New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-09


corning the unitness of the Democratic machine
nominee 10 be Mayor of Brooklyn. he has since
then removed that doubt by his undignifed bus
fer over his defeat and his cries Of fraud be-
c,use some mistakes have been found In the
unofficial figures transmitted by telephone 10
Police Headquarters and in the hurried footing
If those figures The police returns doubtless
are not absolutely accurate. They never are
They settle nothing. They are intended to settle
nothing There have been close elections for
various Offices in Brooklyn before now and II
candidates had any doubt OF the result they wait
el in decent dignity for the official count to de-
eide the question; for the official count was the
only thing that could decide it. When Mr.. Grout
and his friends have some reason 10 believe that
thp Board of Aldermen will not correctly count
the vote certified to them by the uaited RepuD-
lcan and Democratic inspection boards in the
625 districts II will he time enough for their
loud talking about appeals to the court for
recount.
The trouble with Mr. Grout and his school is
that they have followed bad models in political
life. They have been taught to believe that per-
fervid inspiration, prophetic declaration OF what
was and is and Is to be are the proper accom-
the bench or on the platform. They have not
vet learned the lesson Of silence nor the pas
SION OF patience They cry aloud to the gods
every time their own particular cartwheel sticks
in a rut Thus they make themselves ridiculous
in the eyes of sober minded and even-Dalanced
thinkers Mr.. CIRCUITS present Ring associates
are not given to such methods They may not
be highminded; most Of them are very prac-
teal politicians, but they have mingled enough
in affairs 10 have common sense AMI not to act
like parcel Of angry schoolboys in the face or
disappointment. They are not now taking part
in Mr. CIRCUITS campaign OF reckless charges, but
are leaving that work contemporary to the
ex-reformers who followed Mr.. GrOut into the
Machine camp
No Republican wants to see Mr.. Wursier seat
ed in the Mayors chair If he did not fairly win
the fight The election as conducted under the
auspices Of a Republican administration was
conceded on all sides to have been the fairest
ever held in Brooklyn. There Is no reason yet
70 believe that II was not fair or that the count
inc of II will not be fair. 1t Is entirely unlikely
that the official count will show any other result
than that indicated by the police figures. but il
mistakes should be found in the additions or
sufficient to give Mr.. Grout plurality 1t is safe
to assume that nobody will be more anxious
than Mr.. Wurster and the members of the pres
ent administration TO see justice done. They
have hitherto shown themselves to be high
minded and incorruptible Officals. 1t Is Mr..
Grout's right and his duty TO watch the official
count and If he detects errors which the ofii-
Gals do not discover TO ask that they he cor
rccted In the usual manner. He does not, how
ever DO himself those who voted for him
credit when he loses his temper raises the cry
of fraud because there errors In an unofficial
record which was never yet known TO be cor
rect, and goes about the streets clustering and
threatening his opponents. Pettishness Is not
good quality in defeated candidate for office.
Neither is 1t valuable assistant in the counting
Of votes.