New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
TILE oLE0MARGARINE PARTY.

If n long platform would make a large party
the Anti Monopoly, Oleomargarine, Glucose
or Hash combination would be all right. 1t
has emitted platform of four whereases and
seventeen resolutions, and to these the owner
of the party, Mr.. + b. Thurber, has added
three others. We call it the Oleo,nargarine
party because it prctends to be one thing
and is really another. If a more compre-
hensve title is wanted, Hash party might
be used. for the combination contains a little
of everything that is cheap and secondhand.
Its members have just closed convention at
Albany, where they went through the process
of laying the foundations for a new party In
this State One of the delegates thus de-
scribed the operation " 1t reminds me of the
building of Babel. Every fellow comes along
with brick in his hat and chucks it into
"the pile, aud that's the way the party Is
built After careful periisal of the proceed
ings of the convention this strikes us as an
exceedingly felcitous and accurate description.
If there was man in the convention who
had not brick in his hat, and did not
chuck it, his name has been overlooked.
The air was full of bricks all the time, and
among the chuckers were representatives OF
all the parties which have existed i'll this
country for the past ten years.
There were a few Tammany heeers, and
few representatives of the late County Democ-
racy There were many members OF the late
Greenback party, and there were also Samuel
| f. Cary, f. A. Conkling Thomas j. Creamer
and +. b. Thurber. In addition to this COM
| bination OF attractions there was letter from
John Kelly so long that if it had been read
| the convention would have had to sit through
| the week; and most remarkable OF all, when
| the Committee on Permanent Organization re-
norted. a roaring Tilden Democrat popped up
as chairman of the gathering. He had been
smucgled into the committees confidence, and
before the convention knew it he was direct
ing their proceedings. Even Mr.. Tllden, in
the retirement of his robust old age, must
have smiled softly to himself when he heard
of that neat performance. Here was an Anti
Monopoly Convention, called to express its
devotion to John Kclly's own issue, which
refused to listen to John Kelly's letter on the
subject and elected Tilden man to preside
over it! That was glory enough for retired
statesman in one day. 1t was ably and appro-
priately remarked by the Tilden chairman that
the convention had no idea of forming new
party, since the JeflersOnian Democracy were
all anti-mOnOpo!ists
At this point Mr.. Thurber arose to remark
! that he depl0red the fact that political fac
tions had made themselves felt in the con-
vention. We have no doubt he spoke with
feeling. He had worked hard to get up the
gathering for the purpose of advertising Thur
| ber and his groceries, and here it was sudden
" switched off into sde-show for Tilden
and the JeifersOnian Democracy. Even the
| platform, which came soon afterward, failed
TO soothe him, though there would seem to be
"A balm in it for every wound. 1t denounces
nearly everything i'll existence, and calls for a
general remodeling Of the universe and the
affairs thereof. 1t calls for new lot of news
papers, a new railway system, and new plan OF
taxation Thurber wants even more. He has
| added three resolutions which abolish the Ma
! tiona banks and asks to have savings bank :,
the telegraph and the telephone managed by
the Government. There is nothing modest or
shy about the platform as it stands. It's au-
thors probably thought that they might as we'll
AJAX for all they could think of while they
were about it, This WAS natural and appro-
priate. 1t makes large platform, but the
appetites of the members of the party are also
large. and smaller collection of principles
would have been too short to go around. As il
tands now, nearly every man in the party has
principle for himself, and Thurber has three,
The whole combination should DO carefully
labelled and sold in packages, none genuine
without the trademark: "Oleomargarine."