New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-20
THE pTiCE TO GET TOGETHEH.

Attention is already called by Senator llllI
newspaper organs, and in Il most significant way
~ tho fact that spring elections Of Town super
visors in this State will determine which party
sb,ll have in its control the counting of the votes
at the next Presidential election. Thus 1.-The
Xow-York sun" states the dates of town cleo
uons in different counties, beginning win thir-
tocn counties February ., remarks that the Ill
vision into districts of the representation IN inc
Assembly, allotted TO each county VIII DC maze
by the Town Supervisors to be elected this
.nrinr. and adds " How important these super
y,ols are aS political factor was shown AT inc
recent election The Democrats last year OBJ
tanned control Of the county boards IN Duchess
orond,oa and S,cuhcn three districts upon
which the control of the state senate turned
Then. bv way of urging the Democrats to carry
the town elections, it says that these elcctiohS
will determine "whcther, in the Presidential
election Of 1892 the machinery of vote-canvaSS-
inc and votc-countlng will be in the hands oil
Republicans or of Democrats"
f. i, the business Of Republicans to have TINS
mint in mind also. If there is to be deliberate
and systematic effort to secure, III ~ many coln-
tio, =, pos,ibc. the power to repeat the DutchcSS
rroudulcntv for Democratic candidates next fall
not merely the Republican voters but al DINERS
who want honest elections may be expected To
ODD >c the conspiracy of NOte-StcacI, lea ~
lInl. There ought to be a these town elections
a complete disregard OF past controversies ana
riyalric,, forgctfuneSS of all that tends - d.
vide and weaken. and "A concentration OF all
honest voters as far rs possible, to secure the
election Of Supervisors who can he absolutely
relied upon - soc that the votes are honestly
counted and returned.
There Ia, been much said of late among Re
pnhlican leaders Of the necessity Of getting To-
scthcr and healing past differences. ] he way
- yet togethcr j. 10 attack the common enemy.
The way 20 heal past differences is to put forth
| every ciTor' ~ overthrow Democratic election
| ,vindlcr>. and 10 secure an honest election next
| fall The Republicans Of every shade or name
who will not Join heartily or unrc-ervcdy IN this
effort. II, matter whether their own immediate
friend, happen to be placed at the front or not,
VIII prove that they do n6t deserve and here
after ought no, to receive the confidence of ;hcr
| Manly. That is a test which will mean some
| thing let Il be rigidIy applied in every coun-
| IT, - that all honest Republican voters may sec
which Of their active leaders and workers care
more for personal and factional quarrcls than
| for the good OF the parry and the welfare OF tho
state
| Tho Republicans ought not 10 he alone in such
an emergency as this. There are many thou
| sand Democrats in New York who are deeply
cnondcd by tho Infamous conduct OF Hill and
his tools They know that Democracy Is dis
gracrd 10y such conduct. They know that 1t Is
| intended 10 sclzo the whole machinery OF cleo
| ton, in the State completely for conspiracy
Of Hill men that il shall indeed be true that Nr.
| Hill carries the electoral vote of Ncwl ork in
| his vest-pockct and so can crush any other can
didatc in the National Convention They will
have to choose a; the spring elections between
abcct surrender To Hill and an open fight against
him. Il they silently acqIicsce in his stealing
# the state. they will faSten tho badge of in
| fanny upon themselves Us well upon their
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