New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03


Power Of Removal act. and the retirement 10
quick music Of the Board OF lainlnahy roll''
Justices. there has come something Ike 4 luH
In local politics But persons who make bu'i-
ness Of politics every day III the year all III" year
round do not lik. a lull Lord Byron may have
had This class of persons ia mind when he said
Quiet to quick bosoms Is hell.
Thcs. active politicians have quick ooSom>: they
like ANYTHING better than political calm. - II
X not s.r,na. that they should sci Themselves
10 create a disturbance bcfor" the calm had h''
come pr.yal,ni or even fairly settled down.
Their first outbreak was in = solid column IN
TUESDAYS New York sun. II wIs in III" form
Of an interview with The Plat Republicans III
.thc State and the Lauirrbach Republicans IN
.Ncw- York County - represented by inr
voice Of our spokesman Whether this j. Tie
voice Of Mr. Edward Lauierbach or ~ Mr. fi"ii
himself whom The sun" clscwlIrr" describes
as the senior manipulation ~ the R"pupN''h
poli.ics ~ the state" does not appear i has
tb. .aru,arks 81 both Possibly T. was a joint
c,ntribuiion That being The ease. We have 10
hesitation in saying that both ar" deserving "i
urais. for the exercise ~ unusual mod"siy IN
Withholding their names from The communlca
the Republican party for not issuing It as m
official cmanatcn from III" Republican commit
Tee Of the County Of New-York with the indorSc.
lnent Of the Republican State Committee lh'ir
las, Joint production was open To that objection
II may be they have learned something from
the eject which that produced
The title Of The dccumen, j. "Sirons's Broken
Pledges" The subject matter il the same ~
that contained In the I.auierbach manifesto pup
lshcd some time ago ostcnsibly ~ the uttcrance
Of the County Committee ana sent ont 10 the
State with the Endorsement Of III" State Com
mittec II will be remembered that Mr.. lhuter-
BACH being subsequently called 10 account there
for. explained that II was his own production
and the County Committee had nothing 10 30
with IT, The State Committee has not yet Deem
heard from on the subject but il Is known that
IFS rncnbcrs were not consulted and That Mr..
Uackett and Mr. Odcl were guilty OF the same
usurpatlon Of authority as Mr.. IAutcrDach IN
iudorsiny the blackboard manifesto. There are
oirbt distinct ayermcnts in this latest fumna
zion beginning with the repetition Of the charge
tl,t William l.. Strong sent James Phillips, ir,
70 Mr. Plat last fall with request to that POI
,cutol parsonage for the Republican nomna
ton for Mayor and running through the several
counts in the original Iautcrbach Indictment
charging the Mayor with breaking faith with
Mr.. PIatt down to his last act Of 'rcachery IN
the appointment Of Police Magistrates. Each
avcrment closes with the monotonous iteraton
"'Thls statement Of fact has been before the peo-
",,lr for months and the Mayor has never dared
",leuy 1t nor has any friend Of his dared 10 deny
.it for him" This has the appearance or being
emphatic and conclusive Except for the fact
that neither Plat himself nor Phillips nor
Jake" Patterson, nor any OF the persons whose
authority is cited, has ever publicly fathercd any
Of the charges, II might be. Ii happens, unfortii
natcly for the force Of this statement, that all
the ayerments rest upon Mr. Lauterbach's hear
say, and not upon any tangible fact
But suppose all Of Mr.. Lauterbach's original
charges. and all Of this "our spoicsmans" re-
itcrations Of Them to be true. Suppose Mayor
Strong did induce Mr.. Plat to give him the nom
nation for Mayor; and suppose he did take adj
vantage Of that fresh young statesman's guile
less innocence and suppose he used that remark
able and somewhat elusive person, Mr.. james
Phillips, jr. as catspaw; and suppose he did
fool Mr. Jake" Patterson and "Charley' Muir
raw and Mike" Kcrwin and the rest Of that
none crown Vi ITltu Iul Iuc
Of II? Why does this "our spokesman" for the
PLAT Republicans In the State and the Lauter-
bach Republicans In NcwYork County, and
why do Mr. Plat and Mr.. Lauterbach them
selves parade their grievances and rehash their
old complaints, when the gist OF all OF them is
simply that the Mayor got his nomination out
Of Mr.. Plat by false pretences and has been
lying to and cheating that powerful person ever
since? Who Is Mr.. Thomas G. Plat, anyway,
that so much fuss should be made about him 2
And where does the Republican party-for the
harmony Of which Mr.. Platt and his followers
are 80 greatly exerclsed-come In? Mayor Strong
has undoubtedly made mistakes; he has certain
ly disappointed great many people But, after
all. the success or failure Of his administration
will depend upon the general Judgment OF his
conduct Of municipal affairs. and not a. Mr..