New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-09
at The head of tho colusn of Republican


As ~ THE BdCHINB."
Wa note with grief the fact that several
Democratic NEWSPAPERS of the high moral tone
peculiar to that class of publications. are
shocked by the nomination of Mr. Cornell as
| the Republican candidate for Governor. iney
say. with palms turned outward ana tne w',ocs
of their eyes showing like biililrd-pailS, 'n"'
il is n "machlnc" SUCCESS, ana tbae IL ,"o
4" machine is not frowned down ana us
couDtenanced by all good Republicans, All tue
things we hold dear are put III peril. lhcy 20
ont Of their way 10 advise Republicans OF
! the subicct They say that II is the pam uutF
| of everybody to rebuke the maeliine pom
ticiaps by voting down their candidate. 10
their reinforcement come the Deputy Demo
Gratis. who are always saying-and giving rea-
sons for If at great leDgth-that II anybody
had been nominated bs the Republicans except
the man WHO was nominated, they wonld have
inst sounded call that would have
raised the saints everywhere, and not Diy
elected him. but ushcred IN the millennium
and they say that it Is very melancholy 10 think
that the machine" has AGAIN ridden over al
that Is pure and wholesome and lovely and
of good report in our politics; aud they
are half inclined to say that 1t is the
chine" politicians by voting for tie eandi-
dates OF party that is nothing ana ne'eI
was anything except "machHe" Oh Tue
most corrupt ami dangerous sort ihcse
people are all greatly exercised IN their minus
over the nomination OF Mr.. Cornell ana me
success of the "machine.' "Can these Things
"ben they say. land overcome Us IKE q
Summer cloud without cur special WonOef
And they talk about It-bOth Democrats ana
Denuties-just as though they had been lean
ing forward in anxious expectancy WIN theH
hands curled around their ears to catch the
name Of the candidate, in the most ardent
hope that he would be some one whom
they could cOnscientiously and heartily sup
port.
Well, it pains Us OF course that they are so
disappointed. Pains, and yet hardly surprises
us. For these people are in such constant
habit of being shocked at Republican noniina-
tons that we nave ceased to be surprised ~ H.
| II has sometimes seemed TO us that the nomi-
nation of the Angel Gabriel by Eepuo-
licau Convention would be received Oy these
political purists with the same expressions
of sorrow that the better element III the party
had not been able 10 make itself felt. cr, To
Uut an extremer ease, that if the Republicans
| should nominate Charles Francis Adams Tor
office the Democrats and Deputies would rise
10 and Sly ~: This infamous attempt OF the
machine politicians 10 CONCEAL political
"morahty at it. source must be put down mt
"all hazarisr For really these gentlemen
seem determined not II be satisfied. Many
Democratic newspapers are "takiDg on" at
q great rate over the success OF the
machine" as though they had been
making calculations 70 support The Ike
publican candidates il they had only
been other than they are. We mean 10 do
them no injustice, but there are several OF
them engaged in putting up these lamenta-
tons and making this great cutlery, that we
honestly believe would not support the ticket
whoever had been nominated. Not that TINS
should hinder their being sincerely grieyed
over the Republican mistake. and saying SO.
BY no means. Only 1t ought to be under
stood. And as to the Deputies, II IS really
boon to them to have something to grlnt
about OF what use is the Roman nose
unless there is something to turn 1t up
at? There would be no reason for being for
these persons if the Republicans should give
no occasion for their fault-nndlng. Perhaps
il is better that they should have the success
of the machine" to groan over than no
grievance at AL.
Bat may we be permitted in the midst Of
this wringing of hands to qui,e, simply tor
information, what they mean D. tins talk
about the MACHINERY There Iiust be some
thing quite dreadful about it, of course, but
what is it e? We used to connect the phrase iii
! some vague way with the Custom House and the
control of the organization by Federal O'iiceh0ld
ers but there was certainly nothing Of that sort
in the Saratoga Convention. The Custom
House was not represented among the dele
gates, and the hand of the Federal Office
| holder was not seen or felt in the proceed
! ings. If common fame may be trusted, the
influence most strongly felt vas one generally
understood to be, if not absolutely hostile
| to the Federal Administration, at least not in
sympathy with some features of its policy
What then is the machine" that has made all
this troubled a machine" is supposed to have
patronage for its motive power but did pat
ronage control the action of this Convention
Senator C,nkiing is charged with having
managed its proceedings and dictated its ac-
| ton; bat he has no patronage and We can
| not discover that he mas any means facili-
ties for influencing the action of delegates
other than he has fairly earned and mary hon
estly use. He favored Mr.. COrnelrs nominal
ton, and no doubt his favor helped that gen
tlcman to his success; but we cannot see
that he did anything unusual or improper
in expressing and pushing his prefer
ence. or any reason for calling Mr. Conk-
ling "machine" or the nomination OF his
candidate machine success. The truth
is that the Republicans Of New-YoFk have
graat admiration for and confidence in Sem