New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-24
MKELWAY SPEAKS IN BUFFALO.
AN ADDRESS ON MUNICIPAL METHODS
AND MORALS"
WyI. KNA IL II & CO.,
IAS Fifth Avenue. Near Goth st.

AND MORALS.
Buffalo Nov. 23.-St Clair Mckelway' Editor OF
THE Brooklyn Eagle" was the principal speaker
at dinner given by the Liberal Club In the rooms
Of the Ellicott Square Club tonight MI. Mche-
ways topic Municipal Methods anu Moras'
His address was. In part as follows:
In the course OF his remarks Mr. Mckeiway SAID:
The number of men dennabe as independents in
sbsyn enough TO award success to one the other
of the permanent political parties hey h hSe
when II goes wrong. Their experiment ol Uiiii'us
a party by themselves has generally lesuit u III
manent parties whichever one that may De u. ,he
time. These independents may deem IT. TO 5c taT d
endeaVfS IONS o Time the expcctaon Of putting their
do that without becoming themselves allnG'ru Mn
Rns. U will NE FORM gnS within TsfoTm leaders vii be
come morally and spiritually % ilo d
to make their bosslsm rather more offensive man
the cruder kind. There viii be mlnglsu IT, NM
be credited with an attitude of that kind Here
the knife Of ANALYSIS touches the vcIS t no
Too many of their leaders propose to give corieCi
principles. desirable tone accurate , we
asked them to give them nothing. and when 40
moi regard themselves needy beggars or meiiu n
f Sens he.e Tas pan is
instincts ntutvely sound ana TIoI 1,ei unnt
mat tons acute and on the whole. JnS, ,ob M
good government itself as present i'Vrn n,Id nave
md raj her
inferior sort Of government II ony Ihf ross
OF It should be with them Ihe , s0cla' ~, nlaces
There are resentments which are sown ny many
reformers without their knowing IL, INN nrh noiii
that the millions relish instruction IN thelr po'h,
cal duties cabed to them from across lhe 80 ~
those who take ship home iu, IN fne 70 ola po,nt
Comfort or Bar Harbor are places ron T ,,i
the METROPOLITAN masses kG TO reTf h Hudson side
nor the Adrondacks nor the decks ol Plen i,aI
,ha OH ha m
the wage-earners live and move ana havdd ,,hcir
being their business their fellowshps ana ,n na
noii,Ice Every day OF every month OF every S'dI
the top singuary MISUNDERSTANDING thr no''"m dcr
our metropolis and the bottom whlch uVes rnnen
stand itself Is on top The grGa,esd CONTEST
saton. the greatest cons9at.on arc no The boitom
grGund i. Ior on n0p top by deliberately proclaimed sd
heslon to what have called me muh'''P' '''"'
Most instructive are Of the Lessons adInn 70
isered by our late contest The Iro of ibcm 70
Itself our press was PedaeoeiS When II fn0uii
shosld have been coIloaulal 1t was rhrcking when
il should have been sympaheuc. ~ Mas :" va
,Gry wnSh when II should have been tolerant
substituted passion for argufnseh1 ,,,ng de,ona-
tIon FOR doctrine and scare or sneerlhH -. .SP
and dsnihed discussion Surprise wa ,y'r et NO
niiian votes The other In retrospect. too much OF
that metropolitan Journalism ~enit r., The
mavbe We have reason TO be thankful that Wv
maiadv was NOT contagious. Right principles can
suffer wofuy from wrongful advocacy. IN re, vii.
spect dr - e1 ~ audience than It will hold in sui
frsge; that hippodrome tourna'rn 10 %fp no iaTec
percentage OF The number Of ~ r"edcrs ana a ,ns
It's councils and tie commenis VIII 'o'n' ." '''e''
bet veen pcrusal and the poli-
IN rRr-sT AND IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE
1h.,o yss q constant suggestion 81 prescription
90 noonie who did not feel themselves 10 De S'uh
and who regarded themselves as the doctors any
way. There was a constant pro'rusion OF "'o'".
ton under the form OF denunclaton oil men saw
atraiSht and true. There was a constant SUISSE
lion OF the birch and the ruler 20 r.ho'ih id,sb
tbouehts and childish fears, and who rcsentea me
tone IN which they yer" nsd was beat in Itself
or was best for them. But II Was Lher cn nom ON
re- nation and management Of men VINO unIeII
stand them who live their llves. VINO ln'uh ~. 4,
thoughts, who walk their ways ana VINO tnCss Soin
has moro TO learn about Ncw-fork 'lF man %, a. Z,
Other Journalism about ,n ns than any other journalism
a. The world came here neither 10 find tauit noI
70 h 0et,n% may provoke elsewhere or here Nc
great body Of the American people IN pRSiic re-
sut Tor which have not had proiounu eIpnns
In the long view the rss bt youShsafed at the lime
he result ne rule. has been TelatSHeR lte "
The result became an eniGrcsd S enGf ma
tween machines The protest aehl.nstt T Vc,
chimes beat the one which has res1 ,cd on New
York is measures and It's from the capital o.
the state The other machine. no better ana moi
The advantage in the first instanc" OF beihs an d.
luton Of York itself. and. IN me Se,Un' ~
Lance NJ having whether sincerely or ials,ly, pr,
ciaimed the municipal principle 10 us ut'eIinoS
n won and between n and the otneI
,,bstmy T. should have won. Tho reform movement
c'n claim no small victory in having beaten on
~ the machines and in having enforced ths i na
o,onaI nrnciDc on the other. Tho mistakes Oh thht
movement in methods and IN tacn,s , haVf ~ With
ttrnc,ous nhfase The mistakes can ne rectlhe"'
and should be.
CRITICISM OF REFoRMERs