New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
DEFEAT OR A CHANGE.
rr,u PRESENT SITUATION MEANS
IN THE WITH CONGRESS DISTRICT.
,.n,,,,,cAxs IN BITTER OPPOSITION TO CON-
capssMAN r1scHBR's PoLlcI-ovERBEAR-
ING pIcrAT1oN CAUSES sNEAn
WHICH MEANS DISASTER FOR
THE PARTY AT THE

,..,,t. Of Thomas c. Platt's seiish
O"e cor mower will probably be tho deiea. n.y.
~ =, the Republican candidate Tor Congress -.
VIII D,strict In no part OF the city n"Vo ' &c
.r nade such havoc in tho Repuoncah ta.'n os.
On. rwenty-sixth Ward In tho lN'' o.,
,.,r,ct CONGRESSMAN Israel +. fisoHe ~o,rs
.,,,.n.nt there. and his msmanagemen' OF 49, -
o u'e"u.' a.rty souarely In twain and maoe
rs.-..,o victories practically certain IN the "H
-, a.. he insists upon debating nom"a'o
,sk,ns I'D the party organization rohs ""u
:. the ward association as private ~ - o.n
vned nv himself and conducted py MIN '0' ~
ersonal benefit IA. 1ocoh Worth
~. h,c apht between Platt and worth o'oHo
:. a. csr,smher He straddled the factohai ien0o
,or. "a be could. but finally took his staho wiz.
ye,t He knows no code OF polit'cai e''"''
nat OF the Platt school. and II was iiip ,,..,
tr, to rorsake his master. although 10 ue' .,
etrayed tho County Clerk. his oo"''nee'e -
~. s.u enabled him to dictate the NOMINATIONS "a
'S a.. ,or Aldermen and Assemblyman. but
-,r.ht shout the disastrous defeat OF his nominees
4 the polls His Republican opponents s"''eN
IA determination 10 rile or rum III tho "a4u' o.
etrayed by his broken promises went over 49,
. the Citizens Committee. and WORKED ehei
.uv ,or Seth Low and the entire ticket headeo pS
is name.
\. two leaders of the anti Fischer forces IN the
,ard Alderman Clark never wavered IN his sup
ort OF Senator Plat until Patt had chahce u
boose between Clark and Fischer and seiec'eu INC
alter ordering his Brooklyn allies 10 delea' 'ain
nd elevate Fischer. Encouraged by TINS commaho
Il the master and constituting his victory over inc
l,aarror 90 license TO continue his machine opera
ion. Fischer once moro ignored the sentiment Oh
lis ward and nominated his men,
living sTONS NOMINATION AN INSTANCE.
A. his candidate for Assembly he chose Jacob A.
Livingston. whose loyalty to Platt was MS ch'ei
lain to distinction Livingston was one OF tho 'hree
BROOKLYN Republicans who went 20 Albany IN tho
winter Of 1896 pledged TO oppose consolidation pu'
Who rallied 10 Patt's support Just when Pia't neeo-
"a their votes and thus saved the Consolidation Dill
rom defeat.
When Mr. Kiendl heard that Fischer had picked
Livingston as his candidate for the Assembly. ne
vent directly to Platt and served warning upon
aim that Iivingston's nomination would mean tne
Tor that thousands Of Republicans would refuse 70
tote for Livingston and that he was one OF the
brise that while Mr. Kiendl claimed to be Repub-
ican he would refuse TO vote for any one e. buy a
gersation by suggesting that If the quality OF ms
Seppbcansm was s so RE0r IN ,h tbs
ne could hardly be expected to vote for Fischer =
nan merely because he was Republican Piai
II nominating Livingston would be carefully con-
,idered. At the proper time the nomination was wa.
ngston was continued in private life
THE ATTACK ON KIENDL.
( The cardinal principle in Congressman r1scher
,olitcal belief was revealed when Mr.. kiendl 5
hame was stricken from the district rolls on some
shallow pretext. although he had been memper
h the association for more than dozen years
Mr.. Clark had been good enough Republican TO be
sent 10 the ST. Louis Convention of 1876 ana 70 me
Board of Aldermen. but he declined 10 KISS risen
ers rod. and thus became such bad partisan
hat he could not stay in the organization ,.,
The bitterness displayed In the Twenty-sixth
Ward is equalled in any other part OF the CITY
II will not be abated until Fischer Is calied on by
Platt and deposed from the throne which ne mas
erected for himself Republicans who have no con
FERN for either faction. and who desire first OF al
strength and harmony for the party. have beer
uuoted as saying that there will be no remedy tol
the present condition OF affairs until all the presen
leaders on both sides give way to others who have
not been mixed up in the present wrangle.
I The best test Of strength among the voters tina
the Clark and Fischer factions have had recent!
was on Election Day. when the Fischer men sup
ported Tracy and the Clark Kiendl men worked 70
Low. Tracy was literally showed under. and Low
received three votes for every one that went 4
! the credit OF Tracy.