New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-06
4 LAST CONFESSION.

1 LAST CONFESSION.
Confession is good for the soul, 50 all aulhori-
Tics agree II is no less becoming i'll congrega-
,ions Of men than in individuals. political
n,rtv should not be exempt from the duty or Ill
sinners but should acknowledge It's shorfcom-
ines ON all appropriate occasions For such
coursr no time +, more fitting than wheh u
concs before its Judges asking them for a YER
dict and , commission Therefore let us Re
nublicans try and examine ourselves and bewail
orr inGrmiticS. for pcrchance our p"nitence
may Inc counted INTO lis for righteousness
FIRST wo must confess that when last we man
,,.I IN. National Government we brought the
c,untrv into such "A state Of shameless and I'M
discussed prosperity that when the Wholesome
Jiscinlin. 81 hard times was administered by
our successors To the people these people hav-
iuy waxrd Fat. kicked. and made an unreasoh-
able show Of sulkincss in the very face Of the
Supreme Idol. Great indeed was our fault But
there +, vet more After that. when the great
and inspired President allowed the senate Tar
IN bill TO become law. We intcrf"red with his
personal comfort" and made mock Of his party
by recalling with wicked glec his lectures about
party pcriidy ana party dishonor Ihls WAS
uaught bur sacrilcgr Then. too. We troubled
asked him vain questions about his voting
against the Tariff bill and aferward trying 10
make "A CAMPAIGN on the strength ~ It's passage.
In all things National W" have acted with fro-
war,lnr>, In The State our crimes have been
It,L. less h.iunus We began our wicked
course some years ago when We mpulcntly
opposed Mr.. Ilill'> plan 10 make the LesiSlat-
urr Democratic 10y fixing the election returns
4. ia. %
voted Then We went for Maynard and called
him "thief' just because h. took public dOcu-
m,nrS from The office II the State Controller.
We even prevented his being elected a Judge
with the help of 4 lot of mandy PANTY law
y,r>" We also complained loudly against the
Democrats because they wanted more artistic
map of the legislative districts and cut up the
State to look like Chinese puzzle. in fact,
We made so much trouble that we got Il major
iiy II the Constitutional Convention and pro
ccc,lcd in partisan zeal 10 do all sorts of
remarkable things. We refused to permit
the Legislature 10 make gambling lawful. We
concocrcd deep plot against religious liberty
and put ii into execution by ordering that all
private orphan aSyluns which receive money
from the State for the care Of inmates shall be-
open to inspection We told religious bodies
Of religion and they did not oppose Ms But
that was our game. We really meant 10 abolish
religion at the same time we did gambling.
Finally we found fault with the murder of Rob
crt Ross: we dared 10 say that fraudulent nat
urazation was wrong and that senator Hills
friends were not entitled 10 he represented by
more legislators than the same number of people
who were not of their opinion We said You
take too much upon You. seeing that other peo-
pie are voters" and like korahs troop We de
serve To be- swallowed up
But if our impotence has been great in the
State, 10 what depth hive we sunk in the city:
Here Il perfect system Of government
by police. All the Matchmaking nSeparabc
from such system was carried on quietly.
All the brohcls conducted without undue
noise except when they declined to pay their
fair share of taxes for the support Of the cap
tains. Everything was lovely But we stirred
ND trouble We sent the Lcxow COMMITTEES to
pry into affairs that were not the pubiics bust
ness and we intcrfcred with the professions of
many smart men We have dcmorazed the
whole city governments and made the people
dissatisfied with their rulers. Scdion and re-
bcllion Is our offence. Some might not I'M
naturally call 1t treason. What more have we
done: our hearts grow sick rs we recount the
crimes. There are many more, but we can only
plead guilty in general terms and each one Of
us cry "Mea cupa' Our sins are heavy 1t
is perhaps too much to hope for the peoples
pardon. But we do pray that the bipartisan
Hill. and the honest Maynard. and the gentle
Murphy the au>tere Grant. the high-mlnded
Wissig. the judcious Diver, the pure Koch.
and all the rest Of that glorious and exalted
company will not be unduly harsh in their
treatment of us when they march ont to-day to
line up ut the polls.