New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
Brooklyn. had given conduc, Of the Department
OF Arrears which honor to the city
MIR. HINRICISS SPEECH.

MIR. HINRICHS'S SPEECH.
Frederick W. Hinrichs then delivered Il spec h.
which was received with much applause.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen Fenow-Citi-
zens OF Brooklyn This great audience that the
public schools ana the enlightened press are doing
their work. Men no longer driven ike cate to
the political sham5.cs Our elections are not what
OF the suspicious signs of the times that there are
many candidates in the field. each with his follow
his fellow citizens should lend him their support
This is due to the fact that the people Of America
are doing their own thinking.
/ believe, too that there Is. in consequence. an
Improvement In the average character OF the men
presented by the several organizations and bodies Of
citizens as candidates for office. You remember
the the story Of The man who was elected Alderman Of
MS ward. much 10 his surprise. 'Fnnegan," he
said to his friends. after the result OF the election
thai; es am S Tha k h on or e m
.as n measure In our political NE but believe
notice Is of higher type than was the case some
/ have iilorel. As those of YOU who know me best
can testify. for years to bring my fellow citizens
a clear conception OF their privileges free |
tona labor has not been in vain. How many men
have been engaged in the ike work throughout the
proper sense of their civic obligations and to Il
The history OF the world has been largely the
h ms Dry, Of It's greet n citfs The Esrm% MY WA
Roman empire rcvolvcd. y revolution in Rome
meant revolution To the rcmotest confines Of CIVIL
zaton In other words. the public opinion, of Rome
true of Rome IN The carly centuries was cn.phat~
icaIly true Of Paris a hundred years ago. and is
true in IA very great measure Of Paris to-day
This Is but natural. Wherever population IS con
opinion. and there they have ihe best opportunity
for a rapid Interchange of views. The conclusion
reached by the dense community OF great ctH; Is
apt to be. considered TO be. and probably - ih,l
representative Of me average Ne"S OF tnt t,
Of which that city IS the intellectual ana one"
the political capital - .,.,,,
T f s% a re 4@ / NOV f%"E &% Ti%@
sents the contest which il being waecd thronsnou,
IN. lessons which We can arm from the r.sLlt OF
tins political canvass will offer Us the safest as
which AFFECT our beloved land Hence 1t is that me
Of the Nation ere np2n uh we n'i s WHO
Of the several candidates 'scnted 10 us dVr We
exalted ofce Of Mayer OF a, ,hn n ars for the
best interests OF tho citizens This Is indeTn'
question and 1t p - the G"e mere
10 be greater question permcating TINS WhI htI
ass he p.opT much more important IL free In
aiitu,ions are to CONTINUE II e we we as American
Citizens think we reass ip' .be a. sreS, fund.
mental qnest ,Tc A srarmatiys I've /; matters ,lS
seeds ~ dissolution are so"h anu Wv '''
Republic are Numbered.
WHAT AMERICA SHOULD AVOID
am tod hy Americans who have traVe"e" III
russia tina, all their mail while ,h'y were 'n'''
vas subject = Official scrutiny d" ''''
.bat American newspapers ar maG'@'"' ~
,.od ,her, until the censor had passed nPo"
,.,,s ,ra that 60 s,avsh are the people
- 80 ,.-a,-ic,l IS The Russian Government '"'
,h ,,,,,rc ont from such periodicals ~ Inc a''ceS
vh,ch NAV offend tnc rulers. before SUI" "'"''
I.,,vered excites neither protest nor comm
In Germany today. and can sp'"h W."
,ho-,,v no man or no newspaper Is aHo"e' ~
crt,c,se the conduct OF the EmneIor or 90 T,", =
siah STATE officials II is regarded as uedSp,, ,o-
u.he u
= Incl pedngcfue ws- a-rertcc ana nr,,,-~
cause rs cog nn his legs ana scamperin. avay
whenever hs master uttered the n@'"' va
Do Won think tina, such action on the PER, o, "
Government would h" to.erated nci" ~ .,rI,ion
DO you con thi TsSp 5a'' would upon statute
books ne enforced Z IL forohie ~ IN, Lem Of
Sion o. public questions and the fre's' ''"''''" W
Surely you VIII answer that fee 1 Anrr upon
no. ,bartv and that the .ampering by ne
Inent VIZ o o revolution. And yet. my irienis
of,en wonder as TO whether there ~ "Si,1 n-..
great horn and In the countries Of monarcn'o"
Europe .nr
TUE PEOPLE WISHED TO Pr HEARD
IL tho las, few weeks We have found the peop.e
~ This great city anxousy striving TO maze mn
Inare,ce fe,t. Most men desire 70 have Koon Eo'-
ernmsnf Most men. even bad men, VIE" =, "a
the best citizenship which We possess cur" -
,os,,ions Of authority under our new char'"r WI"
name was mentioned everywhere IN "'.''o''
with the Chief Magistracy OF the 'rea'ef ~"
York That name was on the tongue OF eN''! mon
ovs,v voman-I may almost say every in'eliigeht
hnd T, wa, Tho name OF one whom Ne have
known here IN Brooklyn even from MS o'!iHh
DAYS We had advanced him In early u1ahhooo w
q oosit,on q the greatest respoffio'hV' anu NJ
bore that responsibility well. We had sumihoheu
him q second time to assume the great 'fus' III
volved in the Mayoraty Of Brooklyn. and he ssalh
t,t, nd great
Of his native city. And throughout this great iand
the name Of Brooklyn and the conception OF good
government in municipal affairs we're asSoca''i
Dos any one doubt that. Z there had been no
such bodies az political oIganHhti0nt' WIN unr.s
doctrine that public favCrs ana pubic cmoiuHeh,s
belong 10 them alone, IN" peQmc al are" Woulu
have nominated thst man 10 thc y,cS o nj
that even such organizations, genera dtLi u" tif
voice of public opinion were ylsibly niecI.n. ro
active in professional politics showed me ilVenest
appreciation OF me s'uaon; he fvoT When a
eayish acquesrence IN the demands Of their leaders
might GIVE ,he% Tsor Ley e 9RS%y proclaim '' al"
fHen, at last. asserted themselves the tyranny
Of czap III ns ~ns 70 90
the miserable work assigned TO them by ther mas
erous Expression of feeling which mad revealed IT,
self among their pnrir- ana G rSsme Of
tnat Circumstance. enjoy "A measure Of resp'ct
from oo l@"aOl snifrsor thcy must appear to
themselves H. the better moments which come 10
them they come To all.
cannot tell what you and other men .
ThiI.K Il his NE. but. ,1r my tinsie sen,
had AZ lief not be- IA live e. he.
In Of such a thing as myself
FOUR CANDIDATES COMPARED
Wa have four CONSPICUOUS candidates for the
Navoralty in the ncld The first rcprcscnts a Kind
Of brutal frankness which hhs lis httfictlOh ior
many-is an English horscraccr
The second does not In public care to associate
Win the Nrst He goes to church and joins In the
singing We Is arrayed In I'm" linen, ana Ike the
pharIsee in the Temple thanks God In public mat
: :. g. not Ike other LatH-nOt even like this pub
can In secret he T. guilty Of the same practices
a. Ma diamond bedizcncd associate from the Eng
r.. ,hird 90 ndidnic the fed Il IIcnrY GeOrge-