Review of reviews and world's work . bany have alwaysbeen disposed to district the commonwealth some-what markedly in favor of the good people above theHarlem River and against the wicked Democrats ofthe metropolis. And now the tables are turned ^^^tha vengeance. But it is to other forms of iniquity thatthe Republicans are more strongly predisposed, andthese offenses against fair play and Democratic equal-ity and honesty in elections are somehow for the small sort of Democratic politician tocommit. They are both an aggiavated nuisance andan actual danger, and the larger-growai
Review of reviews and world's work . bany have alwaysbeen disposed to district the commonwealth some-what markedly in favor of the good people above theHarlem River and against the wicked Democrats ofthe metropolis. And now the tables are turned ^^^tha vengeance. But it is to other forms of iniquity thatthe Republicans are more strongly predisposed, andthese offenses against fair play and Democratic equal-ity and honesty in elections are somehow for the small sort of Democratic politician tocommit. They are both an aggiavated nuisance andan actual danger, and the larger-growai Democraticpublic men ought to stamp them out. As for Repub-licans who commit these crimes, they are self-ccmfessedh^-pocrites and scoundrels. How can there be anyspirit or manliness in a politic-al contest if poisonedweapons and missiles, foul treac-hery and the sowingof deadly disease germs in the enemys camp are tobe acc-ounted as ordinary means of warfare V Let ushave fair play and an honest ballot. 394 THE REI^/EIV OF RE^ MR. FREDERICK R. COUDERT, OF NEW YORK. The Syracuse Anti-Kodak Convention The country might fairly ask that theprotesting New York Democratic Con-vention at Syracuse on May 31, shouldexpress itself clearly on these issues. The protest-ants, led by the eloqiient and ingenious Mr. Fred-erick R. Coudert of the New York bar, were indig-nant because the regular State convention wascalled unexpectedly early in Mr. Hills interest. Someof them, notably Mr. Coudert, have more recently beenactive in condemning the steal of the State they approve of the gerrymander and the in-spection bill which that Senate steal alone made pos-sible ? It is expected that the Syracuse anti-Hill and anti- Tammany convention will result in a rival dele-gation to the Chicago convention in Mr. Clevelandsinterest, and that the national convention will recog-nize both delegations on the half-and-half month seems to have added to Mr. Clevelandsstrength all
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