New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-06
Mr.. LOWS LETTER.

Mr.. Low-whom his Tammany opponent Mr..
Shepard, has declared to be a man Of noble in
tegrty and Of fine equipment for public duty,
and one who should be supported by every Dem
ocrat who thinks the Mayor of New-York ought
to be elected for New-York and nothing else
has admirably presented in his letter of accept
ance the chief issues upon which is being fought
the campaign against Tammany-that Tam
many whose career the present Tammany can
didate, Mr. Shepard has declared to be the most
burning and disgraceful blot upon the municipal
history of this country. Political topics are as
a rule to be laid aside on Sunday. when the
thoughts of most men turn to other matters. But
this present campaign so involves issues not so
much Of politics as OF public morals and civic
righteousness that even the strictest Sabbath
rian need seek no apologies for devoting part
Of this day to a careful consideration Of what
Mr.. Low has said. and to the bearing of it upon
the public veal, and, indeed, upon the private
welfare of every honest citizen.
Mr.. Lows letter is plea for the good Of the
people. How sorely that good has In these last
four years been sacrificed to the corrupt greed
of few Is painfully patent to every one who
has observed the course Of municipal affairs.
and is felt If not wholly understood, by the
overwhelming majority of the people OF this
city. Wherever children are shut out Of school
because of lack of room, wherever braZen or in
sidious vice has invaded the homes of the hum
BILE and claimed victim of tender years, wher-
ever the passion for gambling has led the IN
wary into crime wherever unclean streets and
unsanitary tenements have been an offence and
q source of sickness and death, wherever fire
has claimed its victims In insufficiently guarded
houses, wherever the burden of taxation has
been increased to swell the gains Of the alb
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own pocket all the time"-in all such places. and
innumerable more the bane of Tammany mis-
rule is suffered and the need of civic redemption
| therefrom Is felt.
There is no preaching in Mr.. Lows letter,
In a common application Of that word. But
there Is in his plain, lucid straightforward
statements a most effective exposition Of the
ancient saying that when the righteous are in
authority, the people rejoice; but when the
wicked beareth rule the people mourn" The
people. as he aptly reminds US, are the city, and
the city is-or should be-the people To the
people who love decency and cleanliness Of
life and honesty and civic righteousness the
appeal is made to rescue themselves from the
wicked oppression that is corrupting morals,
depraving public life and making the city-the
people-the mere appanage and crown colony
Of a foreign nabob who, with cynical effrontery,
is working-and working the city-for his
own pocket all the time" There Is no ap-
peal for personal preferment in Mr. Lows let
ter, either But the logic Of the simple facts
should be sufficient to make every reading and
reasoning man declare, as the present Tam
many candidate Mr. Shepard, himself declared
in the last campaign, when the issues were
identical with those Of to-day. 81 shall support
Seth Low for Mayor. shall support him with
sthorough enthusiasm Every Democrat
''who thinks that the Mayor OF NewYork ought
"to be elected for New-York and nothing else
should have no hesitation in supporting Seth
Low"