New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-22
A REPUBLICANS QUERY.
ASD SOME CANDID ANSWERS.
n III. Editor Of The Tribune

AND SOME CANDID ANSNENS
To III. Editor Of Tn. Tribune.
Sir: Probably campaign In many years has
go confused the minds Of honest and even highly
| Intelligent mon ss to Just where lies their duty
/ To Republicans ono ~ the unsolyed enigmas "a
why the old Tribune. stalwart exponent and de-
! fender of Repubcansm should in this grave
! crisis. be advocating the election OF man who.
! although very admirable. IL not carrying the BAN
ncr 81 the Republican party. II seems 10 me that
! the Issue before LOYAL Republican voters Is very
/ simple and ver, clear. At the head OF our ticket
stands the name the Ansst candidate have
bean asked to vote for. For distinguished
services TO his Nation and party in regard 10 great
and marked ability, .potless integrity and trained
and established capacity for public AFFAIRS Gen
era Tracy has not. probably. his superior in the
/ United States The platform upon which he stands
! IL complete and satisfactory In every detail
! Here than are candidate. platform and princi-
pies that ar~ all that any Republican can ask
| or wish. As Republican. son of a Republican
| and a grandson OF Whg. lover Of and be-
lever in R"publicani-n,. and ss one who In ONO
| helped. = Republican. 70 destroy the "Eph Hol-
land gang and the Democrats and Ubiquitous
DONNA ton OF Cincinnati and Hamilton County. my
| duty seems clear and imperative vote for Cen
! eral Tracy What else could do. without sense
| Of disloyalty TO the noble party In which have
been reared end In which | have Just as much
cause ~ believe "a dd when Nslands-
ham was running for office out IN Ohio The
.ophlsm that National parry has nothing 10 do
with municipal politics was sufficiently demolished
/ nv General Tracy last Saturday night
! Tho tremendous appeals now being made 10 kill
! Tammany even II TN. Republican organization Is
| ruined I'm the killing. do not move thos" who can
! look ahead. Suppose Tamnany slain, tho Citizens
/ Union triumphant and our Republican organiza-
ton wrecked What then7 In four years Tam
many would have revived ana would IN All propa-
billy sweep the greater city. In the mean me-, dnie
have been fatally injured. Suppose, on me other
nsnd WHIT "n though deeatd
the Republican orsanizaon "ousi s,L 5t united,
,nss, n "n Sx so cn1c "''"s' "'o "u
IS so power on earth can keep tho Citizens Union
rope o 81 sand T"ef I, u barrc whot hoops
standing by the mutual STem be- s OK oav SHd
/ intention 1T "a creation Of YESTERDAY tGat VII
disln,sratr TO morrow. rs Heterogeneous clements
How. then. can |. as a loyal Republican and
reconcile Win INV consc,enc- and IN lifelong utter
! ancos ~ TIVE Tribune desertion Of y party In
| so much 70 uphold and strengthen? know moth
r in The record OF my pnrty ~ t, Hffie OF Fsns
law / SIC The best step ever taken In this state IN
IN" creation OF Greater Ne"-foIk ! see an ne'
which calls into being the finest and IN some re-,
E"pubIicans 20 he scared by the nightmare Of T. c,
Plat He l. gres, man and great lon neSaI
! ben questioned Fractional Jr personal quarrels
with Mr. Platt have little Influence with the rank
As careful student OF this singular and painful
campaign have not yet heard or read any ny, III,
publican that his bounden duty Ia to pass over into
Tho camp Of Mr.. Low Mt Tracy IS loyal RepYo IN.
generation hes clear ond open upon IN. hles OF
public memory Any man soHsry eeeY nn,D that
s,niwar, In integrity and enthusiastic and consci-
en snrh !" R% rsy bis zoe s
with ali due and anxious haste. TINS n ls my stare
%m "S A In In pS H%
IN wondering why The Treune stalwart Repnb,
OF lis and working night and day FOR the sue
cess OF tn" R'p"''''T rn fSEal NJ MGrrFEy
81 Jamess Rertcry. Elmhurst LONG Island oct.
n the writer Of the above s related ~ the great
! ohio educator Of his name. he should have
learned better reasoning. Just az r his church re-
Iation-hip ne should have learned better morals.
| The Tribune IL carry ing the banner Of the Re
publican party,
First-It urges the election ~ the Republican
| state ticket IN spite II the fact that its man
| ayers headed It with man who. unlike Seth
Low. did not vote for Blaine In 1885, And II
| urges the support II every Nt Republican As
| semhlyman. What more can you do?
Seconl-It urges the support OF the only Re-
! publican who can bo elected. for Mayor or New
York and it opposes dividing the vote on man
|
Everybody knows that the Republicans are now
| in a hopeless minority in New-York. They
| only succeed by getting outside help They got
! IT last year. They can get It again. on Low. but
| not on Tracy How you. or any man. non
| estly Wishing to beat Tammany and help the
! Republicans. throw 1t away?
! Third IT urges obedience To the policy laid
! down by the Republican Constitutional Con-
ventIon which provided for nonpartisan mu-
nicpaI nominations and elections and recon~
| torit, Of Republican voters who ratified IT, and
Endorsed and gloried In by the Republican
| State Convention In It's platform. What excuse
hav., YOU or has any honest Republican. for
' disobeyng n?
| How can Won persuade yourself that The Re
publican party will be killed" II 1t does not this
wear elect a partisan Mayor Of New-York?
/ Hasn't II been killed then every time New
York has elected a Mayor since the War? Won't
IL be killed In Utica this fall. by direct consent
Of the chairman Of the State Committee. when
he and the whole machine outfit have united In
abandoning Republican contest and support
ing Democrat for Mayor
, Perhaps the Citizens Union is "a barrel with
OIL, hoops standing nv the mutual agreement OF
It's slaves" What else is the Republican party.
unless you think it essential. las We do rotJ to
add the cohesive power of public plunder?
What else was the Union Army? What else Is
the Christian Church.
WRONG IDEA OF TRACy's STRENGTH
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There seems exist In the minds OF some
earnest and conscientious citizens who are striving
to decide the question as 10 which candidate Low