New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-09
DEMOCRATIC REoRG 4NIzIRS 1T ToRK.

DEMOCRATIC REOPGANIZt RS 1T W0RK.
II will be a great relief to good Democrats
everywhere and to public-spirited citizens
all over the United States to know that the
Democratic party in this city is to he leorgan-
lied and reunited once more. When Mr.. Peter
Mitchell recently announced his purpose to
put the party through the old familiar process,
there were sceptics 1t was feared that Mr.
Mitchell, though the massive proportions OF bis
intellect were universally acknowledged TO
correspond completely with his impressive
physical magnitude, might not be entirely equal
70 the task. The Now-York Democracy has
been reorganized by some pretty small men,
il is true, but if was felt that Mr..
Mitchell might well wait a few years and
give himself a chance to grow before
undertaking the job, Another Peter has come
TO the rescue, and 4 bigger one. Mn Peter
Bowe. with the able assistance Of MI John
Fox, Mr. Nick Houghton and Nj. Char
Ten Brooke. has put in hid for the contract.
How Mr. Mitchell will regard the intcrOpcrs
is not yet clear. Very likely he viii go Oh in the
even tenor of his way and proceed toTcOrgan-
ize the party all by himself The party has
got So used TO that sort of thing that 1t does
not mind it at all. After each election rcor-
GAMERS rise up on every hand. They have
been rising for the last thirty years, but they
have been especially pr1miscuous and lively
ever since the ameuted Mr. Tweed became
mower il the metropolis. Whenever any ward
leader was dissatisfied with ms share Of the
stcaliIg rs he set about re0rganizing' until
the Boss saw the wisdom of dividing the plum
der more generously From that day TO this
Democrats Of all shapes and sizes and preyi-
Gus conditions have been recognizing and re-
uniting and purifying the party until they
have cot it more mixed than the contents Of
iuuk shop, and about as unclean.
Last year Nh. Hewitt, Nj. Whitney NJ.
Conner and other amiable and wcll-mcuing
gentlemen attempted to induce the party to
reorganize itself. They prepared plan which
was perfect on paper, and primaries were held
at which a great many votes were sad to
have been cast Everything went on beauti-
fully until election time, when the leaders of
the County Democracy found to their amaze
ment and grief, that Tammany Hall had more
votes ,han they. Since then they have occu-
pied all their time III trying to discover who
" sold out" their candidates. Investigations
of that kind never amount to anything. That
the whole crowd was badly " sold and It's
leaders worst of al, is plain enough, but to
discover the sellers will not brinl ont any more
votes next time One great difficulty with the
County Democracy was that wlnle II had
among its chiefs some of the most respectable
and respected of our citizens, and its assert
ment of political principles was of the choicest
character, the baser element, represented by
such men as John l.. Fellows, Michael Nor
ton and other relics Of the Tweed era, had
altogether too much to say about candidates
and patronage. Irving Hall has taken warn
ing from the fate of that experiment Evil
IDENTITY it is resolved that only pure patriots
shall have any connection with its scheme of
REORGANIZATION Look at the list of men pres
emf at the st. James Hotel meeting last Sdtur
day night In it shine the names Of ex-COn-
gresham Jimmy" OBren and ex-Civil JUS
tice Tim" Campbell. as well as those of Mr..
Fox, Mr. Brooke and other states
men of ike calibre. Where, oh where
was Harry" Cenet1 ANY party that
could hesitate TO intrust itself to men like
these for reorganization or any other purpose
must be party of very uneasy virtue Cen
erai McQuadc was there also, and he almost
swamped the whole enterprise with the food
of his eoquence. After ne had SPOKEN for tho
sixth time the suspicion was freely expressed
that he had come with the intention of talking