New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14
LESSONS FROM TIE ELtcff"N'
POINTED OUT BY FRANCIS T. ''''''.-'''''
BEFORE THE LEAGUE FOR foi'i'-
Cal. EDUCATION

- , ~, tho League for Political Edu-
cation nj No. 80 Fifth-ave' was "'' -" -,
,erdov morning by an audience co"ioS 80 ~
x.I,s,voIv Of women whcr the president VI ~"
rcoruc Mrs H. NJ. Sanders. introduc'u N' ~
- rrsncia Z Iaimhcer as tho speaker % '','
49,. e. enc regular course Of Saturday morning au
..,sscs ~. political and civic questions hr' ha''"
her who had selected AZ his topic the recent ''
municipal election. said In substance .,,
Tho result II the election II need hot 8c S" I'll
wds exceedingly disappointing 20 you ana , 10 ,' /
friends OF good government, Hd'e' !, scraa Of
Se people We started out IN me suii h reoie
with the hope that we were SutS Of defcatiny
Tsrnnoanv Hal But. apparently, thtr' W. al
many an,i-Thmmany organiztionmss e III aroused by
Three years ago after they hhu u - nc nro-
tba disclosures OF the LcNow 'oinnlI'l'v' w "a
pie concentrated their forces ana KIM XII tha,
nIaad, was before us yet IN this election WIN
stea,e' onI uopnIation involved. we forgot TINS ek-
nericncc and separated. We Ant" ,..tt - r,uks
Po,. u,n ken, nm the division. Many OF US "cre 'h
mournfu state for days aieI ne ~; ga, and
Mac The blame: There L. probably not mu Hr, 10
be gained though. by PLACING ~" pRrncmner and
Dr. Wnrnv"e ia also under certain circumstances Il
good not my purp @n n 81 greater sclfdc-
NAL had been practIsed. but some tousna 10 w.
| ali tho patronage which would apperta'" u INV
dTeai ,h,s M Immbcers OWN district there wa;
. n,tUn sentiment as 10 who should be noninatsi
Pupnao ,e.cn1hly some residents pctitQncG the
IoI,r ri organizaflon but avail other resi-
dents iha g aSc msuied So they held their own con
ventions and Tough: strong hhn ,i hui w,her
naien' We all believe In organization nu, w nysn
an organization seeks only to pcTpc'uate us V Mi
existence, then 1t Is iaauref protest against
machine domination. and We soutn 10 PM uu LIE
course throughout ,irr4ter w. n,rtv"for in
| times when men should rise apoV, par In - one
e,ance when the party registers the VIII Oh one
MAJ Thor Is Something ahead which we can do II
anything opportunity s grcator no" esu
was IN r .nr tban there would have been II man
| in whom we had entire confidence had oeeh ee''eu
| Mayor. -, tho o,oeo
- h,s address and then Mrs Sanders called on
| Alfred H. ConklinE. who was In the audience 20
make a little speech. So Mr. Conkhhs 'h'"e me-
way to the platform, where nc spoke Suos'""''"'''
| as follows:
newt few weeks1for the next ycaris to discuss ne
lessons of the recent campa i ,b Course Of the
civ officials be watched. The incoming DisIiG,-
srong iangungc in expressing his attitude toward
reform But If he doesn't 40 his part yo
| should appeal to the Governor to remove him ana
especially he does not Prompty as ths aecos
frauds you ought to press ne governor 10
his removal from once wn cam take courage
from pointing TO other citesLllke Galveston, New,
and hc %sne Which should
be our chief care IRE those most ciosK ht he
streets are kept clean. and Colonel Warlng zap,
niause s tho man have at the mead OF thht WoIh
under the new administration. for besides keeping
.hc streets clean. he has lowered the death ratc.
Eour veors hence Yet care less FOR an ABSTRACT
orIncipe than for anti-Tammany union on SOM
basis II we had this year had union against ram
| many we should have had Counting IN tne anu ,
| Tammany straightforward more .nnh 30 "ooS a p
eminent were divided Four years hence let us Try
60 he l,tte more liberal and try 10 agree on some
70 % u ~ uho will be satisfactory let us confer
LII I'll other ORGANIZATIONS and then choose
| candidate who can be elected Mayor T.,
| ST. oro In tho audience asked how II would be
nossblc 70 keep Colonel Waring In office, ana MI
EonkIing answered: Start Pe,'I pronare the Pc
ttion at once 1t can be signed evrrywls,r :; r
II one hundred thousand earnest cllIers S WarIng
especially in view OF the success ne mas maze S
| James b. Reynolds also spoke