The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-07

tal as IL they we're badly hurs' IL green,
bac xism is such vile thing as TIE enraseu
en- )crats would have people believe: why
' "a the democratic party Of missouri ~ "a
yor Of II five years sgog Weaver would DC
perfectly willing to place himself, SO Tar as
The currency question is concerned, on Tue
JefIerson City democratic platform OF 1910.
What new light have the democrats received
since that date, that they should now pro-
claim 30 vehemently against a cause when |
they once espoused so warmly In the ngnt
between the greenbackers and the democrats
the former have at least the merit OF conhs'
tency, and the latter have, as usual, no merit
at all.
The following from the Philadelphia Times
reminds us of that most expressive utteranee
of "Gath," George Alfred Townsend, in one
Of his frequent letters recently. He said that
the contentious in the republican party re-
minded him of cats fighting and ho had al
ways noticed That tho more csts fought, tho
more cats there were II the Tunes or any
body else thinks Ihe republican party in New
York Ia dead or asleep they labor under
an GORGEOUS error. Mr.. Conklipg is in the
ring whether the president dies or NOT and
Mr.. Arthur is not mapping any more than
weasel slumbereth. Lot the democracy DO
on the oui wye. The Times says;
Vice-Prcsident Arthur absoned himself
from the meeting If the New York state
committee Yesterday, not even taking the
trouble TO send note explaining bie reasons.
lie is still, therefore, the chairman OF The
bpdy, but % he did not appear the commit
leo decided TO act and issued a call for The
convention 10 meet in New York city Oh the
FIN Of October. The date and the place are
strongly significant of the perplexity OF We
Marty managers. BY tho 9th OF October the
present ruling faction in tho party Will kno"
| The ba,is upon which ii enters the campaign,
By that time the question of Garfelds ten
uro will bo settled and tho position of Ar
thur will be dcnned Unless tho Ooukllng
or stalwArt wing find themselves in posses
sion of the presidency and tho patronage 1t
will be msnitohtly useless to undertake an
offensive movement. Should Garfield coz
tinuq to improve the committee will be re-
placed by a haIf-breed mtjority and tho
campairn will be carried on merely IN form.
New York is an availablepoint for the peCuH
liar appliances wnch General Arthur is CON
oeded the pre- eminence in manipulating and
he can manage the meeting without really
appearing ON the sceno Tho postponemenl
OF the convention denotes uncertainty and
timidity and the democrats Will IN conse-
quence bo compelled 70 take the iclIiaslvo.
Tho current news is that MIR. james Cor
don Bennett, proprietor of the New York
Herald, and editor too, by grace of his pro-
prietorship and tho occasional able articles
he contributes TO the columns thereof, and
his sgenral supervision Of all departments OF
his great paper, has employed new editor
in,ohlef an Englishmsn, An oA-mcmber OF
parliament and for some yeara past ono Of
tho Loading editorial writers and spirits o.
tho London Telegraph. We don't know
whether this is true or not, but no matter
wa have to say that wo do not see how
he could improve on tho editor-in,chiof b,
has had for some years past. lie has mad
the Herald what II proposed 20 be, o grea
and grand newspaper, and while We diile
with IL in lie sentiments on many question
of national import, We have always admire
, Il, always honorod 1t for It's independence, 70
the ability so manifest in It's Gel uns for il
j fairness and for It's enterprise A liberalitS
0 We sometimes scored Numerically beosus
8 of what we considered Ito idiosyncrsoies, BIT
q we have not regarded II tho less on that a.
a o,uut Ina recent issue, the Herald devote
i a column and a quarter to Tammsny Ha
= aud the iniquilies of that institution. til
o Herald cannot 80 80 far in It's donunciatio
I, Of this political close corporation that we wi
not endorse what it saya, but in the following
t taken from the article we refer TO above, "
do not agree with the Herald in tho genera
! idoa conveyed thereby. Tammsny is but
(, chartered society, and divo1iipg II Of lis pol
A tlcs, although ills political organization
: and chartered AZ and Cor such, 1t Is no moi
4 than any other society in tho iaud III
/ Odd Fellows or Masons or other orders {
a that ills, and tho titles conferred upon i
= officers mean no more than the titles confer
s red upon the officers Of these various rsti,l
IS lions to which we refer. Sa1hem or sag,
: more in tho rammany association means I
a more, wo take 1t, than Noble Grand
It Past Grand in an Odd Fellow
h lodge, moro titles of position
, in tho organization, Tne Herald says hoy
4 over;
4. /, Tammsny is the only political organic
q tion Ia tho whole Of the Uuited States,
Of far ~ we arc aware, which Confers titles Of N
N bility. Its ssgsmores, sachems, wiskinski
i- and the rest arc merely duplicates Of SUI
ID titles rs dukes, msrquises, ears, bsrons al
n tho like, aud are not whit lesi pre!enlou
L. Tho whole spirit of American institutions
80 adverse to them Tho federal constitute
l. prohibits the United States md my sta
~ from granting them, and requires tho cor
ks sent OF congres, 70 enable foieral ofllN
no 70 accept title from foreign source.
w hostile is the temper OF tn people iowa
90 .hom that constitutional amcndmel
y once was submitted by congress al
'r- IA still pending before 4
m states to withdraw even this exception an
ils absolutely TO prohibit not merely evo
A. public officer but every citizen from aoceI
n Ing q title Of nobility from any source und
O. penalty Of Acknowledgement l. may b. o
es looted to these comments on Tammeny
30 ties that they exsggora,e a little ms,tcr,t tn
Id tho saeamores, sachoms, and wiskinski
re only make themselves ridiculous by boarlr
Il Al.a A l.. l..