New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-08
orr FRIENDS. rHE hNEuY.

n snch mattcr IL ~ Dee introduced into Presidential
contests hrrr1't"r eycry mn who can Afford lhr eK
country nm the campaign g. overs while tuose vino can
mot viii establish h7 ftor"Is qwihhlu, nt"ih-l u'W4
arinst the rugs of which they are composed lE'e'mg
Post
We are rlld me rosi hangs ON 10 n few shreds Of
us s.lf hcdragclcd respect II was one of the first
Journals to rccite the hdcous details of the Buffalo
scandal and its crooked defence of Governor Glove
land shocked the moral scnsbtios of the commu-
nifty Having come to it, senses, it IL loud ina its
prntastatlons of purity and innocence. Apparently
il ia now prepared to tonch that chastity ia among
tbo greatest virtues or at least that unchaslty ia
not quito consistent with the possession of dU tho
uualitica which punohlc human nature and dignity
human life aud make human PROGRESS roasihle "It
may boz helped to believe this bocauac many of i'
most respectable tondora have already established
"a tiautoua quarantine agninHt IT,
tic,e IA another ~ om me Hodo'peu copnl uou-
0,g Nses. mdepondrni WIN h.ruilipan pdhoi, puts
cleveland aud ilahdtrAa al tho hDad ui ia uuuWha
Inc world
Yo-. thoy come cheap It was stated we believe.
somt DAYS ago that peculiar feature of the present
Democratic campaign was tho active negotiation
with weak lttlo papers here aud there. Perhaps
il might be well to have tho fact ia mind when
from time 10 time II is announced that some other
silly fish has snapped at the same naked hook
The feeling that the independents will not rally IN
sufficient ntubots 10 help MI Cleveland much has uu-
onbtcly dnuscd Itself through the rank aud file OF the
Democracy the country counties OF the state, and has
produced chilling effect among his friends Letter TO
The sun.
That is not the fault of the distinguished mis-
leaders All that it was possible for men to do to
create false impressions to Mr. Blane's hurt and to
give false and favorable idea of Mr. Cleveland,
these men have done. Whatever weight intu-
ence their names could have, they have given TO the
party which Mr.. Curtis pronounced 4" very hungry
and very thirsty" If the Democrats expect any
thing more they are unreasonable.
Deputy state Treasurer f. X Apgar Is the expert OF
the Democratic party IN this State on election probab
ties. - The iOst.
TO indicate the experiences of this expert on
whom The Post IL resting hopes, it is but necessary
TO state that he Insnuated in recent interview
that Pennsylvania was doubtful State-that il
wasn't sure to 60 Republican.
Sympathy with him must necessarily DO somewhat
qualified II # Is indeed true that be was the Immediate
LIE of Governor Cleveland. his honorable competitor for
the Presidency. The New-lOrk Herald.
THIS accusation is not only unlounded. but exceed
ingly indecent In view of the fact that the origin of
the publication In Buffalo has been repeatedly
stated. Tho clergymen who foremost in in
vestigating the character Of Governor Cleveland
have themselves stated that the inquiry originated
in conference among themselves in the Clerical
Association that the investigation was made by
themselves without prompting from any other
quarter. and that the publication by n son of one
of these clergymen was authorized by them. over
their signatures they wrote to religious journals