The times., 1897-10-27
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER y, 1897.
\, viewed From Washington.

A. Viewed From washington
It IS dRricuIt, from the calm seclusion
OF the retired locality OF Washington,
where the winds OF political strife only
blow gaInst walls and whistle down
canuueys. and the rain and hail Of out
side psr isanship eau do no more than
splash and rattle On our lin roofs, for a
self respecting man to conceive how any
resJsec, able Republican in New YORK can
give MS Suffrage to the combined machine
corruption and rascality Of Croker-Platt-
ism. enh4r Is supporting the candidacy
of Van Wyck OF Tracy, which mani
festIy elcan exactly the same thing.
The issue in the great metropolis Of the
nation is too clearly Joined for any such
idea. The case is too simple to require
explanation OF argument. In New York
two honest, able and popular men. Seth
Low, q Republican, and Henry George, a
Democrat, stand for good government, the
public control Of franchises, the reform OF
a h.acamanng police service, and the
rescue OF tho community from loot and
oppression By two syndicated political
highway, in the persons of Richard
Croker and Thomas C Platt, whose only
Object Is, with the control Of the State
Republican and the city Tsmnany ma
chiues, backed by tle power and patronage
OF tile Federal Administration, 10 seize
and d,stribure the revenues Of New York,
amounting 10 S75, 100000 year, and to
u0rrupiv control the legislation OF the
State in the interest Of the combine.
Between tnetwO honest candidates men
toned, iHrnsic3lly, aud from any local
aJaadpoiut there is not much to choose.
There are scores of good reasons why
decent Democrats and all others would
be justified IL supporting Mr.. George.
There arc Just as many why nonSrim.naI
Republicans should work for Mr. Low
All respectable elements conscientiousIy Y
could unite upon either one against the
CTokerFlatt conspiracy for the overthrow
or independent citizenship and TO perpet-
uatc TIE rule and ruin inseparable from
ti,c joint contral Of the two bosses, whose
present partnership is too notorious to
be questioned.
Pat therc is not one reason why any
Republican, with an atom Of self respect
left in hiu, should vote for Tracy, the
creature OF Tlatt and the stalking horse
Tor IlcharC Crokerl II on no OTHER ac-
count, because his defeat is conceded by
hinnseli, his own proprietor and his owa
associates in the canvass. His presence
in the field can have no other purpose
has any other, than to throw the election
G. Croker and so maintain the Tammany
machine in power in the city, since the
Plat machine cause is hopeless; while
the Latter is to be satisfied with domina-
tion OF the State legislature, If he can man
Bge to secure it.
vote fUI Tracy is a vote for Croker
ana the local machine and the Federal
Administration mean that it shall be So.
Seth Low, if elected, would loom up to
the proportions Of a Republican Presi
dental qEsntity. That settles him as far
as tie President and Mr. Hanna are con
oerHcd, and he must be crushed, even at
the cost OF tuning New York over 70
Tammany. But today it is doubtful if he
can be crushed. Rather than see Croker
ism triumph it is possible that enough
Jefr,-sonian Democrats may turn to his
necessary 10 the end, they would be en-
tirely right in doing So.
Tie corrupt machines, whether Federal
or Ioca', must be destroyed.