The herald., 1897-11-04

COMMENT
On Elections in Greater
New York
CROKER AND HIS HENCHMEN
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
CRIMINALS
Opinion Unanimous That New York
Is Not to Be Congratulated On
the Result
Associated Press Special Wire.

ASoOCidlCo xIcSS SpeCldl w lrfs
LONDON, Nov. 3.-(By Gable to Her.
ald) The elections in the United States
continue to overshadow all other news
In the English newspapers. The Sun
of this city, of which newspaper Harry
Marks has editorial control, says: 1.-THE
dog returned to his vomit" is the text
we recommend pious New York to hang
on parlor walls. The chief city of a
great people must see its municipal Of
fees filled with men who should be fill
ing cells in the penitentiary. New York
has fallen like rotten fruit into the
hands Of the boodlers, but the New
Workers may console themselves with
saying that every city of every land has
the government it deserves"
THE EVENING NEWS
LONDON. Nov. 3.-(By Gable to Her.
ald.) The Evening News remarks:
Croker has brought off his tip and has
won the race, showing that he is more
to be feared in his natural arena of poll
tics than on the race course. The popu-
lation of the second greatest city in the
world has elected it's ruler and the morn
ing after election the problems occupy
ing his mind did not relate to the gov
ernment of the city but the squaring
regarding his supporters. The expert
ment of Democracy as seen in full
growth in New York seems to have its
drawbacks as well as its advantages"
ST. JAMES GAZETTE
LONDON, Nov. 3.--(By Cable to Her.
ald.) The st. James Gazette says: "The
reason Americans allow themselves to
be dominated by a clique whose men,
bers would on this side of the Atlantic
sooner or later find themselves in the
criminal DOCK is that American poll
ticians indulge in politics solely for
what they can make out of them and
until America finds time to produce a
class who will give their time to public
affairs without expectation Of pecun-
iary reward, Tammany will continue it's
victories in New York"
THE GLOBE
LONDON. Nov. 3.-(By Gable to Her.
ald.) Commenting on the allegation
that the 'best classes hold aloof from
parties, the Globe says: 1T leaves the
government of one of the greatest
countries in the world at the mercy of
a mob and an unscrupulous demagogue
who knows how to bend that mob to his
will. The effect upon the foreign policy
of the country is often deplorable. That
large numbers of decent, sensible peo-
pie are utterly without sympathy for
the brusque. eye of Olney and the IA
tuities. Of Sherman, we all know, but
unhappily they utterly fail to make their
voices heard above the din of the New
York slush." When the fortunes of
the wigwam are in the ascendant,
shameless corruption rules supreme.
Judge and police alike owe secret alle-
glance to an authority with far greater
powers of making or marring their for
tunes than the government Of the
United States
Sketching the history of Tammany,
the Globe says: when Croker be-
came boss it had regained much of it's
lost influence. Croker is perhaps the
most notable Tammany product of our
times. A splendid organizer and an in
domitable worker, he possesses to a
marked degree the taciturnity which
made Parnell successful as leader.
OtccTlIlS ClcdI OI tllc pcISOudl Ncudu-
ties of Tweed, Croker has revived the
other traditions of the Worth regime and
has made Tammany once more politi-
cal engine of the first magnitude"
PAIL MALL GAZETTE
LONDON. Nov. 3.-(By Gable to Her
ald) The Pail Mall Gazette says:
"Such an organization as Tammany
could not exist in London. A man or an
organization once proven guilty Of cor
ruption could never return to power.
Tammany, under the leadership of
Croker, has done so in manner which
has just offered food for serious thought
even in city so accustomed to bad gov
ernment as New York. Much as we
wish the best fortune to Greater New
York, we cannot congratulate it's citi-
zens on the manner in which they have
contributed their share toward achieve
ment of such an undesirable result"
WESTMINSTER GAZETTE
LONDON, Nov. 3.-(By Gable to Her.
ald) The Westminster Gazette, in it's
comment on the same subject, remarks:
'The victory of unprincipled govern
ment obtained by unprincipled meth
DDS is q grave disappointment to all be-
levers in free institutions"
GERMAN MOURNING
BERLIN, Nov. 3.-(By Gable to Her.
ald) The Tageblatt, commenting on the
New York election. deplores the victory
of Tammany, "as 1t places undesirable
elements Of the Irish on top" and con-
cludes: "The victory in New York will
have sinister effect throughout the
world, for it means that the awakening
desire of municipal reform has received
terrible setback" The Vossische
Zeitung says that 'it cannot be denied
that corruption has triumphed" The
Lokal Anzeiger asserts that it sympa-
thizes with "all honest people on the
side Of Tammany's adversaries.'' The
National zcitung says: ''It is a small
wonder that the Republicans were de-
feated. Georges adherents evidently
fiocked to the Talhrhany banner. The
oaAlure 70 defeat Temmapy II point