New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-02

q sion in the Army and walt patiently anu
hopefully till the National Convention nom
"inates him for the Presidency" When we have
added that these conclusions are said to have
been reached after consultation between
General Winfield Scott IIancOck-we give the
whole of his name because his admirers like
| # best that way-and Judge Jere Black, at the
latter's PENNSYLVANIA home, we have told
all there is of this exceedingly interesting
report
Noticing first the single objection to this
preferred candidacy, that the General lives IN
New York, we are free to admit that this Is
no objection mt all He will not run as New
! Yorker, or, for that matter, rs Pennsylvania.
The great absorbing topic in Pennsylvania at
present is the tariff. Senator Cameron has
precpitated that issue, and a most fortunate
thing it is for General Winfield Scott Hancock
| that he has, for who of MS has forgotten the
| immortal position which the renowned soldier
statesman took upon that question in the late
Presidential campaign2 His casual observa.
tions to an inquistive Democratic editor were
snatched up eagerly by the whole American
| people. and became as familiar as household
words in every home in the land. We reproduce
them in order that our Democratic friends may
|
perienced when their eyes first fell upon them
less than two years ago:
The tariff question Is local question. The same ques
ton was brought up my native place In Pennsy
yanIa II is matter that the General Government sell
dom cares to interfere WITH and nothing ia likely to he
done that will interfere with the industries OF the coun
try My election could make no difference either one
way or the other. There has TO be certain amount
millions Of dolars-raised by tariff that can be got ia
no other way and that must necessarily give protection
TO the manufacturing interests of the country The cleo
tion Of Democratic President or the election OF Re-
nublcap President cannot interfere with influence
| that in the least.
That is a platform all by itself 1t was very
powerful in 1880, and will be again. Upon
| that its author would run for Governor not as
a New Yorker, not as Pennsylvanan but as a
| Tariff man. Don Cameron says if he is not
allowed to have his own way the tariff will be
wiped out. General Winfield Scott Hancock is
already in position Numerically opposed to
that. He SAYS it will make no difference to
the tariff whether he is elected or defeated.
Let the Pennsylvania Democrats make their
fight on thai issue. There could not he surer
way for them to accumulate fine lot of cap
ital for use in 1884. We are sorry to say that
they do not appear to share our view. In fact
all the Democratic enthusiasm NHiCn We Hay I
been able to discover on the proposition was
that which was developed by the participants
at the meeting in Jere Blacks house There
are even Democrats who are so brutal as to
say openly that the mere idea of running Cen
| eral Winfield Scott Hancock is "prepOsterous"
This is a grievOus mistake. The party Is
certain to regret it. Rejection now is rejec-
ton for 1854 also
We are unable to understand how any man,
Democrat or otherwise whose heart Is where
! it should be, can gaze nnmOved upon the
spectacle OF General Winfield Scott Hancock
rcsigning his commission the Army and
waiting "patienty and hopefully" for the
Democratic National Convention to nominate
him for the Presidency. TO he sure the spec
tacle would be more affecting if he offered to
resign his commission before he elected
| Governor, but he is acting in accordance with
precedent He offered to resign his commits
sion in 1880 we believe, i'll case he was elected
| President. His wisdom in holding on to it till
| after election was indicated by the result.
lie has done all that can be expected of him
to help his party in the present emergency.
| He offers himself for n candidate and his views
| for platform. 1t is a handsome offer. If his
party rejects it, so much the worse for the
| party.