New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-08
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mend.n Let anybody who questions the truth
of this proverb ask Tammany Hall. Things
have been getting to the worst with TammaDy
for some time past Her representatives. were
remorselessly kicked out of a Democratic State
Convention, and before they had well recovered
from that fragrant indignity they were denied
any sort of proper recognition by the Regu-
lars " in the Legislature, although they entered
that body as the balance of power. Soon after
they were promptly dubbed back when they
attempted to enter a Democratic Legislative
caucus, and informed between the blows that,
in the opinion of the representatives OF " Regu-
lar " Democracy in Senate and Assembly, they
had conducted themselves 50 UNANIMOUSLY rs to
forfeit the right to be known as Democrats.
Then the organs of the Regulars began to
blacbgua them. Tile World poured out al
It's vas of wrath upon Tammany. me
AIbany ArguS heaped curses red with uncNm-
mon wrath upon Tammany. The ButdtO
Courier named the Tammany legislators a set
of sham rcformers." Tie Troy Press ex-
claimed that " no true Democrat can any longer
endure the 'buldozing and impotence of!Tam-
many.n The Auburn NcCS asserted that
Tammany has now abandoned all pretence
The Kingston Aygrs characterized the members
of Tammany Hall as "a band Of bummers and
strikers" The Ithaca Democrat remarked that
John Kelly and his band OF political strikers
can no longer masquerade as Democrats" me
Genera Gazette announced that the DEM
ocratic party of the State has inwardly resolved
to divorce itself from Tammany.' The PtdttS-
JUg Sentinel referred to TammanY as IAN
element which has been the poison OF De
mocracy, tainting the whole body with the odOr
of its bad name and fame" The Cleroland
Plajndealer expressed the opinion that ." to
get rid of John Kelly and Tammany is worth a
hundred thousand honest votes to the De-
mocracy of New York"
Perhaps, remembering that "when things
get to the worst they mend" Tammany took
these repeated and varied singing insults
philosophically, arguing that the worst was
happening to it, and that consequently mending
time could not be far off AT all events, Mr.
Kelly and h is fol, overs find the winter OF
their disgrace is turned into glorious summer
by the ap pIoach of the time to vote for State
officers. No organ of the Regulars is abus-
ing them these days. Not one. On the con-
trary these organs are beginning, with SYRIA
cuse in view, to dwell upon the need OF broad
and liberal policy on the part of the Democratic
State Convention. We need not say that the
phrase "a bread and liberal policy" was
coined with special reference to Tammany.
Several local Democratic conventions have also
presented the olive branch to Mr.. Kelly-an
unmstakable olive branch. The list Assembly
District Convention of Niagara County few
DAYS since adopted resolution lnstructing its
delegates " to use all honorable means to unite
"the Democracy OF this State, and by broad
and liberal policy secure the largest possible
support of the entire Democratic ticket at the
coming November election" In like manner
the Democrats of Genesee at their local con-
venton instructed their delegates to the State
Convention to use all honorable efforts to
secure the hearty cooperation and united ac-
ton of every member of the party i'll support
of the ticket to be placed i'll nomination by
the convention"
1t thus appears that nothing now stands in the
way of a reunion of the Regulars and the Tam
manyitcs save the state of mind of the Tam
manyites If they are willing to be concliated,
the Regulars are willing tC do " the handsC me
thing" But it does not take a pair of eyes
equal to licking through a grlndstOne to dis
cover that all that the Regulars want Ct Tam
many is Tammany's votes. Tie radical change
from bludgeOns in the spring to olive branches
in the fall is not to be construed into a change
of Mr. Tilden's heart. That heart perma-
nently hardened itself against John Kelly years
ago. and is not any softer this year than it was
last when he issued his orders that Kelly
should be summarly elected from the Tweddle
Hall Convent on. The demand for "a broad
and liberal policy" is simply a new version of
the SPIDERS cordial invitation to the fly to ac-
cept the Inequalities of his parloI. Tarnmany
will send delegates to Syracuse but woe to the
Regulars IN the convention if they endeavor to
take a lofty tone with Mr.. Kelly, to snub him
or to assign him to back seat. III he Is not
treated with distinguished consideration he
can DO counted upon not to cOndone the con-
vention. But since the Democracy of New
York are much more anxious to have him III
tho convention than he is to 90 there, the
Regulars at Syracuse cat be counted upon to do
nothing to offend him. OF course, as soon rs the