New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-03

VHr TauuANY TICKET AND PLATFORM
A week ago any observer would have said
,ba. whatever other troubles the fusonists
might have. there was no danger OF their suffer
ing from orerconhdence The extraordinary de-
velonments of the last few days. eliminating in
the Tammany convention, have so aroused inter
EST and changed the current of popular feeling
that every supporter Of Mr.. Low is confident Of
his election-yve should almost think too conf
dent. were Il not that the confidence IS accom-
named by a sense OF Indignation and n resolute
dissemination TO defeat the plot which Tam
many made for Mayor Lows betrayal Thou
sands of regular Democrats who had no notion
Of supporting Mr.. Low, some, even, who were
in the Tammany convention, find their instinct
for fair MAY offended. They take no pride IN an
organization SO morally bankrupt that it feels
Obliged TO seek control Of the government by
perfdious temptation offered 10 an enemy's
trusted guard They reject the invitation 10 do
honor to such an acquisition. If the fusionists
could not trust him, they feel no safety in doing
so. They realize the absolute truth Of Mr.. Lit
tleton's statement to the Tammany convention
about MIR. Grout: eff he's honest, he'll say that
1.-The election Of Mcclellan is a return to graft
IF he's honest he'll say that Tammany Hall is
"a stencil in his nostrils.'
Endorsed "the Democratic administration that
has been presided over so ably and so sue
"cessfuIly by that answering, fearless Demo
''crat, Robert A. Van Wyck," and declared,
I'VE have apologies to offer. We have
nothing for which to apologize. We have
done WELL is fitting Tammany candidate
for Mayor. The platform IS well suited TO his
past record and bis answering obedience IN
every Office he has held to his Tammany boss.
no matter what corruption he saw around
him. How Mr.. Grout, who has no such color
less record, viii be able TO stand on that plat
form is not so clear. The platform makes
prominent the party issue, says the city gov
eminent is a national concern, and demands
"a responsible Democratic administration for
this community. Mr. Grout in his letter 10 Mr..
Cutting declares against partisan city govern
ment The platform attacks the present I'D
ministration bitterly. particularly the conduct
OF its finances, which have been under Mr..
CIRCUITS own supervision 1t will be interesting
to see how he viii be able TO interpret his
nomination by the convention which adopted
such a declaration as an Endorsement" Of
substantial part of the present administration,
as he has professed TO regard It
The platform arraigns Mayor Low for sin
sincerity" and "sham pretensions at reform,
and calls the present city administration wi
ciously partisan" 1t talks about ''the credit
"of our city. impaired by reform mismanage-
'nent and extravaganza" and demands that
It be restored" and the city's affairs admin
istered along the lines Of Democratic economy.
Yet MI. Grout finds it possible to accept the
nomination OF the men who are thus attacking
the administration OF which he is a leading
figure. He thinks Mr.. Myers offers him prec-
edent but Tammany did not attack the ad-
ministration OF Mr.. Myers. It sought TO keep
IN power an administration OF which he was
q part, though he was not in political harmony
with its head. Mayor Grant, and 1t adopted and
commended him along with its own Mayor.
Now Il abuses the whole city administration,
including the finance department, and the head
Of that department wishes to lend his name
TO its appeal at the ballot box for the undoing
Of his own work. Truly he and his Tammany
supporters viii have a hard struggle not TO in
vOlve themselves IN hopeless confusion and
avoid confessing utter moral and political
bankruptcy long before Election Day puts the
stamp Of popular condemnation upon them.