New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-26
COMPARED TO the return Of the hlacksuardisn

compared 20 the return OF the hlackeuardisn
The vices laid al their door might make Sodom
blush They have maze the name 81 Sef men
ask 10 return them TO power that they again
sra IT. business usual at the old stand Let
no one he indifferent Let no one minimize the
danger that threatens our city. If beaten this
time Tammany will receive death blow. IN
and patriotism. humanity and reH zion. let TIE
righteous Indignation o. an OUTRAGED CITY stamp
he Rev. DR.. S. PARkES CADMAN at the
Central CONGREGATIONAL Church. Brook yn;;-i ne
fatal indifference Of the falsely called better
element, inducing them 10 ietharelc ptua ~ ..
~ a solemn trust granted by the state, so that
many never register or vote on Election Day.
while millions more take no interest WhtteNei
in the control Of primaries and parties. 2cceler-
ago reached dnhearc OF depths IN TINS muhICii-
pality. ! can understand man being a parti-
san in this campaign. and We should make al
lowance Tor pfeJoulce aid passion bu' .le
who cares not Whit which obtains here
ard. II a 1.-THE OF the curse. which will surely
fan upon the poor and the helpless OF this town
,-isit the safeEuarded homes of such people.
they would deafen heaven with their loud pro
and they the most hysterical and vociferous
persons in the GommInity; Why then; should t'1dt
FELLOW citizens welfare as to disobey the abso-
lutte obligation y. sting upon every man in this
lunatic?
Memory reverts 10 that i'll fated night when
the lewdness Of this city was let loose upon its
streets 10 proclaim with drunken oaths that one
ed The vilest elements Of the second city Of
the earth sailed forth to make a saturnalia of
form which will dog its reputed author to his
grave From that night OF disaster ana be.
corruption. cowardicc. trucking and trafficking
which can never be recalled without shame nor
named without blush. | have no wish to enter
into details # that revolving Indictment the Van
Wvck administration heaued UP against itself
y hen II seemed as though the very holiness OF
its prostitution Of public life would be its Sc
Gods Church was moved send a letter to the
Mayor which ! believe IS unprecedented in ths
sir,irisf-5fior, was he esf sin, " The DAYS OF
Tweed. He is the first of any note "a make
the charge. ana he knows now. as he knew then,
invented and disseminated for purely political
reasons. If Mr. Cochran thinks that he can
palm of such Rhetorical fouIishes upon even
The most dense and stupid voter in New-York
he has reckoned without his host. He says
thar # the claims made for Mr.. Lows admins
tTatio2 are true Nh Low ought TO he re, re
an unimpOrtant exhibition Of clever verbosity
and of chronic incapaCity for correct statement
upon The nart Of man who has been every
thing IN turn and nothing long Mere agility OF
utterance. without overwhelming moral sense
his sceniic pursuit viii not avail in this cam
paign. 1 say that the last two years Of govern
known. and that the previous four are among
The worst, If not the very worst. the city has
civic problems Int fv The neorie AT large.
The private political club Of Tammany has
seized the machinery of party nominations Rnd
placed at the head Of the ticket George r. Nc
Clellan. man whose public record IS open ~
The charge Of subserVient trucking TO the be
hcsts % his political hackers. 7 question II he
possesses the personal independence Of Mr.. Van
WyCk. and the Tammany machine ground the
latter to powder. Concerning Mr. FaCing-both-
WAYS. ! going to speak length on his
apostasy He should he thankful 20 the Lord
for having made him hollow. that he could
swallow his utteranCes. Il woul5 he difficult in
the days 10 come TO write some phases Of New
York's history. and men Of that time will won
der what kind Of folk But the Citi-
zens Union and the fusion movement will be
seen then in the clear light Of the after time 10
have begun that campaign which shattered the
shackles placed upon this city's growth by the
hooters who found their favorable opportunity
during civil War. when they robbed at the
instead Of fighting the front and which
culmina ted in Tweedism and Crokerism and
Murnhyism.