New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-11
OUR FRIENDS. THE ENEMY.


QUE FRIENDS. THE ENEMY.
tits not too carly even begin to consider the
Cleveland Cabinet. Herald
By all means make mp the Cleveland Cabinet
now There will be no chance for discussing the
subject after Mr. Blaue's election get what com
fort you can now from the side-shows. But don't
lie unjust to Hubert O. Thompson. lie started
out with filing a claim for the Colectorshp OF this
port. But he is so useful man in this canvass,
Governor Cleveland is under such immense political
obligations to him Notwithstanding the OF set Of
tine veto of the Tenure If Office bilD, that under
fair political appOrtionmcnt he will receive either
the Treasury or the Post Office Department.
THE NUw-YorK TRIBUNE cut ont all reference 70 pro-
hbiiion in it. dispatches giving the result of the Name
election yesterday, including Mr. Blaine a'"uo"I'iI
mcut that hc dol- c vote on the prohibition "nelG-
mcnt-, Philadelphia Record.
This is erroneous The record is inaccurate. il
msrcprcseuts. II Is led into printing what /, M
true II seems TO tell he We hope We make tine
meaning clear.
An impression seem; to have eaiael some clrr.ncy
and m 1lenre are being used n the interest Of orc ~ The
cauGllatc> for the Presidency OF the ! ucu states
sucl il not the case. Card signed bv Mr. Curtis
Actions speak louder than words. The impression
los raiued some currency, and in consequence of
Jy Mr. Curtis to serve his prya ,o ends as bo.ter
against the Republican party. The impression Is
also very rapidly gaining ground that the useiui-
ness or this or any other reform association rs about
at am end if Mr.. Gcorg, William Curtis is allowed
to use il a. q tool for the election of MIR Hubert o.
rhompsou's candidate. OF a, tail for the very
hungry and very thirsty Democratic party.
We advise the Democrats 20 get as many Republicans
rs they eau m his district 10 vote Tor CLEVELAND III cA-
change for Democratic votes for Phelps Herald.
Cleveland cannot be saved, nor Phelps defeated
Jy any such shallow dodge The most ignorant
voters Of Mr. Phelps, district know too much to
be fooled by the British free trade organ.
Iflir Blaine was never worth more than quarter Of
n million ~ dollars, that would DE snug sum 10 have
sawed ont OF % Cougre-sman'~ neasre r'y.-. world
There is IN ingenious meauncss about tins form Of
living which rarely appears. even IN the most fin
ished Democratic efforts Mr. Blaine had LETT from
his father lands then considered almost valueless,
which have since proved rich in coal and of large
yaluc. Independently of this, lac became part
PROPRIETOR of newspaper when very young man
conducted that and other journals with success ana
profit for years invested his means from time to
time to time iudiciousy and with profit aud not
withstandIng errors of Judgment in business affairs,
has accumulated in thirty years of hard work
about onc-tc1th as much a railroad LAWYER or
land-shark of equal ability hqs in many eases ac-
ou,1ulatrd within the same time. If TIE Uorif has
any doubt about IT, il can inquire Of Mr. Iiden
how much profit lc made during five out Of the
thirty years by wrec>ng railroads.
Mr. Wright gives a surprising account Of the Indepen
dents organization In Mas lchuSetts. He says tha
mat ln every county there Is paid committeeman
Whose duty istO forward the independent cause ana
From ticir d5y repor- Mr. Wrigh figures ont sweep
in. Democratic majority lu Nts'tcHu~eus' am tnt, ="
SIfe lie estimate. the Butler vote at 10000 in Massa-
chusett,.- Geor-e D. Wright, Mass.
THE Ipdiqaapoli, Telegram, quoting Mr.. Wright,
"of tho Massachusetts Independent Committee rs
above properly calls his statement B." surprising"
1t will give very great surprise indeed t. the In
dependents Of Massachusetts, many Of whom viii
wish to know why they not the happy indi7id-
uals 10 draw salaries for stutling Boston com
mittee with such narratives. Ii the rich free
traders of Boston wish to pas salaries to persons
for the manufacture of pleasing yarns, there are
several highly imaginative reporters connected
with the free trade journals here, whose shining
abilities in that line ought to be recognized
Thayc vet 20 find the first German Republican who Will
moi vote for Blaine There f. no detection mere
about the state ticket The Turner's acted win t'e
Democrats years ago, but understand that no"
they are with the Repubcans..Col. Markoret Of Gin
cuuati
As the principal owner Of the Tolksblat Mr.Mark-
brett meets a great many 'cIluauS III NlHVilIi"''
rather more, in fact than Mr. SchuIz carries in his
pocket
lie accused OF not being society man. q not calling
on aIlstocratic families IN Iunalb ana Aban},o 1t
giving dinner parties of not being able I? dance the
german World
No that is not the accusation. lnasmnch as the
Democrats thus falsely representing IT, the pre-
else nature Of the charge must he stated IL Is TINS;
that the Governors conduct has been such that
neither in Buffalo nor anywhere else can he he re-
ceivcd in respectable society The evidence OF that
charge is not the statement of any partisan journal
but the statement OF fourteen ciersymcn OF dlller-
ent denominations in Buffalo.
The whole drift Of affairs in the West Is in our favor;
but 10 victory worth winning was ever won Dy ruInhS
away. Revenue reform Il the battle cry Tor Ie west
not "A reform which VIII satisfy Mr. Barnu'n Mt. KAN
dali Mr. Converse. but r,4l radical rr cu1s coll
such rs meets the views ~ Mr. Carlisle. Mr. Hurd and
Mr. Morrison. -. LOusNilc Courier -Journal'
OF Governor Cleveland likewise, who used his IN
nucnce with the Ncw-York delegation in favor oil
the Morrison bill He. like his friend, Professor
Perry. who has vouchcl for him as thorough
going free trader favors real radical revenue re-
form" such rs Speaker Carlisle and Mr. Natt'rSon
both advocate. This is a fact to be- kept SteldIy
before the American people during the next sixty
days. Tho triumph Of Democracy implies return
to q low tariff and commercial! disaster
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II is noticed by the Democrats, rs evidence that
the tariff does not bring increased strength to the
Republican party, that in three manufacturing
cites of Maine the Republicans have not made tho
great gains visible elsewhere. The explanation ~
obvious. AT those three points, a large number OF
the manufacturing establishments were closed, ana