New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-01
ctpD FROM MR. 7HURBER.

4 CARD FROM Mr.. 1HURBER.
Mr. F. B. Thur ler, wholesale and retail
dealer in oleomargarine, antimonopcly and
! other fancy groceries, begs leave to announce
that he has lately added to his stock IN trade
the Democratic party Of this State. and that IN
the future he will be happy to dispose OF 1t IN
oro,t,tie. 70 suit purchasers. Positively no
goods exchanged.
Thinking that the public at large may be in
terested in learning how he came TO be proprI-
etor of the Democracy Of New YORK, MI ihur-
Der takes pride and pleasure III submitting The
following facts: Last winter law providing
for the appointment Of Railroad Commission
WAS before the Legislature. n Legislature that
WAS Drm0cra ic in both its branches. As org
inally introduced the measure commended IL
self 10 men of sense, hut did not commend Il
self To Mr. ThuIbers thrifty selishncss. since
II failed TO contain provision connecting II
with Mr. Thurber's Observation-Disclosures
nopoly racket Accordingly. he went 10 woIk III
dead earnest, and by skilful. persistent anu
ferocious use of anti-monopoly rs club he ac-
tually succeeded in compelling the Democracy
of Senate and Assembly. against their own
Indictment ara against auybOdys good juhg-
ment. to pass the bill in shape 81 absurd nnd
grotesuuc that he, +. b. ThuIber. WAS author
ized md empowered to dictate to the Governor
one of The three men that should be named Tor
Railroad Commissioner. What did this unpre-
ccdented and extraordinary grant of power to
! + r. Tburber mean II meant that the De
mocracy of the State of New York. n repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, were afr I'd Ct
F. b. Thurbrr; that they bad como into sub
lection TO the great white Car OF oleo margs-
rine. But this is not all. There ara other ia -
Of canal significance that establish his right to
he hailed rs proprietor of the Democracy Of
this imperial Commonwealth. NO Sosner had
the Railroad Commission bill become law
than IA cry began TO 20 NJ for it's amendment 40
AS to permit the Governor To Ipp"int all the
! Commissioners without the assistance Of MI
| Thurber. There was 40 partisan ship ln.thls
| demand. Nearly every newspaper oil in1u-n>e
from Lake Ere 10 Long Island, no matter
what its politics, united in the contention Tor
such an amendment. And what has been the
resultP The Legislature has now been in Sos
| sion month, but as yet there are no signs that
the Commission bill Is To be tins amended
| Obviously the time To pass such an amend
/ ment WAS before the creation of the Commits
sion. There was ample time to perfect Is in al e
| vance of the confirmation Ot the Commits
| sioners. Why, then, was not the amendment
which has been 40 generally advocated
| promptly put through The only answer TO
this question, in the opinion of Mr.. Thurber, is
that the Democratic Senators aud the Dem
| ocratic Assemblymen are MORALLY afraid Of
offending INN, regarding him the new party
boss-all others counterfeit. County Dem
ocratic organizations will he particular to ret
that AZ B. Thurber, o. and d." (meaning
| Oleomargarino and Democracy, is stamped
upon all party machinery.
The third piece of testimony which Mr.
| Thurber would submit, to prove that he can
road his title clear to the proprietorship of the
| Democracy of New York, is perhaps the most
! important of all. Some time ago lie picked Out
| from among his tools the one which, upon the
whole, it would best serve his purpose TO have
placed upon the Railroad Commission board
| The name Of the tool was O'DOnnell. Ii was "A
| weak and unpopular nominatiOn-so weak thai
| the nominee found 1t necessary to appear IN
| Albany and lobby for his own confirmation. Mr.
| Herman one of the men appointed by the Gov
| ernor. remained at his bone in Utica, declining
| To engage in the vulgar pursuit OF buttonholing
| i'm order TO gain the office for which he had
| been named. The Governors other appointee
Mr. Roger. pursued a similar dignifed course.
| Nobody saw him in the Senate while his name
was before that body. Ii remained for Mr.
| Thurber's tool TO conduct "a campaign for his
| own confirmation in the Senate and IN the SEN
| nte Hobbies, only temporarily desisliDg when
one of the Senators publicly called attention
10 what high minded men might well regard IA
| An indecency MOIe than this So grave were
| the doubts concei ming the fitness OF Mr. Thur
bcr's tool for the dcictte and responsible
position of Railroad Commissioner that hiS
confirmation was only secured after "A long and
| heated debate and the most strenuous exertiUns
| of himself and his friends. Ii was eminently
desirable HAT every man named should be con-
| Grmcd by unanimous vote. 1t IL public
misfortune ~ have one OF the three Commits
sioners enter upon his duties with the measur-
able absence Of public confidence in hun Tor
which seven votes against lis nomination in n
total Of thirty stand. What wns the secret of
O'DonnoIl's succossl Fear Of Thnrber on the
| part Of Democratic Senator'S, representing the
| Democratic managers. representing tho De-
mocrncy Of the Blaio OF N'w-Yotk.
Mr. Thurbrr would only ndd 10 this an.
| bOuucen0nt and explanation that. 40 far from
being elaicd because 81 tho control which no
! has acquired OF ts pioco Of political party, no