New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-17
nrnERr O. 1RoMPsoNs cANDIDATE.

III
Governor Cleveland's failure to approve some
of the most important of the reform Dii's
which were passed by the Legislature mas
caused general surprise and regret among SIN
cere and earnest advocates or good government
II was only by the exercise of great TACT dis-
erection and sagacity, as well as by persistent
energy, that the measures intended to remove
serious evils and abuses In our municipal system
vere carried through the Assembly and the
Senate Leading men In the Democratic fac
lions used all the means at their command
10 embarrass and obstruct their progress but so
strong was the public sentiment which had Deen
aroused that their efforts were futile. HE
TntptNr. by its unsparing exposures OF wrong
doing i'm the municipal department, set the wave
in motion, and the Union League Club meeting
the Cooper Union demonstration the lnvestiga-
tions of the Senate and Assembly committees,
the arguments Of the Citizens Committee OF
Fifty three, and the aid OF such New
York newspapers as desired change
for the better in city affairs, swelled this ude
az reform 10 flood which finally swept all OPP
position before II in the Legislature. When
the reform acts had gone through both houses,
| the inborers In the good cause felt that their
work wns accomplished They were confident
that the Governor could be depended upon to
apnrovc all the measures that were so plainly
and 50 urgently demanded by public interests.
While the Legislature remained In session
tho attitude of Governor Cleveland In regard to
this question of municipal reform was all th"'
| con,d be desired. Since the adjournment there
| has been a concentration OF evil influences W
nervert his Judgment and mslead him. And
these influences have prevailed. by his adverse
action ON the Tenure Of Office act the
| Governor has allowed himself to become
identified with the most Objectionable
element In his party IL not
oven fnction 10 which he has stopped to listen
! He has yielded 10 the persuasions OF clique III
a faction-and that clique the most reckless the
most audncious to be found In the whole Demo
| cratic party IN Ncw-York. The defeat OF the
Tenure Of Once bill was indispensable to the
polifleal fortunes Of Hubert o. Thompson. III
| That should become a law he would no longer
be- power in local politics. by permitting
| himself 10 De- used ass mere prop for Mr.
| Thomson failing strength, Governor Glove
| land has disappointed the just expectations oi
M good citizens.
Even the Governors most enthusiastic adj
! mirers are staggered by his action concerning
hi. bill. They had been holding him mp as the one
spo,lcss candidate whom che Democratic party
| could nominate Tor President. They declared
that his character was OF too clean and strong o
0bre to permit him 10 seek the nomination
by any unworthy means. They claimed that
he WIS Of too lofty a nature ever 20 lower nm
self IN intrigue OF to be eutanglcd IN discredit-
able alliances. But II IL now plain 10 every one
| that ne b. The candidate and the representative
Of that fragment of the Democratic party hero
| whose continuance Ia power means the pcrpetu-
alton Of the worst evils with which the city Is
afflicted.
The Governor has given no reason Tor his
course concern NJ the Tenure of Ohice bill
which can commend itself to calm Judgment
n he signed that bill he would lose the support
ofCommissionor Thompson aud his allies at Sar-
atogn and Chicago. II he Silledit they would do
their utmost to secure for him the nomination
for the Presidency. Mr.. Thompson and those
who work with him are now straining every
nerve 10 help their benefactor But what VIII
a nomination at Chicago which Mr.. Thompson
| has brought about DC worth