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New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
.rs Without saying in so many

10 his supporters. Without saying In so many
words that he will wink at It's infractiOn and
prevent It's enforcement by the police, he leaves
that to be clearly understood when he speaks
OF the "publlc outrages" that have "nourlshed"
and the Spying and sneaking and mendacty"
that grew up under it, and adds that these
crimes against the people must disappear, these
"enc-oachments upon individual liberty and
"ptivate rights must end" 1t seems to us that
from any point Of view this kind Of talk is in
iudclous perhaps worse. If the MayOr-elcct
means that he intends the practical annulment
of a State law by instruction to the police
against It's enforcement, he is on very danger
Gus ground. He ought to know. and probably
does. that hs election has been hailed with
uproarious delight by all the lawless element
the criminal and disordcrly classes; that on
Tuesday night, SO soon as the result was de1-
nltely known. they broke loose throughout the
city, and with cries Of ITO hell with REFORM
"Now well have everything wide OPEN kept
up n pandemonium throughout the night. lie
cannot afford as the executive officer OF this
great city to give encouragement to the lawless
or offer mpunity to crime. The first step in
that direction Is fatal It opens the door TO
anarchy.
We cannot believe that Judge Van Wyck had
fully weighed the significance Of his utterances
on this subject before giving out the interview
referred to- If he would have his admlnlstra-
ton q success he will make It his first business
not to win the favor Of the loose and lawless-
he has that already-but to gain the confidence
and support of the vast majority Of citizens,
whose lives and property and personal comfort
and safety depend upon the suppression of crime
and the enforcement Of law. We regret to see
in this interview what we cannot help consid-
erlng a very bad break on the part of the Mayor
elect. We shall have to live under his admin
istration for the next four years. and our hope
is that. In spite Of this hasty outgiving. he will
administer the affairs Of this great city in the
interest Of law-abiding and decent citizens.
rather than Of the lawless and dsreputable.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
WEST AFRICAN COMPLICATIONS.

The least little mite Of warcloud Is hover
Ing over the Blight OF Benin In that part OF
Africa the territories Of various European
Powers are sandwiched closely together, with
out so much as n pamleaf between them for
n buffer. Naturally there is friction; especially
inland. Along the coast the claims are pretty
definitely staked Off. But back n hundred
miles or two from the coast Of Upper Guinea,
in the southern fringe Of the Western Soudan,
are vast, populous and enormously rich ma
tive States whose European ownership Is by
no means yet settled. The two great rivals
for possession Of them are France and Great
Britain. The latter wants to possess the whole
Niger basin, from Lake Tchad to the Senegal,
and thus to circumscribe TOgoland, Dahomey
and the French Gold Coast Just as Frances
Senegambian holdings circumscrbe Gambia
and Sierra Leone. France on the other hand,
means to make Dahomey reach clear north
ward TO Algeria, thus hOpelessly dividing
Ashantee from Nigeria, and to make her Congo
territory join her enegal-Soudan- Sahara En-
pire at Lake Tchad, shutting both Nigeria and
the CameroOns down into small coast holdings
Borgu, where the present clash occurs, is
small State OH the west side Of the Niger Just
north Of Yoruba, and straight inland from the
Blight Of Benin. The general supposItion has
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

been that the boundaries Of DahOmey were 10
run straight north. from near Porto Novo ana
Little Popo. respectively, to the Niger IL so'
Eorgu would not be included In the french
hinterland." but would belong to the British
.sphere Of influence" Nikki, the capital would
lie lust outside the French boundary line. a
few weeks ago. however. the French TOOK iorci-
hlc posscsson Of Nikki, and claimed all Borgu
rs. their own. They did this on the strength
of an alleged treaty with the chiefs OF Borgu'
concluded in November. 1894. Their intention
IS to seize all the west bank Of the Niger dowh
,o the Mussa, making the latter stream the
boundary between their land and the BRUSH.
Hut the British also claim Borgu, on the
strength Of alleged treaties with the chieis'
anicdating the French treaties, and fortnight
ago a detachment of British troops was sent
thithcr from Sierra Leone. These troops are
now reported to have started inland from
Lagos. There IS, Of course. little fear OF any
serious rupture between the two great fo"erS
The proper representatives Of the two "overh-
mcnts are now in conference mt Paris Tor
pcaccful settlement Of the controversy. But an
indlscrect movement by either Of the prospect
ing bodies of troops might make the situation
decidedly awkward.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
FACTS.

