New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-05
DISHONEST PHETENCES.

! DISHONEST PEE1ENtES
Homes, Republican voters should no: permit
themselves to be fooled by Tie prctcnce of the
machine leaders that they nave beer at any
time anxious for a nnion Of antrammany
voters upon any ticket except one of ;helT own
| choosing, regardless OF any other organized or
unorganizcd body of voters. They have never
| contemplated any concession. never entertained
| the thought of permitting anybody outside their
! own close corporation to influence their pro-
cedurc When they say that the action of the
| Citizens Union in nominating Mr.. Low has pre-
vented unity OF action they say what they know
| to he untrue These leaders never had any idea
| of consulting the Citizens Union or comforting
| with it's representatives upon any other basis
| than that the Citizens Union should support the
| candidates whom the Republican lead RS might
| select. That needed no consultation nor confer
| pncc 1t was not an invitation TO confer that
| they offered, but demand for surrender
Does it seem harsh 10 charge these men with
speaking falsely when they represent themselves
as desiring all along union Of anil-Tammany
forces. and the Citizens Union as the marplots
who have frustrated their patriotic purposes!
We speak by the card. When Lcmuel Ely
| Quigg presented 10 Edward Iautcrbach on behalf
of the Republican County Committee S2ooo
| cabinet of silverware he laid down the pro-
| gramme which has since been followed Tile
gentlemen of the Citizens Union" he said. with
| the snccr which has become habitual TO him IN
speaking of that organization. may talk OF non
''partisanship In municipal affairs, and of con-
timing the issues in city elections to those when
''are purely municipal. but they Will find that
talking will not do it, Continuing. he said:
whether your opponents be multi-mllllonaires
political crooks political theorists, all who
stand against the Republican party in that
election will stand for Organism and for push
ing Organism forward Tha; was last April
| Does il sound a. if he was anxious for unity
of action with the voters whom he took s'lch
pains to decorate with his contempt: He was
only beginning his campaign for unity OF action
! then He has never uttered a word since then
but in a similar strain. His attitude then and
ever since toward the Citizens Union has been
| such as TO make 1t impossible for its members
! 10 confer with him without sacrificing their own
/ self-respect.
In accepting the silver tribute Mr.. I.aucrbach
| defined the attitude of the party machine with
| still more clearness and force. Il believe" said
! he. that you fully appreciate the task which is
before you in the coming campaign. | know
that YOU are as one man resolved that the
battle of November shall he w3ged under the
banner of partisan Rcpublicansm. That the
man who shall be elevated to the high office
"of Mayor should be true Republican. If we
cannot succeed in bringing about that result.
better far that there should he placed in power
"a true Democrat, even a Tammany Hall Dem
"ocrat. than that we should aid TO elect 10 that
state Of power and place man Of no party,
"whosc administration is responsible to no party
and who has no party nj his back. This Ut
tcrance was not listened TO in silence. but en-
Enthusiastically applaudcd Think Of it, The OBJ
iective of the Citizens Union was known to be
the defeat Of the Tamnany Democracy. That
was and is it's reason for being. its sole plir-
pose in life Here was the Republican County
| Committee applaudng Lautcrbach uproariously
when he said he would prefer a Tammany Dem
ocrat to a candidate of the Citizens Union.
Nothing said or done since then TO qualify that
ut.crancc. but great many things said and
! done to maize it stronger. And bow these poo
! pie ar, saying. with unblushng assurance, that
/ they have desired unity OF action with the Citi-
/ zcns Union above all things hut that the unrca-
s1nablenesS and obstnacy OF that body have
/ prevented II.
Is further proof Of the dishonesty Of these
prptenccs desired: Here It Is in the conclusion
of Mr.. I.aucrbach's speech, which Republicans
who suppose that there has ever been any dc
sire for union on TIE part OF Quigg. Iauterbach
4 Co. will do well 20 read carefully. If" said
Mr. Lau,erbach "wn should contribute To the
election OF a reform Mayor. responsible To no
party. his good deeds-if they eXist.-would not
rebound to our benefit; hut all that is rcprehcn-
rsiblc in his administration would be placed at
'our door. Efforts even now are being made TO
hold the Republican party responsible for The
present administration Of city affairs. II is
probably true that the doctrinaires who are
now sowing the seeds Of nor-partisar ship will
draw more from the Republican ranks than
] from those OF The Democracy. The temptation
will bc grca to make a fusion with them
+, THAT temptation must he Stunned. Victory
with fusion is fruitless. Better defeat 10
party than such victory" Read The last two
sentences sowlv and tIoughtfuy Victory
with fusion IS fruiiless." And yet they say now
that they have been striving for fusion all sum
mor. and that it is the fault Of the Citizens
Union that it has not been accomplished And
even If they had succeeded. defeat would have
been better than victory with such "A fusion.
Arc we wrong in charactcrizing the profes-
sons OF desire for the union OF all the anti
Tammany forces on the part Of Qugg Lauter-
bach & Co. as hypocritical and dishonest?
There's the record. Let Republicans Judge.
CUBA AND THE SPANISH DEBT.