New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-20
SCHURZ STRONG FOR LOW
RIPS CIRCUIT AND FORNEo.
Sans This Administration Has G'Uen
Home to the World.

Carl Schurz called at the heaoqudrIe'S VI N''0
Citizens Union yesterday. and while there sav1
an interview on the issues OF the cainPais N
,Isdgad his efforts in behalf Of the reelection
70 Wa,-or Iov- and said the reason he had not
consented to an interview previously WAS OS-
oa,sa ba had not had an opportunity.
"1vba+ do YOU think Of the present condlt1on
.. tba municipal campaign Mr. Sehurz was
asked He replied:
r,sr. is only one very simple question before the
public Do the citizens OF New-York ~is s[, 70 o Ts
deeeIty soveaqe1 or do they wish 70 De robbed
and backn.aiied and disgraced? Inen Lne {{t-ost WI
ever EFFORTS be made obscure the matter 5g sac
sho $. this is absolutely the only sT Wiling to
no ctnf r erouts deuiton: 1T is organizat i9n
Ior the purpose III into Which soma people
put money and time IN order tnaI M yisht'
Tamrnany is universally known as an orsat'
ton ruled BY io some people among
them have found fault with i Tor this or ma a.
tan; But is on the who1e recognized the
most honest ard the SS5 fs city has Seen Tor
Generations Every fair minded person adnlts IT, r.
Fra ce community to deeency and homer u has IA,
given the world the comfoEtng seve-1rsnt
in the iaree American cities can practlcaIlyy oe
10 put that munciral sovernment again under tnsIr
piratical control This demand Is so sIfrssosct
that do not how any good citizen WIN Sied az
rsf5er how he can fail TO regard IL with indigns-
Ton ton -O" -
But it Is said this city election will be Of
great Importance in it's effect upon the Presi-
Dental election next year. What is your opln-
ion about that?' In reply Mr. Schurz said:
This S 5WPy the 9d t Of the It IS
an appeal TO exploded superstition LAST yer
fns ffsE DID that prevsnt the rolling ms
city Of an enormous majority fsr Rst IL did not
But the pretence that aa Iat,l nsrtT in ths
year w0Hid 0s ssron n next year IS especially
grotesque What the Democratic party needs most
Stencil in the nostr Of the American people. The
identification OF Tanmany VIII b65ss inscrbg:
Beware of pickpockets within IL serves s, 70
jaiibirds decent man cannot join that company
without danger to his good name al, ui,b 81,
the scandals sure 10 follow victory OF that euc-
= man so foolish as to think that such spectacle
could possibly strengthen the Democratic party IN
party man would pray to Heaven my knees %
keep Taumany invisible at iessS ioF c say
who would make US believe that the fusion is not
be must go over to Tamrany-to Tanmany which
sppsas to 5 gs1PSS or an 5e vf Itself m %
tive Of partisanship OF the most immoral and
odious kind.
In answer to the question. What do you
think of the detection OF Mr.. Grout and Mr..
Fornes and the treatment they received?' Mr..
Schurz said:
M rSgFsJ 20 minds from the true issues Of the
campaign. But the more corsider the matter inc
Fornes could not remain on the fusion ticket after
having accepted Tesuar nTtau 401 tr Ssn lam
many men wished TO vote for them, they misht
have said that this was the voters anaiT not tne
ticket they could change their snegianee in the
them But to accept a regular nomination from
Tammany altogether Inherent thing. Sueh
an acceptance sisnifed the assumption Of at Least
a tacit obligaton. 1t Identified them with Tam
many In a sense utterly incompatole WIN the ool-
cations as Candidates OF the Iuson, = st
that the Tamrnany nomination was onered "a thenl
for no other PURPOSE than that or ~ Sd
and 20 rob and ;nisgoveru tho city
ing else than to give aid and comfort the enemy
and such eremyl II was. therefore. a direct
nomination they had accepted from the fusion
do not s sss SST them 6T s the s se Sw
Cirout and Fornes have themselves recognized the
logic Of their action by going to Tammany
dIlate can properly take nominations from
iudgeship ordinarily may II Is the duty OF Judge
70 be Impartial lie IS not ssneraIly speakins
pectcd To take a militant pert In the campaign.
V%hicS Circuit ana Fornes stood The assumption OF
two absolutely contlicting obugatiCrs. one TO
other 20 serve the organization for honest govern
ment was moral monstTOsty that could not be
What do you think of the declaration that
the exclusion OF Grout and Fornes from the
fusion ticket was forced upon the fusion by the
Republicans TO this Mr.. Schurz replied:
1 do not know OF any. evidence Of thai, But II
have been n wrongful demand
Vice versa.-"I hear Kate Green has married Jack
TOPPER 1 always considered her a Girl OF grit but
I! never thought she'd marry man to reform
.'she didn't she reformed Jack Co marry him g