The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-16
Tho Fourteenth Congress District.


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The Fourteenth Congress District.
We are told by the Herald that Col. VIII
LIAM L. BROWN. the Democratic candidate
for Congress In the Fourteenth district at
the coming special election. will spend
$4,000 In the district IL necessary"
How can there be any necessity for Col.
Brown to spend 30 great q sum In that
strong Democratic DISTRICT In 1899 Col.
FELLOWS received there q. 267 votes. and
Mr.. ULMAN. his Republican opponent. only
17.442 votes. The Democratic Congressman.
whose election as District Attorney last
November makes necessary this spe-
cial election In the district. received
accordingly the heavy majority OF
s.s25 votes. Col. Brown ought to carry the
district without any other expense to him
self and the party than the bare cost Of
few posters and the like Incidental ma
chinery. The district is thoroughly organ
lied by the Democracy. 80 that II will not
be difficult to get out the Democratic vote.
while there and everywhere In the city the
Republicans are quarrelling over q new
plan OF organization.
The whole expense Of Col. BRowN's cam
paign ought not to exceed $500. He ought
to have o walkover. The putting UP Of
Republican candidate for Congress In the
Fourteenth district ought to be mere
empty show. aud it should be surprising
II at the special election he received more
than q very small fraction OF the vote
poled. Any attempt to contest the election
Of Col. Brown ought to be laughable.
Why. then, do we hear this talk about
Col. BROWNS meditating the necessity Of
the enormous expenditure Of $4,000 to Sc
cure his election In district so ovcrwhelm-
ingly Democratic? The Democratic voters
are more faithful to their duty as citi-
zens than the Republicans. They do
not let elections go by default, even
when they are special elections. Tho
Democratic party in New York does not
stop its machinery Immediately after cleo
ton day. and allow 1t to gather rust until 1t
is needed In another campaign. 1t Is for
ever moving. the steam being always up. SO
that at such an emergency as q special
election it is ready for immediate service.
mocracy mapping in New York; and
knowing that from long experience.
they do not make the effort to do
1t. Under ordinary circumstances they
would as soon think Of reaching for
the moon or trying to bottle q rainbow as
OF seriously attempting to contest with the
Democracy q single Congress district In
this town at special election. II they ven-
tured to do 1t they could not get out
quarter Of their own minority vote. so USE
less would be the effort in the opinion Of
every sensible Republican.
Undoubtedly Col. BROWN will be elect
ed in the Fourteenth district; but Is 1t
true that to get elected In that Democratic
stronghold he must pour out money. as II
he were trying to win from the Republicans
a district which had been won by them a
year ago? II it Is true. II he feels
the necessity OF making a bitter and
costly fight to hold for the Democ-
racy a district which so naturally belongs to
them that he ought to carry 1t with tri-
fling expense OF money and labor. he and
the Democratic party In New York are
already compelled to pays heavy penalty
for the treachery OF the WILSON bill. though
In electing an unbroken Democratic delega-
ton to Congress in 1892 they denounced the
principle on which that bill Is based as I'M
constitutional and atrocious. They carried
every Congress district by large majority
against its forbidden theory. and they could
do it over again now.
The special election In the Fourteenth
district takes place on Jan. 80. On Jan. 20
the House OF Representatives will vote on
the passage OF the WILSON atrocity under
the closure provided for by the Committee
on Rules. II then and Immediately that
bungling and unconstitutional piece OF
atrocious legislation is defeated. the cleo
tion OF Col. BROWN next day will be by
majority SO overwhelming that the Repub-
licans will recall with shame and con-
fusion their strenuous efforts to con-
test 1t. II such a result OF the time
wasted In debating that impossible
tariff could now be foreseen with certainty.
Col. Brown would not need to reduce his
bank account by $4,000 to make incontest-
able his election by a vast majority. He
could stay at home. and the people OF the
district would sweep him into Congress
without his lifting a finger. saying a word.
or spending a cent to urge them TO the
effort. His nomination would be equiva-
lent TO an almost undisputed election.
Lift from the shoulders Of the triumphant
Democracy the odious and treacherous WILL
son measure. and everywhere they will rout
their Republican enemies and drive them
from the field. Pass II. and the Democratic
party will go down in disgrace when the
people again get chance to strike at 1t.
Two Documents and Two Presidents.