New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-08
SrTTTVG TIE TRAP AGAIN.

II Is claimed by the managers OF the new
Anii-Tammany diversion that The figures OF
their enrolment indicate n voting strength OF
about 10000. With This announcement comes
n renewal in the "CuckoO' press OF sometimes
dcprecatorS and sometimes dcnunc'a'ory com
mcnt upon tine recent action OF the kcpuph'"h
County Committee IN favor Of straight Ike
publican ticket for county offices this fall III"
old story * repeated that the nomination or
straight ticket will be- simply playing Into the
hands OF Tammauy. and the palpAhly false
charge that Republicans are responsible Tor the
continuance ~ Tammany miSrulc for years PAST
is reiterated with shameless disregard Of com
mon sense as we'll ~ common honesty. All 81
which points 80 carefully prepared plan Tor
divcrting the opposition 10 Tammany 10
Democratic sidcshow Intended eventually 10
strengthen and prrpc'uatc the hold OF that or
ganlZatiOn upon the city government. IL Is -FOUR
wears since This trap was last set for Repub-
leans They are now preparing To set i, again.
For Tammauy j. IN distress and there u
urgent need Of some device 10 save H. ana
AZ the same tine save the party for which
II always has furnished the working ma
cnincry. once more the Republicans Of this
town are 10 be told that the only way 10 De
feat Tammany Is 10 abandon their own organ
ization and contribute their whole strength 10
the SUPPORT Of some Tammany boltcr who was
I'm the organization yesterday Is out Of II TO-
dav and will be- back tomorrow. a great party
must desert It's standards and Join n faction Of
the opposition because the faction will not con-
sent 10 any other method for united action. The
tail must wag The dog But not this year.
That trap has been sprung too often.
The last time Republicans fell into II was In
1890. when they cordially supported Mr.. Francis
VI. Scott for Mayor. Two years previously they
had I'm nomination an excellent candidate. whose
qualification for the office were undOubtcd.
Republican OF unlmpeachable record, and an
ardent advocate OF reform In municipal admin
istrauOn. The boilers from Tammany said
then. as always, that they could not think Of
supporting Republican candidate and so made
an Independent nomination. Their nominee,
Mr. Hewitt, received 1879 votes. while Err
hardt the Republican candidate, had 1901
their combined vote being more than 10000 In
excess Of The vote for Grant the Tammany
candidate, who was elected by n plurality. In
1890 the Republicans with their 1900 votes
accepted the candidate OF the 1000. Mr.. Scott
with the result that the coalition candidate was
beaten out Of sight by Tammany. In 1891 the
dldate for Judge Of the Supreme Court with no
other purpose, as he publicly admitted, than 10
act as n stalklnghorsc for the regular or Tam
many general ticket That's the sort OF Anti
Tammany man he was That same year when
certain Republicans, who cherished the dcluson
that the Mugwumps were really Independent
and would support a Republican candidate for
Governor whose high character, unexception
al ac4i.,
tanglements would dsarm their opposition. pro-
posed such q one IN the person Of the Hon.
Andrew d. White the answer OF one of the
most influential Of them-a newspaper pro
prletor who has since then left the country
under cloud-was that he and his following
would under no circumstances support n Repub-
lican candidate for Governor because Rcpub-
lican success In this State In 1891 would dam
age the prospects OF the Democrats in the Pres
idential election In 1892. And so they elected
Roswell i. Flower OF which they are not now
Boosting very loudly.
That Is the experience which Republicans
have had with these people in laying aside
craftsmanship to accommodate their stubborn
determination to do nothing that will operate
directly or Indirectly 10 the disadvantage Of
the Democratic party. They have got through
with all that sort Of business. The Repub-
leans Of this county are engaged in an uncom-
promising warfare against Tammany, both on
account Of It's pernicious misrue locally and
because It furnishes the machinery for running
the Democratic party. We say that the Demo
cratic party wherever II has been trusted with
power during the last two years has shown
such dishonesty, treachery, cowardice and I'M
becility that no intelligent voter can fail TO
In NIT bv p
We cay that as Republicans, without reserva-
ton; and we call upon all who agree with us
to act with the Republican party. The fight
Is against the Democratic party and all that It
stands for. We are not going to take up with
the candidates Of any Democratic Or Mugwump