The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
THE ISSUE BECOMES PLAIN.
II IL Once Mere the Flight nstwecn Good Gov.
crument ana Brynnism.

From the Flushing Times.
Gen. Tracy represents the st. Louis platform
and all the great reforms which erc In he hroupht
out under the charter which he helped so much
to make. 1t is appropriate in such a contest
that Gen. Tracy should be pittcd against Henry
George, who favored FREQ silver last year and
would support Organism in 1900. His election
as Mayor of New York would be hailed from
Maine to Texas as a great victory for those who
battled and were beaten last year.
Since II Is seen that the old fight must be
made over again, Notwithstanding tho manner
In which the Democratic State Committed
lodged the Chicago platform, 1t might Just as
we'll be resumed this year ms in 1898 or 1900.
It is natural that the great contest should mr.
row itself down to Tracy and George, and it is
fitting that 1t should be so. 1t is good govern
ment against Organism. II is. as stated, simply
the fight OF last year over again, with the field
of action changed from the whole country to the
State OF Now York.
From the indianapolis Journal.
Tho managers Of the Low party. for the most
part. are Mugwumps rather than Republicans
or Democrats. Tho Cleveland Democrats show
great d~exterity In getting their names on the
Low ticket. Indeed. their eagcrncss for place
ia much like that of other ersons-partisans
and the vulgar. AT one time tho Low organize
tion, which has done all in its power to antag-
onize the regular Republicans, had 10000
votes attached to its pledges, but that was at a
time when 1t was generally believed that Mr..
Low would receive the Republican Endorsement.
The indications are that with so excellent n can
didate as Gen. Tracy many of the 1O2, 900 will
renounce Mr.. Low and vote for Tracy.
There has been an impression that the Rcpub-
lcans should have Endorsed Low, but 1t seems
that so long as they furnish four.ffths of the
vote for an independent ticket they should be
consulted in reference to n candidate. and should
not BIO asked to support n ticket made up of
Mugwumps and Cleveland Democrats.
From the Terre Hautc Express.
To think of Seth Low and his holierthan-thou
crowd STOPPING to trade with a singlc-taxcr and
alLround theoretical crank! What has become
of their vaunted soundness and their eminent
exclusivenessi Where is their non.partisan.
shipi 1t appears that instead of being non
partisan they are multi.partisan; that any old
party and any old hodge-podge of principles will
do II 1t only holds out the hope of swag. To this
the purists seem to have come; n shameless
scramble for the spoils. 1t is a spectacle to turn
the country's stomach and to cause it in the
future to size up all pharisaical political move
ments for what they are worth.
From the Louisville Evening Post.
Henry George. now running for Mayor Of
New York, declared a year ago:
4 for this sham republic. I care not ho,c
soon ii is orcrthro,rn."
This is the spirit of MIR. George In political
life. 1t is as much his spirit this year as last.
Mr.. George wants the republic overthrow,
and then he would like to have the position of
ruler, with the power to direct how everybody
should live and move and have their being.
From the Portland Oregonida.
The great mass of Mr.. Georges voters will
attempt no analysis OF his doctrines. 1t is
enough that he is an a~gitator and appeals to
discomfort; and those who cannot find his mean
ing hope he means mischief 10 society, and
therefore will vote for him.
From the Wilmington Ners.
1t must be remembered that the nomination
OF Mr.. Low was not brought about by any effor,
upon the part Of the people at large. He was
the choice OF n select few. who told the rest OF
the voters Of the great city that Mr.. Low was "a
be their candidate for Mayor, and that any anti
Tammany voters who did not indorsc him were
not good citizens. Those few men were rs AFRO
CANT as any boss who ever ruled in New York.
They did not give the people an opportunity to
make their OWE nomination. They met in pri
vate conclave and made the nomination. Their
they announced what they had done, and told
everybody else that it must be Low or nobody.
Mr.. Low must recognize that he represent:
, the new style of boss, and that his candidacy il
thereby weakened. The result OF the election /,
considered of national Importance, and Mr.. Low
can afford, in order to emphasize his desire for
l good administration for his city, to withdraw il
favor OF Gen. Tracy. He would lose nothing
t and he would thus make the election OF an anti
Tammany Mayor assured before the election
, In addition he would rebuke the bossism OF hi
own friends.
From the Kansas CITY World.
The issue in New York is not based upon qucs
, tions OF local governmental policy, but, through
. the vehement denunciation of Organism, SO
l called. by the Republicans, the careful avoid
ance OF it by Tammany. and the nomination o
Henry George, the issues OF the Presidential
campaign of 1896 are revived in an acCcntuatc,
; form, and the fight in the metropolis become
Of intense interest and importance TO tn
u entire nation. The issues raised by the Chicag,
platform are to be fought over again. The sent
mcnt OF 1896, which attracted the suffrage o
:, 6,50S, 6S7 citizens, is not dead or even sleeping
!, but Is rampant, aggressive, and. most wonder
- full OF all wonderful things to relate, is creating
panic among its opponents in the last place il
the world where that was to have been eXpecte,
in New York city. where Mr.. Bryan's cause re
. ccivcd the hardest blows; in New York city
. whose representatives in the Chicago Convcn
. tion were most thoroughly snubbed and severcl
maltreated.