New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-15
sTpERsERrTCEABLE NEWSPIPEEN

7, sometimes seems 10 Us though "" confess
". vontur. with croa, tmidi'y upon criticism
of Tho methods If professional politician who
has made q study of he business and # his
fouo,ycr, NAV be- believed knows NOR" about j
than any other living man that MIR fI''' may '''
making q mistake in not keeping In closer touch
with the newspapers mp The state "hl'h r'"'''
him such willing service. - long as De- Kept
them supplied with editorial matter pr'p''"'
bv his own scrib,>. under his own SUPERVISOR
they were I'm 10 danger "f making amy serious
br,ak For. whatever else may h" san '' VII.
Plat. he does have a certain sens" ~ ih'i'
ton and fitness and q hnowl'dg" al me I''''
of thc situation that save him from committing
the blundcr 81 buitlns blindly AMI pcrSist'nlH
against clearly defined and unmisi1kahl" pnph'
sentiment He has also az times "Ahi"i"l '"'
Intelligence. admirable though only ruiin'n''i'
If thn oyster lie knows enough io shut up
when he really hasn't anything 70 >ay. For ID
stance. he has not been throwing of interviews
very much 81 late. But his newspapers seem
f. have got away from him and lo hr d'IHI
busiuc,S on their own hook. ;" i"uI - h'
confined their Efforts to publishing matter pre-
par,l lv himself they were not dong \" hidH
The matter WAS we'll enough II" made 'u'
one mistake. and that was in Scndin- "ui ih'
circular in which he promised IN" Pud pro quo
or course when that leaked 0ui j. had "A ten
dcucy to make him ridiculous. But that was
only an accident. and Nj Plat docs not permit
himself - be- seriously disturbed 10y accidents.
Inst now his newspapers in their minimizing
1c,l are saving things which his discretion will
hardly approvc. Their attacks upon Dr. Park
hurst and the gang Of rcformcrS,' which were
kent M with great energy for some time, may
perhaps bc considered only natural mani
fcstation Of resentment at the out>pokcn oppoSi
| ton Of those gentlemen TO Mr.. Plat and his
nIons. II Is not unlikely that Mr.. Plnu ap
proved their action, rs he was from All ac
.o,,ts somewhat hot in the collar himself at
| the time and may not have taken 'o"nSc' Va
Ia, coolor Judgment. We suspect that he has
| since discovered that II was mistake. FOR
| whatcvcr this community may thlhh "l 1T
| rarkhurSt's methods, no Intelligent man "oup''
! his absolute sincerity and honesty. Since 'h'i
! the newspapers in Mr.. Phtts interest nave
! rakcn the bits In their teeth ana, 'Vlu'h'!
without consulting him, are driving win looS'
! mons and the most reckless languaS" at not only
| Dr parlh,irSt and the gang of rciormcrN, bu
| ot N,vor Strong the Committee of seventy
and every prominent Republican who has cX
| rr.s.,d an uuWillingncss to acknowledge Mr.
| plo,,'s title 10 absolute ownership of thc KcpuD
ur,n Marty in this city and State. Here for III
stance * "The Albany Evening Journal al
tocl<inr the Hon Jacob Sloat FasScti, who wa
the Republican candidate for Governor III lN'i
rs a "dccidcdiy cncrvcsccnt young man, wh'
| constantly kept his ear to the long distance
| "iclcphonc when he WAS serving MS d'llgll''
"counrymcn in the State Senate ana "oh"y"
| every suggestion from No. ~ broadway New
"York CITY" The Hon. Ira Davenport. anoth'
Republican candidate for Governor, Is slaSh"'
because ne chad such becoming SENS" OF IN
worth and value Of money that he would no
| contribute To- the necessary expenses Of IN
Rcpublican party" in his own campaign tn
Committee of Seventy, for suggesting reform
measures to the Legislature are Snrcrcd AT Il
tho truly good IN politics carload of re
formers, who have undertaken 10 Set IA
world In order.
Then comes The PouGhkccpsic Star with
violent attack on Mayor Strong. who II says
should be- left 10 paddle his own canoe. Will
the Republican party should leave him severe
" alone" "'rhc jamestown News follows !
the same vcn attacking Mayor Strong a. e
cheap imitation or fFoN'F 'HN'ihhh' WHO
seeking greatness bv silence and bullhcadc,
ness" and has been content To- accept III" ch"a
'and nnpalrolic suggestions of u lot of naInbl
panty rcformcrs." Continuing, II SAYS: "Ihcr
us not a single reform put forward 10y the CON
'mittcc Of Seventy which is based upon Il grca
'principlc of government" and the Who'll
movement savOrS Of goldfish; Of u diSpOSitio
'to still further cmasculatc popular govcrnmcr
"in the city Of NewNOrk. and to substitute
Union League Club arisiucracy, which Shout
'bc commissioned 10 regulate affairs by I'll
edged and proper resolutions" These extract
and We might make more-are from the new