The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-29
The Man With the Ladder.

a small billOw OF discussion is passing
over the Democratic press concerning
the proper place, or the best place.. FOR
holding the next National Convention.
1t seems early yet to agitate the ,ques-
ton, as the Convention will not probably
meet for almost, if not quite, year.
But the National Committee will meet
within few months to fix upon time
and place, and it is not st 'ange that the
advocates of particular places for the
Convention should begin to press their
claims at this early day in order to gain
for them the favorable consideration of
the Committee. Indianapolis, Cincin-
matt, Chicago, st. Louis, Louisville,
Baltimore, Saratoga and several other
cities have been named, and Their eli
gibility urged for a variety of reasons.
The Tribune does not expect to be con-
suited in the matter, or to have its
preference regarded. if it has any, and
we consequently take no part in the
discussion of the claims of the various
localities But we do have such high
regard for the Democratic party, and
are so profoundly anxious that it should
escape being imposed upon and made
the victim of misplaced confidence, that
even at the risk of being considered
meddlesome we venture to make q
single suggestion.
So far as most of the candidates are
concerned, we apprehend that it will
make very little difference where the
convention is held. 1t might be held
in Indianapolis without being captured
| by Mr.. Mcdonald or Mr.. Hendricks,
or in Cincinnati without being carried
off by Judge Hoadly, or in Chicago
without danger of being kidnapped by
I T. III
or even in Tammany Hall in this city
without being intimidated by John Kel-
| ly or purchased by Tilden. But there's $
another candidate-and he carries a
ladder. He scales third-story windows
| in the dead hours of the night; he takes
possession of convention halls; he is
found in occupation at the hour of
meeting, and the first thing the party
knows he sails away with the nomina-
ton under his arm In so quiet and
| law-abiding State as Massachusetts and
| in the very heart of the Commonweal b
we have seen him do Just that within
the past few years. he wanted the
nomination for Governor, and he
simply got a ladder and climbed into a
| third-story window of Mechanics Hall
| in Worcester between the hours of
three and four in the morning, and took
it. He was not elected that year, but
the next time he wanted the nomina' ion
the party handed it right over to HIM
without word. He is now the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
1t is also generally believed that he is
a candidate for the Democratic nomina-
tion for President. l. he is, all we have
\ to say is that the Democratic National
Committee can not be too careful whore
they hold the convention, nor too c1re-
full about guarding the approaches to
the hall for several days before the
meeting. 1t would be but ordinary
I precaution to have iron shutters on the
windows. Again we say the committee
can not be too careful in this matter.
This man means business when he goes
| for a nomination. He carries ladder
on his shoulder; he has been making
| friends IN Massachusetts, for the past
six months by carrying it through the
! crowd and turning round suddenly ev-
! ery few minu. es to see if anybody was
| laughing at him. It will not do
| to despise him because he has no
friends and does not seem formid-
able The great thing to be borne in
mind constantly is that he carries a lad
der. We may seem to our Democratic
friends to be meddling with what does
not concern us, but we have seen the
good, nice, proper, respectable Massa-
| chusetts Democracy including Frank
Bird and Judge Abbot-captured once
! by this man with ladder, and now
that he seems to be moving with it to
ward National Convention we can
not refrain from sounding the alarm.
Wherever the Convention is held. let
it be fortified against the man with the
ladder. 1t would give us great pain to
| see all the Southern Democrats WAC
have been expressing themselves so
freely of late on Presidential candida es
walk into the front deor of conven-
ton that had already been captured
/ by means of ladder at the rear.-N.
| Y. Tribune.