New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-28
ALL READY FOR THE VOTING
LET REPUBLICANS IN THE TWO CON-
GREss DISTRICTS DO THEIR DUTY.
IF THEY ALL CAST THEIR BALLOTS ON TUES.
DAY MEssRs. oUIGG AND sIGRIsT MAY BE
ELEcTED-THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITH
BIG AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS.

DAY MEssRs QUIGG AND sIGRIsT MAY BE
ELECTED-THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITH
BIG AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS,
The battle for prosperity, Protection ana re-
turn OF good wages, which has been fought dur
,rg tho last thirty DAYS in the XIVth and XVIII
Congress districts closed last night with the ad-
vantage plainly on the side Of the Republican
candidates II is the opinion Of good politicians
on both sides Of the field that II the full Repub-
can vote In the two districts is polled the Re-
publican candidates will be elected. Both Mr..
Quigg and Mr. Sgrist have made gallant fight,
and whatever the result may be neither can re-
proach himself with duty neglected. The uni
yersal sentiment of patriotic people Is that they
both deserve success. Now it remains only for
the electors to cast their votes full Republl-
can vote means decided Republican victory.
A splendid. substantial triumph is within the
reach of the party of Protection to American
Labor If it will only put out its hand and capt
ure It, Only by apathy, lukewarmnoss over
confidence or treachery Quigg and Sgrist
fail Of election.
A STAMPEDE OF LABoRING MEN FROM BROWN.
In the XIVth District there has been a genuine
stampede from Brown of the workingmen who
have usually voted the Democratic ticket. The
wage-earners in that part Of the city do not
take kindly to a man who applies to them such
epithets as "tramps" and liars" Besides Colonel
Brown has signally failed to meet the challenge
of the workingmen who exposed his unfortunate
record at Albany as a State Senator and point
out what particular part Of their report is false.
Colonel Browns friends even admit that he has
put himself IN a bad hole with no earthly
chance of getting out. Regular Tammany voters.
large numbers of whom sympathize with the
workingmen in their fight against Brown. are
reported TO be bent on teaching the Colonel a
lesson He is likely 70 get II In the returns next
Tuesday night.
The words of James G. Blaine. spoken in 1SSS.
seem to be peculiarly appropriate for considera-
ton by the workingmen Of the two districts. Mr..
Blaine said:
Were possible for every voter I Of the RsPneG of
labor in Europe. the party OF free trade IN the
wnsea BETWEEN nj the two It may not
be directly in our power as philanthropsts 70 eIe-
stigma upon our craftsmanship if We permit the
American laborer to be forced down to the Euro
pean level
The Reform Club and the visionary youths
who meet to talk softly about what an ideal
country this would be if had pure
and unadulterated English Free Trade seem 10
have assumed the entire direction Of the cam
paign of both districts. The regulars say that
both Brown and Straus have put out large sums
Of money but they haven't seen the color Of IT.
The gentle youths of the Reform Club have
charge Of the distribution
THE DUTY OF EMPLOYERS on TUESDAY.
Employers Of all classes. manufacturers, mer-
chants bankers and business men generally are
arranging to give voters in their employ who
live in the XIVth and XVIII districts all day
Tuesday as voting holiday. This Is proper
and right. If the Wilson bill is TO be smashed.
the workingm the wage-earners. employed
and unemployed. Of that part of Manhattan
Island above Fifty-second-st. on the West
Side and above Fifty-ninth-st on the East Side,
are the who will do it. They should have
one day at least to do il in Keep in mind,
too the Congress district boundaries. They are
as follows: The XIVth District extends from
Fifty-second-st on the West Side between Sev-
enth-ave and the North River and on the East
Side from Fifty-ninth-st. 10 Seventy -ninth-st.,
and from Central Park to the East River. The
XVIII District takes in all that part Of Man
haitian Island east of Central Park and Seventh
ave. above Seventy -ninth-st., extending north
TO the Harlem and east to the East River