Here are some ineffaceable facts which the
election put on record:
1. Low ran far ahead Of Tracy-so far ahead
as to prove beyond the possibility Of contradic-
ton or avoidance that Low was the candidate
entitled to stand. Tracy the candidate obligated
to withdraw.
Q If the vote for Tracy and the vote for
Low had been united. Low would now be the
Mayor elect of New-York
3. Low stood an excellent chance OF election
anyway until Georges death, when the latter's
vote largely went TO Van Wyck. There was no
fasehood or trckery in the Low campaign.
4. The Tribune kept perfect faith with It's
readers from first TO last. II told them the ex-
act truth about the situation as it developed
from day to day, and what 1t said has been vim
dicated by the results Of the election.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
NetpTork Dailr Gibm,re
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1897.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The Bank of Spain will manage
the Cuban Treasury. and make new issue OF
gold notes to the amount of S1OOWoOOo; Carl
lists are actively importing arms into spain;
112 Anarchists have been released from Mont
juch Prison at Barcelona. =-= The British
Ambassador to the United States has been In
structed TO ascertain the views of the Wash
ington Government with regard to reciprocity
with British West Indies Colonies. - Joseph
Chamberlain installed as Lord Rector or
Glasgow University. - Five Powers of the
Latin Union have agreed TO increase their silver
coins by franc per head of their population
Damodar Chapekar Brahmin advocate.
accused of the assassination of plague officials
in India. placed on trial in Poonah. Bonn
bay Presidency.
DOMESTIC.-The plurality Of Parker Dem)
for Chief Judge of the Court Of Appeals OF TINS
State over Wallace Rep) Is about o3,VOo; the
Assembly will stand as follows Republicans ~
Democrats 63, Citizens Union 3. - Governor
Bushnell Rep) is reelected in Ohio by 10000:
ballot hv 2 to 3 = Nebraska has been
carried by the Fusion ticket by about 11,OOO
plurality - The Maryland Legislature IS Re
~ Senator German - Shaw (Rep). for Gov
ernor gets about 10000 plurality in Iowa. -
Republicans made gains in Kansas = Gov
ernor WolcOtt was reelected in Massachusetts
by a plurality Of about $1,000. by far the largest
plurality ever received by a candidate for Gov
ernor in an off year - President Mshinley S ME,
negie Library in Pittsburg; he expressed himself
as well pleased with the result OF the election.
dency Of the Commercial National Bank. OF Chi
cago - The w. c. T. L. Convention was
closed at Buffalo
CITY-The revised election returns gave Van
Weeks plural,ty for Mayor as S01 10j - a
meeting OF Republicans interested In the reor-
ganization of the party in this city has been
called for November 15 in Lyric Hall. -
Most Of the prominent leaders of Tammany Hall
visited the Wigwam. and the time was spent by
the victors In mutual congratulations on the
result of the election. - 1t announced
that the Citizens Union would be made per
manent organization. and that Seth Low would
probably be chosen president - 1t was de-
cided to organize the Jeffersonian Democracy on
a permanent basis. - Assistant Secretary
Vanderlip arrived from Washington to make
ARRANGEMENTS with New-York banks to qualify
as repositories for Union Pacific money -
r. c. Lehman the Harvard coach, returned
from England. - Stocks were weak and
lower.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. warmer Temperature yesterday: Highest.
GO degrees; lowest, 80 degrees; average, Oh de-
grees
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
PERSONAL.

