New-York tribune., 1905-11-02
REpTBITTAN DUTY,

The citizens of New-York never had Il better
opportunity TO give a crushing blow at once to
senSa tional demagogy and to the corruption OF
government which gives opportunity for dema-
gogy than is presented to them in the candidacy
of Mr. WINS. The Tribune is bound by no blind
partsanshp We believe in the principle of
non partisan local administration, We did not
hesitate. in 1897. to support the Citizens Union
candidate for Mayor against the regular Re
publican So now if we felt that the welfare of
the city was to be served by supporting some
other candidate than the one put forward by
the Republican convention we should say So
No feeling of partisanship and no pride OF
opinion prevented The Tribune from advocating
the election of Mr.. Jerome when were con-
vinced that the largest public service could be
done thereby, and 1t is well understood that The
Tribune's action, more than any other one cause
coming at the time it did. secured Mr. Planners
withdrawal and the Republican Endorsement OF
Mr. Jerome When, therefore. The Tribune urges
Republicans to stand firm In their support of
Mr.. Wins it does not partisan. but as an
advocate of what it believes to be the best inter
ests of the people Of this city.
Mr. WINS is not in any narrow sense the Re-
publican candidate. AS Mr.. McClellan's sup
porter 1.-The New-York Times" said few days
ago. he is entitled to the vote of every non
partisan and all the members of the Citizens
II
mad" must be working for him with all their
energy Independents like Carl Schuz and R.
Fulton Cutting have declared for him. He is,
according to 1.-The New-York Times:
The best equipped man in New-York for the
office of Mayor. He is also about the most inde-
pendent man in the city No boss would nave
the hardihood to approach him. and SHOULD ne
be elected 'grafters'' of all sorts would have
very unhappy four years before them
That is the man and that is what his election
means Yet Mayor Mcclellan asks Republicans
TO turn away from such candidate. And why!
Simply because Mayor Mcclellan and Mr. Muir
ply have been patronizing Mr.. Hearst and en-
couraging him in his demagogy, sending him to
Congress and giving him the political power
with which he now threatens to rend them. II
the Hearst movement is formidable to
threaten Mr.. McClellan's election. and Mr..
Hearst is SO dangerous a foe to society as
Mr.. Mcclellan has suddenly discovered, then
he and every other Democrat should turn in TO
make Mr.. WINS Mayor. If, on the other hand
the Hearst movement is exaggerated, Mr.. Nc
Clellan can have need of Republican votes
except for the purpose of defeating MIR. WINS.
And that is the purpose of the appeal. Mr..
Murphy, few days ago. declared positively
that Mr.. Hearst would be third In the race
Yesterday he repeated the statement. saying
that Mr.. Hearst would not have much more
than $4,000 votes THE NewYork Times" re-
Gently, in careful political forecast, came to a
similar conclusion. Thus Tammany and its
supporters furnish the most complete antidote
for the panic which Mr.. Mcclellan is trying to
create. not to beat Mr. Hearst but to beat Mr.
Twins.
If such panic could be created, it would be
more likely to elect Mr.. Hearst than to defeat
him, supposing his movement to be really for
midable, because his only chance of election lies
In splitting the Tammany vote so badly as to
leave Mr. Mcclellan in third place. The Tam
many organs attempt to minimize the WINS vote
and declare that Republican estimates of his
strength are bluff. They said the same thing
last year Of the Republican estimates of the
vote of Roosevelt and Higgins yet the figures
for these candidates given out by Mr.. Halpin
came within 1000 of the vote given for each Of
them. while the very forecasters. like those of
THE Brooklyn Eagle who are urgilg Re
publicans to support Mr.. Mcclellan as the only
alternative to Mr.. Hearst then went so rdcu-
lously astray with their predictions that they
promised to retire from business The Republi-
can figures last year were not bluff, and the
Republican estimates not now Il bluff If
Mr.. WINS holds, he has every right to expect
TO do. the minimum Republican vote which has
been cast even for unpopular candidates in years
of Democratic tendency, he can be elected over
both Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Mcclellan, matter
how the Tammany vote is split.