New-York tribune., 1905-11-03
NOW TO DEFEAT HEARST.

,, nroCIelIan's friends VINO are IL! 1As "
.on,nada Republicans to his support ny -
+ha+ Tins only can they defeat MT. ieslsl 49,.
;ze that they are promoting MI lection
cess? If they are mercy ih'e W ,t,rnhv
s dodga and while believing with Murphy
80 Sr Hearst will be third in the race hoPo
=, iii. Scara TO gain some votes from "
Irins and incline the balance oet"eeh LIN -aa D
NJ Mcclellan to the latter, there Is VI ".
no use for argument with them' Auy Di' -,
ao,,orogv any campaign rooroack. tneS WIN
graedfIv seize But if they are hohee'is ~
oarnad shout the strength OF the deaio' No.
,,,a,+ and unselfshly anxious TO prevent llS SUI
iii'"-' -, -, lo,,,d calmly consider the situation
and sion their dangerous appears 10 pus'i .
n,,.Ioss Recommendations of men as anarchisls d. g
80 .. roiscbievous as reckless procamauohS III
their favor. , IL tho
As The Tribune has already sho"n' - ~
Hearst vote is to be as large as some plote'o "
faer if can only be because 1amllahs US
r,ntad and he has secured the support VI
Iaroe mart Of those who were lorhleil9 ~
solid reliance of Tammany. II Mr. Hearst mas
100000 supporters, at least 15oooo OF theh ia
he Democrats for he draws certainly 'nree lnen
fro,, Tammany to one from the Repuoncans'
ond nrobsblv the proportion is nearer nVe 10
one Such a vote would leave Mr. McClelian
only 10000 of his $4,000 supporters OIL TWO
vears ago. Over $4,000 OF Mr.. Ivins's support
ers of that year could go to make MT. Hearst
100000 and still leave Mr. WINS more Ihah
100000. and so a victor. There are 2l3ooo en-
rolled Republicans in this city, according to the
latest available figures. The Republican organ1-
zation is faithfully supporting Mr.. WINS, not
uitbstsndnc the obviously interested reports OF
the Tammany organs to the contrary. In ad-
dtion he has the support OF thousands OF lhde-
pendents led by such men as Carl Schurz'
Lyman Abbott. r. Fulton Cutting and Seth
Low Thus he has much better prospects OF
beating Mr. Hearst than has Mr.. Mcclellan IL
conservative Republicans keep their heads. He
has the larger nucleus about which the oppo-
nents of Mr. Hearst may rally If Mr. Hearst has
really by halving the Tammany vote, made his
own election at all possible Under such con-
ditions the Mcclellan organs ought to advise
their followers to put aside party preferences
and vote for Mr.. WINS. who. should he hold
only the organization vote given to Governor
Odell when the Republicans lost the city by an
unprecedented majority. would still have more
votes than either Mr. Mcclellan or Mr.. Hearst,
with anything like equal division Of the
Tammany vote without which Mr. Hearst has
chance at all.
But of course Mr.. McClellan's hope is by
panic TO divert large number of these more
than 200 600 organization Republicans from Mr.
WINS to make up part of his loss But that is
dangerous game If Tammany could start
panic. 1t would probably prevent Mr.. WINS from
beating Mr.. Hearst without swelling Mr. Nc
Clellan's vote enough to give him victory If of
the 2130o0 enrolled Republicans, who would
naturally be for Mr. WINS 10000 were stam-
peded TO Mr. Mcclellan. he would still be de-
feated on any division of his strength of two
years ago which allowed Mr. Hearst 10000
Tammany votes The figures would be: Hearst
0,000; Mcclellan. 1900: WINS, 1S3, 900: while
If the natural WINS vote stood, firm he would
defeat Hearst
But this danger Of weakening the man in The
strategic position to defeat Mr.. Hearst is only
the lesser danger Of panic. The greater one
is that for every Republican lawyer or banker
stampeded to Mr.. Mcclellan by the circulation
Of stories that the choice is confined to Mr. Nc
Clellan and Mr.. Hearst three Republican wage
earners will be stampeded to Mr. Hearst The
feeling over Tammanys gas record and Its sub
seryiency to corporations is intense. Hatred of
honest graft is in the air The Jerome move
ment, excellent as it is, has undoubtedly made
ii much easier for men TO vote for Mr. Hearst
who do not believe in him or his principles but
are glad of chance to hit at the old established
political abuses. The great body of Republicans
arc wage earners and poor. They satisfied
with Mr. WINS. They believe in his independ-
ence and they know that his election would be
severe blow TO their old Tammany enemy, to
them at once a rival organization and the sym
Dol OF wickednesS. So long they believe he
has good chance they will support him. But
let the small minority of the party who repre-
sent wealth go over TO Tammany and tell them
that Mr.. WINS is out of the race, and the chances
are that they VIII flock to Mr. Hearst as the