The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-22
BATTLE Is WITH BRYANISM.
NOTHING SINCE THE DRAFT RIOTS
SO UNPATRIOTIC As THE o. U.

A Fire In the Rear on the Forces OF National
inteEritS-Dr benjamin. p. Ice Reports How
the Nations OF Earepe Are Loshing at tho
struggle In tho Metropolis or the west.
Benjamin Franklin Lee, LID, a New York
real estate and patent lawyer of extensive prac-
tice, has recently returned from a visit to
Europe with II valuable collection of observa-
lions OF European opinions on political condi.
lions In the United States. Since Mr.. Lees
return ne has had the advantage OF being able
TO observe the municipal campaign from n fresh
point OF view. The rent department of a real
estate lawyers practice furnishes him with a
most sensitive gauge of the influence of cur
rent affairs on business. The patent depart
ment OF Mr.. Lees business brings him into con-
tact with manufacturing interests all over the
United states. Mr.. Lee is a lecturer on patent
law in the Now York Law School. He was
formerly connected with the Columbia College
Law School. lie left Columbia long before
PRESIDENT Lows quarrel with Prof. Dwight, SO
there is no personal animus in his opposition to
the party of which MIR. Low is now the head.
Mr.. Lee is a member of the Committee of Coun-
Gil OF Lawyers of the Title Insurance Com
pany.
When a SUN reporter asked him yesterday
what he thought of the present state of affairs,
Mr.. Lee said:
MY view of the present situation is that it
is n very grave one. l returned from Europe
in September, after travelling through Italy.
Switzerland, Germany, Holland. and. England.
l found that the spirit of unrest which here
takes the maine of Organism was to BIO found
to an alarming degree in Europe. The great
headway made by Organism, which enabled it
to poll 30 large q vote n year ago and which
still enables it to control the political conven.
tions Of the Democratic party in all parts of the
country. mas Dcrn a great ala to the forces of
disorder in other countries. My absence in
tnntty TO give attention to affairs In America.
enabled me, | think, to take a dispassionate
view of the situation upon my RETURN
"D you feel that national issues have n
place in this campaign' DO the people over
su !sro ~ min, ,,o n,,,on,, ,....x-,.
more, Importance than any local issue that can
how patriotic men can divide in this election.
No local issue is presented except that the sup.
State issues should be excluded from a mmnici.
pal contest like this. To this proposition l
oils is deeply interested in preserving the fruits
of the victory that was won a year ago. Al.
though that battle was won, the war is by no
defiant as ever and are attacking tho very
foundations Of civilization itself. 1t is not
true to say that 1t makes no difference to the
business men and TO the property owners of New
York whether the coming election results in the
return OF n pronounced anti. candidate
date like Mr.. George. or a timid Bryan candi-
date Ike Judge Van Wyck, or a neutral candi-
TT would be u serious blow to the credit of the
city and the nation, abroad as well as at home,
II the returns of the coming election should show
that the people of this great city have become
lukewarm in their support of the party that alone
are being watched closely in Europe, and every
political movement that aims to advance Bry-
that aims to ignore it, has a direct tendency to
injure our credit: This fact could not escape
who read the financial articles from day to day
in the newsDapers and who came in contact
Il feel very deeply upon this subject. 1 do
not deny that "a considerable fraction of those
who are engaged in the Citizens Union move
ment do not realize that they arc doing any
wrong 20 their country and are actuated by good
motives. Tho well mentioned often produce
as much harm as the wicked.
There have been two epochs In our history
when the national issue overshadowed every
possible local issue. One was during the stress OF
the war of the rebellion. and the other is now.
Tho action taken by the Citizens Union l con-
slider to be the most unpatriotic action that
has been taken by any considerable body of
citizens in this city since the July riots OF SOS,
time , Eae 1; iGa, T Nr,sr rs Sad.ias py v f9Tssj AT nar that
victory at Gettysburg over the forces OF the re-
hellion. and they We're subjected to that lire in
the rear. At the present time the conscrva-
tive and order.loving, citizens of this great
tSs faIro haze " achieves a snr t VIC rict9Ery oyer
and now they, too. are subjected to tho present
luc eieClion OF Mt. tracy WOulu give re-
newed confidence to business men throughout
the country. II would show that this great
metropolis is truly mindful OF its own inter
csts, which are at tho same time tho interests
OF the+country at large and OF humanity. This
is no time for neutrality. He that is not for us
Is against us
so far as personal fitness is concerned. Gen.
Tracy stands far above any of his competitors.
As a soldier. rs a lawyer. as n Judge OF our
Court of Appeals, and as Secretary OF the Navy
he has gained distinction. The property own
es of New YORK will never forget that they
arc indebted 10 him for compensation for their
losses sustained by. the operation OF the Gle.
waited railroads. His opinion in the Court Of
Appeals in story VS., NY. FL. r.. h. Co. 80 y.
Y, 1861 has commended him to their perpetual
gratitude. l hope he will be elected. and that
the majority will he emphatic. In that case l
look for a new impulse in tho revival of bust.
ness"