New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-19
Away WITH THE MACHINE!

| A crisis has been reached in the affairs Of the
| Republican party in this county The time has
| come when il must decide upon one of two
| courses either to go forward and. with n new,
clean. vigorous organization, become. what it
should be- a controlling power in the politics
and government Of this municipality. or. re-
naming on its present low level, continue TO
be represented by machine that is without the
confidence of the party in the city. State or
Nation that is without the confidence Of its
| own adhcrcnts: that has not the respect OF
friend or foe and that does not possess even
the requisite ability TO profit. save in some
petty personal way. by It's own shortsighicd
| trcacherous conduct
Considerations arising from party loyalty
| carried To an unwarrantcd degree possibly
and Il belief in the inherent power Of the ma
chine TO reform itself have operated In the
past TO prevent plain speech and radical action
in this matter These can have weight no long
or. The election last month and the primaries
last week robbed them Of all potentially.
There a landslide in favor Of Republican,
ism throughout the country and throughout
the State. hut It's tremendous effect was
not felt here. except in the ease Of Maynard.
Tammany's alleged ma iority for the rest Of the
| ticket was greater than ever before. Why? Be
cause the honest voters of Ncw-YOrk City did
not want to cast off the Tammany yoke: Be
cause they We're less eager 10 smash the Wig
wan than their brethren up the State were TO
break down the Ubiquitous rule Of the Demo
cratic State ring: BY no means. They wanted
to crush the power Of Croker just as much as
they wanted 10 overthrow the domination Of
Hill and Murphy. and they would have done
| so. too had it not been for the bad work of the
Republican machine in the nominating con-
| vcntions and AT The polls. Does any sensible
person doubt that had proper ticket been
named al the Grand Opera House Convention
Il ticket made UP Of men eminent in point II
character and ability, instead of one composed
of district leaders licutcnants. individuals
whose names. except in two or three instances.
are seldom seen outside the directory. re-
suit would have been different In this cirr?
Republicans did not believe that the county
| ticket nominated in good faith. Rcpub-
licanS did not believe that the candidates were
selected with view 10 their election. Rcpub-
leans thought these candidates We're SET up 10
| be knocked down in the interests of Tanmany
Hall. or traded off in the interests Of those who
named Them. Neither the county ticket nor
the State ticket was supported Loyalty by the
machnc-and 10y the machine we mean the ma
jority who control it. not the honest element
that follows its fortunes. This has been shown
conclusivcly-no matter what rascality may
have been brought to light by the Invcstigat-
ing Committee. Tamnanys fraudulent vote
| amounted to thousands. SUCH vany AZ it
practiscd could never have been carried out sue
f,,1l,- hal /,
pctcncc or base betrayal Of party interests 10y
those who assumed The management Of the
Republican campaign in this county
After such a dsgraccful and humilating cx-
hibiton as that made on November IL might
be supposed that the machine managers would
consider seriously the question of their own re-
tircmcnt from the activities Of politics. Such Il
| suppoSitiOn, however. coud DO entertained only
by those who are unfamiliar with the strictly
materaliStic views Of the average district
leader. He is no. in politics. as one Of them
recently observed, for his health" nor to build
up the Republican party nor TO win victories,
but ito get what there is in il for himself"
Hence it is not Il bit surprising to find rs Il
night the return 10 power Of the same old
Y
were opposed, to be sure, but what of that?
What does the opposition of reputable Rcpub-
leans amount 70 nj II primary when the in
spectors, the police and the Tamnany machine
are with the REGULARS? Nothing whatcvcr ex-
ccpt to show that the "kckcrs" have yet 10
learn that sometimes the best WAY 10 beat Il
corrupt machine is by an absolute withdrawal
from II.
According TO the results Of the primaries it
appears. therefore. that the old leaders propose
another year. and that they are also prepared
TO carry out. in their own way the plan OF
reorganization that the special committee has
been nj work on for several weeks What
proposition we do not know: what Mr. Pattcr
son and his hcnchmrn think Of il we do no,
care but speaking for the thousands Of honest
Republican voters In this city and State we
protest against il most cnphatcaIlv
We said in discussing ihs subject "A week ago.
before the primaries were held. that the iul-
pcratlvc need for party work here was now
men quite rs much as new methods. We rcDcat
IT, Not Il reorganization but new orgauiza-
ton IS wanted, aud we are glad 10 know that
such one is already in the field under the
name Of the Anti Machine Republicans Of tbc
City and County OF NcwYork. This orynniza-
ton Is in good hands, it has the support of the
best men in the party, II Is looked upon with