Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-08

u III WEEKLY TRAN
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Greater nsv Yorks FIRST 1lsetion- 0sEA
,s3 Low and Colonsl WazinR Drana&as
Criticism DsgsnsrAtins. "a
especial correspon .5s
The election this fall for the 6rst
mayor Of Greater New York and :
number Of officials provided for BY the
new charter promises to be not only the
most interesting ever held IN this city.
but the most interesting ever held il
this country, outside Of the national
oontests. The reasons for this are many
and obvious. In the first place, there
are very few states which poll as many
votes a. will be cast in Greater New
York. Then IL is the first notable ex.
pertinent Of combining or consolidating
several cities Of diverse interests and
methods and each with we'll organized
machine or machines Of it's own. to be
placated or crushed, az the case may
be. Then the action Of the Citizens'
Union in nominating Seth Low before
the regular parties had taken any ac-
tion at all has further complicated mat
tiers. Naturally there are many persons
who declare that Seth Low will be
elected no matter who may be- NOM
mated on other tickets, but there are
inst an many who say that he will
stand no chance Of reaching the mayors
chair unless combination can be made
with one or more parties or factions
Naturally, therefore, there is the great
est interest in the action Of the regular
organizations lthas been suggested that
1t would be wise move on the part Of
Tammany to nominate Colonel Warning,
the street cleaning commissioner, who,
from being the most unpopular Of the
municipal officers at the beginning OF
the present administration, has become
without question the most popular be-
cause Of the magnificent manner in
which the work Of his department haa
been done.
Colonel Nraxtne and Tamnany Hall.
There are many shrewd observers
who think that the doughty colonel
will be made the candidate Of his old
arch enemy, Tammany. It IL the opin.
ion Of everybody that this would be ex'
ceedingly good politics. and thus is an.
other element Of interest injected into
the fight. Then, too, the minor organi.
cations must be reckoned with Some
of these exist from purely patriot,c rea.
sons. but many Of them arc kept alive
by ambitious individuals who never
give something for nothing and whose
support always goes to the side which
will promise to do most for the little
party. OF course the membership Of
these organizations is usually not very
large, but In a campaign like the one
approaching few hundred votes are o.
Importance, as it is not by any means
improbable that they may suffice t.
turn tho tide Of battle. It is pretty gen.
orally conceded, too. that no matte,
what else may come ont Of the election
IL will be . harvest time Tor. the Iagn.
lars sstrfi kers, = for the reason that until
the lines have been drawn once BY an
actual test of votes tie leaders will
have no opportunity TO learn just how
they stand, and they will not be willing
to take any. chances in a struggle foz
the original control ct a municipality
the patronage of which will be sim.
ply enormous. There is at least an ele.
ment of comedy in it all, andsit il
found in the verifcation Of the adaga
that politics makes strange bedfellowa
Sworn enemies of a year or two ago are
now allies, and those who were won't to
work for each other are now engaged In
laudable effort to make the public be.
lieve that former friends have ceased to
exist as political factors.
s Dscadenoe Of Dramatic Criticism.
p The newspaper editors of this city
have many weaknesses. but none more
pronounced than the assumption Of su'
periority over their brethren in other
and necessarily smaller. places. They
consider that they Issue the best sheers
published anywhere III the whole world.
an assurance that leads many to accept
their estimate as being accurate. On
their literary quality particularly the
newspapers here are won't to praise
themselves, and yet in this respect, as
in many others, they are far behind
rivals in comparatively obscure towns
When it comes to aquestion Of dramatic
critics, our ''great" papers are not will
ing to admit that there are any worthy
the designation outside the charmed
limits Of Manhattan Island.
There was time wien a New York
success meant national success for
theatrical enterprise, but that day has
long since passed, and most happily so,
for dramatic criticism in this city has
degenerated into puerile efforts to be
funny at the expense Of actor, manager
or playwright. There are no more, or
at least very few, careful analyses OF
plays and acting time worn jokes and
supposed smart sayings and caustlc
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