New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-05

Now I take IL upon me TO say. ana submit u 10
v,u that this is the boldest. the most impAheh' ana
the most inexcusable piece OF auhacty III PI',"S''
legislation ever made known IN the c'V 81 wv"
York which has many Instances "h'h """'
almost come up to IT, Who den anded this cs'sla-
ton thus proposed9 tCries Of PATTI 10" 90
Won know that Plat demanded IT; h@ushter, IL
~ ~, ne noops Of Nrw-York al not demand q;
know tina, the Democratic party dtl not ner yer, no
IT: ! know that the Kepubl an par "i' ~ rp' or
Gdcncc Of their fcllowciuzcns and who st1nd up 20
be elected by the people. ana VINO sian" - 80
look their feilow-czens In the face would tane
the responsibility Of DEMANDING IL. ana ~, HnoT ~
therefore. that u was born ~ sccfr, am 49,
secret until tho tire arrived when IL vas 'n'usns
+; would be safe to sprns II. ana ''' ,,,r.e Who
wcre Interested In securing the objects which tncse
measures are calculated to sccure Why J. J.. I'm
p.y 70 secure the c9nito oi ,n' i,,, y, tn,vya ~
city 81 Ncw-York. because the P'Hu'''n ~ ~ ~
poicc system has control y the CITY. ana u Vas TO
control tho political fortune. ~ IN .hiS
the politician uses mem. 49, =, a.,
Noa that ls the situation: what are We 10 90
and 10 express mat IN unmf'ashb's hs,
guase We are = appeh ~ me M, pt'," - ~,
in that BODY Rope their src many = tncrn
the charge reV.i the charge. that thsy wore ne
political collar 81 II9m1r i . e.n.c 80; ,5c
monionce in The breasts %. men II there l. any serse
OF h9n95 or IN "' ,6r yboom o, he es.aos a,
Albany We appeal - 'h'm
RErORMERs INCREASING IL NUMBERS
This situation il too plain. but there is word
more +, be said and Il IL only To rcerat" the sen
tlmcnts which Mr.. Larocque impressed upon you
50 strongly. ana that -. that r't"ithsiandng
dlsappontments and they are great. ana may
prove worse than they now appear 10 prom
Use 10 be-noiwithstandlng these dsapponiments.
let us no, lose one jot Of heart or hope in this
great struggle W. have la this city. take II.
commenced war applause rms gang OF re-
has become pretty nnmefou. mere wefe i dsDc3
at the next Therefore. let lose heart or hope
whatever. We never can expect to gam 10y one .i
fort all that We might wish to accomplish We
have accomplished let me say a great deal. We
have for one thing. elected to the first Office IN
is. who il a man Of honor ana integrity. Who Will
he faithful to every public engagement ne has
A. General swayne says, Eternal vigilance is
sand tImes and Should be repeated thousand
times more; and 1t is not only the price Of liberty.
steadfast never despair OF the public. despair
OF this great city. loud applauseJ
SIMON srERNE WARMLY GREETED
Another clamo-ous concusson Of palms more
shouts. more handkcrchiefs. more calls for Park
hurst" and finally Mr. Smith introduced - dis
tnguishcd member Of the Committee Of Seventy.
Simon Sterne." Mr.. Sterne had an extremely
hearty greeting. and was followed closely
throughout his speech. His remarks were in
When the sun went down on the 9Th Of November.
1894 the fortunes OF Tammany. II WAS not only
a political organization that had abused It's power
that was beaten IN political contest but tas AZ
the North Cape also AZ almost the same
time the rise upon regcncrited New York.
freed. as we fondy hOped. from the influences OF
party politics IN It's municipal affairs. under boss
organization
During a few decades last past there
we're two political deas-indeed. may
say ree,dealng with Tx mechanism Of
citizens who. without sinister. personal or po-
ntcal motives though deeply In relation TO politl.
cal affairs. insisted upon getting recognition ana
sirove for their adoption. one OF these IDEAS was
Civi, Service reform. At every election, National.
state and municipal. there was no. only "A question
of principle 10 be determined. but every public Of
fee was pat up prize for the winners and the
scalp Of every public incumbent became spells for
the victor This not only repugnant 10 the
sense of Justice of American political thinkers Re-
publican and Democratic. but the vicious practice
was frequently destructive TO the very pr."Splcs
involved i'm the elections Reform In that direction
within the twenty-five years last past, thanks 10
the Efforts Of Eaton. Curtis SchurE and host OF
others has become now an accepted principle by
both political parties. end the fight IS row not Of
nsiring its general acceptance. but OF how far and
how general the principle shall DC accepted In IT'S
appIcatIon to governmental officials so that grad
uaily we shall have public servants secure In
their tenure notwithstanding their political opin-
ions and their hold upon their positions and ad-