New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-12
.JUSTICE TO ALL.

Wa are clad TO see that country Republcans
bave been stirred I'D 10 demand the same safe
guards against primary corruption winch are
nrom,sed tn the citizens Of cities OF the first and
second class II State supervision or the ma
cblnery Of nomination is a good thing 1t IS
good for the village as we'll as the city. III
legal oaths and penalties are necessary 10 keep
marty officers from cheating in the city they
are equally necessary in the country. III party
policy makes It advisable 10 conciliate ana mar
monlze urban independents 1t also makes II ad-
visable TO conciliate and harmonic rural inde-
pendents The men who voted for Setn Low
are no more essential TO the success or the ucRet
70 no nominated at the next Republican State
Convention than are the thousands OF voters
in the interior counties who voted FOR Generai
Palmer in 1895 and refused 10 vote FOR Judge
Wallace in 1897, and thereby cut down the Re
publican vote in the fftysix rural counties py
more than $1,000 Primary reform 10 he sue
ccssful as a harmony cure must be generally
administered.
Nor need the citizens Of the metropolis who
are fighting for their own right 10 voice IN
their party management delude themselves with
the idea that they can be protected by a law
which Is not OF general application. Grant that
they may secure pure primaries here, and, II
they prove to be In a majority. gain control OF
the local delegation TO the state convention
There they will be utterly in the hands OF who
ever can carry buy or steal enough country
delega tons TO outvote them. They can he made
as voccless In selecting a candidate for GOV
ernor as they were last year In choosing one
for Mayor They can be misrepresented In
National Convention just as they were by those
who. representing Republican State Conven-
ton. went to St Louis to SANDER and vilify Mr..
Mckinley They can be committed 10 policies
which they abhor through fraud on fellowRe-
publicans. who may abhor those false doctrines
as much as they. The only hope for any Re
publican in the State is guarantee to every
Republican in the State of his party rights and
party freedom. An honest and representative
Republican organization in this county is use
less, helpless and senseess unless It's fellow
organizations are also honest and represent
alive. Can delegates from a pure organization
in New-York work in harmony with delegates
elected by fraud in Herkimer or Allegany. or
Genesee, or Washington? Such harmony would
he disgraceful TO those who accepted the COM
partnership, and It's works would be repudlated
by the voters.
Let all Anti-Machine men, IN whatever sec
honest primaries for all. The elaborate pro-
visions OF the Judiciary Committees bill may
not all be fitted for operation in the country.
but there can be no difficulty in applying the
same general principles to rural conditions. The
snap caucus can be stopped The outrage OF
electing delegates In February to n convention
not yet called and likely TO be held in Septem
ber as has been done in Washington, can be
prevented The voting Of Democrats at Re
publican primaries and the wholesale use OF
money to bride caucus voters can be abolished
And all these evils must be abolished If the
Republican party IS TO be successful or har
monious. If honest Republicans make general
application of reform their demand, and re-
fuse 10 be satisfied with any halfmeasures
which may give them the shadow OF freedom
while making that freedom at once helpless for
power and bar to further demand for re-
form. they can strike from their party the
shacklcs of corruption. Full liberty for all. not
Jail limits for a few, should be their terms Of
peace