New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-03
THE UiN FOR BROOKLYN.


"Tho Brooklyn Eagle courteousl, reminds
ne Of the fact that the initiative OF MAYOR
! ou's nomination was with the Independents.
rbot had not escapcd our attention But Mr..
I o,v was then Republican and had never
heon ANYTHING else He had taken conspc-
nous part in the Garfield campaign. and had
bcen one of the chief organizers of the Brook
Ivn Young Republican Club. Although he was
brought into the field by Independents after
tho decnation of Mr.. Ropes. he received AZ
tho candidate of the Republican City Convcn-
ton the support of the party with whose pnn-
ciples he was wholly in sympathy. What we
hone to sec in Brooklyn in the autumn is a
nomination of this kind. We ask for a can
didatc who is as loyal Republican as Mr..
Low was when he was nominated for Office
and whose unblemished character and cxecu-
tive capacity will warrant the conclusion that
he can be depended upon to give the city the
same kind of business administration. \ can
didate of this class, we firmly believe, can be
elected.
1t is not our purpose to repcl the support OF
independents, nor to underrate its value IL
was worth good many votes when Mr.. Low
was entered for his first canvass; but II he
had not been an uncompromlsing hepuolicah
he would not have secured the undivided sup
port of his own party, nor have been carried
into office for two terms. The same principle
will hold good for the canvass OF the coming
autumn. The nomination of an earnest ne
publican is absolutely essential, If the election
If Mavor Boody or any other candidate OF the
Ring and Gang is to be prevented. The Re-
ho
the vote by which the politicians now IN power
NAV be defeated. and its vote cannot be trans
ferred or delivered to an Independent Demo
GRAFT If it dominates as good Republican ana
as prominent and capable business man as
Mr. Low was in his time. Independent Demo
Gratis will have the assurance OF reformed
ad ADMINISTRATION of municipal affairs. That
ought to suffice for determining the choice OF
sincere Independents who have the welfare
of the city at heart We believe, moreover,
that nomination of this kind will command
the support of very large number OF Demo
cratic Regulars" who make no profession OF
being independents but who will vote
against their party because they are convinced
that a change in the administration OF city
affairs is mperatively required by the interests
of taxpayers.
II is almost unnecessary to add that MI.
Low when he was first elected was neither "a
colorless neutral on National issues nor po-
litical hack. His support of Garfield had been
inspired by enthusiasm for his party. In his
own way by recruiting a new bod! OF Young
Republicans for organized work in Presl-
dental canvass he had shown himself TO be Il
Jealous campaigner for his party. Al the
same time he was not in any sense hack pom
: tican associated with any clique OF managers
or compromised by combinations and deals IN
the past. lie required no introduction to the
pubc. and when he was placed in the Held
there was no ground for apprehension respect -
ing his conduct in the City Hall if he were 10
| he elected Mayor 1t will not be possible. Of
| course to nominate the precise duplicate oil
Mr.. Low for MAYOR Of Brooklyn during the
autumn. but il will not be mplacticable TO
find as good Republican As he then was, and
| as capable as highminded and a Self-re>pect
! ing a citizen That is the problem which now
confronts the leoreanized Republican party in
| Brooklyn
The reply Of the Democratic partisan may
be that whoever is nominated b., the Rcpub-
licans. a bad lot Of politicians will he in full
| "
| TO Office That line of argument pre>uppoSeS
the existence of a Republican Ring and Gang
| as rapacious and as unscrupulou> rs the cor
| r,lpt combination now in power. But every
| one knows that there is no such Ring and Gang
recruited from Republican politicians. and.
moreover that the rank and lille al the part,
under the new scheme Of reorganization are
| in possession of all the machinery in operation.
| While it is true that "a respectable Democrat
| like Mayor Body in the City Hall is compelled
TO do the work of the politicians placing him
| in nomination, even though he rms alOul Of
one Grand Jury after another. ii does not fell
low that a Republican Mayor of the best type
would he any bod,s man the slave of any
combination of politicians. All that it is ncccS-
sary for the Republican convention to do is to
nominate a man o! the first rank in business
affairs, who respects e,msclf and is known 10
| have a will of his own. Such Il candidate if
elected, will be his own master. lie will be
| all that Mayor BOod! is not.