New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-19
THE LOC1L CANDIDA TIES.

Tammany is still going down hill. The local
ticket which il nominated on Tuesday high'
obounds I'm bad material The most mlschievous
nomination is that of John X. Fellows for DIS
trict-Attorncy New-York is familiar with the
record Of Colonel Fellows in the Distrct-A''or'
news Office He can talk smoothly to jury.
but he has no executive ability ana no chpac'!
for properly organizing the District-A''orh'!
office Mr. Nicoll did himself grave Injury
i'm the opinion Of decent citizens by CONSECUTIVE
10 make the nominating speech az laniii'""s
Hall on Tuesday night. On the previous even
Ing Mr.. Nicoll had given out n statement ]"
which he said truly that when he took inc olh'e
OF District Attorney there were thouSahdS VI
undisposed cases in the office. when had ac'
cnmulated in previous years. ana 'hat '"'
nireon holes were choked with indictments. Mt.
Nicol referred To the vicious system which lld
prevailed I'm the Office and declared that he had
rerolutiouizcd the administration Of criminal
,us,ice in this county. All these statements
were in effect criticisms OF the sevcrest sor'
on the administration Of his predecessor 'olo'
mel Fellows who did q great deal more marin
than good when he was Disrict-Attorney anu
whose election next month would be sric'ous
injury to public interests.
The nomination Of Ashbel p. Fitch for Con-
trollcr Is not to be commended MI. Myers HIS
been faithful public servant ana des'r'eu IT,
nomination. Mr.. Fitch has no especial q"'i'u'
cations for the Controllership. lie was LOT
merly a Republican. but deserted ms part! i"i
Tommany Hall. No one has ever suspected
that Mr.. Fitch was Influenced by any high
motive I'm going over To Tammany. since his
obor,e az allegiance hc has been chiefly con-
sr;cuous for incorporate and unwarrantcd al
tocks on the Federal election laws III NJ
should be elected Controller he 'ouid ho' Nv
trusted TO stand In the way OF 'h' iioS' III
decent Tammany schemes OF plumber "uiro
gate Ransom had earned the approval III 'h'
bench and bar and OF the community rs "urro
gate but he had not excited the eh'huSi'S'" "
Tammany Hall. because he had not hIi'N "''
office with idle and insolcnt rascais pihc''"
upon him by the Wigwam. Charles VI 'ia"'!
has always been eager 10 do the biddihg oi
,ror,monv and no work for that organization
.o,,,1 NO en- unsayory rs 10 provoke any re-
luc,ance on his part II is said that his health
is feeble. that he Is in part crippled 'h"' Nv !"
Advanced I'm years and that he has large
family TO provide for. so Ianinahy "'Sir'S "
pensIon him off i'm the Sheriff once Inc 'h''
IN i'm this county receives IN income Oh apo"'
<aO OOO n ycar above all expenses. or course
no one dreams that Mr. Clancy VIII De per
mtted TO pocket more than quarter vi '"'S
sum. and everybody shrcwdly susp'c'S ""'''
the other thrce-quartcrs VIII go. Mics h'"'"
has been rcnominatcd 10y Tammany rs Judge
NJ the Court OF Common Pleas As vi" result
Of unfortunate spec,ations in wall Stre''' h''-
yo,ions and judgments against Mr.. Beach nave
h.on forced upon public attention while he has
hoo, sitting IN the bench 1t is well known
that he would not have been rcnomnated II
Senator Murphy, Of Troy. had not insistu 'h''
he should have another term.
tits bad ticket. vicious ticket which Iam
MANY has put in the field. II ought 10 DE- Deaf
on But Tammany counts on the vicious vo'c
on the ignorance the immortality, the crime III
the metropolis It's strength has Increased 'h"r
mously In recent years. because il has showed
through the naturalization mill mere great
hordcs Of ignorant and british foreigners, VINO
have been admitted 10 the privileges OF CITIZEN
shin without understanding their dulles ana
ohlipations as citizens Many Of the most re-
snocted and esteemed citizens Of New-lork
are Of foreign birth, but in recent years tn"
CITY has received chiefly the drcgs OF immigra-
tIon. while the better classes OF immigrants
have passed through Ncwiork without larry
ing here Tammany is naiuralizlnS troops
OF the lowest and most dcbascd OF Immigrants
and swelling its vote in this way II holds tn"
liauor saloons in its iron grip and compes III"
liauor-selcrs. the gamblers and the lawbreak-
crs to contribute huge amounts TO its campaign
funds and to turn In all the votes Tor lis can
didntcs that can possibly be rallied among the
worst people Of Ncw-iork.
The Tammany candidates ought 10 be beaten.
Mortimer G. Addoms, the Republican candidate
for Judge Of the Court Of Common Pleas, ought
10 be elected William ii. Townlcy deserves
earnest support for Surrogate Henry &. Rob
inson is better fitted for the Controllership
than Ashbel =. Fitch. Thomas l.. Hamilton is
more substantial and deserving citizen
than Charles NJ. Clancy. Charles ii. Murray
would make better Disirlct-Attorncy than
John II. Fellows. The obligation of every citi-
zen who cares for the good name and prosper
ity of the metropolis to do all that he can TO
defeat all Of the Tammany candidates Is Of the
most urgent sort. Tammany is immensely
strong. and 1t Is desperately INSCRIPTIONS and
wicked also. II can be beaten IL all the people
Of Ncw-YorK who lead clean lives will exert
themselves to defeat IT, Otherwise Tammany
will continue to enrich itself at the expense Of
the taxpayers.
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