New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-31
THE NEAT BROOKLYN Nh YOR.

The denomination of Mayor Body may not
be polite but it is nccessar, both for him and
for his masters of the Ring and Gang. His
reputation has been compromised by the action
of two Grand Juiies and cannot be repaired
bv artificial attempts to have the prcScntmcnt
in Jrdcc Moorcs court eXpmg,d from the
records The Mayor will be forced in sell
defence to demand a denomination from the
politicians whose interests he has Safcguardcd
by the rcappointmcnt of officials and by the
maint name, Of friendly relations with the job
bins Board Of Aldermen. If he be reelected
he can assume that the verdict Of the last
Grand Jury against him has been reversed by
the electors after the publication of the min
utcS upon which it was based. This seems TO
be the only vindicati0n" which is open TO
Mayor Body. The politicians will not be like
~ to resist his importunatc demands They
have no motv, for desiring TO get rid of him,
since he has been as useful in the City Hall
for their purposes as Mayor Chaplin was before
him. Moreover he is under fire and his with
drawa would be a retreat which would menace
their power and impair their prestige.
So far as the opponents OF mlssovernmcht
in Brooklyn arc concerned ii does not matter
whether he be renominated OF Withdrawn. The
issue is clearly defined in either case. Expert
ence has shown that it is lmpracilcable even
for man Of unblemshed reputation and OF
the highest social standing to give the people
of the town good government when he owes
his nomination to the Ring and Gang. Mayor
Body has served his political masters who
transferred him from Congress to the City
Hall he will continue to take orders from them
if re-elected and will any other Ring
candidate who may be substituted for HIM.
The people of the town who want better gov
eminent and a genuine reform administration.
such as they had under Mayor Low, have moth
ing to expect from Mayor Body. if he should
be reelected or from any successor in alila-
ton with the Ring.
In this emergency the only prospect of relief
is that opened by the election of Mayor en-
trely Independent of the Ring and Gang. The
Republican party in Brooklyn has been rcor-
eanizcd on a popular basis. and the oppotunitl
has been offered 10 every voter OF that po-
ltical faith of bringing his interest directly
t. bear upon primary elections for nominating
conventions Whatever dissensions have cx-
listed during recent years have been brought
TO an end by radical method of reorganization
against which no complaint can be made. The
Republican party is in position to nominate
a candidate for Mayor who will represent the
rank and file of voters and not any particular
group or combination of politicians. can
didatc nominated in that way Will not be
under obligations to political masters. lie
will be- if elected his own master and free to
serve the people a. Mayor Low was during his
two terms of office
The nomination of an independent Demo-
crat like Mr.. GaynOr by the Republican CON
vcntion would clearly be impractcable and in
iudcious There may be as many as 10000
Independent Democrats in Brooklyn, but not
more than ne-half of their number can be de
pended upon to vote against Mayor Body.
The Republican party with IFS 10000 voters
cannot afford to nominate Democrat for the
sake of catching those 5000 sO-called indie
pendent votes. Its true policy is to bring for
ward one of its strongest and most represent
ative leaders a man known to possess executive
force and practical ability, and Republican
whose loyalty has never been challenged.
Mayor Low was candidate of that type when
he was elected the first time. and thousands
of Democrats Of the straightcst sort voted for
him. II Republican of the highest char
acter and ability and with will of his own
be nominated this year, thousands Of 81 reg
ulars" on the Democratic side will vote for
him simply because they are profoundly dis
gusted with the present conduct of public af-
fairs and seriously alarmed by the increasing
burdens of taxpayers. The reorganizcd Re
publican party Of Brooklyn has it in its power
to nominate high minded candidate who can
be elected Oh broad, common sense Reform
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