New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-06
LOYAL TO RETRAI.

The tactics Of the Plat organ in attempting
TO break the force of New-York's rebuke 20
bossism by raising the cry OF Organism and
encouraging the Populists by putting into their
heads the false notion that they and their doc
trincs have carried this city and can do so
again are of a piece with It's earlier efforts 10
drag the sound money Issue into this purely
local fight. which was decided in the end by
purely local considerations. The anteelection
scare about Organism was not raised TO defeat
Bryanism but to hold votes for General Tracy
and prevent sOund-money man from beating
Van Wyck So now the talk about NewYork's
abandonment Of conservative standards Is not
meant for the strengthening of sound-money
sentiment, but to divert attention from the
bOss's plight. This boss, who makes boast Of
his superior devotion 10 the gold standard, Is
willing 10 drag its emblem in the mud TO cover
his own shame. TO tell the world that New
York has repudaed sound money and McKn
ley Just to save co1fessing that 1t has repn'
dated him. Mr. Plat is striving TO pose as
the modern prototype OF Curtius, who threw
himself into the breach to save his country
But there is this important difference: He is
throwing his party principles into the breach
TO save himself.
As matter of fact. the Tammany victory in
Bryan and his fellows will doubtless join with
the Plat people in announcing II as such, and
the measure Of the good 1t will do them will
be the index of Platt's success In lnjuring the
sound money cause The last thing in the
world that Tammany wanted to discuss was
the Chicago platform. 1t sought to get away
from it, and succeeded far enough for an oppo
sition ticket 10 take the field, affirming itself to
DO the true Organized Democracy A victory
for the George party might have been con-
strued as victory for Bryan, but Tammany's
success. II Il has any significance at all In this
direction, is Il popular Endorsement OF its course
In getting as far away as possible from last
years Endorsement of the Chicago platform
and an encoura cement for It's complete repuda-
tioD
But passing over these things and consider
ing Tammany as yet the representative Of
Organism, NcwYork Is still plainly on the side
Of sound money. The combined Low and Tracy
vote was over twenty-one thousand more than
that cast for Van Wyck, and larger than the
George and Van Wycz strength combined. A
great many Democrats who revolted from the
Chicago platform voted for Van Wycl; this
year because Of the strength Of old party as
socations or OF selfish interest in the return Of
Tammany to power. This was VIGOROUSLY true
I'm the case OF some persons interested in cor
porate. franchises who are as much opposed to
free silver DOW as they ever We're They more
than offset the few sllvcrites who voted the Re-
publican or the Citizens ticket.
II Mr.. Plat and his organ had not sought
10 create diversion nobody would have
thought Of the currency as an element in the
MayOralty contest, and not ten thousand voters
out Of the half million actually decided how
to cast their ballots that account. SO far as
conservative standards have been undermined
the Plat people and nobody else have under.