Miss Kate Rockford, Of Devon. Iowa. has Just
been admitted to the bar Of the Supreme Court OF
South Dakota
Darmstadt paper appeals to all Hessian
women to contribute toward monument to be
erected to the late Grand-Duchess OF Hesse the
Princess Alice who was the favorite daughter OF
the Queen OF England and favorite with the Eng
lish people.
Colonel John p. Thomas. the new State Historian
of South Carolina, Is carrying on the work begun
by his predecessor the late General Farley OF pre-
pairing for publication the roster Of all the soldiers
OF the Palmetto State who served IN the Coh-
federate Army
The late Andrew N. spangler, OF tho Phila-
dophia Board OF Education. was an authority on
fishing. and among his published works this
subject are "a Paradise for Gunners and Anglers
and Nearby Fresh and Salt Water Fishing. y.
which latter states when to so. where TO go and
how to GO" to find good fishing within a radius
OF ono hundred miles OF phadelphia lie was
and several other agricultural papers. and for a
time was editor Of The Philadephia& I've Evening Her
nla 1nr,o, ne and ..rho Are" When the Cvii War
began he helped to organize tn" Philadelphia Home
Guards. and was active In raising funds 10 care
for the wounded during the war
The Massachusetts Library Club passed resolu-
,lons Of respect 10 the memory OF Justin Wlnsor
at its meeting this week.
A number Of Chicago clergymen are strongly urg-
Ing Miss Jane Adams OF Hull House. In that
city 70 become a regularly ordained minister In
Speaking Of the matter Miss Addams says: Il do
not yet see tho advantage TO my work II were
ordained. | help preachers whenever they wish
me to I'll pupiis on sunday. and this does not
Interfere with my work here. have SPOKEN AZ
Jcnkln LLOYD Joncss church, l have helped DR.;
Thomas and others I can do this any Sunday ana
am giad to be able TO help. But am not certaiL,
nhout tho advantage to be gained II were ordained
a preacher.
The Rev Charles VI. Buoy OF Philadelphia. who
has Just died. trustee Of the Methodist Hos
pltal a member OF the Board OF Church Extension.
Il trustee OF the Methodist DENOMINATIONS American
University mt Washington. and prominent nglre IN
other important branches OF church work His wfe.
who survives him. Is daughter OF the late Bishop
Simpson
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Gmusemfute.

NNNNNNNNNNeNN
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-S:l5-Thc Old Homestead
RIJOt THEATRE-s:l5-What Happened 10 Jones
BROADWAY THEATRE-sl5-Thc IDOLS Eye
CASINO-S:lO-The Belle OF New York
DALY'S THEATRE-s:l5-The Circus Girl -
EDEN MUSEE-Wax Works. Grand Concerts and Cine-
matograph.
EMPIRE THEATRE-s:30-The Little Minister.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-s:30-The Devils Dis
cple.
GARDEN THEATRE-s:lS-A Bachelors Romance
GARRICK THEATRE-s:20-A Stranger In New-fork
GRAND OPERA HOI'SE-s--Courted Into Court
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-s15One Round OF Pleasure.
HOYTS THEATRES :30-The Proper Caper 49,,
HERALD SQUARE THEATRES: S:l5-The French Maid
IRVING PLACE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. kopacsy -x,
INICKERBOCKER THEATRE-s:l5-An American Ci'i-
ROSTER e. EIALs-7 :cO-vaudeville.
t.YCFI-M TUEATRE-2-S:15-IOrd Chumley.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-Day and night-Amef'-
Institute Fair.
MANHATTAN THEATRES s3o--The First Born
PLEASURE PALACE-l:30- Naudevilie
rASTORS-l2:3o 20 II y. m.--Naudevine
PROCTOR'S-9 a m 10 II p. m-Naudevile.
STAR THEATRE-S-The Fair In Midgettown
NATIACK'S THEATRE -sl5-A LADY of Quality: ~.
WEBER & FIEI.DSs MUSIC HALl-s-buriesque-i
Glad Hand - ,, 20,
.4rH STREET -s15-Cumberand. 81
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

There's nothing like check. on the morning
after an election In which Platt's candidate
came out third in the race Platt's personal or
gan has the impudencc to say: Honor to
Thomas Collier Platt the sapient and true He
Is the organizer OF future victories" There isn't
any doubt that he organized the victory OF
Tammany on Tuesday. by disorganizing the
forces opposed to 1t. But before he is In n posi-
tion to organize any more such the Republican
party will have something to say about IT, But
the cheek Of THE Sun" 1t is more ample and
protuberant than the right whales. and ten
times harder than that OF n heather god
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
THE MAYOR-FLECT.

