New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-06
A RING TO BE SMASHED.
WORK THAT SHOULD RE DONE ON
STATEN ISLAND TO-DAY.
THERE Is \ CORRUPT GANG IL RICHMOND
COUNTY AND 1T OUGHT TO BE WIPED

THERE Is 'oIRlfI 'TANb ~ nv 'i''''-'P
COUNTY. AND IT OUGHT TO BE WIPED
OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
The citizens of Staten Island will decide to-day
the polls whether they desire to live longer un-
der the Ubiquitous ring which has fastened itself
upon them has dictated To them their policies has
run for It's own profit and benefit the affairs or
Richmond County. and has made the right Of
every free born American citizen TO take part In
the affairs OF government a screaming farce or
whether Trey desire that the power OF the ring
shall be broken and that they themselves shall
have something to say about tho government Of
the fair island. Tho ring that runs staten Island
affairs and has run them for years, Is branch
OF Tammany Hall. and nothing the I.exow Com
miitce has brought out in its Investigation OF the
affairs OF Ncw-York Is too horrible to apply 10 the
methods OF government by the ring on staten
Island The opportunities for blackmail and ex-
torion are not so great staten Island as they
are on Manhattan Island. and neither have the
officials OF the ring been fragrant In their meth
DDS as they have been In New York. but they are
oe the same kidney They have. in the circum-
scribcd opportunities which have been afforded
them, done the same things. and never on Man
haitian Island the right OF franchise so ut
terly and entirely disrogarded az It has been on
Staten Island under the damnable rule OF people
entirely ignorant and entirely impervious. TO the
principles Of American government The doom OF
that ring as Of every other ring IN this broad
country. is sealed. There seems TO be little doubt
but that the final blow will be- given to-day;
There are many people on staten island VINO nc
from the oppression OF foreign GoyernInents ana
who came to this country in order that they might
To- affairs of STAT II was that broad principle
which made this country refuge foi IN" 9i
conceivable that the men who fed from the op-
preston of English laws in ireland. or from the
VIII cast VOTE , TO upno; ~ a., s S and cor
faI. md No..
formed on staten Island despotism without m"
responsibility Of that Of the car a tyranny with
ACKNOWLEDGMENT without the excuse 81 the English
and have SGT hemselvcs ~ as anFoluir 'ta'oa a
vii vote for Inc iullcr rns In local politics" The
fght on staten Island is not bc,aocu Republicans
and Democrats In the hands ~ either 81 th9
great parties the country might not be- despair.
o. hui I'm the hands Of people who profess the
absolutely uu-American principles which IN" mem
hers % the Muller rns DO and which the In'inhrfs
Of Us parent body. Tammany Hall. 10. the torch
o. Liberty would go or aml 10, D'isnr '0 nii
be qucnched. staten island IS small p,nce bIt !!
Is important place in the present hsh' o. risht
liberty against organized band o. corrupt rulers
when man gets into The polling hoot i no v one
God his rastcr and his pencil ana LEI not any man
to-day fatcr FOR fear OF tn consequences Slp"l
he vote against the ring. There b. not man
not know he din"r'i'c between Iifhi iiNl "."ht
Tho Ten Commandments ar hN'i and lnuut shI"
or aeaiust Them when he votes to-day The people
who are nominated on The fusion ticket ana the
peopl" who or" nominated ~ the TlnE u,h't M W.
all lived Staten Island 50 long that their rcc'ris
are known. A. 10 their personal r'''ir,. staten
Islanders Will Judge for th"msclv's. Their" can
be little doubt that the fusion ticket bears the
names Of men who are far superior IN every way
10 those that upon III" opposition q kft Demo
Gratis and Republicans have united In making the
nominations on the 3ntrns IL Eci nnd II I'm, NM
the sets to-day. the ring which has made the
politics Of Staten Island hyword ana re
Oh u he. m = forever.
the thraldom In which they have 80 long existed
the people Of Richmond County ara toe s"nslDI"
ms American frccmen, TO ever re-establish another
ring OF the same kind. The yoke should BE- thrown
of to-day. and fathers should not walt FOR their
now f. the time Staten Islanders 10 show that
they appreciate the benefits which the American
Constitution conferred upon them, ana are deter
II is to b. borne in mind ana cannot be reit"rated
TOO often that The Tribune does not side with the
antl-ring people because there are few K"pubi
can nominees or their ticket. The Democrats %
Staten Island have nominated certainly their iar
share Of the people on the ticket which should De-
voted to-day. II IS not "A question or party II Is
a question OF those eternal principles which make
Americans proud OF their country. which makes
which viii eventually prevail wherever the sun
shines upon nation. 1t is time for the people or
Staten Island 10 arouse Themselves, IL Is uIne ipi
them shake Off the corruption, III" tyranny. the
hcrcsy to American principles To which they nave
go long submitted. Every man on the ring ticket
has made himself a part 81 the ring and Of It's
voted against There j. little doubt that the
triumph Of eternal principles over chcanery: fraud.
bribery and corruption viii be- achieved to-day, for
the timc Will surely come and come quickly: when
every who casts vote I'm Richmond County.
from ST. George to TOttcnvle. viii have that vote
counted ne has cast II, ana those VINO manage
THO affairs OF the island Will be- men whom the
people elect. and not those who form by themselves
a gang Of spectators and self-appointed dictators.