New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-26
MAYOR SCUIEREN'S DECISION.

Mayor Schcren's declaration leaves nothing
TO be desired in point Of expliciness. Il VIII
not" he says, under any circumstances WHAT
ever accent denomination" TO this ne adds
that he has never given TO his own business
closer or more constant attention than he has
given. TO the duties OF his Office and that Doth
bs business and his health absolutely forbid
him TO assume such burden for another term
Reqrettable rs this decision H. II was right Tor
Mr. Scbieren to make il. and not to delay making
nubl,c announcement Of It. He returned from
his recent vacation almost a sick man. and we
GRO forced 10 believe that his physical condition
has had considerable influence in shaping the
determination at which lie has now arrived al
though It has long been known that he was not
onamoured Of public life and would gladly relin-
oush Office on the expiration Of his term stu
II was believed and not without reason, that he
would not refuse the call Of his party and the
people Of Brooklyn TO serve them again III the
office OF Chief Magistrate. The decision an
nounced yesterday, however, Is pereinp'ory' anu
must be accepted as final and as removing Mr..
Schieren from consideration as a possible can'
ddac.
But for his own fixed resolution, IL Is a'o-
gether probable that denomination wouid nave
been offered him. and his reelection would GER
talnly have followed. For months the Mayor
chances for second term have been Improving
steadily. and II he had chosen to remain III the
field il is not impossible that even Jacob worm
would have accepted the inevitable ana hiaue
no serious opposition 10 Mr. Schlercns rehoHi-
nation Mr. Schcren's administration mas not
been free from mistakes. and occasionally he
has perhaps been governed by advice mat was
no, of the hest But no one has dreamed OF ac-
cusInc him Of acting from any but the highest
and unrest motives. and he has had the welfare
OF the city AT large constantly In view. Ills al
ministration has been marked by sturdy honesty
and rigid, though not excessive. economy, Tor
many improvements Of great Importance nave
been begun and carried to completion during MS
term There could not be better record 10 30
before the people upon.
Mr.. SchIerens voluntary removal Of himself
from the field lays upon the Republican party
upon which the hopes for good government III
Brooklyn depend duty Of the gravest impor-
lance in the selection Of a candidate for Mayor
All the signs now indicate a union of the Demo
Gratis upon a business man Of high standing
who is identified with the reform wing OF the
marty. but whom the regulars Will accept as
their candidate in the hope that by so dong th"y
will secure some Of the other offices on when
certain of them have Sc. their hearts. The elec-
ton Of this candidate would mean repetition
of the Whitney Chapin-Boody era. The people
Of Brooklyn want none of that. The Republicans
alone can save them from it. And they can do
II only by the nomination Of man OF The nigh
est character, about whom and about whose
nomination there Is no trace or talnt of possism.
i'l,o c, N RroDklyu. whom
are now in public life. That Worth Will seek To
control the nominating convention Is certain
But he IS badly discredted Boss, having been
unable 10 cary his own district in the recent
primaries. If the Republican voters do their
duty in the election of delegates to the City Con
vention. they can insure the selection OF an ac-
ceptabe candidate and a continuance OF the
high standard of administration which makes
Mr.. Scheren's two years in the Mayors ONCE
memorable in the history Of Brooklyn