New-York tribune., 1884-02-27

success in the Western States. That WoHiu
mean Morrison for President and Carlisle ior
master of the House, or Carlisle Tor ffcsi"ehV
and Morrison for Secretary OF the treasury.
Being disgusted at the defeat of this plan OF
operations. Mr.. Morrison grimly suggests that
the other kind of Democrats "Nill see where
they will coue to-" Doubtless; they nave been
seeing for twenty-fOur years. Senator Vest
also uses some of his shortest Saxon words, ana
Mr. WattersOn repeats that he Is utterly indlt-
fcrent TO the fate of party that does not mean
"tarifI reform" Another leading Democrat
afrms that at any rate they will cashier Mr..
Barnum when the new committee organizes
the party "wants no more Barnum, barrel, or
mules. This fight belongs to the West" he
says. That is not so clear. The party had Its
choice between principles and "barrel." IL
seems to have chosen the barrel
To begin with, the whiskey barrel. DIr. Nor
rison has been compelled to report with favor
the bill to extend the time for paying taxes on
whiskey. This was demanded by the liquor
league by which Ohio was secured for the
Hoadly- Bookwalter- Payne combination, and
it is pretty clear that this combination does not
propose Morrison or Carlisle for President. 1t
boasts of power in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
in fact, wherever the liquor interest is strong
as well as in Ohio. Yet Mr.. Morrison was
obliged to obey its orders. Members who rep
resent the whiskey barrel informed him, 1t is
stated, that there should be no tariff bill until
he gave the liquor interest a .chance to get rid
of the payment Of taxes The recent letter OF
Governor Hoadly advocating increased duties
on wool was notice to the same effect. The
Democrats who want to win by declaring
Democratic principles begin to sec that the
barrels are too many for them.
The I" barrel party proposes TO send dele
CATION from New York, nOminally for Governor
Cleveland Said a member of the Democratic
State Committee, "Cleveland stands abo1t
right on the tariff question, because he has no
record on it. He is just where Tilden was"
The Cleveland delegates are expected, however,
to recognize the surprising virtues OF Mr..
Payne, as the one man who can best represent
barrel politics. For Mr.. Cleveland, like his pre-
decessor, Mr. Tilden, could represent only the
money barrel. Other men might represent the
oil barrel. and others still tho whiskey
barrel. But Mr.. Payne is rich; the liquor
interest, with 100000 barrels of whlskey, is
behind him, and il would be strange if he should
not DC ldNOItu ny iHc pthuhhu VII CpiAi
pany with its 3O,OOO,000 barrels of oil. No
other man can begin to compete with him as
the Barrel Candidate"
The candidates of principles will go to
Chicago heavily handicapped The Democratic
party does not know what its principles are, or
whether it has any. But the barrel candidates
have no such trouble. The party does know
that it is hungry, and wants office. II does not
know that the man who can convince its delegates
can be expected to bring the same barrel OF
barrels TO bear upon the voters. The party
cannot tell to save its life whether it is for
protective tariff or free trade But it is absO-
lutely certain that it wants experienced and
honest Republicans turned ont Of Office, and
inexperienced Democrats put in. That 1t calls
administrative REFORM" and on that one thing
the party is united. Hence Chicago, and bar
rel candidate-the more barrels the better.