New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-22
TWO VIEWS OF A SITUATION.

Numerous Democrats and some assistant Dem
ocrats are spending considerable part Oh 'heir
leisure time nowadays in asserting. prci'raoi!
for publication, that the present city govern
ment is extremely unpopular mat Is the we"
which Richard Croker is DESTROYS OF promulSa'-
ing. and good many other persons are ha'n-
rally anxious to carry ont his programme fer-
hans this Is their real opinion, and possibly they
arc RIGHT. We are always disposed To be eau
tious about making or contradctng statement
concerning political affairs, hut we are wiiilhS
IN say that we do not consider II proved as yet
,bot the new administration Of this municipality
,s generally regarded as failure and that the
votcrs are longing 10 signify their dsappont-
mont and disapproval. On the contrary II mas
soomed 10 us that the evidence rather tended IN
the other direction 1t is true that large mum
hcr of persons belonging 10 what was receh'i!
the rulinc class are feeling very much put ou''
which is not strange iDasmuch as their leeiihS
accurately corresponds 10 their situation, AMI are
talking with considerably more rancor 'ilhh !
healthfu in the hot season. II Is a lac' also UNI
other persons whose calculations nave De'h us
,urbcd bv the use which has been made "i inc
ar,pointng power during the last SIX months
have welded the noble English tongue WIFI
moro freedom than discretion ever since the!
hogan 10 scc how things were going Bnt we
have observed that The woes Of indivdlliiS WI"
have a political grievance. whether cxprc>S'h
In terms OF lamcnatiOn or nprecaUon. are "'"l-
narily less affecting 10 the mass Of thcir fehoW-
ctIzrns than IN imperfect knowledge or human
r,.ur. might lead one 10 expect. Tlr' ncr" err
cun,stoncc therefore. that messages Of ill'will
toward Mayor Strong, his appointccs and Their
administration are circulating pretty freely
through barroom> and Democratic newspaper
Offices does not demonstrate universal or even
4 general desire 10 get back under the WIZ "i
Tammany Hall.
one Of our rca sons for doubling the existence
Of profound and extensive sympathy Win ne
professional mourncrs is faith In the common"
sense OF the majority which, though II mas p'ei
occasionally shaken, has never been destroyer
A great many citizens We think. who tolerated
the old order Of things partly because they mao
had very little experience OF any other, are falry
we'll content.I with the new order. because th'y
| have reason to be- II their eyes are open. as We
suppose they are they see that the important
| interests OF the city-that Is TO say. their own
| ,nterosts-are for the most part In the charge
| ~ mon OF a very different type from that when
they had learned 10 identify with the business
of nuncipal oficeholding of decent. intelligent
men with bias in favor of honor and courtesy
Wo may be deceived but we believe that th'
contrast has been noted sense Of the subsian
tal difference is entirely compatible moreover
with a clear perception Of the fact that son'
mistakes have been made, and that the millcn
nium Is rather further off than 1t seemed TO ID
last November Evidence Is accommodating, also
| ,,,a1 M MT hD
their offices but as rule I'LL them. Ana hence
though the heather rage. we cannot convince
ourselves that the people imagine so vain thih.
nc that what they have obtained is not woril
having, or that the dismal critics OF the new
dspensaiiOn are any more fit to be trusted nov
than they were year ago.