New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
THE GOTERNOR LIKES PLAIN Lang UAGE
AND GETS IT.


IND GETS IT.
The man whom Governor Flower hires To
write his veto messages is carrying things too
far. While his intellectual efforts were con
fined 10 speeches at county fairs and appear
anccS at centennial celebrations and exposition
opeuincs. he exhibited the Governor in rather
creditablc light, ana caused people VINO knew
Mr.. Flowers inability to put six sen
fences together grammatically to cherish never
,hclcss a considerable respect for a Gubcr-
Material education which had advanced FAR
enough 10 teach him how 10 hire people that
conld Unfortunately. Governor, YOU cannot
hire farseelng political sense and publicSpirited
fairness. as easily rs you can knowledge OF
the elementary rules Of grammar. and The
strain you are now putting upon your literary
man has broken him down. You say the people
want plain speech. Nobody needs plain speech
more than you do yourself and You are going
to get some now.
You are yourself the creation Of Tamm1ny
Hall You could not have existed officially but
for its confidence, and you are proving that
Won deserve it. You have thus become the
mouhpiecc and the tool Of The most unscrpu-
lous. the most violent, and the most dangerous
partisanship that has ever corrupted the poll
your young man to do in the current series OF
| vetoes Is 10 rebukc partisanship.
| He does not know and apparently. Governor
YOU are not able to teach him. that partisan
shin in itself is not only not Il bad thing, bui -
an important and Indispensable element IN the
conduct Of any republican government. Far
tsanship Is merely an effort 10 carry out me
wishes of ones party. and the only method oi
accomplishing reform and promoting progress
in republican government is through Ire
medium of party. If a man selects the best
party representing the principles best ADAPT
ed 10 the needs Of the government ana 81 me
people In the existing emergencies ana uses
all honorable means 10 promote the success "r
that party, his partsanship is not only cred
table but I'm the highest degree patriotic. On
the other hand Governor. and we beg you 10
take note of IT, II he selects n party. the Hover
and fruit Of whose perfect development was
William NJ Tweed If he owes his political OK
istcnce to that party If he makes himself lis
| scryitOr TO carry on: schemes more cunning
and therefore more dangerous than any mat
| Mr. Tweed ever devised. then. Governor, MS
! craftsmanship becomes dcspicablc and haiciuI
| II needs only one other quality 10 make II also
loathSomc the quality Of hypocrisy. the qualliy
Of serving the worst partisan ends through me
prctcnce Of non-partisanship;- and that Puali'y'
Governor. your young man is now inducing you
to display.
Everybody knows that the far-mindcI clil-
zens Of all parties. the immense majority OF all
men who want fair election, believed that the
Blanket Ballot bill would greatly promote that
end. Everybody also knows that Taunany
considered the Blanket Ballot BIN most dan
gcrous TO ts schemes. Thcreupon, in the pre-
..tfiSu tSl IA X.tIIN
the bill which the worst party in Ncw-lork
Thought would prevent It from cheating
Everybody knows that the present Park
Board has utterly forfeited the confidence Of
the citizens Of New-york without distinction OF
party. and that nobody desired ts retention in
office excepting the INSCRIPTIONS supporters Of
Tammany Thcreupon. in the pretended interest
Of non-parlsanshp. but in the real Interest OF
Tammany Hall. YOU vetoed the BIZ for new
non-par,isan Park Board.
Everybody knows that the management Of the
Brooklyn Bridge has been highly unsatisfactory
TO all who Use it, and TO the citizens OF Brooklyn
and New York alike without distinction of party,
only excepting the supporters of Mr.. Croker ana
Mr. McIAughln Thercupon. in the pretended
interest of n-partisanship, but in The real in
tercst Of the organizations controlled by Mr..
Croker and Mr. Mclaughlin. You vetoed The bill
for n new and fair control Of the Brooklyn
Bridge.
Everybody knows that the interference or
tbe police under the control Of the Tam
many Board with elections in this city had
shamefully vitia'cd the suffrage and cheated
voters Everybody knows that no one In this
city dare profess desire for such corrupt
action at the polls. and that nobody had prOiiied
by II but Tammany Hall Ihcreupon yOu de-
nouncc the investigation into the corrupt action
OF the police at the polls an effort TO make
political capital. and a misuse Of the public
money. You dId this in the sole interest Of
Tammany Hall, and you pretend 10 do IT in the
interest OF non-parisanshp
You are no literary man. Governor You can
neither write nor speak, though You have money
enough 10 hire people to do both for you. But
Won are not fool. You know perfectly well
that your prctence Of uon-parliSanship IL mere
IL 4 blind 10 enable yOn to serve The joint de-
mands Of Tammany Hall and your boss IN Troy,
and Won ought TO learn that every Intelligent
man in the city knows II too.
These are plain words, Governor 10 adapt
vour own language TO its best possible use;-
these are plain words with which TO char
.acterize an act Of the State Executive. They
.evlu not be relished by the official ito whom
they apply But when plain facts are handled
"they require plain treatment The people IKE