New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31

who have bolted the Republican platform ana
repudiated Republican principles ana pieoseS'
are Thomas c. Plat and Lemuel Ely Qugg.
Richard Croker ought to be pretty gooo
authority on Tammany Hail. and he says that
the only serious foe of Tammany In this CAM
paign is Seth Low. In other words, Low Is the
only candidate who has any chance OF beating
Van Wyck. and so the only way to vote against
Tammany is to vote for Low
Ougg saws that the organization or when ne
Is the large perpendicular unit is 1.-THE only party
(which stands in this campaign for anything
.except an itch for office" Quigg himself Is
probably the only statesman now on deck any
where who not only never had an itch for ofice'
but has actually been a victim to the Hch 'i'a'
office has for him. The amount or shoe-iea'her
he has worn out running away from ONCE "ou'u
20 far toward keeping several orphan asyluns
comfortably shod for years. But when once
reaIIv itches for a man it is pretty sure to get
him. Quigg fell a victim. Oh, he's DAISY
Quigg is
So Plat sold out EInsteIn to Tammany What
reason is there to suppose he is any more loyal
in his support Of Tracy?
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1t is stated that when Mr.. Platt appeareu
In a box at the meeting addressed by WINS anu
Cochran the audience greeted him with .hree
cboers and q tiger" at which the distinguished
statesman arose and bowed. 1t was not the
first time that he had bowed to the tiger.
Bourke Cochran Is unquestonably grea,
orator He Is always interesting. whichever
side he is on. His most famous speech was AT
the Chicago convention Of 1892 in opposition to
Of Cleveland
applauded him to the echo. 1t then nominated
Cleveland who was subsequently elected HIS
next greatest effort at Saratoga, when ne
made the nominating speech for David Is. Hill.
II WAS n corker Hill was subsequently dcfeateu
by over 10000. All the same, both speeches.
were perfectly splendid
Henry George and Seth Low differed widely
on some points, but the main issue or thls
campaign-home rule and opposition 70 Doss's''
they were In exact accord.
To q fable printed In THE Sun" the mean
INC of which IS somewhat obscure. that journal
amends the moral Even the Natural Hog
NAV sometimes outdo itself In Indecency.' 1t
was not necessary to print it. Readers OF the
Sun" could hardly have failed TO discover H.
In the same column in which the organ or the
Ouigg movement announces that Tracy VIII
heat Low" and tells OF Low money coVereo
eagerly at the Fifth Avenue Hotel may be
,ound tho statement: IAN offer was mace OF
"s3O 600 TO $4,000 that Low would poll more
"vo,es than Tracy" Also that the odds Oh
"1 o,, apainst Tracy for small amounts ruled AT
90 % I" The organ seems to be playing two
turns Mt once.
Non-partisanship is the bette noir or every
polticaI boss and dictator.
Fvarvthi,g indicates n landslide for Low next
Tuesday and the burial Of bosslsm and bosses
beneath II so deep that only the spade OF the
orchn ,logist Will stand a chance OF resurrecthg
a relic OF either.
Driven into n corner By the inquiry ms 10 "hi'
he did with the $4,000 which Judge Pryor paiu
him for his nomination. Croker replied 10 George
that the money spent for ballots ana o'her
o,ao,,o, exnenses But George. In his sur
,e,olnder. pointed out that Judge Pryor was
elected since the adoption OF the oiilciai pal'o'
printed free OF cost. So Croker VIII nave 10 Wy
again The present interrogation Is not mere
d,d he get IT." but Where did II go tor
Did machines elect Mckinley? NOT AT al"
| Plat opposed him tooth and nall up to the hour
no was nominated. He was elected by the
aroused honor and conscience or the Natloh' pS
n union OF citizens. irrespective OF party anu
hv all men opposed to reputation, riot ana
Anarchy He could not possibly have been
elected bv partsans only. Just such union OF
ci,,zens will carry Seth Low into ONCE next
Tuesday.