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

| reference to the interests of the Colonies them
| selves. Look at Cuba to-day. There is a mod
ern and most monstrous example Of what hap
pens to community that is persstently gov
erned for the benefit OF An outside Power and
| not for the benefit Of itself. In both these
that process has resulted in armed revoluton0,
| because ii has produced results SO bad that pee
pie were willing to give up their lives to reme7y
the defect Now when the people of the cities
elect their officers with reference to doing some.
thing somewhere else with reference 10
strengthening an organZ ation for National puT-
poses, they doing for themselves precisely
what Great Britain did when it tried to govern
| the American Colonies. not in their own inter,
| ests but in the interest Of Great Britain, and
| precisely what Spain has done for centuries in
governing Cuba for the benefit Of Spain instead
of for the benefit Of the people OF Cuba We
| should have had revolution long ago in our
| American cities except for the fact that it was
| the people themselves who did it, and the APP
peal Of the Citizens Union and their candidates
| to the voters OF New-York this year is an APP
! peal to put an end to that sort OF thing and to
vote, to avail of the privilege that the Constitu-
| tiona Convention has given you to elect your
| local officers from local point OF view alone,
| and not TO be swerved when you cast your vote
| by the consideration OF free silver, Free
| Trade or high protection or what not 1t hasn't
| anything to DO with II. Those outside issues
| have nothing In the world to do with the ques-
| ton Of getting good city government In the city
| Of New-York, and you know 1t. and the wise
men OF that State Constitutional Convention
knew II, and that is why they made amend
ments to the Constitution which have given to
Us this opportunity. That opportunity Is to
start a city party. or to make completely
| separate nominations. can imagine that I'M
| der other conditions the result might be
| differently attained, but, after ALL that Is the
| only way this year in which the people OF the
city OF New-York can avail OF the privilege
which the Constitution was amended to give
| them. Now that Is the positive proof for which
we stand We believe It to be absolutely funda-
mental. just as the State Constitutional Con-
vention did, and we stand for that thing, and
| because we stand for 1t We must antagonize In
this campaign everything that opposes it.
GEORGE AND BRYANIsM.
| First Of all then, we find ourselves antag-
| o.izing Henry George. because Mr.. George has
! brought into the campaign .he whole chicago
| platform. This. at least. ! think may be said
Tor him and his position In the campaign: that
| he has been manly and frank enough 10 say
that II the convention OF his party, represented
| by Tadnmdny Han, $1,000 upon tnc i''iho''"'S
platform ne would not enter into the campaign;
| but il they did not then h. should go into IL.
Well. what did Tammany do? 1t did a most
| characters thing. II did not say anything
about he Chicago platform. and then IT nomi-
| mated every man who had voted in favor Of It
a year ago. | should say that Tammany was
| preparing to deceive somebody. either those who
favor the Chicago platform or those who do not
| favor it, among It's adherants. And my own per-
sonal opinion IL that Tammany Is preparing TO
deceive every body except itself At any rate.
| Mr.. George. In the presence Of that action, I'M
mediately entered this campaign as the repre-
sentative OF the Chicago platform. and because
he has brought In these issues and because or
the other vagares-f may call them so with
out personal disrespect-with which he is identi-
fed We oppose him and his platform.
THE REPUBLICAN, MACHINE.
| Then We find ourselves. not from our own
choice any more In this case than In the other.
opposing the Republicans and their candidates.
because they. too. have brought in these out
side issues. and they say 10 the people OF the
city this IL Il part OF last years fight, and II III
a part Of the fight In the country four years
hence Ard II you believe in sound money and
II you believe In protection and all the rest or
H. YOU must vote for city officer. in order to
strengthen those ideas And don't you see that
both Of these elements In substance say you
had better sacrifice the interests Of the city than
those outside things for which We stand7
Then also oppose the Republicans In this
campaign because the organization that repre-
sents the party has fallen under the absolute
control Of one will am perfectly confident
that the candidate OF that party II he were to
| be elected would strive nightly 10 give to the
city as good government as he knew how to