The sun., 1895-04-17

L ne laUlHltuy ESOCleUy, VIC
force in the Tammany Hall organization,
elected it's Sachems for the year 1896 on
Monday night The gentlemen are we'll
known among politicians as of the circle
of friends Of RICHARD CROKER, and their
election, as we have heretofore stated,
foreshadows the return of that gentle
man to the active leadership of Tammany
in September. Seven of the thirteen
Sachems chosen on Monday night were
candidates for Office at the recent election,
and four Of these were defeated The policy
of Tammany Hall. as now indicated, is to
depend for success in November on the
fidelity of its own loyal supporters, and to
eSchcw compromises of a harmonizing or
temporizing character with those who Mt
the last election, opposed it. 1t means, in
other words, that Tammany will "Ro it
alone" without new allies, though not
without an access of new members.
The previous performances of each reform
administration in this city have almost in
variably assured the return Of its oppo-
nents to power at the next succeeding cleo
ton The voters, deceived by false prom
ises and deluded by fraudulent misrepresen-
tations, turn again TO a frank partisan adj
ministration as the best, encouraged in so
doing by their natural allegiance to the
Democracy heretofore prominent in our
politics. The elements of dissatisfaction
and disappointment under reform rule are
not now lacking, but the customary revul-
sion toward Tammany may, for exceptional
reasons, not he SO soon forthcoming.
The Democratic party does not enjoy the
favor or confidence of the voters. So far
from being an element of strength to Tam
many Hall, it is an element of weakness.
The penalty for sustaining Democratic can
ddates Mt n popular election in the United
States, is the same in the city of New York
as it is in Chicago, Brooklyn, Philadelphia,
and elsewhere: defeat. Though the leaders
of Tammeny have been conspicuous op-
ponents OF the policies which have wrought
havoc and brought disaster upon the
Democracy, they cannot separate them
selves from the party's fortune, aggravated
as it is by the odious and indefensible in
come tax, and the Astounding calamity of a
President INT large" yet charged, politi-
cally, to New York "The invading force is
of our own political household" said
BorHKE COCHRAN in Chicago. 1t is so to-day
in this city, and with the tide setting strongly
against the Democracy, the burden of fight
ing it's battles is irksome and perilous.
Heretofore, the term Of the Mayor being
two years, the off-year election has very
often gone for the benefit of Tammany. The
members of that organization, like all good
fighters, are strongest in defeat; and the tenn
porary loss Of the public patronage has not
operated adversely when Mayor was to be
elected in the contest of the year succeeding
But Mr.. STRONG is in office, not for two, but
for three years The unusual and summary
Power of Removal bill has given him re-
sources greater than have ever been pos
sessed BY any previous Mayor. The only
political Offices in the municipality to be
filled in November, those Of the Register
and the County Clerk, are now held by
Tammany men. Nor is the fact to be
neglected that the various outside organ
izations which united with the Republicans
for STRONG, are largely composed of polit-
ical mercenaries and camp followers at
tracted by hope of patronage. They are not
likely to desert in November, 1895, a Mayor
who will be in Office until Jan. /, 1895. II
they should do this, the regular reformers
certainly would not. They can always be
found where offices are plentiest.
While it is true that reproach and dis
credit have been brought upon the so-called
cause of reform b. many of the acts per-
formed, obligations neglected, and appoint
ments made since Jan. |, it il undeniable
that Mayor STRONG is rather popular with
tho voters, and that lie has sustained
his prestige by showing unusual far
sightedness for IA reformcr. lie has found
it easy to turn u political corner sharply,
and to face about with great spryness. lie
has shown this conspicuousiy on the subject
OF Sunday liquor selling, and since the dis
closure of the incompetency OF DAMsEN, he
has peremptorily refused to make any ap-
pointments for the German American Re
form Union, shrewdy Gisengaging himself
from an evident embarrassment, and visibly
tightening the labors of his supporters
While perhaps in these and other respects
the conduct OF Mayor STRONG, the Ohio
Colonel, corro5orates the declarations of