New-York tribune., 1894-10-24
1HF UHOLE BETTER THAN HALF.

Let us reason together. Democratic 1rehus
Many thousands Of you have Determined .n''
In New-York and New-Jerscy, in Jersey Ci'!
and this city and Brooklyn. you Will vote TOT
some Republicans in order to secure better gov
crnment Attachment to the principles of your
party has not blinded you 10 the fact mat o'u
men have entered it and used II FOR bad eh"s
You want honest and good government as huch
rs we do. and while II costs an effort 10 uei'"'
the party Of your choice in order To save your
rights Of self government and get decent ci'ieS
to live IN you mean TO do ii. But Inc ir'p"'e
asks you to consider that your work can beSt DC
done by throwing the whole Of your weight ana
influence on the Republican side. You nav"
decided for good reasons to trust That party In
some measure. but trust 1t wholly. and you Will
gain two things Your weight In 1t VIII be
greater and Your voice In its future action.
Your rebukc of bad men in your party and their
bad deeds will be far more powerful
Half votes never scare knaveS who hold a
party by The throat. They always console them
selves with the thought that they can ma Il
more popular fgurchcad next time. What does
scare them Is the march OF groa' bodies OF
voters over TO the other side. Then they want 10
know what they shall do to be saved. Beat few
Of their candidates here and there and they gloat
over the thought that most of their tools sun
get the votes and they can win with all when
the heat Of public wrath has passed. So 1t is
that the machine in this State. though beaten
out Of sight with Maynard last year. is daring
enough to put up Maynard'S boss for Governor
this year So il is that, though whipped IN
Jersey City last year. the same ring OF raScals
takes hold OF the primaries and rules them thS
year again The only way 10 smash ring OF
bad men is to put under The sod every man.
good or bad who dareS to give il the use of his
name.
Votes for Democratic local candidates and
Assemblymen mean votes for men whom Tam
many will boss and Use rs tools just when II
wants them Votes for any Democratic candi-
dates even the best. mean votes for men who
have supported and still support all the baSeSt
rascalitics against which honest Democrats arc
protesting. Votes for Democratic congressman
mean votes for the ring Of Southern managers
who put through the bill Of "pcrlidy and DIS
honor ut the will OF the Sugar and Whiskcy
trusts: and though The Democratic nominees
may be honest in purpose. they will 60 If elect
ed. into Il caucus 10 which The very same South
crn ring will dictate 1t is time 10 get rid OF
bad government city. State and National The
way to do it is to turn down the men in power
ana peat every cafluluatc lnp! put UP.
The good Democrats have found out that their
influence in the Democratic party is nothing.
They plead for It's good, and are hisscd They
beg for decent government. and are insul'cd.
1t does not seem 10 them that tho conduct OF
the Republican party has been wise or right,
but their place is 10 help II by all the influence
and advice which the Democratic party scOrns
and rcjcc,s They will find infinitely more use
for the best they have in them, and infinitely
more weight for every suggestion Of value. if
they place themselves wholly on the Republican
side Their righ, to judge how long they shall
stay there no one can take from them But Of
this they may be surc-the best and wOrhicst
men in the Republican party have now more
power in it, as the history Of the country proves.
than the best and worthcst Democrats have in
the Democratic party. Men "f honesty. men Of
clean character, men Of brains and practical
sense. can find welcome and company close To
the top in every Republican council, and will
weigh there ten times as much IA they weigh
now in Tammany. in the Democratic State ma
chine. or in the Democratic Congressional eau
Gus II is good sense for man 10 put his in
fucncc where II counts for something.