The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-14

ern school OF dOotrinaiIcs has sprung up
ss%o1 you us that fO'' %SSSiIti e5H'oi : F,ie, W1 must S''' not
participate in a municipal 9 beti9n; that tho
party that they t hS 6sS SSS " oiP ped is m" Is con!
trolling the state OF 7,ooo,0,O of population,
md doing 4 we'll ll; S s,ss,2aD be Of 5Ss arsSfo to S SsT;
York, which comprises ono-half or more OF the
population Of tho entire state; oon,r,t,.. oc,,.
constituted. solf.appointed. have arisen among
you, who have nominated q candidate to defeat
tho election into tho hands of Tnmmany Hall,
~ that be possible, IND they hnyc u refused used
enter into a conference with tho Republican
party as to the candidate to be supported; They
your candidate for you. n,id YOU must support
him at tho risk OF being ehasgGd win "a 'h rog
INC %m@ many Hail Il You re- "' '"' 'N
"lThey have insultcd tho Republican party.
vote ou f ior their heir candidate SHGdiiddS The Tepabiican party
over and over sEain' through Us Leaders Leaders
s SnSe. ats snd 'G %nlon With has iho 'e cltiasn,. eV So%:
mIttce, and they r., haze D., b S,fn,r turned , Ssido
Npplauscl It has laid down its own platform
and Y is going to fight to a finish and to yictoryi
Time Make no mistake about thai. gentle
men. This, independent movement, with.
S SSio Soio in a .sSy city fS% OF New S York any and f IL proof j
Independent movement at elections. orkanizs.
lion is Just as essential to II political party as 1t
battle with freomen arraycd, against zach
other, without organization. without discipline.
night Just as We'll think Of appointing a com.
ihitteo OF. citizens TO command mn army orto
run one OF the great steamships across the ocean
as to appoint a committee to organize and run a
political campaign. Discipline and association.
each other, are essential to ali great m
You must know and trust your comrades, and
that comes from association in political orCani-
81 sec men even n9T, meet &c o them daily;
and they SnI khG 'S.I me sno and ,b | kn ,SSv ! s can trust trust
:SsEy ,.s sIs si"b,. to f dsS,s sd ssy they to s,,i Is +, II, NJ
with mo to know where to find me on the NOR
row. From long association and from knowing
each other. we know what the position OF each
will bc on any particular question. lApplAuse.l
tricts YOU know each other. You are in tho
habit Of training together. YOU meet in your
meet in your conventions, and you nominate
your candidates. and then you meet ut your
The leaders Of the party Know, The men in tic dis.
tricts. and when information is wanted OF what
f n ae enem Se is q nmd there ,ney on nhS eSs sxS Mbers 10 i Wno ss
q General does OF his subordinates in the army.
Ill d!ro OF o that Comes TT from 1roi nss t%asth,r. ana ,o , iron
elbows togother year after yehr in political con-
tics for slight and trivial causes. Men are born
70 their politics j%gst as they are to their re-
Is reported to hayc sale. that q. gentle.
man never changes his politics or his roll
htical associations with the utmost reluctance.
Hence political organizations are formed only
they, arc not easily dissolved. And there is
nothing that could be more disastrous. in my
} breaeEinR ip 20 ana and Rfopis It Soe Of tthbes f Rep the
lic.n party applause %
ment OF ali FREQ nations. There isn't an Eng
lish speakinG people in tho world that is not
land for 200 years. First one of the
great parties than the, other: but, no more
in opposition. So il has been in this country for
100 years. We have had no other government
Gratis and Why's. Democrats and RepublicsnsC
tho c have been the parties of this country, for
must govern The nation through a Political
toseh a city. When YOU, come to a city YOU
must break up @2d dissolve every year; The
non-partisnns reminds mt OF q story that l
heard during the war of n volunteer Colonel
m msn n He d 1asf' know 0S Very WIN We'll his how F'f 10
maneuvrc it, and one day he was marching tho
fents With IN a GSmipS OF ba Ws"' Of IN" course ne sine the COM 90 a
pany couldn't march through tho bars with n
s sSem tnyyof f:Gni he AID aidp ho Know ,m 'h liz T SmaIIy to s, fdt
.Gentlemen: YOU VII break ranks; and when
the fence Laughter and app!ause.l
That is their idea OF .non.partissnship. A
Disciplined, organized, perfect force. accustomed
10 fight together, TO stand together. to trust
band, and then tho next year they must reform
These gentlemen don't Know What they are
teaching. II their advice should be followed it
repeat tin my Judgment that could befali the
country. II the Citizens Union triumphs in this
election not one citizens committee, but n dozen,
twenty, thirty; each small clique and oabal will
organize and call themselves a citizens union,
or This. that, or the other, and they will enter
the field for supremacy; and what a scene it
Heaven Msasa Sei sn \ W nAS You KOf ha sye'G got t fnSdIiRe n Sndi
dickering enough now, with four leading tickets
II y sss hsd nt' aS% or % tSon %"F' would you nave
\ gentlemen, the only safety Of good gov
ganizntin,l that governs your State. the same
organization TINT governs your nation, can be
trustcd1o govern your city. lApplause.l
"What 70 son have these citizens. SO pure. 50
Intelligent. that they cannot afford to associate
g%artyi What TeisG q. have !RSsy for disi5asilps :
tiemsn, When you get down to, tho mea!
p PERSONAL asts n ambition. III That W Is tho on pivot tS q this i
Ciiizens..r m9yemsnt; % IApPlsHse; a dozen
voices, |Indl ) right. IL Is thO OeSlrC 10 con
stituce a email club Of citizens who arc to at
tempt to seize the city OF New York and to gov
ern and controlit. 1t II but a scheme that has
Observation-Disclosures in thG way OF political
power for the control OF tho city. Tho Rcpub
that narty, / say. and 1t has nominated its own
ticket and will support it,. lApplause.l More
than that, it will elect 1t. IAppiuusc.l
A It was In BIookl,n in 1855 so it will be
here. The independent candidate cannot gel
anything like the vote that tho regular Re
publican candidate, will poll In tho city
Of New York. l do not care how popn
lar he may be. no hasn't got tho organization
he hasn't got the machinery, he hasn't gol
the means Of getting tho voters TO the polls AND
inducing them TO vote the ticket. A voice
"The college boys can't ~votc."l Oh, the colleg,
boys can Y to! Is that sol didn't know
that. ThatM he n severe loss. / supposed tho
college boys could vote, and 1t was that fac
which struck terror to old veterans like mysel
in this campaiRn.
Nov, gentlemen. what Is necessary to ke don,
In this campaign TO achieve n great and a Clio
rious victory that will PLACE the government o