New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-17
4 1FRY NOISY NEW PARTY.

if the stir the new y Nauonai' party IL w
make in the world when it gets fairly under way
may be measured by the noise it makes In
being born, we may as well get ready for a
revolution. Such clenehmg of fists and
pulling of hair and MASKING of noses,
such war dances and high jinks, with
disturbances Of the peace, chickering's,
contentious and threats, were never known
before. Why, they make more fuss and have
more fighting over the business Of organizing
themselves than both the other parties do in
the pitched battles of great campaigns. Ii
they ever get to be fairly at peace among
themselves and exerting all their fighting
qualities in the direction of q common
enemy, the latter will have no chance. But
they quarrel so persistently and bitterly
among themselves that the present pros
pect is they will never hold their
claws off from each others Threats long
enough to formulate platform OF principles
or agree upon declaration Of war against a
common opponent. preliminary meetings,
caucuses, conventions, etc, are about as much
like deliberative assemblies as a back yard full
of cats with their tails tied together and
hung on clothes-lines. We do not remem-
Der to have seen any account OF a meeting
of these people, in this vicinity at least,
in which the leaders-and they are all leaders
did not open the bali with a series OF
charges and counteTcharges against each other,
beginning usually with the charge of prostitute
ing the new party to purposes OF self-aggran-
dizement and personal ambition, and running
from that down to embezzlement and theft.
Ordinarily there is sparring sometimes empty
bottles are exchanged, and furniture used up
in enforcing arguments, and occasionally
nose mashed and head broken.
Now we have no desire to dictate what
shall be the order of proceedings at these pre-
l1mlnary meetings. 1t adds to the liveliness of
the gatherings and increases the chances of
having the proceedings published, to have
these demonstrations with fists and empty
bottles but after all something is due the
public. There is some curiosity in the public
mind as TO what these new lights in political
economy and finance-the Carseys and Shupes
and the rest-really want; what they are
actually trying to do. If we must have these
people bruising each others noses and calling
each other bad names on our doOr-steps
nightly, we may as we'll know what it is all
about; what great principle they are lighting
over. If Mr.. Eugene Beebe, for instance, in
stead of threatening TO fire Mr.. The" Allen
ont of a window, and Mr.. 1.-THE Allen, in
stead of resenting it and getting back on Mr.,
Beebe's nose, would just keep the peace long
enough TO tell us what precisely they
would do for the country, If the
country would give them a chance, we should
have a better understanding of what 1t is all
about. Or if Mr.. Carsey would leave off de-
nouncing Mr.. "Tom" Dreamer for few
moments, or Mr.. Creamer would assemble
himself together in some place remote from
Carsey, and either or both of them would en-
tighten us as to what they would do if they
could, it would at least vary the monotOny
of these sporadic sparring exhibitions. So
near as we can make out, and we have made
the matter somewhat of study, the ma
tional" movement consists principally of COM
nnttees, and the business of the committees
consists in turning men out of the committee
This is good 80 far as it goes, but hardly
enough to build great party on.
The State Convention meets at Syracuse
next Tuesday. The prospect now is that
every member of the party will be present.
OF course there will be eontesting delegations;
the chief product of the movement has been
contesting delegations and rival committees.
1t may happen that some of the cOntesting
delegations will be refused admission.
In that event each coutesting delegate
ruled out will organize party Of
his own, and appoint himself on a
committee to raise funds. There win be no
trouble with the delegates ruled Outj the
trouble will be with those who stay in TO keep
together, and agree as to what they want and
how they expect to get it. 1t viii be con-