New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-05
TILE NEEDED WORK.

TINE NEEDED UOHh'
u is the work Of to-day to carry forward the
noljtlcal revolution which began two years ago
When men began to learn by sore personal eX
nericnce. what IT cost to intrust the government
NJ the country to Democrats. the reaction STAR
oil When the exposures of blackmaillng ana
fraud showed how Democratic success in this
and other cities had been secured by alliance
with vice and crime, the uprising of honest men
without regard to party against such ROBBERY
Of their rights and prostitution OF their govern
mcpt added tremendous power to ne revolt
against Democratic policies Defeats III New
York City. Brooklyn, Jersey City and other
strongholds deprived the Democratic party oil
povpr TO manufacture by criminal methods any
majority required TO overcome the opposition OF
homes, citizens With that power departed me
chance of controlling the National Government
bv uniting Southern States III when eectloh'
wore no. free with Northern cities IL when
elections wcr, fraudulent.
If WAS this feature more than any other
which made the results Of elections in lNE} ana
1884 appear so full Of promise. The most saga
cous had long anticipated the possible success
in some National contest Of this conspiracy
against free government. but had also foreseen
that the partnership with the criminal class.
which was necessary 10 carry the great cities
Inv fraul would involve inOlcrable abuses ana
in time cause a revolt Of the people IT was
only n question how long that uprising would
be DELAYED 1t came Just when proSirator OF
industries crippled the Democratic party through
ont the country, so that the overthrow was the
most signal in political history
Nobody imagined that lhc same results in de
tau were 10 appear in after years. The resist
less recuperative power Of American industry
and ENTERPRISE II was certain would bring about
some measure of relief from prostration. The
attempt TO govern honestly many foresaw
would bring some differences OF opinion among
those who had risen up against rascal govern
ment Then a great political party. controlling
tbe National Government and all It's offices. ex-
penditures contracts and means OF influencing
public feeling. would certainly rally itself for
desperate struggle before another Presidential
election. and would appeal with some measure
Of success to the lifelong habits and beliefs OF
the men who had for a time turned against it.
BIZ, there remained and still remains. one great
reason for hope. The power to override the
will of the people by fraud and crime in certain
cities had been broken and could not at once
be rc-es,ablished.
If Tammany Hall could manufacture its oldtme
majorties in the lower wards Of This city, If "thc
old gang could manufacture It's oldtime MAORI
ties in Jersey City, everybody knows ii would
be very different 1t is the hope Of fairly hon
est election with the strong desire Of decent
citizens to keep in their hands the power TO
secure honest elections hereafter which gives
the best reason to believe that rascal govern
ment will not again be permitted TO reestabSh
It's machinery for defeating the will Of the PEG.
pie In this city and Jersey City and Brooklyn
honest voters Of both parties have learned what
mercileSS robbery and what shameless alliance
with vice the rule of the vote swindlers involves,
and it does not seem possible that, for any
motive whatever. they can consent TO intrust
the old power again to Tammany Hail or to the
rings in the adjacent cities.
But it is the business of every upright ctizen
! to-day TO do what he can to bring ont the full
vote Of those who do not band themselves with
vice and crime There are enough Of them. if
they do not neglect their opportunity and duty.
complete triumph Of honesty and good GOV
crnmen. to-day would so far consolidate and
proong the contIil Of good citizens. all about
this bay. that the region could not again be
come at least for some years the hotbed Of in
fanny and crime and the chief seat Of conspiracy
against The rights Of the people Driven ouI Of
this citadel, the Democratic party would be
forced TO appeal TO the true interests and 10
consult the wishes Of the upright and the indus
trious in Northern States. and that would be
revolution in its character and methods which
every right minded Democrat must earnestly de