New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-28
TAMMANY MUST BE DOWNED.

ND NEWTON OK THE CONSCIENCE VOTE IN
THIS cITY-rHE DEFEAT OF THE TIGER THE
SUPREME DUTY OF CITIZENS.
The Rev DR.. r. Heber Newton preached yes'ei
day in All Souls Church Sixty-sixth-st. ana MAUI
son-ave on THE Conscience Vote in the coming
Election" He said in part
The approaching civic election raises some ques.
tions OF conscience. concerning when seek 10 heip
you. 1t goes without saying that conscience Gals
enemy OF order and law ana morality in the city.
There should be no two questions concernine .rS
prime duty of the approaching election Whatever
was said a year ago concerning the moral duty OF
citizenship holds equally true THIS year i hn ~,
Hall is the same institution that II was then. us
victory this year would mean far more than sue
would mean recovery to some extent of the prestige
which was lost year ago An organiz,auoh wi' g.,
or Of in the hope Of or the
abuse Of power. When once that fails us loio"ers
desert rapidly Tns e 1l .es
to the particular Offices TO be filled ON ms point
there should be division of OPT mon among US
There u.s. however. another and a subter one OF
consc .ence raised In the community, Whicn IL De
men clubs Of the city are In open protes asa ANS
the Fusion ticket. They have put ticket OF tneI
sense Of the community to support 1t. Whatever
we may think of the wisdom or unwisdom Oh the
course taken by the Good Government clubs, there
must be difference OF Judgment concerning me
splendid work done by those clubs in the past ther
business of the conscience case which they raise
now No one element In the success Of last year
war,, Wrought BY these cubs No one factor in the
future solution OF problem of Give government
SUced by 0 these Cubs Their moral Weight in
community far outweghs their numerical ii repre-
t.onal work to which must look for permanent
in dvorGng MUNICIPAL politics from Se
most intelligent and most earnest public spirit IN
the community. Their present test is Wor'ny ny o.,
our most serious consideration. The question winch
they raise is no trin.ng one; 1t Is vital one for a
commu ity. Their action is the result OF an onend,
and 70 N
must look for the ralying OF the moral force Of
the community in which lies the hope OF Inc
was sought the Committee of seventy loon q
stronger and higher ground man .nf hen nsisted
a sine qua Of the Enlargement by the Commute i
self TO the principle Of partisan administration
Each candidate who was thus ratified by the Com,
mittce made such pledge. The representatives. Oh
the two great political organizations whose alliance
was sought against Tammany Han were held 10
this principle. They were forced by the pressure OF
mittee's Fundamental principle The objections 10
did not therefore. hold year ago 1t Is said that
in the present instance there has been no sucn IN
sisence upon an acceptance by the candldates rb O
this fundamental principle OF civic government. ne
en TfG ps ha of ali Tef by aRe commee Of FIFTY
of the great political organizaons OF Ihe cry
"nptance Boasts were made in the convention
which presented this ticket that the oices wou,n
nclicy which is fundamentally opposed 10 the true
principle OF civic government Is thus plank OF we
seams 10 me on exaGgeration of the situation 80
FAR az can see there has been little essential d'i
ference between the action of year ago ana OF ms
wear The same conferences were held then WIN
The same political organizations with view 70 the
same result-the best ticket possible on which 10
unite all the forces opposed TO rammany
Even If this were true we should not nnd 1au,,
with the Committee OF Fifty IN this respect. ma
committed Is composed OF men of the hnest puDnc
snirit They have sought to do the very best thing
nossible in the situation according 10 ther 1ude-
ment The difficulty lies in the fact that this Is an
off wear in politics and that the tremendous wave
Of moral feeling which swept all political organiza
lions into lire with civic reform year ago mas hot
gathered again this year There Is an apatny III
the community which left these political organiza-
tions free 10 act they did not dare to act year
ago II was of vital importance that these TWO
great organizations should be held IN line against
the common foe Of order and morality In the city
The Committee Of Fifty did the best thing feasbie
in their Judgment. No one of it's members would
claim that the result of their negotiations IL "na
they deserved felt it ought TO be They presrht IL
as the hest possible outcome of the SITUATION nose
Of us who feel that the supreme auesu1n Is 70 ti
low no recovery Of Tammanys strength VIII ltti
disnosed TO accept the solution offered by the COM
mittee of Fifty and vote its ticket under protest.
Let conscience command us TO the supreme, outy
of The hour-the defeat Of the arch enemy OF mo
ralitv in our city. Tammany Han. whose Ha"ic
is a stencil in the nostrils of civilization