New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-23

chusetts for The reason that no embOdics an
idea. and his name upon tho ticket means
peace aud reconciliation.
BY the side of such nomination the empty
sputter of the delegate who nominated tho
temporary chairman because he was Dorn
democrat" and had not achieved democ-
racy or had it thrust upon him, may pass a'
idle wind. Party names and catchwOrds na'o
ceased to be powerful with the masses Inc
Door old shallow pates who boast that Ihey
"never voted anything but straight Demo
"cratic ticket" are not so numerous us tney
were. and the few that are left are beginning
n understand that it is no great thing to
brap Of In New-YOrk and Massachusetts
thew are nominating men for office on account
of what they believe in and what they are, and
not on account of the party labels on
them. The action of the New-YOrk Democrats
in nominating men not of their own party, may
seem TO have more of the quality of unselish-
ness in it, since they had reasonably sure
prospect of carrying the State for whatever
ticket they might offer; but the Democrats OF
Massachusetts are not less deserving of praise
for putting themselves in line with the better
sentiment of the party and the people,
and sinking out of sight mere partisan
considerations, in order to snow 10
the country their comprehension or inc
situation and its duties. This, too, ID one OF
the fruits of the political movement or lo|Z'
which the party organs of the Administration
have been so much in the habit OF derlding as
q failure. These Democrats were long time
learning that names are not things, and that
political parties had something to do besides
pointing to the record of the past with pride.
They understand now that a party must not
merely have name and history, but pur-
pose and mission as well, and that 1t must
not stop with fine talk about what it will do,
or glittering generaities about what ought to
be DONE but must step right up and do the
things it talks about. So much progress has
been made in the past three or four years by
the party which calls itself Democratic In
New-York or Massachusetts.
The Republican Convention which meets at
Worcester next week will be called upon to
act with unusual discretion. They will find
themselves confronted by strong and popular
ticket with an unObjectionable platform, and
fight before them in which they cannot
afford to take any unnecessary risks or try
any experiments. The people OF the state
have had q Democratic Governor for one
year, and to their establishment none OF the
calamities which the Administration seers
predicted would come of such an event have
befallen them They have learned that Gov.
CASTOR is after all an upright, honorable. and
conscientious gentleman, and that his election,
instead of being triumph of the worst
elements in society, sgnified only an earnest
and dignifed protest against the bad man
agement, the vices and fOlies of the party in
power in the nation. A Democratic Governor
in Massachusetts is not by any means Demo
cratic triumph it is simply Republican pro-
test 1t would not be strange at all, in view
of the reasonable and prudent action of the
Convention yesterday, if the people of the
State should be quite content to let the pro-
test continue one more year at least. In any
event, the Republican Convention next week
will have to nominate their best men and
make uncommonly fair promises to make sue
cess reasonably sure. And we venture the
suggestion that it is to be such race that
they cannot take the risk of carrying Presi-
dent Grants Administration in it. 1t is not
good season for that sort of handlcapping.
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