New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-03

VcntiOnS nave invariably ueClucu NhcH 'hC
question has been brought before them, that
"no man is good enough to govern another man
"withOut that other mans consent"
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DISAPPOINTMENT or THE YAH-YAHS.
1t is the most natural thing in the world to
offer sympathy and coincidence to those who
have suffered disappointment in the defeat OF
their projects and the blasting OF their hopes
1t seems entirely out of the c0ulsc OF nature to
extend sympathy to those who have been disap-
pointed by unexpected success. And yet there
are such cases. There is, for instance, TIE
gI1mbing and snarlng head of the family
whO thinking he is to have mutton for dinner
makes things blue with Pronunciation of every
thing that wears wool, and says there is 10
meat like roast beef. When he finds that it is
roast beef and not mutton, after all-what can
YOU say to himi You can't congratulate him.
for you know the old mans nature too well not
to understand that the disappOin mcnt at losing
his grOwl far exceeds any satisfaction he VIII
derive from the beef. He would much rather
have had the mutton, and with 1t the OppOr-
tunity of being disagTeeable and making the
family uncomfortable, than to have the JulclrSt
meat of his preference and with it the burden
of being satisfied and having no cause for
f,ultfnding. CongratlatiOn would only
enrage MIN. You can only cOndOlc with Inn
upon his disappointment ut having lost what
ne counted most upon, the chance to kick up
an unpleasantncss.
OF this ORDER of beings are the Yah-Yahs in
politics. They set up ideals that seem i'm
possible and get VAIN over distinctions that
are impracticabc, not 80 much because they
yearn for the ideals or hunger for the abstract
IONS. rs because it gives them the opportunity
to Yah.yah at everybody else and make a fuss
generally. They can have no sOrcr dlSappolnt-
mcnt than to find the public taking mp their
ideals and adopting their distractions. TO bc
Obliged to be satisfied. with no excuse for
scolding and kicking, is the worst calamity that
can bclall them. Whether it Is a misfortune
20 any one else or not, it certainly is to them
to have their own way. Ten to one, when they
find they have unexpectedly succeeded, they
turn round and find fault with either the
success itself or the methods by which 1t came.
And it's a thousand to one that they pitch into
the people who have helped them to have their
way, condcmning Their motives and with in
creased rancor dcnouncng them az I'M
ecrupulous, hypocritical and nsinccrc. They like
TO sit alone and make themselves Extensively
| conspicuous ny tHIONluE htOhS anu Hlbh'S 1T
everybody else. 1t makes them unhappy to
| have the crowd come over to them, for III it they
lose their prominence and don't have room to
"swing II cat" or any other missile.
A few weeks ago it seemed good to some of
| them-SenatOr Edmunds not having been
named for the Presidency, not wanting the
nomination, and apparently not having the
slightest chance for ito nominate thit gentle
man and urge his CLAIMS very much "a the
snaring paterfanias praises roast beef when
he thinks he smells mutton IN the kitchen.
They have sounded his praises I'm Il manner
which, considering how seldom they say good
word of anybody, has been quite remarkable.
| The more remote his chances seemed, aud the
moro Indifferent he appeared, the louder they
| grew until they seem to have 50 far committed
| themselves upon his pcIlcctOns that 1t will
| hardly he possible for them to sncer at hun or
abuse him should ne happen TO be the choice
! of fine Chicago Convention. II has happened
within the past two or three days that in the
| violence of the strife between the leading
candidates there has appeared to some people
10 be glmmcr of poss bity thai the Yer
mont Senator should receive the nomination.
In this state of things the Yah-yahs have
changed their tactics. 1t is the law of their
nature that they must be in wlanglc with
somebody. So although no one has said any
| thing against Senator Edmunds, and there is
no reason why the friends Of Che other candi
| dates should not come in cordially to his
suppOit, the Yah-yahs have already upon this
iutimation begun Slang whanging everybody
who did not advocate his nomination from the
start. Should he be- nominated that would he
the only comfort they would have left. They
arc tsfOpprd from abusing him. and wOnld
have TO ply their vocation upon his supporters.
The nomination of the Vermont Senator does
not at this writing rise to the level Of prObI-
biiy, but it is evident that the talk about It
has alarmed the Yah-yals at the possibility Of
their having thcirOwn way and losing tho lncSii-
mable privilege of growing They have con-
scquenuy turned to exercising their functions
upOn the men who seem to be in danger Of
coming over to their candidate. Ordinarily the
supporters of a candidate would be congratu-
lated upon his success, but this is Il case in
which only sympathy and coincidence can be
offered. TO he disappointed of their gi0wl is
u great deal worse to them than TO lose their
candidate.
REDUCING THE DEBT
Eight years ago, the reduction Of the public
debt was us large in Il single month as it has
been during May, 1880. Since that lime there
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