The Washington times., 1901-10-05
HAMMANYHALL ARRAIGN Ed
Seth Low Issues a Stirring Letter
to the Reform Parties.
In Accepting the Nomination as
Their Standard Bearer He De
cIares what His Campaign Stands
For-PIedkes OF Good Government.

NEW YORK, Oct 4-Seth Low mailed
his letter of acceptance tonight to all the
reform organizations which have made
him their nominee for mayor. Mr.. Low
pays particular attention in the letter to
the necessity of driving from power the
clique of men who have reduced New
York, as he puts it, almost to the grade
of a crown colony, ruled by resident OF
another land He says:
THE main issue of the campaign is the
wrestling of the city from those who per-
nit one man to dominate the organization
of his party in the interest of his own
pocket all the time, and, as if, to add
insult to injury, to do this from abroad
as though the proud city of New York
had been reduced once more to the con-
dition of n crown colony.
I'm the event of my election the city
will secure home rule in the person of its
own mayor, exercising the authority con-
ferred upon him by the charter, IN re-
spcnsibility to the people alone, ana 10
no organization, person, or Clique.
Shakespeare. makes Coriolanus say:
What is the city but the people? That
defines in a word the object of good city
government--the welfare of the people
Translated into the language of the hour.
IL Hit'iilS mere ana now III tit NitS VI A>t"
York that the children of the people shall
have good schools and enough of them
to give every child of school age seat
for the whole of every day OF the school
year 1t means that the teachers of these
children shall be held in honor as those
who are training the future citizens.
1T means that there shall be small
parks and Fairgrounds everywhere for
nd n11 11i hat oil oh
of New York may have something like
an even chance to grow up into strong.
hearty, God-loving and God-fearing men
and women. Most of all, it means that
the city government shall wage relentless
war on everyone who shall make one of
these little ones to stumble
1T means. for all the people. poor and
rich alike, clean streets at all seasons of
the -ear, and that all the resources of
modern science shall be brought to bear
intelligently to protect the people in their
homes and in the streets from preventable
disease. Above. all. it means that the
conditions of life in the homes of the
poor shall be made as toIerable as cir
cumstances will permit Light and air
are the gifts of God. and the folly or
greed of man should not be permitted to
rob one child of enough of these.
In its relation to labor it means that
the city ought, to be model employer.
The city ought to cooperate with its la
boring people IN raising the standard OF
living and to do 50 1t should frankly en-
courage the eisht-hGur day and the pay
mcpt of the prevailing rate of wages.
Every citizen should be free to enter the
city's employ. 1T is hard to MAKE the city
good employer BY law. just as it is
hard to make a private employer a good
employer by law, but If the officers o. the
city wish to deal Justly with labor. they
can do so.
The city has amply vindicated its ca
pacity to administer its own waterworks.
II should continuei TO extend them as a
public work Thera should be no step
backward anywhere in this policy of mu
niclpal ownership. The trend, indeed.
both here and elsewhere, Is and should be
distinctly the other way.
The franchises of the city are a part
Of its common wealth. They should never
be given away; neither Should the city
part with the control of them. except for
a term of years"
Mr.. Low declares for the repeal of fey
eral Objectionable features of the Raines
law, which ne says result In bribery and
corruption among the police Meanwhile
he says he will spare no effort to put
q stop to bribery and corruption. so noto-
riOusly prevalent. In conclusion he says.
The eliminating charge against Tam
many is that 1t gives us government that
is tyranny. For the government of Tam
many Hall is a government by favoritism,
and fsvoritism in government Is tyranny
. Il appeal to every citizen who loves his
city who values equal rights for all men,
and who realizes that corrupt govern
rnent corrupts its citizens, to strive un-
ceasingly from now until election day TO
wrest the control of the city from those
who have brought it into its present evil
case"