The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-10
TAMMANY's TRIUMPH.
Comments of Many Prominent Pape,
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 New York American: We hope and be- ueve that the feeling of those elected is today one of deep responsibility rather than of elation.
 New York Tribune: The verdict Is mora unsatisfactory because 1t was calmly and deliberately reached by the great jury of voters.
 Philadelphia North American: Once again New York has worked out the solu- tion to the query: "The reformer or the tiger?" This time the tiger emerged from the door,
 Philadelphia Record: The fact that New York will doubtless be the pivotal State has no doubt had its share in bringing out a larger vote of both parties this year than would have otherwise been cast
 New York Morning Telegraph: Two years of gum shoe morality and govern fent by jimmy have been powerful argu- ment for MT. Mcclellan. Not so much perhaps because he was Mcclellan. but because the alternative was Low. It has been a case of too much Low.
 Philadelphia Inquirer: New York has mad a taste of responsibility and does not like it. Deliberately her citizens have chosen a career of debauchery and crime. They like to be blackmailed and robbed. and the red light of vice is an attractive ornament.
 New York News: With the nomination or So clean a man as MT. Mcclellan for the standard bearer of the Democrats the victory was more than half won in the nominating convention. So far as their candidate was concerned, no arguments or defense were necessary
 New York Press: New York alasi again lies prostrate under disgrace. It has it's spasms of emotional virtue, but in the long run, 1t seems, it is the City of Red Lights. And last night they famed as they will fiame-no man may doubt it. for at least the next two years
 Baltimore Sun: On the whole, Tammany mas won a notable victory. It comes into power again, however, with the knowl- edge that if it does not give New York a satisfactory administration it can and probably will be overthrown by the same elements which elected Mayor Low in
 Philadelphia Press: The result is la mentable. Mayor Low has given a good administration. All the sound interests or the great metropolis demanded his re- election. The uprising which dethroned Tammany for time was a splendid spasm of civic spirit. But the virtue of New York lacks the gift of continuance
 New York Sun; MT George Brinton Me Clellan has been elected mayor of New York We pledge to MT. Mcclellan our earnest and hearty support of every act Of the administration of which We shall approve; and in respect to such acts as We may elect to condemn-may the Lord have mercy on MT. McClellans soul,
 New York Herald: The main influence, however. in giving the victory to Tam @. which in this campaign has been "ciled' with unprecedented profusion-is the fact that a vast number of voters were in- duccd to accept the statement that the issue was not merely one of good munich pal housekeeping, but involved an advan- tage to one or ether of the two great po- litical parties.
 Philadelphia Public Ledger: This resto- ration of Tammany, disheartening as it is, is not surprising, and least of all can 1t cause wonder in Philadelphia, where the partisan habit has not recently been overcome sufficiently for even a tempor- ary victory for sound government If Mayor Low could have employed his off, cial power to gain unworthy support and to influence the election, as a partisan mayor would have done, he might have remained in office.
 Baltimore American: That McClellan's election is such a disaster cannot be gainsaid, for We have only to remember Van Wyck's maladministration to con- lecture what may be expected of the in- experienced and machine-made Tammany mayor. The least that Mcclellan can do Is to keep constantly in mind the fact that he has been elected bY the less worthy portion of the population of the city. and by the worth of rhis acts en- deaVOr to erase the stigma which must attach to his success.
 New York World: The moral of this phase of the defeat is plain to read: The next fusion candidate for mayor must be democrat if the anti-Tammany forces wish To carry the election. There are some prejudices and predilections that are proof against argument. and the election yesterday again demonstrated that party feeling is one of the strongest of them. No fammany mayor has been able to rise above the organization" though some of them have tried to do so. If MT. McClel- Ian shall unexpectedly show the diSposk- tion and the ability to do so he may win renown for himself and avert q great dan ger from his party.
 New York Times: It is Q Tammany tri- umph that confronts us, softened by no The Times is by no means accustomed to take gloomey views of po- litical events, but the figures of yester- days voting seem to Us to shut out every ray ot light. We have slid back into the black slime and ooze of the Van Wyck administration. With all this delugC of talk about honest government, reform. clean administration and morality with the actual realization of these wholesome aspirations under Mayor Low, We have not advanced an inch since 1897. The elec- torate of the city deliberately with care- full preparation, fOrethought, and full Knowledge of what its decision involves. has extended an invitation to every crook and criminal, to all divekeepers, gamblers and blackguards the world over tu con verge upon New York and ply their yoca- tions. The red light and the ''Wide-open'' sign are displayed in the sight of man. kind.