New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-04

present city administration and Tammany Hail.
which through him seeks from the people
of confidence for the performance of the
last four years and a continuance in power for
another term. He will appeal to the electors
as the opponent of Mr.. Seth Low. the nominee
of citizens. regardless of party. who have re-
volted against the existing notorious municipal
corruption and unspeakable official partnership
with vice and crime, and have sought to place
in the Mayors chair man of unquesuonaple
personal integrity. ability and independence,
owing service as Mayor TO no political party
and To no boss. domestic or foreign. Mr.
Shepard has many engaging personal quantities.
but II is only as he stands for Tammany Hail.
its vindcation and its perpetuation as the DOM
inant governing force in this city that his can
didacy has any reason for being. 1t is only as
the critic either of Mr.. Lows fitness for Mayor
or of the principle of municipal non-partisan-
shin which Mr. Low represents that he can
make any effective appeal to intelligent voters.
Mr. Shepard's views. both with regard TO Tam
many Hall and with regard to Mr.. Low and
non-partisanship. are already well known
On October %. 1897. when Tammany was
running Robert A. Van Wyck for Mayor against
Seth Low Mr.. Shepard said:
The Tammnny ticket represents the most
tn.o,ent md audacfous. as well ms the most
reckless. assault have yet known upon
the welfare of the greater New-York md of
the masses. and especially the less fortu-
nate masses of its people
On October %. 1897 in a speech at the Rink,
in BROOKLYN Mr.. Shepard declared:
If Won will put Tnmmnny into power, Tnm-
many Hall will give you the same kind of
government that Tnmmnny Hall gave you I'm
1894 and the years preceding the Lexow In
vcxtigntinS committee. There is n degree OF
fn-oIent and frank audacity about that that
Will demand admiration. That Is the
sole recommen dntion which Tammany Hall
and the Tammany orators give for their
ticket They say. in unmistaLabIe
terms, Tammany Hall is virtuousiy just and
n. vfrtuous rs Tammany Hall in 1894.
They the same men. the same bosses. the
.nmc inspirations. the same results pre-
ciseiy. the time when our little friend.
Mr. Lexow, made his Investigation. Do
want that thing-do want that thing in
brooklyn. If they stand II in New-York
cannot stand II in Brooklyn. THE MOST
BURNING AND DIsGRACEFUL BLOT UPON
THE MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THIS COUN-
TRY Is THE CAREER OF TAMMANY HALL
I'm years which preceded the election of
Mayor Strong New-York. The bossism.
prostitution Of power, a more tyrnnnicaI pro-
cecding and mean treatment of citinens<vho
were too poor and ignorant to protect them
selves. n worse treatment of n great city, we
have never known, O disgrace n with
selves. 10 dissrnce us throughout the United
States. to disgrace In the eyes of the
civilized world.
That was in 1897, when Tammany crimes
were memory of the days of Grant and Gilroy.
II was before Croker had given the city an
illustration of his method Of working for his
own pocket all the time by forcing himself
into fireproofing and real estate partnerships;
before Scannell compelled merchants TO pay
"rakeoff'' to his friend Marks; before the days
of Ramapo and the Ice Trust: before the reign
of Devery. Ii Tammany was so TO be feared
then after an interval during which it might
have reformed and when its future disposition
was a matter for speculation, there can be no
question that its continued career of crime
stamps il as n more burning and disgraceful
blot on the city's history than ever
Speaking of Mr.. Low on October % 1897 Mr.
Shepard said
The Democrat. have stood for local self
governments: Seth Low stands for local self
government. Democracy signifies the use of
governmental powers solely In the interest
NJ the masters of men. Seth Low stands for
that. Democracy looks Win h'tEeo oP"" air
outrageous perpetual dedication of the
streets and o public franchises TO private
use and en,olument Seth Low stands for
Tint Democracy dctests interference with
the rational liberty of men in their social
life. Seth Low stands for that. have
again and again declared my opinion of
Seth Low. his noble integrity. his fine
equipment for public duty. md his great
10 government in the past.
Nobody seriously doubts them. Every
Democrat who thinks that the Mayor of
New-Yor.s ought be elected for New-Yorl>
and nothing else. and every Democrat who
doe. not insist upon voting In 1897 for the
Chicago platform OF 1886. should have no
hesitation In supporting Seth Low.
Two days later at the Rink. he REQUIRED TO
the subject as follows:
Now. fellow citizens. what is the issue:
have said more than once whit think Of
Seth Low. We all know him through and
through. We know that IL he be Mayor. the
Mayor himself is Mayor. No boss appointed
him. There i. no twnddIe about his loyalty
in the mnyornIty chair to the Democratic
party or the Republican party. He is sub
ject to the mandate of his conscience. and
I'm the light OF its intelligence to serve the
great city of Ncw-York, and no one else-no
one else. And we know what kind of service
he will give We know his intelligence, his
honesty. All Of those qualities. indeed. IRE
~. familiar to household words. They
need no other argument than enthusiastic
praise. They without saying.
That is Mr.. Shepard's deliberate opinion of
the anti-Tammany candidate and cause of 1897.
The same candidate and the same principles of
personal independence and non-partisanship are
again placed before the people in opposition to