The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-27
Plain Answers to Some strai ght
Questions.

Here is an earnest son Of Father
KNICKERBoCKER who asks US a series Of
somewhat pointed questions, Of con-
temporaneous interest at least to him.
self 1t is our privilege, of course, to
answer or to refrain from answering.
We elect in this instance to submit our
selves to the interrogatory process.
We shall number Mr.. HARRAH's ques-
tons and reply to them consecutively
, and frankly:
Il. Is TEE SUN constssent IN It's supporS Of MsyoS
Low for reeiec dom"
We think so. The question OF the
choice Of candidate In opposition to
Tamrnany has now only an historical
interest. 1t is buried under one stratum
of events. Whether Mr.. Low is the best
or worst candidate that could have been
chosen, concerns nobody to-day. 1t is
the fusion ticket as made up. or it 10
Tammany.
y. Does your present altitude mean that you
were mistaken when you denounced many acts
OF the present administrator
No, sir. THE SUN has the inveterate
habit OF denouncing whatever it believes
to be wrong, whenever there seems to US
to be occasion for the performance Of
that primordial duty; and this without
fear or shame arising out Of a sense Of
partial responsibility for the presence in
, Office of the persons concerned in the
sl,oN 70 NIin innn
; are aware Of no change Of attitude in this
! respect, and none need be looked for.
% Have you revised your ideas respecting the
policy Of bounding the unfortunate outcAsts Of So
clety as pract,sed under Commissioner GRRBNE7
No. sir. Present case of the hound
ing of any unfortunate for graft, for
politics. for any reason save the regular
enforcement Of law, and it shall receive
exactly the same treatment during the
: week before election as it would have
| received three or six months ago.
-. DO you approve tho policy Of GREENE and
Igaoxk in their crusade against disorder1y re-
closed in the bills on file in the Compsrollers Of
nee"
No, sir; not in all particulars.
IS Isn't the present policy q bad. at least, a.
| that pursued by Dr. PARKHuRsr which was con
demned In no uncertain terms by TEE SUM"
Police methods for the ascertainment
Of law breaking and the detection Of
law breakers are scarcely to be meas
ured by the same standard as the meth
dds and deeds Of a minister Of the Gospel
Of CHRIST; but the excuses OF either
may be both infamous and depraved.
@ How about the awarding Of contracts in tho
Fire Department contrary TO lawt Or Is there
one law for fusonists and Republicans and another
for Democrats"
No contract in any department should
be awarded contrary TO law There is
one law for Democrats, Republicans and
flIsionists.
a. Canddly, don't you really think that our
pondcrous Mayor is rather OVERRIDING the holier
| than thun business"
Candidly, we are not giving any
thought at all to the personality Of
Mayor Low at the present time.
And now we advise our correspondent
TO contemplate for the next seven days
the fact that looms largest in the fore
ground, and to vote the entire fusion
ticket one week hence as the only means
Of preserving this blessed town from
another period Of Tammany rule, Let
him bear in mind that Mayor Lows i'm
pregnable platform is the consequences
of his defeat