| Show I lCOVvICNICATLIl fill UVthTJ01 Or lilt PAVI One or the hackneyed phrases of American political life In I that tn Ih evictors e-victors belong the spoils Th ex prtlun savors more of buccaneering and brigandage than it does c f thoughtful honorable citizenship and that civilization which lauds Itself ns being on the lend nnd destined to prevail pre-vail Might makes right Is n relic of savage and barbarous conditions anti Is I In no way congenial with that liberty which Is n great deal talked about and BO little comprehended or understood A Bocalled business man was once heard to By in tills city I that hon n customer entered his store he always got nil he could out ot him for he never expected to see him again Now this might answer In New York where there Is 1 a teeming transient population jet even there such u course had limits as It fcurely had in the smaller place It has been suggested elsewhere that men In political positions should < be retained because un Innmr or now comer always hd to fee I her his nest therefore It was really I less I expensive ex-pensive to continue In public service the one who had already done so Cut there may be less l In all these anocr Uon or oulIIlllon than their con flailed reiteration tould Imply Surely Sure-ly there Is I som honor ntjd pat lrlotllII In the rank o f citizenship Surely there are those Ahone love 01 country coun-try state county or city is I not bounded by what they can mako out of one or the other Surely position is I lint Always BOught for Its emoluments or becau of po Mble plcklngn nnd stealings Or hB It come to this that Into the socalled filthy pool of poll ties clean mon honet mn will not enter lest they be denied Has there not been a shrinkage from official position nnd responsibility rather than submit to the domination and exactions exac-tions of the ward heeler and those whose only thought Is I that to the victor belong tIe Ppolls Have not I seine bon pressed Into office Irrepo tivoof chalnctor qualification anti have they not paid for political support I through dispensing that patronage which Inured to position Without w iihlns to ellsparasc conventions large or small where nominations arc made have they not often been controlled con-trolled hI those iho hud everything to gain and nolhng to lose and that there have been the nlOt vociferous and aggressive even In the cariylng of the nominee who was without the qualifications which make elected men conservative and as nreflll and vlgl I I alit 1 In the manipulation of public fund ns they would lie In the service of it private Indhldlll where mal ronc or extravagance would out Ject them to tincere nlons discharge It J these queries tire 1101 10 the 1lnt why Peek tu tlllurh the old or lorent conditions If J honor honesty economy econ-omy and all stondor1 business principles prin-ciples have been In the nBcendney wh > desire a chance If political parties ns such hon not been tried In the balance and found wantIngirwhy not continue the old routine tr con differs In Nw York IIn1 elsewhere are not the protest of n longsuffering And plundered people uhat on earth doe this uprising men i If In our loved city there 10 not sonvthlns rotten why discard the old parties and Inaugurate a now one n party of I self defense goaded to this unwonted action by the realization ef burthens too heavy to be borne Ycais ago we argued that politics as lIch were fit comparatively no moment In n municipality that no evidence I was reachable which determIned de-termIned that n major councilman Justice policeman or school trustee was necessarily better lilted for thor th-or any other position Imply because of his proclivities toward either ot the old or present polltlrnl parties that In rat an official I might Iou quit Lis efficient as diligent and devoted to the Interest and progress of the city without political bias as the moil rabid and noisy posrlbly eould be This standpoint 13 I still Invulnerable and tlurfore the proposition to eliminate factious rule and factious tort front nur municipal contekts nnd government h I a step In the right I direction the action Of the mmon sense and thoughtful men and If it has nottleol past experience In reach this conclusion the education vttilli expensive will prove eventually lobe worth all it cost that Is I prmlikl It could not be otherwise had There Is but one objection to the movement It I It can be I called such and that comes from a humble sufferers suffer-ers standpoint It Is that I the leaders lead-ers thereof are all persons ot lepuud means which Is I legitimate but there are numhr of Intelllgnl me wbu are not BO jet they feel the pinch of extravagant ex-travagant public expenditure and are far less I able to bear even In u comparative com-parative sense their share of taxation than are the understood well to do and If I the popular pulse Is I to be touched and n nonpartisan ticket sustained sus-tained this class should Und lepresen lotion somewhere and they will work ns energetically an persistently i and as honestly for public redemption as they have worked for subsistence and independence In n nai row er b cause an Individual sphere SlIce to non nnrllran nonpolltl 1 ul rule In this Itv I 1111 k the IK it broadest bualnos Ilk1 mi n nun bach Vend tho b-ach of bn ry ant orup I un not nlu < hunt re IIr pi slUon s kNS bt such as NIII study the pubc wenl confrvative yt t progressive progres-sive aiming to mnk tills city ultra live and desirable bj icason ot II I spence s-pence good order and subserv lence 10 law with Its affairs economically al ministered Anti tho elllcers worthj or confidence alid retention Inc use hon orahl elected anti rollMlI1 servants or those whose suffrages placed them In positions of responslblllly And trust OCCAH1ONAU n |
