New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-10
THE DODGERS.

There has been more or less talk for many
years about remaining the Democratic party.
The old name has become identified so thor
oughly with SO many issues that are both bad
and dead that it is an unmistakable burden in
itself Judge Hoady feels this and has tried
to ease matters little by calling himself the
leader of the new Democracy. This device has
not been success, however, for the Bourbons
regard the new appellation as confession that
the old Democracy was concern to be
ashamed of, and that they never will admit. 1t
seems to us that the best. way out is the adop-
tion Of an entirely new name-nOt one that re-
auires explanation, but one which so exactly
defines the party's attitude On current public
questions that its fitness will be recognized at
once by all men. We venture to suggest the
Dodgers as name of this Sort Nobody can
deny that that fits the attitude of the party
precisely at the present time.
All the Democratic oracles are lodging with
great activity. Judge Hoadly made keynote
speech in Ohio Saturday night, and lodged
both the tarif and the Civil Service reform is
sues All the Democratic newspapers are do
ing the same thing every day, when they de-
cline to take any position Oh either of Those all
important questions, and declare that the only
issue to fight the next Presidential campaign on
is that of turning out the Republicans and put
ting Democrats in their places. AS for the
Presidential aspirants, they are not only dodg-
ing the issues, they are also lodging one
another, or rather one another's brickbats. All
the anti TIlden Democrats declare that the
Sage is so feeble that he can neither walk nor
stand unaided. All the Tilden Democrats deny
this and say he is the most robust and indefa-
tigable stair climber and pedestrian In his
party. Mr.. Hendricks declared IN an inter-
view few weeks ago that Democratic senti-
menU in his State was SO overwhelmingly in
favor of the denomination of the old ticket that
he had decided 10 waive his objection to run
ming again and would accept a denomination for
the secoud place. Now comes friend of ex-
Senator Mcdonald saying that Mr.. Hendricks is
the only man in the State in favor of the old
ticket, and that all other Indiana Democrats
are eager tsput Mr.. Mcdonald at the head Of
new ticket for 1884. When this Mcdonald
ticket was first announced it stood Mcdonald
and Vilas-ihe "sllver-tongued, broad-b-ained
Villas of Wisconsin land the issue on which
the combination was TO run was free trade.
The issue has since been dropped, and the
gifted but unknown Villas, as nearly as we can
make out, has been dropped with it. Mr..
Mcdonald, like all his rivals, is running now as
a Dodger on lodging platform.
We trust the party will enter the campaign
next year on this line of policy and adopt the
name of the Dodgers. A man with an almost
completely bald head was sitting one day in n
store on tie frontier deeply engaged in CONVEX
sativn. AS he talked he raised his hand to his
head every now and then and scratched ener-
getically small tuft of hair which still lin
gered behind his ears A pioneer who had
noticed this movement for some time in silence,
finally leaned forward and touching the talker
on the knee said in confidential manner:
al think, my friend, IL you'd work him up into
the clearing you'd catch him quicker" 1t is
the confident hope CT the Republicans that they
will be able to work the Dodgers into the
clearing next year and catch them as usual.