New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
4 DAY TO THINK AND CHOOSE.

There is no better day than Sunday Tor thihh
mo NJ rho duties OF citizenship and resolving 10
perform them faithfully. The duty OF VOTING
right IL among the highest obligations OF every
man entitIed 70 vote at all, and seldom II ever
+, tho history of New-York has that obligation
been more imperative than 1t IS TINS year. Inc
verdict next Tuesday will involve the nonoi
beolth and contentment Of population almost
twico as large as that which the last Mayor OF
the present city was called to serve; anu 'he
first Mayor Of the city which Is just coming ih'o
existence will be confronted with problems lhole
weighty and perplexlng than have ever a' ieas'
IN tbis country. tested the character and ca
paclty Of municipal magistrate. III - 'ne
aood fortune Of the voters Of Greater New-1ork
10 have it in their power 10 put Ill chaise Va
their affairs man whose ability ana recttuue
have been proved. who has had EXTENDED eA
nerence as the chief officer of great city. ana
who. moreover has already put muhicpai
Government into operation under new char'er
which largely modified the conditions or admin
,stratlon. II was on January l. 1SS2, that the
now charter of Brooklyn went into effect, ana
I, was IN the same date that Seth Low became
Mayor Of Brooklyn
II il impossible to suppose that the uelaiha
ton Of Mr. Low, at once paltry and nahgnan''
IN which two or three of his enemies nave
stooDed has weakened n single decent cl'iHen
oood onInion OF him. There Is wellnigh UNI
Torsal agreement with General Tracy's delD
or.te declaration that "Seth Low Is the great
cost authority on the administration or munic
.nno, affairs in the United States" 1t Is not
unavoidable that when General Tracy pronounced
This high encomium upon Mr. Low he was think
inc not only Of their Joint work year ago OH
our Charter Commission, and or Mt Low gen
oral exnerience as Mayor Of Brooklyn, put also
% HE snecIfc success in starting the machinery
% government In that city under the charter Oh
1900 II was n fine tribute, credtable alike 10
hin, who Maid and to him who received IT, Ana
q &c difticut TO understand how General Tracy
con nrevail upon himself to forego the honor
ond satisfaction Of making the probability OF
Mr. Lows election a certainty by abandoning
h,s own hopeless candidacy. There now uh-
bonnilv seems to be only the remotest chahce
that General Tracy will permit himself 10
och,sro that distinction. but his estimate of the
candidate whom Tammany hopes 10 peat Win
his assistance remains unimpaired.
C;,,zons of inc various communities which,
with or without their approval, are about to be
combined TO form the second city OF the world
owe 1t to themselves and 10 the generation.
coming after them to consider on this DAY OF
,osure the future near and distant which VIII
ho moulded by their votes on Tuesday. They
hove No right 70 let a personal preference, or a
resentment developed in the heat Of a strenuous
conflict betr,y them into an act Of folly. The
,ssro &c now clear. 1t s purity or corruption
of,c,encv or incompetence: government for the
roonle or government for the bosses; Low or
Won Wvck