New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-08

| ing tne representation vi iN''r
the half dozen other factions III ,.'S
city which make common cause WIN INC
County Democracy in fighting Tammany ana
" Bossr Kelly. and then there are details OF
| still, less consequence to be arranged. Inc
oyershadowing question, however, relates 10
| the attitude of the committee and the parry
toward Tammany. On one side there Is
Ioud call for "harmony,n on the other des-
perate determination to put down Kelly ana
have nothing to do with Tammany.
In the midst of the medley we read with
some interest that certain Democratic Judges
of the Supreme Court are actively engaged III
| the discussion of the political situation and
strenuously excrting themselves to patch up
some sort of a truce or compromise by when
all the fighting factions in this city may DE
brought together in support of single STATE
ticket and united upon candidates for local
Offices They are engaged, in short, In
the work of smoothing over differences ana uni
flying the party. This immediate object is quite
apparent 1t is equally plain that the ute
rior purpose of this harmonizing and unifying
work is to bring the Democratic party into
power in the State and put Its leaders IN tlis
city in possession of the local offices and their
patronage. But might we ask what there Is
beyond the mere control of power and posses
sion of Office to be gained by this harmon'zlng
process, that the Judges of the Supreme court
should deem it necessary or worth their while
to take an active hand in it2 Why do they
think it so necessary that these factions should
be uniiedY Do they know of any great prln-
ciple at stake upon which Tammany and Irving
Hall and the County Democracy and the FUR
roy combination are agreed, and which 1t Is
desirable that they lay aside minor dIiier-
ences to maintainf Is there any important
public question now current other than
that old undying one of the posses
sion of the offices upon which the Dem
ocratic party is at one with ITSELF and
definitely and determinedly opposed to the
Republicans Do the Supreme Court Judges
know of any measure of public poicy
that these Democrats propose to unto IN
carrying out if they are intrusted with power 7
If 80, what is it Is it not true that the
main and almost the only question for the
people to decide at the present juncture Is
which OF the two parties will legislate more
wisely and administer more prudently ana
economically The Judges have heard each
of these Democratic factions denounce the dis
honesty and incapacity of the other far more
vigorously than either has ventured to
denounce the Republicans. If they believe
what either says of the other they certainly
cannot conscientiously advise that the man
agement of public affairs be trusted to either
or both. And if they are not to be believed,
if they SANDER ana lie about each other
at such a rate, they are by that token
unworthy to be trusted in greater matters.
Why, then, this anxiety to bring together
factions which, if they tell the truth about
each other, ought not to be trusted, and II
they are sianderers cannot be For what do
our Judges consider Democratic harmony so
desirable? Can one of them give single
sensible reason for it7 Can one of them name
principle to be maintained or public measure
to be carried out by united Democratic action !
Is there, in short, any objective point aimed
at in all this harmOnizing hubbub except the
possession of the spoils of Office9 We know
of none. This being the case, would not our
Judges be exhibiting little more dignity if
they should let the spolls-seekers make up
their own quarrels without judicial assistance