The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-06
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ROBERT A. VAN WYoK, the successful
candidate for Mayor, whose term under the
new charter will be four years, is q New
Yorker by birth and lineage. a lawyer,
twice elected Judge. q cautious functionary
in public Office, and not likely to fire by his
%eloquence or inflame by hysterical appeals
any body of voters to disregard either the
rights or interests of others or the laws
made for the protection of all. Thrifty
Hollanders laid much of the early founda-
ton of our subsequent greatness. Judge
VAN WYcK, by training as we'll as tempera-
ment, by heritage and environment, is moro
likely in the discharge of the executive
functions devolving on the Mayor of New
York to err on the side of elaboration thar
Of impulsiveness. The pessimistic assurance
OF THAT profound but misguided philosopher,
Herr OTTENDoRFER, that he is certain to be
a failure in office will be accepted generally
by the sophisticated as a bill of health for
a successful administration, so far as any
u%tterance from that venerable fgurehead
Of the Ridderbund is worth consideration
The Tammany candidate for Sheriff,
THOMAS j.. DUNN, successful by a very large
majority on Tuesday. Is a local statesman
whose popularity is plainly marked. I'm
der the direction of Sheriff DUNN escapes
from the interior of the County Jail are
likely to be few, and while the amusement
of the populace will be less after Jan. 1
than it has been during the term Of Herr
DAMsEN, respect for the statutes (all In
English) will be increased.
The new County Clerk. WILLIAM SoHMER,
has been, since the 1st of January, 1896,
Register of this county, and his admins.
tration of its affairs has been prudent, cir.
cumspect, and satisfactory-a true type of
an intelligent German-American in office.
His successor as Register, Mr.. FRoMME,
unlike most of his predecessors, is a lawyer,
and public interests should not suffer in
the administration of the Registers office
thereby.
The District Attorney elect, Col. GAR.
DINER, has achieved, perhaps, less fame at
the bar than in bivouac, on rampant, and on
the CORY field of strife. He is, so far as the
voting public knows him. a mar of medals.
The cherished honors which other warriors
have sought at the cannon's mouth In vain,
Col. GARDINER possesses in profusion, and
although 1t is by no means essential that q
serviceable District Attorney, the prose.
cutting officer of New York county, should
be a martial man, who can say that knowl.
edge of the art of war is a disqualification
for him, any more than 1t could be said that
knowledge Of law, and of martial law es.
pecially, Injuries a soldieri
So far as the county officers of New York
are concerned there is likely to be an i'm
provement in their administration rathe,
than a deterioration after Jan. 1. Judge
VAN WYCK M his associates on the sue
cessful Tammany ticket will have, too
one important advantage, the value o.
which is not to be underestimated. The,
have back of them, and will have bach
OF them during their term of office, a re
sponsible political party, an organization Of
voters cohesive, disciplined, substantially
agreed on all essential points of public pol
icy, and unanimously determined to hole
the officials elected on Tuesday to whal
these electors regard as primary politica
obligation to them. The Man Without &
Party has been eliminated by act of tn,
voters from the municipal politics of New
York and Brooklyn for four years to come
and, probably, for many years after that
too. The sporadic, irresponsible, round
robin, non-partisan, where-are-they.at sys
TEN of administering the affairs of this cit
and Brooklyn on the freak-and.folly plan
has been done away with, and II tn,
officials chosen OIL Tuesday fall short o