1t has been the good fortune OF Judge Van
Wyck during the campaign which closed with
his election as Mayor to escape the bitterness
of personal criticism which candidate in his
position might In ordinary circumstances have
expected and perhaps feared This was due
largely to the fact that while he remained silent
Mr. Croker did all the talking and bore the
br1lnt Of the attacks Of Tammany's opponents.
Another thing in his favor was that the news
paper which habitually resorts to bngsgate
for argument had, in the first place, too kindly
feeling toward its late associates and patrons
to turn its usual weapons upon their candidate,
and, second, 1t was exhausting It's magazine OF
ammunition day after day in vituperation. per-
sonal abuse and rank blackguardism Of the
Citizens Union candidate. 1t may also be said
that the newspapers supporting Mr.. Low were
content to rest their advocacy upon the justice
of their cause. with no disposition to attack the
personal character Of the Tammany candidate
Their opposition was only In slight degree to
the candidate personally, but mainly to the or
ganzation for which he stood: to It's theories Of
municipal government, its methods its practices
and Its purposes.
In this state Of things the Mayor-elect may
enter upon his office with unusual freedom from
the personal resentments and bitterness Of spirit
40 often engendered in heated canvass. In an
interview published since the electon-which IS
almost his only public utterance since his NOM
nation so strictly has he observed the silence
cnjoined upon him-he states with apparent
frankness his views upon many OF the subjects
with which his administration will be called
10 deal They are in the main conservative,
and, though quite outspoken upon the issues In
which his Democratic supporters are especially
interested-notably the enforcement Of the
Raines law and the distribution Of official patron
age-are only what before the election, men Of
all parties supposed them to be. He makes no
new disclosures and disappoints no one 1t will
surprise no one that he proposes to put none
but Democrats In Office That Is fundamental
Democratic doctrine, and It Is doubtless to the
conviction that he would enforce 1t, more than
10 any other one cause, that he owes his election
He was nominated and elected almost solely TO
that end But while, strictly speaking. one
has any right TO complain that the Mayor-elect
proposes to carry out the spos doctrine of
which he Is the exponent. we may all OF us in
dulge the hope that in lis enforcement he will
fulfil vigorously and religously the promise
which he makes in this interview, to require
fitness and honesty and worth as a citizen" IN
his appointees. II may be difficult to find these
qualifications among his supporters but let us
hope 1t will not turn out to be impossible.
As to the enforcement Of the Raines law, his
utterances will no doubt give great satisfaction
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
ROLLS FALSEf or VOTES SOLDf

The Republican machine OF this city. under
The uanacement of its president, Lcmucl Ely
Ouigg. made on June - last a new enrolment
of Republican voters. 1t exercised much de-
liberation in scrutlnlzing the lists. TO make
sure there were no names on them that should
not be there. Finally, on July II, the result
was announced by Quisg himself. and declared
by him to be absolutely accurate There
we're he said 81 900 enrolled Republican voters
in the boroughs Of Manhattan and The Bronx
And It was profcsscdly In the name OF those
S3.209 Republicans that he stood up In the Re
publican convention on September ~ ana east
the 191 votes Of those two boroughs for Gen
cral Tracy. and thus made him the candidate
Of that convention for Mayor
On Tuesday last Quigg and his comrades. as
they desire to have II understood. made cX-
traOrdinary efforts TO get out full party vote
for their candidate. The result was that Gen
eral Tracy received In the boroughs OF Man
haitian and The Bronx about $1,000 votes.
And Quigg's absolutely accurate" enrolment
was 300 Where were tie other 1000 or
more? What became Of them? Has there been
so shocking mortality since July II that they
have all died? Were they so lukcwarm in their
party loyalty that they failed to register or 10
vote? Besides. ii never was claimed that my
where near all OF those who voted the Rcpub-
lCan ticket were enrolled in the organization.
Where are the rest this year? But We are con
slderng the enrolment at present. Just look
at the figures again:
Republican enrolment June -? reported by
Ouigg on July II absolutely accurate 3. 200
Republican vote on November 2. reported In
Quggs party i1Z
Discrepancy to be accounted for by Quigg. II
he do t'vo
What became Of those 27,OOO voters? They
could not have gone over to the Citizens Union
and have voted for Low Quigg himself re-
pudates that suspicion. All his 5000 were
loyal Republicans, and all Lows support was
to come from Democrats and Mugwumps. SO
only two possible answers to the question are
left. Either they never existed as Republicans
or they were constrained, by means best known
to Qugg to act upon the suggestion of Quigg's
predecessor in the headship Of the machine
Better have as Mayor n true Democrat, or
"cven Tammany man, than n man RESPONSE
"ble 10 no party and with no party behind
"him" Either the absolutely accurate" enrol
ment was n fraud, or the party was sold out to
Tammany. Either Qulgg put 27,00O bogus
names or names Of Tammany men on the "Re-
publican" rolls or he turned 27,OOO Republican
votes over to Van Wyck. Which?
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
I'latt,
Scat.

