The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
IN FOREIGN EYES.
How the New York Election Looks to
the English, French and
Garman Press.

London. Nov. 4.-The elections In the
United States continue to OvershadOW
all other news in the English newspa-
The Sun, of this city. of which news
paper Harry Marks has editorial con-
troll, says;
'' The dog returned to his vomit' is
the text we recommend pious New 7 ork
to hang on parlOr walls The chief city
of a great people must see its munlcip-
al offices filled with men who should
be filing cells in the peuitentiary. New
York has fallen like rotten fruit IN the
hands of the bOOdlers; but the New
Yorkers may console themselves with
saying that every city, as every lana,
has the government it deserves"
The Evening News remarks:
Croker has brought off his tip and
has won the race, showing that he IS
more to be feared IN mis- natural arena
of politics than on the race course. The
population of the second greatest city
in the world has elected its ruler. and
the morning after election the problems
occupying his mind did not relate to the
government of the city, but to squaring
regarding his supporters The expert
ment of Democracy as seen in tull
growth in New York seems to have its
drawbacks as well as its advantages.
The St. James Gazette says:
The reason Americans allow them
selves TO be dominated by a clique
whose members would on this side of
the Atlantic sooner or later hnd them
selves in the criminal dock. is that
American politicians indulge in politics
solely for what they can make out OF
st. and until America finds time to pro-
duce a class who will give their time
to public affairs, as here, without ex-
pectatiOn of pecuniary reward, ram
many will continue its victories in New
York"
Commenting on the allegation that
the best classes" hold aloof from par
ties, the Globe says:
1T leaves the government of one of
the greatest countries in the world at
the mercy of mob and an unscrupu-
lOus demagogue who knows now to
bend the mob to his will. The effect up
on the foreign policy of the country is
often deplorab BILE. That large numbers Gf
decent. sensible people are utterly
without sympathy for the brusquerie
of Olney and the fatnities of Sher-
man. we all know, but unhappily they
utterly fail to make their voices heard
above the din of the New York slush."
The Pail Mall Gazette says:
Such an organization could not ex-
ist in London. A man or organization
only proven guilty of corruption could
never return to power. Tamrnany, un-
der the leadership of croker has done
so in manner which has just offered
food for serious thought even in a city
so accustomed to bad government as
New York. Much as we wish for the
best fortune to Greater New York, we
cannot congratulate its citizens upon
the manner in which they have con-
tributed their share towards achieve
ment OF such an undesirable result
The Westminster Gazette, in its
comment on the same subject, remarks:
THE victory of unprincipled gov
ernment obtained by unfree institu-
tiOns''
The Globe says:
When the fortunes of the Wigwam
are in the ascendant, shameless cor
ruption rules supreme. Judge and po-
lice alike owe secret allegiance to an
authority with far greater powers of
making or marring their fortunes than
the government of the United States. "
Sketching the story of Tammany, the
Globe says:
when Croker became boss, it had
regained much of its lost influence.
Croker is perhaps the most notable
Tammany product of our time. A splen-
did organizer and indomitable work
er, he possesses to a marked degree the
taciturnity which made Parneu sue
cessfuI as a leader. Steering clear of
the personal venalities of Tweed, Gro
ker has revived the other traditions of
that regime and has made Tammany
once more a political engine of the
first magnitude"
''Tammany's enormous majority leaves
no doubt that the runOr of an arrange
-ment between Croker and the Republf-
cans was well founded. The Citizens
Union deserves all sympathy for its
splendid fight. Mr.. Low gave the Re
pubIicanS an opportunity they may not
have again The history of the cleo