The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-16
To n Loyal Brooklyn Republican.

Amuch esteemed correspondent in Brook
Ign, a true and loyal Republican in this and
all other campaigns, sends to us this &
ton
"You will pardon me, I trust. If ~Isusgest that your
vigorous logic be tempered . little with q persuasive
tone"
How, good Brooklyn friend, can we "tem-
per n little" the statement of the i%ndisputa-
BILE fact that Mr.. Low is running for Mayor
in October in square defiance Of his pledge
in Junei Is it not true, and should it not
of itself be persuasive" with all honest
and honorable men2
Is or is not the statement true that his
candidacy tends to divide the Republican
vote, which, II united, could beat down
Bryanism2 And being true, ought it not
to be persuasive" with all loyal Repub-
licans and all enemies of Bryanisml
Is it not true that Republicans who desert
their party when victory is within its reach
il they remain faithful, are contributing to
the success Of Tammany and Organism, or
at least increasing its probability, and
therefore are guilty of-something we will
not name, lest it be not "persuasiveT
Is it not at least unreasonable to desert a
candidate so eminently fit and irreproach-
able as Gen. TRACY when his election by a
united Republican vote is demonstrate to
every intelligence, in order to support a
candidate in no way equal to him in ability
and public experience, who has nc chance
of election, as even Mayor STRONG has
declared2 Can THE SUN tell the truth
without saying that the Low follow
crs are either reckless or ignorant of
the political statistics of the Greater New
York; Where are the votes to come from
to elect Mr.. Lowe We can estimate closely
the proportions of the solid Republican
vote from the returns of past elections, and
in the present political divisions we know
that it is enough to elect Gcn.TRACY. What
Is the 'pcrsuasive" term with which to
characterize the conduct OF any Republican
who deserts his party's ticket under such
circumstances, at the risk of a Bryanite
domination Of New York;
If by soft words we could straighten out
the logic OF the fatuous Republicans in
Brooklyn who are following the Low jack
o'-lantern, we would struggle with the die
~tionary to get the softest and the most per-
suasive in the language; but we can only
declare the hard and ugly fact as it is, that
Mr.. SETH Low and his followers are ar
rayed against the most vital interests of
this community and this republic. They
are doing their best to turn the whole over
to the tender mercies of Organism. But
they must see 1t for themselves, and the
honest and loyal and intelligent citizens
among them will see it very clearly before
the I'd of next November.
Our Brooklyn friend suggests also that
we should write a series of editorials" to
dispcl the fears of the bugbear of BOSS
ism and Plattism" which he hears OK
pressed. But nothing is so hard to dispel
as pure illusion and dclusion. OF course,
there is no such thing as "Plattism." 1t is
only n scarecrow devised by newspaper
enemies of the Republican party, but if
Republicans are actually fools enough to
be frightened by the transparent humbug,
how can THE SUN supply them with COM
mon scnse2
"Plattism" is simply a term coined by
enemies of the Republican party expressive
of their malignant hostility to it. That is
all there is of it. No Brooklyn Republican,
we assume, shares in hat bitter hostility
to his party.