New-York tribune., 1895-10-03
VITHDRAW w 1T, DEPEW SA VS..
HIS ADVICE AS TO THE GOOD GOVERN
MENT CLUBS TICKET.
THE ORGANIZATION WILL BECOME A COMPETING
POLITICAL. FACTION, HE SAYS, IT THEY fhi'-
s1sr n THEIR COURSE. INSTEAD OF
THEY HAVE BEEN.

THEY HAVE BEEN.
5,h,urcev NJ Depew advises the Good Gov
ernment Clubs withdraw the ucket hon'-
natod Monday evening and walt until the req
, rarties have nominated their tickets before
.atIra further action As Mr.. Depew Is one OF me
"Rie Four" and therefore an adviser OF MS Par!
his words have great weight In this matter ne
sa,d Yesterday in speaking Of the acuoh OF '"e
Good Government CLUBS; .,
"A DAYS time seems to have complicated ins'ead
=, c,ari6ed the situation The Good Government
,Inhe have taken the task upon themselves OF nom
mating an independent ticket. ana All pra'''a' '
will condemn them for their nasty a'uon'
hest thing that they can do is TO WI'hu'"" wv
ticket and wait until the necessity Of nominating al
independent ticket is thrust upon them before ac'
to Those nolitical babes In the wood ana udnle
,ourirk nolitcians have made an error tha' II y
going 10 be hard TO remedy. nave 'aiheu VIZ" wv,
Mayor Strong and he, too Is dissus''u "''' w
way things have gone. The nomination u Nv"
ticket by these clubs complexities matters 70 'u,"
axtent that one is unable to say what VIII DE '"e
outcome" I'll.
.'no Won think that they will withdraw their
ticket" .. an
oI don't know enough about them to venture an
oninIon That would be the proper thlhs loi "iU'"
10 do but as they have been in such hHadiohR HaT'
70 get IT in the field 1t Is hard TO say what ''.,s
y,n do in the way of supporting IT, Any OF 'he
men nominated foolish to run OH ''e "ON,
They cannot be elected unless lhuorseu 'H '
other organization or party The Good ~oNei''''ei,
,h h,. irnning IN ahead Of the old parties ana
nominating ticket cease TO De an =, =,
v,eilance and become party in themselves. II Is
~, ro,cb of a marty to be sure. for they can haIuiS
oornrnand over 1000 votes. Therefore as they nave
taken the initiative step they nave prous"' '"'''
se,ves 10 a point where they must STAND up anu "
,aa and that is not going to make strong
impression numerically
GOOD RECORD IN THE PAST
"Tbe Good Government clubs in the past nave
n,aved n commerdable part. They are composed
- -. mo, whose wish II is to the best form
., ov.rpmen. prevail They We're under the o.u
conditions a tower Of strength. They were prac-
,icallv an unknown quantity WINE homiHai' "o'
were supposed to control 1909 votes YET 'hels III
euence was such that they were held In awe py
no,jticians generally. They were looked upon with
foar bv the Republican politicians particularly
Their unioue position in politics made them So -
was their duty to be threatening s"or" o'ei VI" NV
heads of crafty politicians. Their ''"" Vo'es cou''
he laughed at. but the influence that theF "i'i'ei
ras another matter. Say. for instance they han
reroained in the background until the regular parties
had nominated their ticket then they had come
70 the front and espoused either OF the ucKe's'
then they would have been power, ana wen worth
being allied with
"Ths Good Government clubs were only the nn-
cleus of nodescript party and can be nothing eiSe
put even I'm this fact they were an unknown guam
titv and as such he feared Suppose, for instance
that when the old parties had nominated theh uch
cts that the leaders In the Good Government 'ups
had come out and said. Here Is paIpanie "'a''
Here IS a palpable effort TO retain Iamnan! III
.ar and IN divide the spoils OF office Then by
dsowning the tickets nominated and choosing one
of their own they would become an issue IN 'he cam
paign They would be the place OF refuge ior All
voters of independent ideas who believed tha' the
election Of the tickets named would not pe LOT t''
hest interests of the party. Then. indeed they Dc
oo,,a n factor Their 100 votes swell TO poin'
where II is impossible to figure on wha' the result
will be They ma? have 5000 or loo'"' or eve"
more They are sor: of a refuge for political rene
| gades of all kinds who want a better FORM oi so'
ernment and feel that they canno' nave 1t ,''o"Su -
hn ,r,,,ro,b NJ the old parties with the tickets In
| the field.