New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29

yoters-womcn and unpaturalized mmi-
grants who have notion he would be able,
if he became Mayor, to stop the war with
a wayo of his hand and bring back the
drafted men to their daily occupations.
Like Judge Hylan, Mr.. Hilquit is mex
rerienced in administrative work. lie
represents a protest "a protest against
economic and political conditions az we'll
as against the war. Human experience
has proved that something besides dissatis-
faction with existing conditions is neces-
sary to qualify an executive to give GOOD
public service. Mr.. Hillquit has not proved
himself to possess such qualifications in
his political maneuvings on the East
Side. Neither has he shown himself in
previous campaigns to be an especially
good vote-getter.
Bennett with only fraction of Repub-
lcan votes behind him and no especial ex-
perience or ability to be Mayor, Is out Of
the running.
Mayor Mitchell is the candidate who
offers every advantage from the public's
point Of view, both on the score OF good
government and the score Of good Amerl-
cansm. He has served the city honestly
and we'll for many years. For four years,
as its Mayor he has headed an admins
tration which has been accepted as model
by the rest of the country. Even those
opposed to him who are willing to think,
instead of to sling mud, admit the excel
lence of his work. Never was the Police
Department so honest or so efficient. IL
has no grafters and few inefficient MEM
bers. Never were the Fire Department,
the Health Department, the Street Clean
ing Department, the Charities Depart
ment, the Correction Department so skill
fully managed in the publcs interest.
Never we're the city's finances so ably
handled so that dollar of public money
went so far. Never was there so little
department crookedness, so little depart
ment inefiiciency.
If these things arc worth anything to
taxpayers and to citizens in general, then
Mayor Mitchell is the man TO retain. And
with him should be retained the Fusion
Board of Estimate and Apportionment. In
the next four years the city budgets Will
aggregate about one billion dollars. If
Tammany Board Of Estimate had the
handling of that sum the percentage which
would find its way into the pockets of
political jobholders and political grafters
would pay for dozens Of country estates
and hundreds of automobiles. Tammany
insiders would get rich; plain citizens
would pay in lessening of safety of prop
erty and lives, in deterorated city ser
vice, in deprecated city credit, in conf
munity morally bankrupt so far as Official
dom is concerned.
The defeat of Mayor Mitchell would I've
an event which, as Mr. Hillquit truly says,
would go around the world. II would in
deed be heard in the trenches; it would
assuredly hearten German and Austrian
workers. 1t would be interpreted by our
enemies as reputation of an able, pa
triotic official and a symbol of discomfort
with the government and disunion in car
rying on the war. II would mean as much
as German military victory. 1t would en-
courage the Kaiser; it would discourage
the American boys now in the front-linc
trenches 1t would help the enemy to hold
cut longer and cost hundreds of American
lives.
In order to continue the highest quality
of good government and in order to pre-
sent united front to the national enemy,
tie voters of this great city should reflect
Mayor Mitchell, and with him the entire
Fusion ticket. Good government and good
Americanism are at stake. Partisanshlp,
personal grudges should not be allowed to
weigh against these vital considerations.
Americans talk loudly about putting good
men in Office and rebuking grafters; they
are sacrificing themselves to buy Liberty
bonds and many are offering their lives in
the Federal service. When Tammany and
its corruption and disloyalty and sedition
can be rebuked through the ballot box, can
any right thinking citizen hesitate TO sup
port Mayor Mitchell and his Fusion asso-
ciates?