New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-29


THE DAY OF BOSSISM AT AN END
A MINORITY" VOTER WHO EXPECTS TO SIZE
HIMSELF AMONG THE MAJORITY NEXT WEEK
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. The day Of ballot box stuf'ing IS over. where
ny Tammanv Hall lost its frs; grip. was in hope
that the dav Of stufing primaries and candidates
was over when Mayor Strong was elected put inc
greed of politicians | am afraid, VIII hoi ~ cN
tnguished until the people rise M IN their might ~
this election and say TO them that the days OF boss
ism in this great city are positively at an enc ana
they must seek their fortunes elsewhere
claim This is due 10 the education OF the masses.
and even the long despised immigrant newly natuT-
aIized) who was forced 10 vote as instructor or
starve through his business education ana the COM
mon school education OF his children mas fouhi ih"t
hi, children. now grown up arc enabled to judge Of
the advantages Of a free ballot even better than he
Many man. or widow OF that man. fully appreci-
ate. to-day the advantage Of the education his sons
and daughters have received at the hands OF this
great city many Of them holding responsible places
in our best mercantile. manufacturing. banking. IN
surance AMI other offices
Can We have a better exponent of this for our
future than Seth Low president OF Columbia Uni
versi,y? As a lifelong Republican (my hrst vote be-
Ing for Abraham Lincoln have voted the straight
Republican ticket Nationally. and have been indie
pendent enough vote for whom believed the best
for the place locally. and for this reason while
the misnamed Republican County Commttce-t
should he called the Republican Debating Com
mittee
In our little election dstrc, Of tho NXlXth As
sembly Dlstric; Cmade smaller each year. have
fought the Dictatorship Of any man. be ne Mr. Plat.
Mr.. Iauierbach or Mr.. Quisg and have stood the
test through years OF Gliding and laughter OF the
great ma jority over our small minority / 'hiuk IN
the last convention. to which l a delegate and
where paced IN nomination the opposition ticket
10 the machine. the vote stood ll2 for the machine
ticket and q against IT, ! was Jeerrd and made fun
OF and asked what had become OF the ticket nom-
mated. IN answer | said: IT has been los; IN tho
shuttle but dca. might reveal stronger hand
than they appreciated"
| believe the time has come when the mlnority-in
the right--wll overcome a majorty-ln tho wrong.
The Hon. Mr. Quigg has taken several ~ the mem
bers OF the County Committee 20 task VINO have
avowedly come ont for Mr. Low. and ntmated that
their designations would be in order WHAT those
gentlemen have done or propose 70 do I 10 not
know. but submit far proposition. Il General
Tracy Is elected that they do resign. AMI II soth Low
and as soia,e 70 Nj Plat and Mr.. Quiss " 5uii
suggest tho organization OF a counties committee
excluding the counties In Greater New-York for
the support u his follower
This election IL one of the greatest moment In tho
history Of this great city Of today and The greater
city Of 1895. the enigma presented 20 a voter
Of over thirty years was dazzl.ng-rea.y "razzl"-
friends TO to defeat Mr. Croker was even moro
confounding Therefore. simply waited unui SOM
men wiser than / should solve the problem. The
situation has been made clear TO me and as one ~
the minority Of he XXIXth Assembly District am
glad 10 believe the only way to accomplish that end
is to vo;o for Seth Low
I no, given to predictions ana am not familiar
enough with political statistics to give figures bat
read and probably meet and converse with many
men in day az other business men. and / am salts
fed that the storm OF Monday last that beat against
the coast will not be marker 10 the cyclone Of
votes that will be cast FOR Seth Low on Tuesday
NEXT. agains bossism Of all parties r. y. \
New York Oct. 26. 1907