New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-16

ond Of his lasso about his waist and deilantly
threw the other over the smoSeSC'cS vi '"0
invading locomotive which was passing 'hrous"
his ancestral domain at the rate OF lofty MINUS
an bour. II we remember rightly he mas hoV
vet returned to give his report OF the eApo'f
ment. We doubt if he ever tuiiy coIlpfc-
hended what happened to him.
little more than a year ago Mr.. Arthur
by the agency of an assassin's pistol became
the acting President OF the United States lie
succeeded man whose policy had commanded
the support not only of an overwhelming nla-
iority cf the Republican party, but also OF
majority of the whole American people. his
policy Mr.. Arthur pledged himself to continue,
hut lac failed TO keep his promise. What lie dld
is a familiar story. The Republicans OF the
country pronounced their verdict upon him and
his work in the elections OF October and Novem-
ber They allowed seven sure hepuohc"n
Stat.s-New- York, Pennsy lvania, Ohio, Massa-
chusetts. Connecticut, Michigan ana hansas-Vo
20 over into the Democratic column iatne'
than approve of the Administrations attempts
to reverse Garfeds policy. The TRIBUNE
remarked after the Ohio election that the START
ling reversal there was the forerunner OF
greater rebuke which was certain to come III
November. but all the organs of the Admins
tration we're sure that this Interpretation was
unjust and untrue, and that the temperance
question was the sole cause or deieae' "o
have heard no further talk of this KIND since
the returns came in last week. 1t Is generally
admitted now that the Administration has peen
rebuked.
wbile admitting the rebuke, the friends
of the Administration say the fresiueht
brought it upon himself by not carrying OUT Ills
policy more thoroughly and aggresslvely'
They call upon him to reestabllsh himself III
the good graces of the party by throwing over
all the traitors. That Is, having lassoed the
locomotive once and been very badly bruised IN
consequence, the way to get even with the
same locomotive is 10 get squarely in front oil II
the next time. Ii would not be surprising to
see the President take this advice. Like all
other leaders of his peculiar faction, he seems
to be entirely unable to comprehend that olhce
and mower are not of themselves sufficient to
command popular support. Mr.. Conkling could
not grasp the fact that the public had lost talth
in HIM until he had been actually kicked INTO
nriyate life Even now he charges his fall to the
NEWSPAPERS. and we are edited with picture
of him, drawn no longer ago than Tuesday last,
speaking with lofty scorn of the Press ana hoid-
ing OFT a COPY of The TRIBUNE with an ex-
nressiou OF some disgust" That is as if man
were TO cut of his own nose and then charge
the disaster upon the knife. HE TRIBUNE
merely recorded in as Interesting manner as IL
was able. the successive and phenomenal steps
by which Mr.. COnkling committed political
suicide He probably knows as well as The
TRIBUNE does that the Republicans who speak
most bitterly of him to day are those who were
his eager followers for many years. III he Will
go out into the State to-day he will find Admin
istration men every here charging all thelI mis-
fortunes upon him and his laundering leader
shin. The followers have learned if the leaders
have not.
A similar blindness is either shared or as
sumed by Don Cameron. He pretends to be-
lieye that he has chance for reelection to the
Senate. when it is self-evdent that he has none.
1t is a gratifying feature of the popular dis
gust with bossism that it does not subsde with
time. From the time 1T began, more than two
years ago, it has gone on steadily increasing Mr..
Conkir thought it was merely temporary ex-
hibition and would coon pass away, but he was
mistaken. The people do not return to
leader whom they have tried and found want
ing. Mr.. Conkling has gone out OF politics for
ever. Mr.. Cameron has started on the same
road, and President Arthur will follow when his
accidental term reaches its end. The country Is
through with all of them and their kind, and
nothing that any one of them can do will be
competent TO change his fate.