New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-14
THE TAMMANT NoNI%ATIoN.

citizen my duty toward ION md t1W;I, tl, -, M;
n nsy make me e'i So G.osS appiusc)
THE TAMAiANT NCNI%ATIoN
Now. as distinsuieheG from that, what has Zen
the method o. putting Judge Van N!ek IN inc
held? NrolonseI hissesD Wei ! suppose ram
many has held what Il calls primaries. I'd Ia.
elected delegates and all that. bat ala INC
know when they were sent TO the conFehHo" "i0.'
they we're 10 nominate? Why, OF course they 0.- :,
They only went there - be told what tn do; ana
that Is the way that children are re"'.u IL ~
nursery That ought not TO be the way y: ~ "Thev
the representatives, OF Inc eoP convention and ex
press the IDEAS and wishes Of those VINO SEM Wan Van
either to the Tammany convention or 10 the ii Ta
publican convention. They Simply 30 d' ti'Jio Now,
on the Tammany side think the situation Is rb 1s
most singular that We have Mas man Who used
10 be- in the city OF New,York al the u becn en-
Enc tod most as .. the should he ' III
you and N me and and our conToe and ali the q
them IN this imperial city, OF New-loTk? U''SSe'
ana cries Of the D0Tn s Wi hn a for which cad
dacW stands is this: 1t gives 70 the people an %P
gsranly to tede i as who
have been nominated at tho Set niho ede Of Mr
Now look at Mr. Patt-and seems TO me that
portant significance in the government OF te ois
take for granted that wnan right here in
NeW-York Certainly that is the thought that am am.
% Ss eam msne G Now to
disadvantage city officer is who owes ms nHn1 mono 10
R,m s to Se is eece5 G asks
sdmt n That ate your Mayor so elected might decline
10 be coerced. But also say 10 you M 10 50
hard he viii not decline except on great emerson
cies and therefore you will find youT cis sI ,n
terests of the organization constantly being
pushed forward and the interests oil inc '''N'"
Of course 4 party is pgSSf tSn that thcre
is the same danger: but when party IS repre-
scented by an organzstion that mas nec OH ~ ONE
so a1 tba the Who powe Of the party speaks
through the voice Of that man i s2or t' whc is
obliged to conduct city government Il tne or
sa1,zaoin nsppSnS 20 %n' hnk vou can see by
looking back here little what sort OF results come
from that sort OF thing.
THE CAMPAIGN OF is2i
Now. you all remember the campaign OF three
years ago. You recoect the investigation or the
police force which led up to that campaign am
sure you cannot have forgotten how 1t was proved
publicly that the great powers OF the police were
used to compel bad things TO pay hush-money ana
to blackman the legitimate business of the town
about? 1t came about because politics got into
mere s0 uSt mann Gould not get on the police
force unless ne paid for it'll man could not
yOr It: Men who paid to get in and men who paid
10 get on used their powers to get back out OF ne
people the money that they had to pay Tor their
/ suppose some Of you are connected with trades
unions. Just think what happens 10 trades-union
when politics gets into ii. don't mean TO say that
as much as they want No citizen abandons his
political PRIVILEGES by joining an, 0Iganzation
some of them. undertake 10 use the union for po-
tSi objects TO y bo the T anS S S6 TINS a dH
The interests of the union fall into the second place
Now, politics in a union works IN that way, and
the same way. | think Colonel Warnings Depart
ment illustrates that perfectly. There you have q
why should 1t not clean the streets? II is the
IS exactly what It ought TO DO. But there was a
oone Mapng took Gbsgs %apy
cleaned the streets until he old And why: ne
politics was mixed up with the Department The
men appointed were not appointed because they
workmen. but they appointed to please some
district leader who wanted 10 set friend on.
GOOD SCHOOLS. AND PLENTY OF THEM
Now. let me go on and speak Of schools. and the
way politics affects things. suppose there Is moth
ing the people Of the city care more for than good
schools and plenty Of them, especially plenty OF
primary schools, because many Of the children
have to leave them when they are young and go
TO work. Now, what happens when politics gets
happens is that the schoolhouses are not put in
the right place SOMEBODY wants TO sell some land.
il will help some friend. Therefore the school
fSsy ous not be put ha % @
IN such great numbers out OF schools. They are
with pq wf the get appn Se by
cause OF their merits or because they aye the most
get places. OF it works badly in the schools
Now. perhaps you ask me. why can you keep
politics out Of these depsrtInsns any better than
fdr y G upen Whch Stand and The in wnch
have been nominated make 1t my DUTY TO do that
press Or implied to any organization-any political
organizaton--to help, 10 build them up. On the
ay tie Ra,5e@qfe q } S sss
p t organization whatever Neither shall !; be
used 70 strike dS S any ha ysnS Or TO ne
city the best possible results: Cheers
ask You 10 support the cause which have tie
on0r 70 sSSrs so tg4
upon such a platform. vii be able 70 give you
better s Ssesse 3G that . s a
didate can keep the city from being thrown TO one
ras Of dv tnS on Natonal ns T6n we ha t
out where the people stand on National matter,
D Oo tfsI powers Of The cty Of NewYork Now
ssnemsn please re% Eno9;G The H 0 S.o cone
loud and continued cheers
For his last appointment Of the evening Mr.
Low crossed from the east slde or Ihlrd- ave
Here receptions similar In volume and spon
taneity to those he had met at the previous halls
awaited him. When he arrived, Henry Weiss
man the secretary Of the International Bakers
JTnion who is the representative of organized
labor in the Citizens Union. was speaking Mr.
Weissman was saying some severe things abou
the interested motives that animated certain
nawsnaners who attacked Mr.. Low There Il
The sun for instance" he exclaimed, Just al
Mr.. Low took his seat on the platform. j al
ways do the very opposite thing to what I'M
New.Yorl Sun advises me TO do.
.'If Whenever I read Mr.. Dana's editorials II
The SUM- and feel some feeling OF sympathy
1iafel ma q u
am going wrong. U,aughter) If there is
cynic in politics. II there is n man without hop
for the salvation OF the people. II there IS MAJ
who is ready TO sacrifice his last bit OF manhoot
In supporting the corrupt n'ethods of trusts an(
rinCs and II there is man who represents tn
Mephistophelian combination OF fiatt ani