New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-18
"OTFRiUINGv COTERS.

The "ovcrawing has begun. The announce
mcnt Is made by our able and cnterprsing con-
temporary. 1.-THE Ncwlork Times, that Mr..
John l. Davenport has begun putting Ill opera
ton the machinery Of intimidation ana s'ttihS
in order the horrid Uaraphernalia OF lcsalized
crime for the purpose of oyerawing the Simple
minded soft-spoken and mild mannerel l'eiho-
cratic voters OF the MYTH and NNth Congress
Districts who are hungcring for the opportunity
10 east their votes for William Brown ana
Isidor Straus In order To strengthen the ma
iority I'm the House Ivy the presence, ADVICE,
counsel and votes Of these eminent statesmen.
Tho dreadful Davenport has already appointed
t,v, United States Supervisors for each election
district while he himself ovcrshadows the
whole upper part Of the island with threatening
micn and frghtful visage; constant living
terror To tmd shrinking Democrats. who are
bctaking themselves 10 the nearest barrooms,
where they wait TO have their courage renewed
and their enthusiasm inspired by the cheering
tones Of William Brown and Isidor Straus or
dcrinc the man behind the bar TO set EN- up
for the boys.
In these two districts there were NJ the last
election Of members Of Congress by me re-
turns 2O,Di more Democrats than KepuDllcahs
II would seem to be not an easy thins 10 III
tirnidate and overawc this very large nunerlcai
prcpondcrancc Of vocrr. The fact that the awe
inspiring Davenport Is able To do II win
little more than 600 supervisors proves two
things conclusivcly: FIRST, that the courage OF
this great Democratic host is in inverse ratio
TO its numerical strcngtK ana second, that rs
"ovcrawc-crs and intmdators the Three
Hundred at Thcrmopylac or the SIX hundred
Mt Balaklava We're not " in 1t with the Mih;i-
tory. sanguInary John 1t may have been re-
marked by persons who have had occasion 10
observe the professions emerging from siioohs
and other nurseries Of Democratic voters on
election days that lambke Department. mia
and unassuming manners mcckncss humility
and gcntleness were their prevailing character
lstics The impression that some or them give
as they lean against the bar where they I'M
bibe their principles and their beer, Is that they
are much too frail and too fair to withstand
rudeness; that the merest breath would blow
them over.
The ovcrawing Of this 10000 majority Of deli
cate and susceptible voters by the truculent
John and his hideous horde of COO supervisors
involves Il serious menace to Zee institutions.
For II must be remembered that these voters
not only are In an overwhelming majority III
their own districts. but they have behind them
Il
the control OF all the municipal departments,
the support OF the police, the law officers ana
the courts If John Davenport can ovcrawc
and intimdae two Congressional districts so
strongly ntrcnchcd and so powerfully support
ed with his 600 deputy tcrrorizcrs. why may he
not rise up some day and devastatc the whole
island? The condition Of things rs depicted
by THE Times " Is narrowing beyond measure.
Il, 10 in
rs our cstmablc contemporary, The New
York Sum-" has frequently observed. for the
express purpose Of repeating the Election laws
under which Davenport pursucs his high handed
career neglecting It's first duty to waste time
on Civil Service Reform. Hawaii and the Tariff.
Is the Democratic ma jority going To leave the
law standing until John Davenport has over
awel the whole party in New-York into supine-
ness and inaction? Rise up, William Brown,
and rise up, lsdcr Straus. Hurry up The Sen
ate 10 repeal the Election laws md eliminate
Davenport or we shall I'LL be oyerawed before
we know 1t.