The sun., 1897-04-23

Mayor. who will control the destinies OF CITY
OF three millions Of population and regulate ID,
then be elected TO hold Office for period Of four
years.. The power OF removal and appointment
accorded him by the charter is absolute; his
The vital issue between Republicanism, which
now stands as synonym OF national honor and
honest money, and Organism. which stands for
Fought II a Republican Is not then elected tho
against Republicanism. and the succeeding stats
NO reasonable man will seriously claim, o.
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power Of the administration governing this
great municipal empire will stand for tens Of
80 Important did it seem to the Republican
local organization that the coming election
Tammany frauds. either by colonization. regis.
tration, or naturalization. that a Bipartisan
sible TO and representative OF both great bar.
ties was prepared. 1t failed to receive support,
1T was prophesied then that it was likely
that some appointment unfair to the Republl.
can party would be made, and the prophecy has
been fulfilled The malice and bitterness Of
Board OF Police. while the great principles OF The
Republican party will be represented only by
at had been currently reported and was be.
lieved. that the Mayor would name an antiPlstt
Republican. All the names suggested have been
Of that stripe But unfair as this procedure
would have been, insulting to the Organization.
as it would IL carried out, 1t could have been
Edward Mitchell. Wager Swayne. or Henry E
Rowland. or any such citizen. would have sub
ordinated his factionalism to his Repu bl;canism
when he had taken his oath OF Office under the
terms Of the existing Police and Election laws
AS an example of the unfairness OF leaving
the Republican party without the adequate pro-
lection provided by law, win cite the fact that
the board Is now engaged, under the statute Of
last year, in recasting the election districts
throughout the city. Under this redistribution
the number OF these districts will be reduced
from about 400 to about 800. The methoi in
which they should be redistribufed is OF serious
consequence. Every detail should be ;ea!oQs,y
watched in the interests of the Republican
party The political complexion OF Assembly
districts will be largely determined by the fair
or unfair readjustment Of these election dis
tricts.
The Mayor. claiming to be n Republican.
should have accorded to the Republic party.
as an associate of Col. Grant. for this and other
service in which the party is vitality interested.
a man as fully and readily recognized as Re:
publican as he is. This has not been done, and
the failure to do II Is without excuse.
have no reflection to make against Mr..
Moss personally. but as a representative OF the
Parkhurst society. and of the Citizens Union.
which has declared itself openly inimical TO
the Repu blican party IN the coming election. the
appointment Is discreditable and unfair. II may
just
.Today's appointment illustrates the asser-
ton recently made that no non-partisan should
be an incumbent Of the Mayoralty. A partisan
In the Office would have recognized the Obligation
OF treating both great parties fairly.