New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-18
I.rT THEM ALONE.

=. s.ons 70 be generally UNDERSTOOD III tiie
49,. ~ the Phtt-Quigg organization
that Mr.. Ougg's management OF 'he iA.o e"-
n,,cr "a 70 he INDICATED by his re-elec'oh A'
nrec,dent OF the County COMMITTEE anu .,"'
tbe organization Will continue 10 recognizes w.
plat, "A "Master Of the State II tnis 10 '"o
nrooramme. there Is little reason 10 uouo' u"
!, will be carried out Inc machine'!
forcing the organization to obey the VIII Oh 'ne
.Naster'' Is perfect The enrolment - ap'o
,u,ely his own; the men in charge OF inc hS.'
ara for the most part his creatures, ready 10 w
h,s hiding; and recent events nave SHOWN 'iiH'
- there is any feeling Of discomfort OF oissa'iS
foction with his rule, or any longing ior iiee
dom Of individual action and independent JUG
mani u lacks the courage to assert ltseil anu
avon rho moral fibre to raise protest upon
this closely knit and compact organization
ro,,+,col machine whose several parts are IN
canable of separate volition, but all responsive
% tbe touch Of the "Master'-the lessons OF the
siec+,on have apparently been lost Leadership
1rh,ch has wrought incalculable disaster, ana
car,no,en management that for headstrong loily'
Hind brutal and suicidal malice and wretcneu
laundering IN all directions has no parallel III
no,,,ca, history. are to be formally Endorsed, APP
| nroves x,ndicated. And It IS seriously proposed
| 70 continue that leadership and make that man
! ocoment permanent for new campaign IN
| larger field. with vastly more important issues
| at stake.
Meantime the men who diverted 100000 voters
,,or, on alliance with 100 900. and by that d.
,o.s,or contributed 10 the triumph Of the COM
Van enemv are now making ELUSIVE offers OF
amnesty TO the 10000. and holding out invita-
g,to hot
their leadership and their management-5ust
now en- overwhelmingly repudiated-prcpare for
the new campaign There is, there can be- but
one answer TO such an absurd proposal the
game Il too transparent, even II the cool impu-
donce NJ the proposltlon were not in Itself suill-
cient TO excite Indignation and arouse disgust.
What Over one hundred thousand Repuh-
l,cans fresh from the ballot-b boxes, where they
recorded their protest against the methods
nv which Mr.. Plat held control Of the organ
ization under false enrolments, and against the
arrogant, selfish and overbearing behavior OF
himself and his adherents-fresh, too, from an
election the result Of which was overwhelm-
ing condemnation Of him and his machine and
all his belongings-to walk deliberately and
consciously at his invitation into the same old
tran to be used Immediately for his purposes, TO
|
10 add to his prestige and his power. and put
him IN position to contrive new defeats and
bring down upon the party new disasters! not
much.
The Republican organization as at present
constituted Is his. Let him keep t. II the Re
publcans who have remained In It are conten
: with his Mastership and the Qugg leadership
by nil means let them have II. 1t rests witt
them to say whether they will continue 1t o.
{ not. But so long as the machinery is unde
, Platt's control, and the membership 80 abjec
and cowardly that It bows without whimpe
of dissent to his dictation and lets Quigg swini
it as a unit, 1t is place for selfrespectin'
Republican Let the Platt-Qulgg organization
settle its own disputes elect Its own officer
and fix its own policy. In the language Of tn
rural husbandman, "Let them skin their owl
. skunks."