New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
MP SHEPARD TO VOTERS.

No voter Democrat or Republican, need be
under anv misapprehension as to his duty II ne
| will consult Edward NJ. Shepard in the days OF
/ his clear Judgment, before the dazzllng promise
! of the mayoralty, with the prospect as mas
| been frankly avowed by his supporters on the
| patform of higher honors, If he wins, blinded
| his Judgment. Mr. Shepard has declared that
IT was the duty of Republicans TO join the lnde-
| pendents to elect Mr.. Low and defeat Tam
many and in criticising General Tracy for run
| ming In 1897 he has answered the present COM
| nlatnt that Mr. Low becomes partisan candl-
| date owing to his Republican nomination. MI
| Low and tne same platform of non-partisanshlp
ON which he now stands have been commended
| to the people by Mr.. Shepard, who on October
| %, 1897. said
shall support Seth Low for MaySr; 1 shaIi
sSpport sSpos ,, him In Repnbliean and besSocrat
The Tammany ticket represents the most
tnsoIent and audacious, well as the most reck-
| iass oese,,rt we have vet known upon the well
| fare of the greater New-fork and OF the masses
and especially the less fortunate masses. OF lis
people.
That is much what Mr.. jerome says about
Tammanys relation to the less fortunate
| masses and Fromme and Unger and Van Wyck
are no less "insolent and audacious" than were
Van Wyck, Coler and Gardiner four years ago.
On October %, 1897, Mr. Shepard also said
have said more than what think OF Seth
Low. We all know him through and through:
We know THAI If he be Mayor the Mayor himself ~
tvvnddIe about his Ioyaity in the maya. "a, or.
RsSSubiiean - party. He i. subject the man
nssrehce h%st If ns T" city
York and nat mo Ihe Iiea Of .erptee he viii give
We know his Intelligence, his honesty sAll
of those qualities, indeed are as faini,ier TO US
as household words. They need no other argu-
raent than enthusiastic praise They go with
out saying.
On that same day he declared:
Tammany Hall is as virtuously just and just
as vfrtuous Tammany Hall was in 1894. They
are the same men, the bosses. the
inspirations, the results precisely, at
the time when our little friend, Mr.. Lexow,
made his investigation. Do We want that thing
do we want that thing in Brooklyn? If they
stand 1t in NewYork we cannot stand 1t in
full blot upon the municipal history of this
country IL the career OF Tammnny HaII In
the years which preceded the election of Mayor
Strong in New-York. The bossism. prostitu-
ton OF no,ssr more T dyr.nris"i ;,ai prGseeains roc
too poor and ifrnorant to protect Themselves.
never waF Known. to disgrace u. with ourseIves.
World %
They are now the same men, the same bosses,
the same inspiration, and the people are con-
fronted by the same results Of their rule as
In 1894 They have nominated ticket which,
except for the mayorslty candidate frankly
stands for the things did the ticket Of
1897. For Mayor they have put up a respect
able man. who says he wants to reform Tam
many from the inside. Mr. Shepard, however,
has declared that such reform will do. He
says:
Experience has shown that, however good a
great executive may himself be, or however
well disposed his associates, his administration
party Knows thnf IL he or It GO wrong Il viii
be inexorabIy punished by dismfssal.
Mr.. Shepard now admits that in some things
Tammany has gone wrong Therefore 1t must
be punished by dismissal Moreover thoughts
of punishment aside. considering merely the
possibility of the reformer reforming from the
inside we find Mr.. Shepard says the task is
hopeless in these words:
Again and again independents have elected a
good man the theory that all that is required
is to have a good man in Office Again and
again they have been disappointed in the prac-
tfcal results I tell you. fellow citizens. Re-
publicaas and Democrats. that much more
| IL necessary: that the best of men in any
once against his will. however powerful. 10