New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-07
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same rate as during the last few years, he ex-
pected soon to see the city give Republican
majority. He thought I" the best thing the
members could do was to get inside OF Tam
many Hall or some Other organization as soon
as possible" This kind CT talk is net very
encouraging to the TeOrganizers with whom inc
party just now abOunds, but it seems 10 an
average outsider to emb0dy the common sense
of the situation. We say this AL the more
! frankly because there is not the rem0test
possibility of the thing being done The DIM
! Guilty in the matter is fundamental, radical. IL
! cannot be overcome without II complete change
! of heart and revolution of purpose in the party.
! The present aim of the party is the offices, ana
there are not enough of them to go round
Hence splits and bolts in existing organizations,
and hence all the attempts to reOrganize. The
| trouble cannot be healed until there are more
offices and fewer candidates, OF the party ex-
periences new birth and adopts a new aim in
life.
All of these recognizing enterprises that are
at present agitatng the Democratic mind-at
least three of them were in full blast Monday
evening, and no one knows how many more
there are in the works or just getting under
way-have Tammany Hall as their objective
point The original Irving Hall purported to
be a revolt of "reformerS" from Tammany,
and the Rump organization that remains Is IN
nominal opposition to Tammany, though prac-
tically its ally. The County Democracy Is
protest against Tammany, and so is the new
Young Mons Democratic Club, which Is IN the
pangs of parturtiOn with an entirely new plan
of reorganization. II was this last concern that
enjoyed the felicity of listening to the large
and wholesome truth above quoted from one OF
its members. At the meeting of the Irving
Hall branch of the party on the evening Ill
question, the Hon. Peter Mitchell, we'l-known
in local political circles as n statesman OF fire.
ducncy and hux, broke out with the discovery
that the present is a good time to rcOrganize the
party in this city, upon the strength OF which
he proposed that a committee be appointed to
confer with Democrats in other parts OF the
State with a view to union and harmony.
Peters inspiration did not seem to strike the
meeting favOably, but was voted down. We
believe his proposition, however is much more
in accord with the party notion than that
offered in the Young Mems Club. The ruling
idea is that the way to strengthen and unite the
party is to keep breaking it up into reorganiz-
ing enterprises instead Of merging them all in
one.
This viii 20 on, Of course, until, as the Young
Democrat said the Republicans hnvc "a majority
i'm the city; a colsumnlrion most deyoutiy to
be wished. For this reason We look with great
satisfaction upon the various attempts at rcor-
ganization, and should have rejoced if the
Hon. Peter Mitchell had succeeded in launch
ing another one All the same, we do not hest
tate To say that the Young Democrats view Is
in party sense the wiSest-ii it were only prac-
ticablc that is, if the Democratic party were
not the Democratic party. iIiS advice was that
they should all "get inside of Tammany Hall
or some other organization as soon as possible"
And why not into Tammany Hall 2 1t is the
ancient organization it has traditions, pres
tcc, machinery, and, Judging from the last
election, the most votes. Opposition beats upon
it in vain. Led wisely or unwScly it holds its
own persistonty and stubbornly, and is never
crushed The ,igor of its management and
virility of its discipline are such that it clears
its decks of election disputes and summarily
cNpels members whose allegiance Is in doubt,
while the opposing organizations are appointing
committees and arranging the prclIminareS for
trial. Ii has in short one Boss instead of a
hundred, and it means business every time.
Why then should not all these rcorganizerS
hurry into Tammdny as soon rs possible
There Is no reason for it except the one already
named, that there are too many leaders and not
enough offices. The advice of the Young
Democrat is exceedingly sensible and wise.
But it will not be followed, and OF course he did
not dream that it would be.