The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-19
DAILY PILLORIES CROKER.
VINO USES VOTES As MS INDUSTRY
And OUR PURSES TO FIJI HIS.

NO htpubl"uu henCe-
forth to Union Against Tammany Hail.
Tho candidates on the Fusion ticket. with
the exception Of the Hon. George &. Barrett.
were assembled yesterday at the Lawyers
Club. 80 Broadway. and were formally noti-
fed OF their nomination. There was some
little misunderstanding about tho hour. with
the result that some OF the candidates nd some
OF the committeeman got there too soon.
and when the time came for the notification
some OF the early ones couldn't be found
Under ordinary circumstances this would not
have been so bad. for ordinarily the nominees
on ticket are well known to the members Of
the committee appointed to notify them. but
whom the ticket is made up from representa-
tires OF so many different parties it is more
or less serious.
At fifteen minutes past 3 O'Clock every
thing was ready. but one Of the candidates had
disappeared entirely Ex-City Magistrate
kudlich was the man. The members OF the
committee looked at each other and then they
eyed every stranger in the room. One or two
OF tho strangers were approached and asked II
they were acquainted with the former city
magistrate. Finally Mr.. James Yereance en-
listed the services OF one OF the reporters and
they went on a hunt for the former magistrate.
The reporter Identified him.
All the candidates were then assembled in a
'oNhi ui'tails anu Slult senator IslSUefK naue
speech to them in which he told of the posi-
ton OF the Republican party in this campaign.
He said that the Republicans OF New York
yielding none OF their loyalty TO the
principles FOR which their party stands in
nation and in State. strenuously believing in
the benefits OF party cont ro over national
and state affairs. have. through their duly
elected representatives in county conventions
laid down as primary tenet OF Republican
policy for the present and the future as well.
that In this city OF ours honest government and
not party government must be their party's
watchword and their party's cause. To that
cause must yield all parties and distinctions
all selfshness of faction. all pride OF individual
judgment or opinion. In It's behalf. il there are
concessions to be made or burdens to be borne
the Republican party at least is willing to bear
the cross and make the sacrifice"
Senator Elsberg addressed each OF the can
ddates individually. beginning with former
Judge Joseph F. DAILY and ending with
William j. O'BrIen. the candidate for Sheriff
To OBrien Senator Elsberg said:
" Honest labor deserves in the highest meas
ure the consideration AMI recognition OF po-
litical parties. for on 1t this Government was
founded and on it this Government must per-
petuate ITSELF"
when Senator Elsberg had finished speaking
| there was an awkward pause for moment
ana then Justice DAILY. who sat between John
H. A. Parsons and Gen Narnum. arose. Justice
II accept the nomination now rendered me
effort to free our city from the grasp Of power
which mas practically DESTROYED our political
instltutiops and substituted the will of one
mnn Tor the will Of the people.
The candidates whom you have nominated
represent no one shade OF political opinion
this ticket: on the contrary, you have mani
tested desire to subordinate partisnnship to
local concern. and above all where the purity
OF ne judiciary is concerned: and you can
genee. the honesty and the patriotism of every
voter.
Last year you united with the whole indie
pendent sentiment o the community ami tho
| whole legal profession n the effort to, secure
h rs seaSR, Of the bench rqm
party appendage and make it the instrument
OF personal gain. As Republicans you sup
fused nomination by the leaders OF his own
party because Of his Independence. And you
alton to carry on the contest until the principe
! for which you fought-the Independence oftne
bench s unalterably established.
And 1t is not alone tho purity OF the Courts,
but the decency Of the whole municipal ad-
m mini to wnch y%q are Pledged by
ment OF partisan considera ions in the nomi-
nation Of local candidates. this effort to get At
| opinions is the ideal for viii Oh the good citizen
has always striysn In the effort to preserve his
There is no need to rehearsc the dscreditahle
catalogue OF Ills from which uesutrer. 1t seems
| ineredlhle. that with so much that is good.
honest charitable. pure and brave among u.s.
We should continue to suffer such ills. It
should be inc9nceiyabe that any man should
IT, II: = nurses MRS.; and Srons%!y q the vhS.
| It is even more astonishing that when the
| remedy is in the hands Of the citizen-whsn he
| has only to register and vote in order to regain
| control OF his government and rule his NUM-
cnal servants instead of being, ruled by them
gent as to refrain from that slight exertion to
preserve his rights.
1T cannot, now. however. be said that no
| opportunity ia given to the citizen to obtain
| redress. Let IL not be our reproach that We
refrain from using our preroEative a. voters
words OF great Judge, Lord Chief Just ice Cock:
Edinburgh upon kindred subject: There
| Is he says ono apology certainly for chief
would be wrong not TO state; They are rarely
| duly supported or duly checked BY the right
abstinence from public, action or even declara-
inhabitants Of sense shall give up this runous
and co,pntempttble, practice they do not deserve
These. words should be posted where every
StLTTsn 81 every e9@hmu MT G9nd fend and
ton OF timidity in the face OF corruption. what
reproach should lie addressed to those who
| will not avail themselves Of the silent ana sure
| protection OF tho ballot to remedy the evil OF
| WHICH they com p in?
| You are now giving an opportunity OF which
| ever Imam may avail himself. Delegates from
all the organizations which interest them.
| selves in the practical question OF decent
| government. delegates from your own party
| and from the representatives OF labor. have in
conference agreed upon n ticket which repre-
| sents the ideal OF municipal politics puhlic
office freed from obligation to political lenders.
| The candidates e scted upon such a ballot own
| no masters hut the people and the laws.
1T Is m augury OF success that this ticket is
| the choice Of the workingman. He is the
greatest sufferer when democratic nstitu-
| tons and representative government give way
| to ahsolutism inspired by greed, The ennr-
| nous burden Of morstrous taxation swelled
| by the multiplication Of sinecureS hears hardest
| unon the man who earns his bread by his daily
| toll No matter who pays the taxes at first
| hand, the poor man pays them In the end.
| Above all, he is likely to be tho only victim
when the courts. which should be his refuge
and his shield, are controlled bv power whose
| avowcd object is the acquisition OF money
| In conclusion. gentlemen. let me say that
this ticket you have placed in the field seems
| to be a renom nation by every free element in
| the community, and as such appeals to every