The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-18
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PHILADELPHIA, Fob. 1T.-Tuesday's munich
pal election was the third OF tho series held In
largo American cities wherein an effort was
made under the Ruise OF " municipal non'parti-
eanship" to break down party limos. In the
first OF these contests, held In Chicago on tho
9th Of April. 1897. the non.partisans OF the Chi
cago Municipal League cot M Mr.. Harlan as
their candidate on a platform Of opposition to
political control of city affairs, and invited 10
his support Democrats rs well as Republicans
| and citizens generally not AFFILIATED with either
political party. Attic election which followed a
! protracted. animated, and occasionally bittor
contest. Mr.. Harrison, the Democratic candi.
date. pollcd lag. 900 votes; Mr.. Harlan. the nom
partisan reform candidate, $4,000; Judge Sears,
tho organization Republican, 59, 900, and the
late Washington Hosing. Independent Demo.
crat. $1,000. Chicago, like Philadelphia, is
normally and naturally a Republican city. 1t
had at the April election n Republican Mayor.
II gave a largo majority for Mr.. Mckinley in
tho election Of s96-56,o 900 MS against n Nc.
Kinley majority in Philadelphia OF $4,000
and the Harlan movement" so.called, worked
sufficiently against tho Republicans to assure
the election OF Mr.. Harrison, who repre-
sentcd, politically, practically all those things
which the municipal reformers Of Chicago were
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that Of either OF the candidates for Mayor. no
fell 40, 600 short of one.half the vote OF the city.
and the Chicago reformers are now understood
to be deploring tho results which have attended
and are attending what some Of Thorn now de-
scribe ns their misdireoted efforts.
In New York. the second Of the large cities
i where q "non.partisan candidate Was inter-
jected into the municipal campaign. the former
Republican majority at the Presidential cleo
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two largest cities included in the territory
were Republicans. The nomination of Mr.. Low
as the candidate Of the non.partisans was an as.
sault upon the majority party like that which
had been made in Chicago; tho municipal re-
form candidate polled more votes than the
Republican organization candidate. but not
enough to win, the outcome OF the election be-
ing the choice of the one candidate most op-
posed TO municipal reform" AS in Chicago.
there were four nominees Democrat, an organ
ization Republican. a 'non-partisan' indepcnd-
cnt, and an Independent Democrat. Ifthere was
any difference it arose solely from tho circum-
stance that the independent Democrat In the
quadrilateral municipal contest at Chicago wass
gold Democrat. while in New York the outside
Democratic nominee was supported by silver
Democrats who did not approve the regular and
successful Democratic nominee because of the
failure of tho party in New York to declare
fatty in favor Of silver. In all other particulars
the contest was waged on the same lines and
almost identically with the same results. Com.
pairing the vote OF the city of New York as 1t
was in the Mayoralty election Of last year with
the vote in Chicago in April. 1897. these were
the results, in figures:
Chicago. Nep York.
Democrat ....... ..1+s.ss l43.ase
NON partisan ...... ............... 0e,73O 1870
Republican NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. bs.b&3 55,S3A
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In Philadelphia Tuesdays municipal election
turned on the Office of Tax Receiver, and there
were four candidates in tho field: Roney, the
incumbent. a Republican and a candidate for
reelection on the regular Republican ticket;
Rawn, the "non.partisan !" reformer; Donnelly,
Democrat, and Dewalt. Prohibitionist The eff
forts OF the non-partisan rcformers were direct
ed against the Republicans. but they sue
ceeded in polling only 5000 votes for their
candidate. against %. 900 for the successful Re-
publican and $4,000 for the Democrat. In
other words. as had been tho case in Chicago in
April. and again in New York in November, the
municipal reformers Of this city got votes
enough to come in second in the race. but not
enough or nearly enough to come in first.
This condition of things which has now been
established In three successive municipal con-
tests. in less than a year, in the only three
American cities having more than one million
population, is due to the fact that there is in
every large city. apparently, n considerable un.
attached. floating vote at odds with tho regular
parties and attracted by an outside candidate
whether called a non-partisan or otherwise. But
though such candidates as Harlan in Chicago,
Low in New York. and Rawn in Philadelphia
have attracted these voters. it is obvious
that the qualities which make the candidature
of such men desirable to many preclude them
from the support Of q majority. This is
the lesson. now thrice told. of experimental
non.partisanship in municipal contests; the
post OF second place seems to DO the limit OF the
labors OF municipal reformers. however cner-
gctic their efforts and however promising they
may at first appear to be. Along with what has
sometimes been described as " the growth of the
non.partisan sentiment" has been what could
with equal appositeness be called the growth Of
the partisan sentiment" for lack of any better
name. In Philadelphia, as in New York and
Chicago, there are many advocates of non-par.
tisanship In municipal matters, but not nearly
30 many as there are opponents of it who want
o responsible municipal administration.
BISHOP DUDLEY DECLINES.
He Will Not become General Secretary or 10.
NESTLE ANA Foreign Miasions.
The Right Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley,
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