The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19

s sSpg result Of all their triumph u w %sI that they the ssot
They'll get loss than that this time I Then, rs
now, you would hear tho can vasscrs OF blocks and
the Cnnyhssers OF certain streets. whore Gen.
Woodward seemed to have all tho votes; ard
he did have them In spots, but tho snots wcrc.
few and very small; !AnploHscl But when
over 1t, there were places. large districts. where
he practically had no vote mt all.
SO IL Is; so u always has been, and so II always
must and will tc of n candidate running lnsup.
ported by. a regular organization. IApplnusc.j
Organization Is just as necessary to win political
battles as 1t Is to win military battles. IA voice:
" RIght!"l And you might lust as well think of
undrillcd, nnd send them TO meet n disciplined
enemy in Of II citizens. committee as
to attcmpt to carry on u political campaign
without organization. IAppiauso.l
Men are drilled, in politics as they are in the
army. You work together from association.
You know each other; you trust each other.
The head OF your committee. whenever he wants
information from any particular part of the city,
enemy is doing here or what It Is doing there,
he knows to whom to send. and he gets the in
I9pns.ion inst%m1iydi II ls So GTn summon rn,r @,D his ,o, mSn.
and you move on to victory, knowing in ad.
vance what you can do. With n regular dis.
ciplined organization you can ulyHys tell be.
forehand within from 10 to 20 per cent. of what
the vote is 10 be. lApplause.l ~
no calculation; there is no means OF estimating.
You cNnnot toll, All is unccrtainty;, SO you
take the vote to-day of Tammany Hall in Now
York and OF the Democratic. party in brooklyn.
You can calculate very closely what it is, minus
tho disturbing, element Of Henry George as n
TSna,a he is sainset to draw 4SSG from Tam Tanm many MHEaiiii.
Everybody assumes 1t to be large, and doubtless
it viii be; but whether he is to divide the vote
equally with Van Wyck or whether he is to
have n majority. or whether he is to get one
third. is the merest possible guesswork. DO.
cause you know positively nothing about it.
REPUBLICAN, VICTORY POSSIBLE.
But one thing, fellow citizens. is absolutely
certain. Whether Georges vo,e is to be largo
e Ssn s% To,l G IN t is'pGE r is ssF' Ssw 3ort tnS Il E soneeT:
ssaSSsiy sIest him \, ,W(iESr0IHs Spnlap'ss sJ.c h 1s%
round numbers. $4,000 votes. Bryan re.
f be no doubt aiS:p mat T mofs than snas sSo. boo bS Of th Sss
2s6.0o0 votes cast for Mckinley represent.
ed %ho ' vote r sSe ticket ii'S of Tie RRs sPpnSlissn pnrtg
from principle. men who believe in it's organizn:
ton. believe in its hish purpose. and have joined
strument in the country through which to work
out good government in the nation, III the state,
1 Hnfc in The, the F n!y,b IA 4sGsi%ss and da ajSid 5se them 9s6; o be.
tween George and Van Wyck in any proportion
you please so long as you allow George a sub
stantial vote. and there is no doubt at all that
the Republicans of this greater territory have
got it within their power to elect their candi-
jority anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000 il the
Republicans unitedly support him.
q greater or less extent divided between tho
regular Republican candidate Of the party and
the candidate OF the Citizens, Union. Why that
ofiti What principle is involved. in It'll They
say that it is the principle of good government
n 1S q city, Is IL stt thsi that att the issue aET,f bet %f mf the Re- re.
publican party and the candidat Of the Citizens
Union is good governmentL I. No, no. no; a thou.
itself has always been faithful TO good govern
m.nt in the city: EApplansel And here, in tho
OF others about me who can bear me witness. l
call upon you to witness the fact that the Re.
publican organization IN the cityof Brooklyn
for more than twenty-five years has been con.
stantly and continuously n supporter Of good
government. tApplause.l
Some of you go back in memory 10 che time
when it was supposed that Jordan and butcher
and Tracy had something to do with the Iepub-
lican organization in shaping its policy. Long be,
fore even 1871 the II hit for good government had
commenced. and 1t triumphed i'll victory in the
wear 1877 by the election of your fellow citizen.
that noble man. Frederick A. Schroeder. lap
plause.l That was followed by his election MS
Mayor. and for more than ten years before Seth
low thisscsl was heard OF as political factor,
when no was not even. l think, a voter, tho Re-
publican party was struggling year by year for
good government and lighting its fight us no
Tor that / cite the testimony Of Seth Low himself.
Lows CONFESSION IN 1887.
In 1855. as l have said to you, he went of In
support OF Woodward as n citizens candidate:
"A voice w nat ulu n 40 u Bldlue ] j OUT IN
1887 he made a confession-two years after
ward-in, u speech before tho Citizens League.
He said this. and ! ask you TO note his language.
party in the county Of Kings. This. remember.
was at the Citizens League. held in 1887. two
years after the disastrous campaign in which
the Citizens and the Republican party had been
Then came the mistake. The unfair treat.
ment Of the Republican party. which had stood
the frst and essential condition Of success is
rounding four men with one. think We can
have that by remembering that the Republican
party has worked with you with wonderful
There was his speech, made at a dinner of the
Citizens, League; In which he certified to the
party had worked with tho Independent citi
Zens Of this city to achieve good .g%9yernment
treatment Of the Republican party This wa:
two years after the act. Mr.. Lows next con
fsssi9 rPis %'i ., be sT dTs in rj i1a"; lG And , ISPplAHi I
mistake not. he will tell The citizens, as he tolc
Them in 1855. that this disaster. If disaster It II
Republican party by the Citizens organization
HIS Personal POSITION.
Thus having proved the fidelity OF the Repub
lican party to the cause OF good government
Mr.. Low being tho witness. I now proceed t.
o9 tho ca G9Ga at' Of GW tho s'Rnt spnbIic:a inc pn PGsI'' OF
didste has not always been the friend Of goot
In nation. So far as ! have observed, no on
has ever attempted to impeach his rocort
on any OF these questions by pointing. GU
or faltercd in the discharge OF public duty. lap
OF a political party. and therefore he is not NJ
Low would be. who has no party be
candidate has always been the party OF goo,
has been the cause of squirting on its officers il
the execution OF their duty and urging them I,
adhere faithfully to their oaths, what appre
hcnsion need be entertained then that tim
party will be All obstacle to good government
Applause. Cries of None! None!'1
Bnt Mr.. Low says: ~ am perfectly confident
that the candidate oil that party "-meaning tn,
Republican party-.if he wcrc to be elected
would strive nightly 10 give to the city us goo.
government MS no knew how 10 give.
lApplause.l Mr.. Low has known you
candidate for many years. as l hav
known him.. Wo have been friends and ar
friends. and ! trust that we shall remain friend
after this canvass. lApplause.l All that ] charg
against him is n mistake OF judgment. wan
OF political wisdom. That's all. Applause.
But ho ~testiies and bears witness that !
your candidate Is elected he will "striv
nightly" 10 give to you and TO the pcOpl
of this city tho best government he knows HOY
to give. .lApplause,I
Then there remains only to be considered th
question whether Mr.. Low knows how bette
Than your candidate. Applause. A voice
lilo doesn't. and never viii! ~ l shall nc
discuss that question, MOdc5ty COlnDels me [