New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-19
dent Eliot and Mr.. Curtis are not ashamed 10
TIE Old TIL.


If voter could only vote for Cleveland and
somebody else who was loyal and tuthiul-a
good many Democrats might But those who
swallow Cleveland have to swallow Hendricks
also. I here IL no help for It. The slice OF
bread and the particularly rancid butter go to-
Qcther; the voter must take both, or leave both.
Dependents who have either stomachs or con
scicnces, will find the dose not pleasant M
wonder lIr. SchurIs German paper, after one
taste, was forced TO admit that Cleveland, ana
Hendricks and the platform, and the Demo-
cratic party, were too much.
Mr. Hendricks Is in MI respects IA bad ~ his
party aud as bad IA his platform His party
lodges and strnddlcs aud lacks honesty. but
Mr. Hendricks has brcn the champion dodRcr
of hia time. and one of the most COnscicncclra7
dcmngogucp. M MI tho world knows. llo vo'
Coppcrhcnd when portion OF his pnrtN ut
lcnst, wanted 10 be- loyal, lila votes were Tor
fcpudulon and initiation aud every form ot
financial wrong, when some Domoclals were
patriotic enough To defend the public credit aud
the public faith. lie wnz the tail of the ticket
which almost stole the Presidency by wholesale
assassination ut the South, and altcrward
almost succeeded in buying IL, 1t has not ap-
prared that the infamy Of the cipher negotiation
or the crime In Oregon was ever rcbuked by
Mr.. Hendricks, even In private. On the con
trary, he was so anxious To profit by the scoun-
drelism that he censured Mr.. Tilden for failing
to plunge the country into disorder by resisting
the laws. If he has been on the right side or
the honest side in any matter, the country
fails to remember it.
At present he has not the manliness to tell
the truth. Having made an utterly false charge
which the Secretary OF the Navy instantly re-
futed, Mr. Hendricks is not honest enough to
admit that he WIS in error and that in the over
flowing JOY Of his speech accepting tho n0m!na-
ton he was betrayed into unwarrantod state
ments. Instead, he meanly tries to patch up
the original untruth 50 that it may still deceive
somebody. The men who profess to want per-
s0nal integrity and personal honor in candi
date. if they can stomach Mr. Hendricks, are
Pharisccs indeed.
During the campaign, the record of Mr. Hen
bricks will be sharply scrutinzcd. For the
other candidate has no record, prior to 1Ss2,
except a. voter and sheriff To judge of
the party, therefore, the people must consider
what sort of man Mr. Hendricks was in the
Senate and in his State, and the examination
will not result to his benefit. But just now it
would be better for him not to rush before the
public with any more untruths. 1t is a little
hard for some men to swallow the Old Copper
head. whose friendship with leaders of secret
di,loyal leagues made him odious during the
war; hard to swallow the defender of rcpuda-
ton and initiation hard to take down tho tail
of the Cronin ticket, who. wanted to see the
country dcsoatcd with civil strife because the
attempt 70 buy electors had failed. But some
mon who can stand even this may yet prefer to
vote for man who does not appear before the
public bearing false WiSlcss.