New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-09
party issue. Public sentiment is behind 1t and
it is vital question in English politics.
THE CURRENT CLEVELAND.

| The painful conviction IL evidently beginning
to force itself upon the mind OF the average
| Democratic manager, great and small that
| Grover Cleveland, although concededly Gov
| ernor of excellent intentions toward his party,
really cannot be regarded as successful
leader. Many Of those whose hats went up
highest when he was nominated now gravely
shake their heads whenever his name is men
toned and whisper to one another that he won't
do. What is the matterf
Well, this is the matter Since the first day
of January Mr.. Cleveland has been the recog-
| nized head of the Democracy of New-York.
| When he entered upon the duties of his great
office he had the support OF united party
Tammany fought shoulder to shoulder with
anti Tammany in the campaign that elected
| him and the Legislature was organized WITH
olt the recurrence Of deadlock or OF any
thing else that makes against harmony. All
was peace and brotherly love when the
year began, and to the motto, Distinct as the
pillows yet one like the sea-" the factions fused
and went about the business OF law-making and
patronage grabbing. That was four months
ago. Four months is not long, but now what do
We find as we take an observation OF Democ-
racy' We find that the Governor possesses 30
little influence with his own Administration as
actually to be unable to get nomination upon
which he had set his heart confirmed by
Democratic Senate. We find that the factions
are flying at each others throats with all the
Old-time ferceness. We find the newspaper
which is owned by the chairman of the State
Committee. The Albany Argus, roundly abusing
Tammany. We find other leading Democratic
Oh tha Gtofe
Buffalo Courier and The Syracuse Courier, abus-
ing the charman's newspaper for abusing Tam
many. We find influential regulars threaten
ing that John Kelly-at in 1eS1-shall be kept
out of the State Convention. We find recog-
nized opponents of Tammany meeting this
threat Of exclusion from the State Convention
with the broad hint that the bolt of 1879 might
in contingency, be repeated.
1t is not to be wondered at that this state of
things in the party causes the Cleveland boom
visbly to contract" as tho rose should shut
and be bud again. Your long headed prac-
teal Democrat reasons TINS "lf this shall be
in the green tree, what shall be in the dry 7-if
"Cleveland gets the party in this shape in four
"months, we wonder what will become OF it by
Z" the time his three years. term has expired
" Has he no talent for Cancellation Or is he SO
lacking in judgment as to believe that it is not
"worth while to conciliate Tammany Lucius
"Robnson was blunderer; he never learned
I" the art of making himself agreeable to both
" Tammany and anti Tammany but he was di-
@plomacy incarnate when compared with this
man Cleveland" SO the Democracy thinks
and talks. As for the general public, they are
at loss to understand why Cleveland has not
succeeded in keeping his party rs harmonious
as he found it. 1t would be idle to pretend that
all the virtue of the Democracy was in one fac
ton and all the vice in the other. Why, then,
has Cleveland in making his appointments only
recognized those who sneeze when Tildeu takes
Bnufl A good deal of pap but no principle has
been involved in what he bias done and left
undOne. Were it otherwise the Independent
voter would commend his course and denounce
Tammany.