New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-26
T4NNANY HOME RULE"

Doubtless many Democratic voters in the in
terror counties of this State really believe that
the men who manage the party, make its nom
nations formulate its so-called doctrines
and sound the keynote for its campaign war
cries are candid and sincere in their camor
for what they call O. Home Rule" There's an
object lesson for them at Albany this week.
The Legislature which adjourned last Thursday
TO the infinite relief of weary and disguised
PEOPLE is again in session; reconvened before
it had time to rinse ont its mouth and change
IFS breath. or its nest could be hood out and
disinfected 4 Governor who has been some
times suspected of half disliking the company
of these fellows or at least of not relishng his
own task OF certifying and lndorsIng their
work. has called them together to finish mp the
wickedness which. beginning with the theft OF
the State will fifty eliminate in the prostltu-
tion of stolen prerogatives to securing I'm
munity for crime and lcgalized establishment
in the pcrmanent possession of its fruits. 1t is
NOT lilSely that Governor Flower has called these
neople bacl, because he is lonesome. More
likely it is. so far as he is concerned, because
he wants to make finish Of the whole dirty
lob assigned him as soon rs possible ana be
sorry for it all at once.
Tho bnsincss for which they have been called
together is primarily the reapportionment OF
the State in Senate and Assembly districts
under the unique census lately taken. 1t fur
nishes n Legislature stolen in the interest OF
Home Rule'' an opportunity to show precisely
what the thieves who stole it mean by " Home
Ruleu and where the Home is for whose
"Rule, they have been clamoring. We beg
thn intnp
keep watch of them. They will learn some
thing perhaps get some new definitions. Inc
standing complaint OF the Tammany managers
has been that the country districts had TOO
large representation in the Legislature and
too much weight in legislation that the large
cities. notably New-York and Brooklyn, were
deprived of their rights and subjected to OPP
pressve laws by the predominancc OF RI al
representation. Against this inequality and m
Justice they have been protesting yigorouslJ
for wears. and demanding " Home Rule" as
remedy. The clamor has been so persistent
that no doubt many Democrats have come to
believe that there is something in 1t; that IN
some way, though they do not quite understand
how. there may be a real grievance, for which
in some way equally mysterious and incompre-
hensible clone Rule'' may be remedy.
| The Tammany notion is that there is con-
| fict of interests between the cities and the
rural districts that what is good for the coun-
| try must be bad for the city, and vice versa ;
that there is no such thing as legislation Tor
| the common good consequently, that condi-
tion of affairs which gives either an advantage
| is unfair and unjust. The notion is that of the
rum sodden divekeeper who thinks the great
! cities are chartered in the interest of all the
vices and that outside objections are meddle-
some interference. But suppose we grant it;
that there is an inevitable and irrepressible
conflict between the Godmade country and the
man-made town. In this view Of it let the
rural Democrat watch the proceedings of his
Tammany masters at Albany, and SEQ whether
they mean to establish representation on a fair
and equal basis, or whether they mean by
, "Home Rule simply the power Of the large
cities to manage, not only their own all airs Tree
from any interference by the rural legs
lators. but the affairs OF the rural districts as
well. Let them compare the basis OF repre-
, sentation in the large cities with that III the
, rural districts Let them note that while
44435 voters in the lower New-Yolk wards
| are entitled under the new apportionment tt
n member of the Assembly it takes from GO, OOC
J to 20, 900 voters to have one IN the country
districts. Let them note that the Senate dis
tricts are divided upon the same plan OF giving
every possible advantage to the large cities
And that's Home Rule" Tammany " Home
: Rulc.D The Home is in Fourteenth-st.; thu
Z" Rule, is the " | want it" or 81 don't want 1T
! of Richard Croker
G But perhaps our rural Democrats have sucl
h d;struSt of themselves and such confidence II
i the capacity and integrity of the statesmen sc
a lected to make laws by the large cities tina
u they willingly consent to the prcdomInance o
the latter and bow in submission to the WI
y of their natural leaders and rulers. Pray, com
:. down here and take look at some of them
:, Stroll through the wards where 4,435 voter
elect an Assemblyman and compare them wit
Y the &C. 600 or 20, 900 farmers, mechanics an
i tradesmen in the interior who have the sam
{, weight in making the laws. Take good loo
at the men they send to Albany, the Plunktt'
Wissigs, Sullivans and Duffys, and say whcthe
1t on the whole they are of such a superior ordc
e of statesmen that a crooked apnortionmen
e upon a fraudulent census ought to be made !
10 order to increase their number in the Legs
he lature and their weight in legislation. Max
E. no mistake, Democrats from the interior couT
W ties You arc ordered to vote for the new az
he portionment in the interest OF Home Rule,
rs but don't forget that the " Ilome' is in Foul
Or feminist. and the Ruler Richard Croker
ETAyROYANT FOLLY