New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-26
rIKg A CLEAs SWEEP.

IF Mr. Mcclellan is elected Mayor Ii will DE
nv Republican votes Mr.. WINS and Mr. Je-
rome working along their separate hnes OF AT
tack. have Thmmany in q panic Murphy Is
talking Osborne is f1oundering, McCieiiah 10
explaining The revolt among accent Demo
Gratis In Brooklyn against the notorious hlog-
way promises TO complete the WORK OF putting
McCerren out of business, which MI. McCleliah
90 bravely began only TO abandon when he
could make advantageous terms with that emf
nent corrupttonist The Hearst movement has
derived Tammany Of the aid of the police, by
which it has been accustomed to influence eiec-
TONS and threatens TO split the generally sonu
body of Tammany votes in two. 1t Only re-
mains now for the Republican voters to keep
their heads refusing to be stampeded by
TRANSPARENT Tammany trick in order to hold the
vote for Mr.. WINS at point considerably above
either part of the divided opposition.
Mr. Wins and Mr.. Jerome in their different
fields stand for the same opposition TO honest
graft and dishonest graft" The same ele-
ments Of our citizenship arrayed for their
support Independents like Everett P Wheeler,
Seth Low. Lyman Abbott Carl Schurz, Albert
Shaw and Richard Watson Glider are heartily
supporting Mr. WINS. The question which MIR.
Jerome is so effectively asking; Where did you
get it?" concerns not merely the District At
torney's office of one county. 1t is aimed at the
of the whole city. The spirit which Mr.. Os-
borne is exhibiting in the speeches which are
fast making him q ridiculous spectacle is the
spirit which pervades the whole Tammany adj
ministration Mr.. Mcclellan may mean we'll
but as Mr.. Jerome puts 1t, he undertook the I'M
possible He tried to build that rotten
Foundation 8 sweet, clean structure. and has
failed If to have a sweet clean
structure of city government must clear
oIo4in nf MJrT1hCc
McCarTens. McGowans, Sullivans. Oakleys,
Cassidys, Haffens and Rdgways by the cleo
ton of Mr. WINS We must dig up the old, ill
smelling gas pipes which put the lighting trust
In hidden connection with Oakley and McCarren
for the oppression of the city, and let into the
civic structure some clean. white light We
must see that the franchises Of vast value which
will be granted in the next four years are ar
ranged aboveboard and that the only subways
involved in the transactions are the SubwayS
for public use Otherwise corporations will
have fastened on our children and grandchil
dren a grip that cannot pe shaken off in half a
century.
The only way to safeguard these rights is TO
elect Mr.. WINS. Every enemy of graft in all
its multifarous forms should 60 to the polls
and vote for WINS and Jerome, that the arms
OF administration and of prosecution may both
be made effective for good There is not the
slightest reason to apprehend the election Of
Mr.. Hearst. If there were it would only be be-
cause Tammany had utterly disintegrated and
Murphy had been left by a majority of his
usual followers. In that case It would be the
duty of every conservative supporter of Mr.. Nc
CleIan to vote for Mr.. Wins. He has behind
him the solid Republican organization and
thousands of Independents. The strength of the
"anti-graft'' campaign which seems TO have IN
settled the nerves of both Mr.. Mcclellan and his
partner. Mr. Osborne, is running in swelling
into their campaigns under great disadvantages.
toned independence have aroused the, whole
town to enthusiasm What promised to be a
dull campaign has fired the popular magma
ton, Tammany is on the run all along the line,
and if the natural opponents of graft stand
firm they will place both of these extraordinary
men where they can, by cooperating. sweep
away the old rotten foundation of our civic
structure
Neither be completely useful alone Mr.
WINS. without honest District Attorney
would be handicapped in Furnishing ''grafters'
and Mr. Jerome, with Tammany city admins
tration bout him, would be much like voice
crying In the wilderness. The reign of honest
graft would continue In all departments, the
police would remain inefficient and lawless the
favored contractors would dictate the direction
of public Improvements and the franchise
grabbers would hold high carnival AS PIunkitt
expounds the system of the honest grafters"
they have learned mot to monkey with the
Penal Code" They would steer clear of Mr.
Jeromes activities and loot the city just the
same. 1t will take Mr.. WINS to deal with them.