nj, months This years
Tor next year is the Eighth; some OF the most
active mon in local Ktpublican manaE .nn
ESaEpfa to plague their cSfsi rpf%Sr'k
third is Scion Il. Smith. who has set ur and ,,,
maintained for several years sort OF Kin
Ss Mh Ss s il os sso dans thu
Republican bosses and bidding them do their
worst Though it. Il ono a., # the nv rules nSsso SI
ass nn appointmsnt from Demccratio
Official is by that act disqualified from reprec-
who has been holding office by Democratic ap.
pontment continuously since 1879. WAS at the
SESss% ss and
was ut the same time elected Lresident Of tho
local organization He continues NC So t" nave ,anS
Of siminatins him. such ,!nsubordinate aets
have deprived tho keppsli;San party Of N9 lew
rule Of "go-as-you- please prevails. among
no lenders it ns iayor too among thu LIEU leu
astrous results to the party.
On the other hand. the strength Of the Dem
santS nnd IN from the
ranks OF young men. Nearly all the Demo
cratic local officials are young in yen. years Mayor
Clerk Mckennn; Register Fitzgerald. and most
by Young aY mcn ' WITH ysuns voters the Kcpub
Why Why! their strength has been steadily slipping
away in every. Part Of the city. What they
Ganin nsG so that st making allowance Tor outside
movements beyond the ordinary party lines:
there is in this city to-day. on tho full vote OF
~ 91S electors d D0'no'fa'l' ""''''' "
1t tho recent Saratoga CONVEX ton a resolu-
| colorcd voters into the Dem ocratic ranks.
Soon after its adoption several colorel Demo;
as result many coiorei men voted Tor tho
| first time for Democratic nominees. In fully
ds5sts CT the fy Wrrs
serious inroads into the ltov,ublican ranks. Ihe
of steadily. One reason Of that Is the faiure.
reward coored applicants for Government
positions: another i the Democratic , efforts tt
to- be rs tn IN N"w
! York are working for employers who. what
they haye SSen tea senri arS are
the great hotels. a majority OF hotel Keepers at
this time being strong Democrats. although
| there are OF course some conspicuous excep-
REHABILITATION.
The reasons mentioned account chiefly and
pEs 3oh n.y. G q the
oyer to the Democrats SOLEMN OF dstr'et
Used Used to be Kerabliean strsnshoids. It ought
to be added that While they constitute ,t tie the
posys s nhe on a ns
negative character. That relates to what the
Republicans have not DONE For several years
tors t" s'oa and u in Stats conventions by the
votes OF Repuh! can delegates, much am
casins the 40 opton Of the civil service
law and plans or s2p;ealed non.partisan g Sy;;
mand. for t,o twin frauds: the Republicans ans
kept insisting upon them. with the hope that
Inc ney s T IT, ' They did not do So They lost
ground ard they diseoyeredi when it was too
Want ai an; Civil Civ Service law. and did not want
any nqn-p artisanship in tho government
Se esS d sse they Sf q ad tin in
fe en Esn to Il. Hs ssnse s t~r nsa
rum po ts; .' in the belief. Equally erroneous
that, by doing thousands Of Democrats
principles and Join in the new movement II
never Ind. and never could have, any sound
body knew. tho ratio of license IL. counties con
trolied by Democrats was uniformly higher
rnns and I3 honcs that tho claim for
%abs
gained no 'ecruits. but it cost the Republican
party grsHt many Votes That fact hayi tbGs
potato. Civil service. non-partisanship. and
nI MANAGERS eT next turned their aten.
tion tc, the promising subject OF ballot reform;
s % srs 1 Ss an s oven aSa
who would come ont" for d blanket ballot;
:h MG k has Been Wasted by the Kepubcans
lin enLeavorng to get Demoeratic recruits for
ehis sehsms Voters There was de-
nd for any tns such shanGe the
No ono wanted such q change; and had tho
| Republican. managers known what would DO
the effect Of it ON their own prospects they
| would have been most vigorous in their opro-
| siton. The agitation is us good M dead now.
and may be said to have gone to loin civil ser
! vice, non partisnnship. and high license. but
during the ten years which have been devoted
party has been getting weaker steadily. and
has lost the state regularly at every, election
| entered They thus find themselves no nearer
| to success In this State then they We're ten
| years ago They have been shorn Of many OF
| their lnlirels and deprived Of the support OF
thousands Of lenublictns.
But It will not do to imagine that all OF the
| butter Is on one side Of the political bread.
| this city for the reasons stated. they are men
aced constantly, and seriously by a wide
any support OF the obnoxious principles Of
free trade That, and that only. bars the way
OF IL Democratic majority. trustworthy and
reliable. OF 100000 in this town, Any advocncy
to foreign interest. the adoption Of the eco
nomic prinedIe which Wa on trial by tho
cratic principles or pledges "r any transfer Of
Democratic lcsiership fro'l the lifelong
friends to the covert foes of lie party. would
be fronght with grent danger and would be
likely to be attended with grave disaster. On
such mn issue n g this tho ReDublrnuS might