New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-07
TIUVINY At albany.


Democracy in their desire to cement the broken
factions of the party and gather up the spollS
which they seem to have too confidently
counfed on. we cannot see but that the Tam
many representatives in the Legislature who
hold the balance of power are technically
RIGHT and perfectly consistent. Some OF the
Democratic organs in the Interior we observe
are beratng Mr. Kelly and I"mmany ior
pursuing what they call a dictatOrlal course
They say that with only three Senators ana
six AsseInblymcn it is the most unb'ushlng
impudence on the part Of Tammany to assume
to offer terms to the Democratic Legislature
upln which they will permit it TO go on
organize and get to business. -Four
hundred thousand Democrats, they say, are
told by forty thousand what they must ana
must not do and they wax indignant theIeat'
One paper calls upon the regulars to pay no
attention to Tammany's terms or threats nut
90 ahead in their own way, and let the
minority acnuiesce and behave themselves, or
get ont" There seems to be here a slight
misspprchcnson of the situation. We do not
understand that the Tammlny men have
formally, at least-o1ered amy terms or made
any threats On the record their position Is
sound and consistent. As Ani-Monopolist
they say they cannot support certain candl-
dates offered them 10y the Democratic caucus
and they simply do not support them. That's
all.
Here is no dictation nor any threat that we
can see. We must believe, OF course, that
these three Senators and six Assemblymen'
elected, as they say, Is Anti-Mon0poHstS, are
bound ND heart and soul in the Antl-Monopo-
w caussyihat the end and aim Of their politl-
cal existence is in the success OF that cause
That is what they say, and certainly they
"wouldn't lie about little thing like that"
Hence they are supporting Autobiography
candidates. Is not that perfectly CONSISTENT
What else could they dol They certainly
could not be expected to march mcekly into a
caucus in which their avowed enemics-the men
who have registered an oath for their eXtermina-
tion-arc in an overwhelming majority, and
consent to be bound by its action. II
they did this their independence as the Oppo-
nents of chartered mOnOpOlies would be sacu-
feed, and the cause of the dear people, deserted
bv its elected champions, would come to grief.
We do not see how, to be consistent with their
public professions, they could do otherwise
than they have DONE Indeed, granted that
they are not "buc ribbon idiots" we do not
see how, under any circumstances, they could
consent to go into caucus OF their deadiiest
oppOnents and bind themselves to be governed
by it, The Tammany representatives are not
doing much to promote harmony, to be sure ;
but men who have been kicked out Of so many
conventions as they have are not ordinarily
disposed to sacrifice everything in order TO
make it pleasant for those who did the kick
ing. But thus far they seem to rs to have
behaved themselyes-for Dcmocrats-ycry
fairly.
Pending the deadlock an amusing sugecs-
ton comes from an independent newpar r.,
to wit, that rs everybody without regard to
party is "disgusted with Tammany aud its
piratical conduct" the Republicans would do
well to unite with the Country Democrats upon
some compromise basis, effect an organization,
and proceed to business. This course, it is
urged "will strike Tammany a hard perhaps
fatal blow" Just so. But the advantage OF
striking Tammany fatal blow is not appar-
emit The logical effect of it would be TO unite
the Democrats in this city in one organization
and make them more potent for mischief than
ever before. The continuance of the Tam
many organization, we do not hesitate TO say,
is much more desirable than its determination.
II diminishes the power OF the party for mis-
chief. And, strange as it may seem, the Re
pubicans would rather fight two parties than
| one.