New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-01
NEW SPIRIT THE CITYS NEED.
a PLEA FOR A CONTINUATION IN POWER
OF THE PRESENT REFORM AID
MINISTRATION.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir The air OF this town is being hieo Win
rn,lrky cloud in comparison with which the resh
of soft coal smoke is like pillar Of FIRE, and tnat
is the apprehension that at the next election am
many will return to power. If the present ADMIN
istration has rot accomplished al II al least mas
made some clean spots 1t has been charged that
the administration lacks wisdom and lacks force
II has not been charged that the aonlinlslrdtIo non
1ecks sincerity honor and right purpose. NO
one denies that the administration desires tia' Tue
three great social of sexual inllloIdiltS IN
TEMPERANCE and gambling might be utterly anu
finally eliminated. No one denies that tiie A
of this administration are clean
On the other hand. there is no DOUBT Is 10 t1ie
motives Of Tammany, past, present Oh iu'
Tarmauy works for its pocket all the oI-ie an
II does not merely let alone It stimulates the three
go, evils for the sake of greater gains IL al
Wavs has been. and always will be. force "hicn
deliberately strives to make the city ihoie eva
than it is. -. haa,
Now s,,nnose the administration has not pseh
iee ubv was II? Simply because 1t found tha'
the ofhcial forces which should have been lhe III
s+r7,nnents to execute its righteous WILL -
hIock ed and hindered it, thus turning It's aeuoA
into apparent unwisdon II they h&u oDese1 ~
5srs in the spirit in which they were gwen the
a6,n;rie+ratIon would have been lauded as PRO-
foundIy wise. o. suppose the adfnli'sNi 3ltoH -ao
lacked force why was It? For the same re.7o'
that the official arms of government ha'1 w.
certainly apathetc, probably treachefous anu Po0-
e5h,1 r7utinous If they had obeyed oroeFs' III"
asr.tnistra ton might have given supreme eA-
ample of power making Tor civic flghleouolle'a D.
The very least the city do is to continue tne
reform administration in office until IL mas hAu
. fair chance 70 work out It's problem EVtI a "a q
6ovs club cannot be put into shape IN Two S-itb
mich less a mighty metropolis. IN c9InpaElaoti wa"
nbcee difficultes London has kinderBAI zen, -,+
mi the s,prene need of the city is new sti hI-
Acti,,a interest In corruption cannot De me- ~
snathv on pessimism in purity a CITY He Has ven
-Po5 a government as II deserves put may in ~
ssO9Te ms from ever deserving Tammany aSal na,,ea
fr no other reason. then for very shame. Iaf
in our blood there is still some price o. 49, no
,s rafnse eve again to be ruled py hen VIM MI; not
not one Shark OF honor But thaI alone ,rT thrill
noe o Inc whole body corporate nusI 80 81 II
Tith new Ifs before New-York VIII 3 9,ern mir
ron on the TART of all right mindee iatIne snail
be enforced-Ihat alone will hold tne cy t ms
-Ibrane Tammany again-I aTnnally, , be We
of harlota Of drunkaruS' eiAu "
shall get WI at We deserve. horeve vet that the
9e 6f decent government is lost II Int1e - ~
CO. ,i1ole CITY one man who, II the uISG 80 -
his MS spirit will make II his one GUY o III beeve
slee lead majority the polls IL cah III tn e
ne Co Ire snail suffer that last shame VI az W
s-e hermit ideal to perlS Sir u x BAILEY.
,-1york Nov 2s 1902,