New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-26

THE UNIFORMITY OF THE MACHINES BAN
NERs IN BROADWAY MUTELY. RUT
ALPHABETICALLY. TELLS A STORY.
One OF the mos. eloquent speeches OF the
campaign Is made without words. but neverthe
less. cannot escape the attention Of the multi
tude Of citizens who daily pass up and down
Broadway This remarkable speech first at
tracts attention al the extreme lower end Of the
great thoroughfsre. In the immediate vicinity
Of the building occupied BY the United States
Express Company. in which the avowed leader
OF the Republican organization has his Once
Opposite this building. and suspended from
rope entering one Of the windows Of the build
ing will be seen a large banner stretched across
the street. telling the psssar what,
BENJAMIN F. TRACY SAYS"
There is nothing remarkable In that isolated
fact. Indeed. it might be considered strange
If Mr. Plat did not hang out his bannci be-
fore his place OF business
But. passing a little further up the street.
banner OF similar shape, size and manufacture.
confronts the passer but instead OF telling us
OF General Tracy's words. its striking feature
is a picture Of Judge Van Wyck. with some
Tarnmany figures. 1t does rot undertake TO tell
whs. Van Wycl: says. probably because the
Judge has said nothing since his nomination Tor
Mayor.
Proceeding 10 Broadway these two banners
will be observed at shor; intervals, but alter
mating with each other with scrupulous regu-
Iarity first a Tracy banner. next Van WICK
emblem, again the TracT saying and then the
Van WICK picture. and 50 on at least ny 70
Union Square. There are other political
banners bu: these two on that portion OF
Broadway.
ISiit hat "a the
this wordless speech. II the observer will take
notice he will see upon the lower edges Of these
banners the imprint % their manufacturer. ana
because of the general Uniformity Of their con-
struction. will not be surprised TO observe that
they emanata from the same shop. Evidently
the one contractor who furnished them was
careful not to give offence to either party By the
superior artistic merits or striking features Of
the one over the other
II has been noticed that the Tracy banner OPP
posite Mr. Platt'. Office IL supported by rope
made Fast In q window O. the building he occu
pies. But that is an exceptional case Pre-
sunably no other occupants OF buildings along
the great business thoroughfare were Wiling to
give place to these organization enb'ems On
the contrary. II has been found necessary in all
other cases to hang them from lofty poles SCI in
the ground These poles 1t will be further OBJ
served, are uniform IN size and height; and all
their peculiarities They not merely grew in IN.
same forest but were cut and trimmed by the
same hands and were. doubtless. like the ban
ners they support. supplied and put in place by
the same contractor.
Does this eloquent speech need any interpreta-
ton? Is no: It's language perfectly plain and
comprehensive? For. Of course the striking
similarity Of these banners, their scrupuous
alienation. their cor1m IN origin. as shown by
the bridesmaids card upon them, the uniformity
Of their attachments and surroundings. cannot
be merely accidental. They are the result OF
q common understanding and agreement X no.
paid for from q common purse. They say In the
cleares. possible terms. II: makes no difference
vote a machine ticket II the Plat machine Is
wounded in the fray. Tamnlany will care for It's
adherents. Or II the Tamnany machine should
be broken up the Platt organization can be re-
lied upon to for the kc1 and wounded.
Only don't vote any Of these Independent tickets.
for their success means the overthrow OF tbs
bosses Our interests as organization men are
maj nd idar Lee