New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-23
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cr1 llrrclicrS Of the last year, anu '>P''"''' Wv
election of last November had meaning ""-
mstakahlc 10 which the events on the EiS' WIN
have gyrn emphasis Harmony does moi mean
thai more than 100000 Republicans III ms Gil!
h,vc adjusted themselves. their preferences
their opnons their convictions. 4" Inc VIII o'
nnr man. without whose controlling ihi'"'"''
aud cons,an; supervision They would p' WITHOUT
mnihods or machinery organization or c"h'Sl"h'
If , vc,r ago. some Republicans believers III
the system Of practical politics ana c"ntraiiH''
uoy,r of which Mr.. Richard Croker ana VT.
Thomas e. platt were rccogilZ"l 'Ap'h'"'S
rcioiccd in the reflection that the VOCATION ~
office holding was not dependent upon the ncNp
nos. Of public opinion. hut was ia'''r vi
husincss arrangement with master WI" h"S''
If other Rcpublicans confessed II Win shaUh''
and still others the great mass of Inc N"'''S
rose I'D in angry revolt against H. " ''h ""'"
fullv he said that the condition exists II" longer
I, * moi necessary now for the majority az the
taxuaycrs and voters II this greai ci'y 10 con
sult Mr. Croker or placatc Mr.. fiati. ih'' 'lI"'
sim is dispcllcd and that day past. Inc MS
ucnsation under which Mr.. Croker sal III r'>'
Eourtccn,h Street with rlls Of rcv"nn" pouring
into his lap from every haunt OF Wee ana "s'
orderly resort. and from every hIa cHih'ii'r'
,blcf and Ting on Manhattan Island ana uDi"r
which Thomas g. Platt IN lower Broadway
touched buttons that tapped every corporation
treasury working Legislatures III Albany meah-
while bv ongdistancc telephone, each keeping
his own party harmonious and each i'll harmon
ous relation with the other that di>pcn>a'ioh i
dead and done for. For some other 'vil ia!
hereafter there NAV be- other Bosses bur III"
d,v of these. thank God. j. over: 'r"kcrs
n,sscd. Platts slowly and sullcnly passing.
II would be better if the latter could rcal!2"
his loss of bower and prestige and. above sh'
the changed political conditions visible io any
cIearsichtcd person Of ordinary Intelligence. MOI
only in this city. but throughout ID" country
and i'm the exercise II reasonable discretion
cease making himself a spectacle by h@h'he
fate and struggling against the inrviiabl'. Inns
he seems unable 10 do. He stands very mu'h
upon the order of his going: X >uFly. reluctant
recalctrant. He has 50 lar r'coghH'n 'h'
changed situation as 10 modify very consul
crably the terms upon which liiiir whllr ago
he WAS willing 10 permit ih" legally riccich
Mayor 81 This city. the Governor ~ Inc STATE
and the Legislature TO discharg" their appolhi'h
functions according to their own SrliSr 81 ""',
and not merely in Difference 10 his WISHES anu
| obedience TO his will 1t is only within THE
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| one ~ his champions in The press that b"auS"
| he held the Republican nomination Tor M's"r
ain ,he palm Of his hand and did not oppose
Mr. Strong; and because having the machinery
With which he might have dcfraudcd his own
| Marty ont of the election. he did not Use H. ann
! because having the power 10y "one word NJ Al
bany" ro defeat The passage of the bills necessary
70 carry into effect the policy Of reform. he al
| .i. he
he considered the "crcntor of Mayor Strong
and rs such 10 have the direction ~ his admin
is,ration the control Of his appointments and
the dispcnsaion Of the municipal patronage
And a few persons. much more noisy than
numerous have talked TO and with one another
very earnestly during the last month about ia"
mischief Mayor Strong * doing Ia the K'pub-
lican party by conducting his administration as
~ ne did not owe his political existence TO Mr..
platt They say that II he keeps on in this
WAY the party will be hopccssly disrupted.
They are clamorous for Harmony with a large
n which they are quite sure cannot be had
cxccp, under the direction OF Il Boss with
large T. and is now out Of the question I'M
lcss something is quickly done for the Placation
Of Plat with twO large rs.
Wcll I'm this stare Of things let us calmly con
sdcr the situation Its salient feature j. that
| Mr. Plat is not now the Republican party, nor
| ifs Boss" He iS not the leader even OF
formidable faction. and AT his present rate ~
| nrocrcss will soon cease to be anybody In par
ticulor There Is too little Of him for great
Marty 70 wrench Itself 10 keep in harmony with,
and II costs too much 10 "placalc' him. He
| cr,mnatcd when by his orders his creatures
donoscd William Brookicld from the chairman
shin Of the State and County committees 10
crafty personal spite AMI political grudcc
He topplcd when Mayor Strong showed his in
dcprndcncc by appointing Brookicld Commits
sioncr of Public Works. He began going 10
p,crcs when he tried the ghaslly experiment of
= Plat mass.mccting In Cooper Union; the
process continued with the dismal failure OF his
Fifth Avenue Hotel Sunday-schoo and after
what happened in the early part of the week II
Albany there is little left of him rs Il Boss"
And now his intimatcs and dependents. and
pcrhaps a few timd Republicans who fail 10
| apprccatc the changed political conditions and
| this mans relations To them. are urging that
some consideration he shown him and some
patronage allowed him for the sake Of harmony
As to this there is only one thing 10 be said
Mr.. Plat has no right on earth. delegated or
acquired conceded by usage or usurpcd by suf
fcrance. to have any more voice or influence In
the administration Of Mayor Strong than any
other single individual. Any concession what
ever to a man who has the monumental au-
dacity to claim to hold the Republican party Of
this city "in the palm Of his hand and the
supreme nsolencc to assert that he Is the
Mayors creator is dangerous. II the Mayor
is wise. he will make no concessions and listen
TO suggestion Of compromise from that quar-
ter. Well accredited rumor has it that when an
cmssafy from lower Broadway suggested to
Colonel Strong just before his nomination that
he should call on Mr. Plat. that gentlcman's