The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-30
"TRIBUNE" 4 REPUBLICAN, THEN
ana Called Low Traitor - what IL II Now,
when, FOR tho Traitor. II stnbs Tracyi

"' wi no traitor, ~ btnpn hrhCyi
The Republican campaign managers Of Gen.
lracy's canvass observed yesterday with moro
or less interest the fright OF the New York Trf-
o"ne over the exposure OF its motives in trying
TO stab Gen. Tracy and United States Circuit
Court Judge William J. Wallace. tho chief can.
didates of tho Republican party at next weeks
election. The New York Tribune attempted to
make amends TO Judge Wallace. but the Rcpub-
mean state campaigncrs who have Judge Wal
lace canvass in special charge did not appear
10 DC gr tetul. They said that the New YORK
IrtOnne had long since lost all influence, either
Tor good or i'll, among the Republicans of the
Empire State. Tho New York Tribune con-
tinues to speak OF Seth Lon as n Republican.
and continues its stabs at Gen. Tracy in every
political limo it prints. When Seth Low re-
signed from the Republican party in 1888. never
to return to it, the New Y rk Tribune of June
70, 1883, had this editorial comment on his
conduct:
ENMayor Low, who remained on the fence through.
out the campaign of 1884. and sent q mcagre con-
tribution to the local Republican a day or
two after election, 10 less deliberate In the present
canvass. lie has announced with commendable alac.
rty that the platform OF the Republican Convention
Is not in a cord with the speeches which he delivered
In Saratoga last September and again in Brooklyn
last February, and. consequently. that he canno, sup.
port 1t. 1t is, Of course. possible that Mr.. Mckinley
and his associates OF the Committee on Platform did
not pay sufficient attention to Mr.. Lows two speeches
on the subject OF the tariff. 1t may have been q scri.
Gus error OF Judgment on their part to ignore the
young exMayor's eioquence on these two occasions.
and to construct a stra ghtforward platform Of their
own In favor of protection OF American industries
and In opposition to tho fr e.trade tendencies OF the
Democratic parry. Whether they acted wisely or
unwisely In discardIng the jugglery OF phrases which
Mr.. Low would have considered s~tatesmanlike. It is at
least consoling to know that he Is not to be a mystery
man in Brooklyn politics this time. -Four years ago
h" would not open his lips from June to November to
let the people OF his town know whether their Mayor
was a Republican or not. His vote was finally cast
for Mr.. Blaine, and his little campaign subscription
followed It; hut his deliberate and incxplicable
silence had misled thousands OF voters and done
much harm TO the Republican cause. The open hos.
tility Of Mr.. Low to the party this year viii be less
mischievous than his trcacherous silence and care.
fully concealed support proved four years ago.
There was a time when we regarded Mr.. Low as a
man OF unusual prominence in the politics OF the fu-
ture. lie received hearty support from these columns
when he was the leader OF the reform movement In
Brooklyn. Even when his studied silence respecting
his position in the Blaine. Cleveland canvass was
working harm to the party which had elected and re-
elected him on his own platform we refraned from
speaking ~unkindly of him. preferrlng to put the
most charitable construction on his ncomprehensiblc
conduct. The time has now come when Mr.. Low
should be dismissed rather more brusquely. The
reason assigned by him for remaining neutral in 1854
and at last depositing q silent vote for Mr.. Blaine
without aiding him In the least, was supersensitive
conscientiousness. He had Leen elected Mayor on q
non. partisan platform. and did not consider It proper
for him to let anybody know how he was going to
vote, although allowing everybody In his town &c
suspect that he d~istrusted MIR. Blaine.
Conscientiousness, in like manner, impels him now
to withdraw from the Republican party because its
platform is not in accord with two OF his speeches
Mr.. Lows aspirations ought not hereafter to lead hin
outside OF Sunday school. He is designed by nature
as a nrst-rate Sunday school politician.
Gen. Tracy is the Republican candidate fol
Mayor OF Greater New York. He is the candi
date OF the party which In Greater New Yorb
territory last year cast 300. 600 votes for Will
lam Mckinley. and carried New York county
for a Republican Presidential candidate for the
first time in the history of that party. Yet the
New York Tribune has joined hands with the
Democratic newspapers in efforts to stab Gen.
Tracy in the interests of Seth Low.