The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
rrss RoosEEELr OF cNoKER.
The Rev. Percy Grant on the Choice Inds-
pendents Have, Like All Other Voters.

pendsnts Have, Like All Other Voters.
The Rev. Percy Grant, rector OF the Church
OF the Ascension. Fifth avenue and Tenth
street, is one of the independents Of New
York who ls going 10 vote for Theodore Roose-
welt. When he votes he wants his vote to
count for something, He is one OF those who
cannot understand how men who have al
ways proudly asserted that they we're inde-
pendents can vote for anybody but Roosevelt
this year. In an Interview with . reporter Of
TEE SuN yesterday Mr.. Grant said;
II am sorry to hear 30 much said in the
present campaign about warning or 'rebuk-
ing or furnishing the Republican party. Dee
feat'Roosevelt and thereby punish the party.
10 the advice given by the independent press.
1 fancy that independent voters are intelli-
gent enough TO perceive tho humor In this
preposterous advice. To purge the Republic
can organization OF It's shortcomings by means
Of Tammany rule would be like curing q man
Of measles by giving him the smallpox.
Croker 10 now the leader Of the Democratic
party in the State. This lie the FIRST time
that Tammany Hall has attempted to spread
its net outside the city Of New York. Do the
voters up the State realize h Tammany
control would mem for them-for every small
city. town and Village-what wide open as
applied to small communities would meanp In
the city Of New York. where density OF popu-
lation hides much. we can SEQ fragrant laxity
Of control OF liquor selling. gambling and vice.
Judges from the bench are forced openly to
rehuke the police. Women employed bv
churches. to visit the poor, even those In the
garb Of daaooness orders. tell me the streets
are not now as safe for them or for the wo-
November. wide open' for q small communls
ty 10 . greater evil than for q large one. be-
be hidden from young men. iitfiS a constant
menace 70 the home. The neither side Of life
hlRelda s WstE RI Sa tS Flf Sg stniot i iSS nnS SS S5 iS
sentiment. Tammany laughs at public sem
timent and detes the law. Van Myck's cleo:
This so-calied, punishment :yould: be not
OF a political organization, but L would Be- a
wrong done 70 en- the citizens Of The State.
feat involves the. supremacy for q number Of
years in State politics Of Richard Croker.
and drP PSt % a PleFss in ID .Ss tsid y tSsiF a GrTf Is nS
Iaonger e, elect. but to defeat. unless they may
reasonably expect to command q majority.
toward sandIdatss and and t Z the RESULT SH1Tts q
elections. They throw away their vote and
IS pager an nd i@sSSdsnt BBT ns have b TsSy are memo mo-
bers OF q small and injurious. even Il high
party Is e peri tii' becomes liable to Soe al
no more Independent than any Democrat or
vs ,ESS' 8 Eov Is the New ~e For the IL IPdISD ss Ssss
him they Knew before they ynS Selected ta him
that he believed in government by party, They
eompre enai oft the eS Various Interests Ens ssSu inyoI Re
ThIteSy c6 GnSE that snd sq aSh, eMG T R6Gaase,t Is S,I not fa
no respect SSIsSdsn stid s9p i his %T nS eonscien ceS in
what he has said or done. Once you have
granted the value Of political parties land this
that they have created a political party then You
,ann9t expect the candidate OF to-day to black
own words to foul his nest. On such terms
parties could not exist.
strive as earnestly as we please to make our
own actions conform to our own ideals. and IL
s q mo %Hr5a Is 'op Po SifiFiRnE 6 50r tS Ss SS f1n 60 il in sS
which is FER the best Interests Of diverse popu-
mise In all political action. In Congress. in po-
litical conventions and IN political platforms.
liticAl struggle and 60 into a futile party is a
retreat. The Independent enters a monastery
yhen he enters o party that has power only to
Mr.. Seizures fear of imperialism is moon
s man 81 atrss Rs,o Is AZ z word ord In invented snted Is fo rb q
meant by, this WORD, Il was a man who loved
Sroiied With other nations for a L 1 or for com
quest. The imperialist. It would seem. is a
rule what the man Of blood ruthlessly seized.
Personally. have met Q good many men of a
suIioty VI, cldbbCo anu i mayo uOI yeU come
across a lingo or an imperiallst. No definite
plan has got been proposed by the Administra-
ton for the. future Of the Philippines or:Cuba.
Let US not fear Mr.. Schurz,s buGbear until o
plan Is presented. To call any man an i'm
perialist who believes that there Is some wiser
disposition Of the PHILIPPINES than to turn them
over again to Spanish t~yranny.-to call such a
man mar an tnperiSlist is as sensible as to call a
lives in the Empire State.
II take 1t that a man whose characteristics
have made him as well known in California as
in New York "a man who has always been brist-
ling with aggressiyeness for good govern
ment In whatever station he has been placed:
= man who, although always q party man. pre-
ferred to ALLEVIATE the party leaders from him
rather, than permit laws to be broken which
he had sworn to enforce-I take It that more
will be done by such q man. in any station. for
good government, than by a man who Is COM
pelled to. accept Richard Croker as his mentor
and guide. than by Q man who has always
been a sweet. lovable. hiGh-minded. and un-
aggressive Independent. Roosevelt has al
ways stood for good government against all
whether In Washington, at Police HesdSuar..
tiers. or IL Albany. no matter who is ct the Fifth