The Low vote and the Tracy vote put together
are greater than the Van Wyck vote. There
fore anti-Tammany union would have beaten
Tammany. Such union ought to have been eff
fected on the strongest anti-Tammany cand-
date. Tuesdays vote shows Seth Low was
that candidate. The responsibility for Tam
many's victory rests therefore. upon those mis-
guided Republicans who refused to join the anti
Tammany union.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
GR,yrTE STATE MISSIONARY WORK.

Boston, Nov 3.-In Trinity Church to-day the
twentieth anniversary Of the Massachusetts
Wonan's Auxiliary to the Board OF Missions
held Mrs. Nichols who has begun new line Of
missionary labor In NewHampshire. told OF her
summer home among the hills. where. In village
Of seven hundred Inhabitants there no place
for public worship and no minister. The people,
she said. were not immoral. but without morals.
and absolutely Indifferent TO anything outside
their own affairs
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

THE London Daily Mail" Of October 20 pub
lishes a long letter from George Bernard Shaw.
the author Of THE Devils Disciple" being
acted by Mr.. Mansfield at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. In which. In a characteristic manner.
he denounces the critics OF New-York for their
alleged failure to understand his play. The let
ter ends with these remarkable words: "Is it
worth while do you think TO trouble ones self
about the opinion Of such n flock OF ganders
"dncluding. / am sorry to say. one fiattered
goose? / blush for my profession" These
words are remarkable chiefly because they come
1t the end Of some thousand words IN which
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

VIII light words lightly spoken to the
Ruler Of New-York be punished hereafter as
light words concerning the Ruler Of Germany
are punished? Shall We have Croker Beleidi
gung In this city?
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

What a contrast between the election returns
Of 1897 and those OF 1896. Last year the Re-
publican campaign was under the inspiring
leadership OF Mckinley. and in this State was
conducted by the friends Of Mckinley. This
year it was the campaign Of a faction led by
those who were his open enemies in 1896, and
are now his friends for revenue only.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

Reaction is inevitable after the distribution
OF patronage and the first session Of Congress
in a new Administration The first session came
earlier than usual this time, and the reaction
naturally came with 1t. Other administrations
have met this reaction without harm, and Mr..
McKinleys has no reason to regard itself as un-
fortunate. In fact. Mr. Mckinley has come out
remarkably we'll. In some States the Repub-
licans have made gains; in others their losses
have been the usual ones Of an off year, and
have not affected the party supremacy. The
only State in which the Republicans have suf-
fered a serious defeat is NewYork. and here
the disaster is in no sense the fault Of the Presi-
dent. but Is due entirely to the blind and selfish
policy Of the State leader. who has been Mr.. Nc
Klnley's bitterest and most insulting enemy.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

Mr. Shaw does bother exceedingly. 1t does not
seem to occur to him that the author who COM
plains that he Is not understood thereby con-
fcsses failure. since it is the first business OF
every author to make himself understood by
all to whom he addresses himself. When in the
course OF his letter Mr. Shaw refers to the Con
tnentas' and explaining in parentheses that he
means the English he does well. II he did not
explain there would be danger of American
critics supposing that he really meant the Con-
tinentals.