The sun., 1897-11-13
lao Only Obstacle to Republican
Unity.

The question what shall be done by the
;rpublican organization In New York to
1850 members of the party who rebelled
alnst 1t last week and put the Organized
I'nmocracy In control Of the city, and gave
en- great majority in the State, is agl-
ting some minds, more especially tho
Mugwumpian minds.
Actually, however, there 10 no such ques-
ion. There are in politics no bygones to
10 revenged; the present and the future,
mt the past, engage the attention Of every
ise and faithful politician. His enemies
e yesterday may become his friends of to-
;ay by pulling with him In present politi.
II harmony.
The last election In New York was lost by
he Republicans because this sentiment
id not rule in the party. The party was
,feated by Republicans themselves in
rider to punish other Republicans, not be-
ause of any violation Of distinctive politi.
nj principle, but because they adhered to
heir regular party organization. Even IL
here can ever be an opportune time for the
administration Of such self-chastisement
y aparty, no sensible Republican can be.
.ieve that this is such time.
Next year a Congress is to be elected,
and its political character, whether it shall
10 Republican or Bryanite, will have much
o do in shaping the campaign for the Presi-
,lency in 1900, and, it may be, in determin-
ing its result. In this State, besides Con-
yressmen, a Governor is to be elected. Un-
der such circumstances the postponement
OF intestine massacres to some more fitting
occasion than the election of last week
seemed to be dictated by common sense, in
asmuch as they would involve the triumph
Of the Organized Democracy in this city,
the election of Bryanite Justice of the
Court of Appeals, and the reduction of
the Republican majority in the Legislature
to dangerously small proportions at most
critical period in the history of the party.
The baneful consequences of the in.
opportune mutiny at the late election,
extending beyond the field of politics
merely, and reaching to the markets, are
too apparent and too painful to encourage
its repetition in the early future.
The only thing to do now is to set to
work to heal the wounds inflicted in this
family scrap. Salt will not be rubbed into
them by the regular organization. As we
have said, it is the present rather than the
past that the wise politician considers.
Mugwumpery, however, is always infiamed
with the spirit of revenge, since it is for or
against persons and not principles. Ac-
'cordingly, the only obstacles to the resto-
ration of Republican harmony are now
raised by members of the party who be-
came victims to the Mugwump mania in
the late campaign. They are trying to in
troduce Republican discord into the next
Assembly, to the serious injury of the in
terests of both the party and the State.
Fortunately, their malign effort promises
to be fruitless; but that they should be
making it indicates that the malady con-
tinues in them and may he incurable.
In the natural course of events political
emergencies will compel all sane Republi-
cans to come together again before next
autumn, and those who seek meantime to
repeat the calamity of rebellion against
their present organization will be recog-
nized generally as treacherous to their
principles. Only in this city has there
been manifested any disposition to subordi-
nate the party welfare to private and indi-
vidual enmity. The outside State remained
firm and consistent in its Republican allie
glance at the late election.
Meantime the Bryanites are working har-
moniously in their ceaseless maneuyring
with reference to the great and general en-
gagement in 1900, and their opponents
must pursue the same strategy or be over
whelmed.