New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-21
SWEET BELLS JANGLKD OUT or TCN

SWEET BELLS TANGLED OUT or TUNE.
Referring in this instance to the sweet bells
that hang in the belfrys OF the Democratic
newspapers of the State. The jangling began
lust as soon rs the Legislature adjourned, and
was due to the failure of the Senate to confirm
the nomination of Boss McLaugh-we mean
Mr.. Murtha, of Brooklyn, for immigration
Commissioner.
The sweet bell of The albany Argus began
the jangling. The bell was evidently inspired
by n passionate desire TO jangle the head OF
John Kelly. Fom Its brazen throat rang out
such peas rs these " The resistance to Tam
"many dictation is again shown by the party
= of the people; I" the issue of executive
"rights and administrative reform against cor
"rupt coaliuonists and banded rights is broad,
"simple, explicit unmstakable y; the Tam
"manyism that betrayed Lucius Robinson and
Winfield Scott Hancock again uDites with the
Stalwartism that slew James a. Garfield ana
against the efforts of Grover Cleveland and
" the State Democracy for good government" (;
@let tho issue come and welcome the consc-
oucnces.r No sooner had the bell of The Argus
stopped ringing than the bell of The BuQdlo
Courier rang ont generously in reply 1t rang
that the peal of its Albany cor temporary's bell
was "unmitigated trash," "clotted nonsense"
in fact 1t rang that it would have nothing to
do with fomenting the wranSle ut Albany into
Z" a great party schism" that 1t would be bad
" Tor anybody who attempts TO create diSsen-
sons in the [Democraticl ranks
And then the bell of The Troy Press made itself
hcayd. Its voice was responsive to that OF The
Argus. 1t too rang for the head of Mr.. Kelly on
a charger, making such music as this: The
"reOplr made MIR. Cleveland Governor. lam
| smapy insists that he shall have a Governor
furnished from its hall. This thing he will
q NOT submit to- And while the echo of this
bold strain was still in the air the bell OF The
Syacuse Courier commanded attention. This
bell WAS in accord with the Buffalo bell, but
quite too distractingly out OF accord with the
Albany hell aud the Troy bell. Listen to the
Syracuse bell If that paper [meaning lie
" ALBANY Argusl had deliberately planned to
@driye "A dagger to the heart of the party 1t
Sprofesses to serve, it could hardly have aimed
the weapon m0le faultlessly. If Tho
" ArguS aspircs to the unenviable fame of be-
" ing the assassin of its party its present course
- is ely consistent with that ambition"
Another peal of this Syracuse bell was intended
to comfort ldnluanI. IduIHdlS N'o doouiOu
that her Senators had merely exercised a con-
stitutional right in declining TO confirm Nc
Laugh we mean Murtha. Not 50 with tho
bell of The BROOKLYN Eagle. 1t did not en-
deavor TO comfort Tammany. On the contrary,
its sweet chime was doubtless designed to cast
| a deep gloom over the corridors of Mir. Kelly's
soul. Hank to The Eagles bell The price of
harmony with Tammany is the wages of sin,
" and the wages of sin is death" And while
this savage music was in the air the bell of The
| Ncw- York Star played very different tune
This was the tunes q 1t is not denied that Gov
"ernor Cleveland, should he 50 elect, can
@easily split and disorganizo the party in this
State The Tilden camarilla at Albany have
already volunteered for the service"
| 1t will be seen by the musical cOnnoisseur
| that Is is a weirdly painful case of jangling
| ont of tune. And to think that it was but yes
terday that all the Democratic bell-rlngers
cried out to one another "By the shades of
"Thomas Jefferson let all our efforts tend only
"to Harmony, IIeaven-born Harmony" Mr.
| Cleveland, do you happen TO possess Il genius
| for taking tange out of ii tune, orimparting
| musical homogeneOusness to the efforts of Dem
ocratic bellsY If you do, it stands you in hand
| to exert it without loss of time.