New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-10
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IF may perhaps be remembered that year
900 Immediately after the great Democratic
,.;a.o,,. Of 1900 there was something of an
oxodus of peculiar politicians from the KepuD-
,,con marty. They constituted quite procession
rhov know the way to East Fourteenth-st
without n guide. They did not need the ala OF
friendly policemen to find Tammahy hai anu
Mr. Croker They had been there Delore' NV
into the Hall by the front door; not os'ehsipi!
to do business with Mr. Croker 1hey hnc"
tho side door. and when they wanted 10 see
Croker they had his night-key and knew his
call and countersgn They had not been III
the habit of approaching the Han WIFI p'"''
band or Of dealing with Mr.. Croker through 'lic
medium of public addresses or loud-souno'ns
nreambles and resolutions. All the same 'le!
knew where to find Tamn any, and WIFI WAS
more to the purpose, Tammany had Known lor
, long time lust where to find them Ihey were
tho pomesters. trckstcrs, campfollowers ana
mind erers who for years had been making poll
tics q trade. who called themselves Repup
licans. not because they believed III 'he pI'h
ciples of the party or had the remotcst cohcep
tion of what those principles were, out siihpi!
that thev might trade on the name ana make
dishonest and trcacherous deals Win the up
posing party for their own profit ana advance
ment. They were the sort OF men VINO paraue
under the banners Of one party ana take 'ieii
nay from the other, making hypocrisy a pro-
fession and treachery a trade.
II seoncd last November in the light OF the
overwhelming Democratic victory as il the
Democratic party would have. no further use
in
camp. 1t had become so strong, h''u 80 III
trenchcl itself by theft. fraud. violence anu
| cor,1lption Of all kinds, and by the enactheh's
of a stolen Legislature had made us hoiu oi
| mower so secure, that there seemed 10 DC no
| Further need of bargains and deals with Ike
| publican time-scrycrs and traitors 1t looked
very much as if the occupation OF the Hi''er
was gone. Nothing was left them then Dut 10
90 over openly to the party they had so long
| secretly served and take their chances there
| in the division Of plumber and spoils. lhey
wont Sometimes in gangs and ASSOCIATIONS
Knocking mt Tammany's front door with Dols-
| torous demonstrations sometimes with lndlVld-
nal proclamations announcing sudden CONVEX
sion always with more or less noise anu l.'SS
| IN order that the importance Of the transaction
might be appreciated by Il startled ana WONDER
ing n,blic Their departure was Witnessed
without regret by Republicans, their ARRIVAL
| evoked as little enthusiasm in East Fourteenth
| Ct Rcnnblicans were glad to be rid OF the dls-
reputable gangs which had been stencil III
| the nostrils OF sclf-rcspecting men ana Il souIcc
of weakness to the party, and the Dcihocra'S'
seeing in them only more claimants 1or pun
| der-of which there was not enough 10 20
| round--greeted them colby.
And now there has been another election.
The effect upon one party of their desertion
and unop thc other of their accession has been
demonstrated with mathematical certainty
| Had the result been other than 1t was had IL
shown that the Republican party was numeri-
| cally weaker by these assertions and the Dem,
ocrats stronger in proportion, II wouu sui
have been the unanimous wish OF RepuDllcahs
that the converts 10 Tammany and Democracy
of thc last year the O'Brien Associations ana
their kind in this city, and the Dadys ana Dag
gets of Brooklyn. stay where they are ana re-
| turn not As it is, with the proof before thehl
that the dcsertons have UNNECESSARILY strength
ened Republicans, and the acccssions nave I'M
| mcasurably weakened the Tammany Democ
racv the instructive wish Of every honest Re
publican is that an angel with flaming sword
might stand at the door and forever debar the
gangs and their leaders from crossing the
threshold Of a Republican primary. BY all thai
is clean and honest and pure in politics. by al
their pride in the present and all their hopes fol
the future. let Republicans keep these fellows
or, and compe them to stay where they be
long.