New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-18
OUR FRIENDS, TIE ENEMY.


York II will an evil day for that sa;e-tThe Louisville
C0nrcr-JOurnaL
1t Is never an evil day for this State when the
Democracy is defeated. Some time when the editor
of The CoWier-jomndi is in Albany let him go
into the Comptroller's Office and glance
at the official records aud he can
not fail to be convinced that are
right Republican administration has given our
people low taxes. Democratic administration has
given them high taxes. The Democrats were in
control in 1888, the taxes went up. The Republi-
cans have been in control this year. the taxes
have come down.
Defeat with Grover Cleveland in 1884 will be better
for the party than success with nim-lNewIOr sun.
IT would also be better for the country that the
Democratic party should be punished for its DIS
honest nomination. Mr.. Cleveland IS the first man
who has ever received nomination for the
Presidency as a reward for shielding and protecting
indicted officials Of his own party. Hubert o.
Thompson had been exposed by the Legislature
lhedctails of his corruption were known TO the
Governor, ia to the public. The legislative ex-
posture would have impressed an honest Governor
more than any ordinary indictment. But Cleyc-
land vetoed the bill passed to get Thompson ont Of
office. sheriff Davidson had been formally indicted.
The Governor now has in hls pigeon holes the
charges against this corrupt official But he re-
fused to look at them "a long rs Davidson had
power to nominate him for the Presidency, and now
refuses TO look ut them because Davidson controls
some votes
uspoN thirty. four dlys since CIovclind WA noml.
mated lev foriy-thrc' days after his domination t1at
Binc's letter OF acceptance MAS published -lHoston
Post.
These arc engaging statistics. The Post might
easily have rendered them still moro attractive by
adding that in less than ninety days Blaine will be
answering kilograms congratulatng him on his cleo
ton and Cleveland will DO writing his letter Of
resignation.
with Il President elected In the name OF reform, vet
incapable odoing the work there Will be no real reform
-lNow-lOrk Sun.
Incapable Cleveland 49, but that is not the worst.
Something worse than mere incapaclty will pre-
vent reform 10y a candidate who owes his nomina-
ton to indicted official knayos, and who hopes to
owe his election to the forgers and periurers who
concOcted and sent out the Morey letter.
The Independents and Republicans OF this city and
BROOKLYN wnO have rrvOlted against Blaine and Logan
are very active Mr.. Carl schurZ and Mr.. Horace l..
Deming are constantly at headquarters.-lNew-f York
Worli.
The other" Independents and Republicans who
were hired to support Hancock were also very
active As all remember, the Democratic journals
proclaimed every day that there was a " revolt
against Garfield" That great refOrmer. II. II.
Hadley, the forger Of the Morey letter. who was
hired by Chairman Barnum, was constantly at
headquarters then. AS the possibilities of reform
with him as leader seem TO be exhausted. the
Democrats now fall back upon Mr.. Schurz who
has helped them before.
1t has been perfectly evident that Butler and Kelly
have been waiting since Cleveland was nominated
romng Butler has taken his goods to the other market
and ha, found ready purchaser Evening Post
One thing perfectly evident" about it is that
Butler and Kelly arc doing exactly what they
promised their followers TO do. and warned the
Democrats that they would do. before Cleveland's
nomination. Another thing perfectly evident" IS
that the organs of British free trade going to
lie it through if they can. heir resources IN that
direction are unrvalled. But the disposition OF the
laboring people to vote against the candidate OF
the British free traders is too strong to be thwarted
even by the most marvellous fertility i'll falsiii-
cation.
The other members of the Democratic National Com,
mtec who bad read the great sensational exposure"
merely Laughed New York World
Everybody remembers the felOn who got angry
because the prosecuting attorney mot only called
him thief but proved it," But that person had
not attained the brazen hardihoOd Of the modern
"reformers.7 When they are not only accused but
found guilty of contriying forgeries and peruries,
they are not worried. What sensitiyeness they had
they lost long ago. They merely laugh"
cock am Engli-n ectOr ia 1880. Is supporting Blaine
aud Logan aud will CANVASS the state the epdboan
ticket lie ole the most Intelligent mechanics Ia the
state New-YOrk Times.
The organs Of British free trade arc compelled to
admit occasionally that the intelligent mechan-
les are deserving the Democratic party because of
its free trade tendencies. To offset the speeches of
this Democratic Elector in $50, aud other repre-
sentatyes of honest labor, the Democrats of lnai-
ana have hired a great number OF imported orators
IA ala Ia liaf.
more confidence to one of tho most intelligent me-
chanics III the State" than TO Confederates like
Vest, or political jumping jacks like Schurz.
lold proposition made IN the Virginia Senate YES
terday to repudiato the deb OF tue ia This u
MnhOneism with tue eliot. es on.-lNew-lork World.
II was introduced by a Bourbon-a staunch
champion of Cleveland and Reform" To say that
Nnrelanhlsrn Ia ~ ahuneism with ila nnllas oil p