The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
HOW FOREIGNERS view IT
Tammany's Victory Not to the
Liking Of Our English
Cousins.
EBy Gable to The Associated Press. /

[By Cable to The Associated Press
LONDON, Nov 8, 1S97.-The elections in
the United States continue to overshadow
all the other news in the English newspa-
pers, and the results are discussed gen
orally at the hotels, clubs and other such
places, as well as on the trains. horse-cars
and omnibuses.
The ''Sun," of this city, of which news
paper Harry Marks has editorial control,
says" The dog returned to his vomit,
is the text we recommend pious New
York to hang on the parlor walls. The
chief city of great people must see It's
municipal offices filed with men who
should be filing cells in the penitentiary.
New York has fallen like rotten fruit into
the hands of the boodlers; but the New
Workers may console themselves with say
ing that every city, as every land, 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 his natural arena of politics
than on the race course. The populauon
of the second greatest city in the world
has elected it's ruler and the morning al
ter election the problems occupying MS
mind did not relate to the government OF
the city, but to squaring and reWardlng
his supporters. The experiment OF
Democracy as seen in full growth in New
York seems to have it's drawbacks as well
as its advantages"
The "St. James Gazette thinks the
reasons Americans allow themselves TO
be dominated by a clique whose leading
m members would on this side of the At
lantic sooner or later find themselves IN
the criminal DOCK is that the American
politicians indulge in politics solely TOT
what they can make out of them, ana un-
til America finds time to produce class
who will give their time to public analrs
as here, without expectation OF pecuniary
reward Tammany will continue Its VIC
tories in New York"
The "Globe'' says:-"When the fortunes
of the Wigwam are in the ascendant
and shameless corruption rules supreme.
Judge and police alike owe secret ale
glance to and authority with far greater
powers of making or marring their for
tunes than the government of the United
States" Sketching the history Of the Tam
many Society, the Globe" adds:-"When
Croker became boss it had regained
much of its lost influence. Croker is
perhaps the most notable Tammany prod
net of our time. A splendid organizer
and an indomitable worker, ne possesses
to a marked degree the tac1turmty ana
alooflessness which made Parnell SO sue
cessful a leader. Steering clear Of the per-
sonal venalities of Tweed, Croker has re-
vived the other traditions of that worthy
regime, and has made Tammany once
more a political engine of the first mag
nitude" Commenting on the allegation
that the 'sbest classes hold aloof from
politics, the Globe says 1t leaves the
government of one of the greatest coun-
tries in the world at the mercy OF mop
of an unscrupulous demagogue, VINO
knows how to bend the mob to his Will.
country is often deploraIble. That large
numbers of decent, sensible people utterly
unsympathise with the brusquerie or Ui-
ney and the fatuities Of Sherman, we, we an ~
make their voices heard above the din OF
the New York slums."
The "Pall Mall Gazette" also refers to
the municipal election Of Greater New
York. saying g:-"Such an organization as
Tammany could not exist in London. A
man or an organization once proven
guilty Of corruption could never return
ship of Croker, has done so in manner
which must afford food for serious
thought even in city so accustomed TO
we wish the best fortune to Greater New
York, we cannot congratulate its citlzens
upon the manner in which they have con-
tributed their share toward the achieve
ment of such a desirable result"
The westminster Gazette" in its COM
ments on the same subject remarks:-
obtained by unprincipled methods is a
grave disappointment to all believing In
free institutions, and the only thing to
do is to wish Seth Low and his support
ers will be luckier in the next campaign
against system which seems to outsiders
to be absolutely intolerable."
BERLIN, Nov 3. 1s97-The "Tageblatt,"
referring to the New York election, de-
pIores the victory of Tammany, adding
ssAs it places the undesirable elements of
the Irish on top" and concludes THE
victory in Greater New York will have a
sinister effect throughout the United
States for it means that the awaking de-
Sire for municipal reform has received a
terrific setback