New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-25

whole matter, and it is not partisan dcfama-
ton. 1t is the testimony Of IN empty city
treasury. of every property-owner's tax bills. Of
every insurance company's forecast of fire risks
and Of every prudent fnanciers estimate Of the
present tendencies Of real estate The defeat
of the Ring candidate for Mayor is a matter Of
sclf-preScrvation for Brooklyn
Our friends. the enemy are now realizing what
it is to conduct defensive campaign. May
nard is indeed a heavy load to carry.
The only reason under heaven why a vote has
not been taken In the Senate the Repeal
bill weeks and weeks ESQ is because most Of the
Democratic Senators claiming TO favor repeal
were secretly scheming to prevent 1t and to Sc
cure the passage Of an initiation act. Isn't that
Just about the truth, Mr.. German?
Mr. Sheehan Is urging Senator Hill to devote
all his time between now and Election Day to
making campaign speeches. Evidently. then,
he considers Mr.. Hill one Of the competent
speakers whom he Is calling aloud for. Any
one who reads Hills labored defence of May
nard, however, Will have serious doubts on that
point. At any rate, the Senator's friends
should use all their persuasion to induce him
to modify his transports OF frenzy when he
speaks Of the New-York City Bar Association.
The severcst judgment passed thus far upon
Mayor Body Is that which he himself has de-
llvered At speech In the Eastern District Of
Brooklyn on Saturday he said this III
have made mistakes they were my mistakes
for never dictated to by any man." There
can be doubt as to the meaning OK these
words when their full sense is grasped. They
mean that Body is Of the weakest men
who ever held office anywhere. So anxious
was he for the favor OF Mclaughlin that he
sought to obey the Boss's wishes even before
they were formally and directly conveyed to
him. On no other theory is 1t possible to ex-
plain the Mayors acceptance, without sin
gle change. of the heads Of departments whom
he found in Office and his retention of men
proved TO be unfit. 1t would be more credita-
bic to him II he could frankly say that he felt
under obligations to Mclaughlin for his NOM
nation and election. and accordingly thought
that the Boss had a right to direct his adj
minlstration. Instead, he writes himself down
n man OF the feeblest and nimsest kind. This
confession throws flood OF light upon the loss
OF confidence which many Of the Mayors friends
have experienced during the two years he has
been in office.
Democratic contemporary speaks Of Senator
Hill as a man who Is very "level-headed on his
feet" 1t might have added that he is also
slightly pussy footed on his head
The situation at Washington has been so
very much mixed for the past two or three
months that perhaps no confusion of
IDEAS or metaphors should surprise And
Il,
of the following extract from a Washington
special printed by one of our contemporaries
yesterday morning. 1t is as follows:
In the great Senatorial wrestling match COM
promise was on top Yesterday; 1t Is fiat on its
back, with unconditional repeal astrde OF II, to-
IL slipped this morning on the banana peel thrown
from a White House window last night
II occurs to us that some time other either
compromise unconditional repeal will get the
worst of It, be found dead. and need cor
oner. 1t will be important then to know
whether the deceased was killed in a wres-
Ting match or slipped on a banana peel. 1t
may be. however and from present indications
1t seems probable. that will be
needed Both may die Of old age.
Democracy and education go hand in hand"
according To Senator Hill Should any of
his hearers fail to realize the full force OF the
remark. they can easily verify it by taking a
stroll through Timothy DRY Dollar" Sullivan's
principally. Hand in hand" Is no name for
II there. For the next fortnight there won't
be dive In all "Dry Dollar's' domain
i'm which Democracy and Education"
will not be mussing each other all up in affec-
Tomato demonstrations. Candidates for degrees |
are everywhere leaning against the bars or
working the lunch counters.
IS THE NewYors Times complacently re- !
marks, the candidacy of Mr. John Brooks I<avit. |
for the Assembly in the XXIst District Is liable |
To elect TamrLny Hall Democrat. the creature |
Of Police Commissioned Martin Anybody who |
thinks that this Is a good thing to be done might |
better vote at once for NJ. Martins man.
Brooklyn Republicans and Reformers must be /
warned against self-confidence and fractional !
warfare. They fighting against of |
the best-disciplincd organizations in the coun-
try MCLAUGHLIN has assessed every oflceholder !
in the county and has raised q campaign fund /
Of 100000 as a starter. and it will probably be |
doubled during n fortnight. He has also in
sttuted house-to house canvass for the pur-
pose of finding out how many Democrats are |
breaking away from him. Those who are |
noisiest among the Gang declare that ma
jority will be ground out for Body even II re-
peaters votes come high fifty dollars
apiece. Republicans and Reformers cannot win