The Russellville Democrat., 1884-01-31
Bossism and New Yorkism.

we CLIP anu present Is cudptcr
likely to interest our readers the fol
lowing from the American Register,
Journal of the highest authority,
published in Washington City:
The New York Sun, arrogating to
itself leadership, and speaking orac
ularly- few DAYS since, concluded
that eek Senator Mcdonald could
not carry New York If the nominee
Of the Democratic party" Indeed!
Pray, who could carry that state?
General Hancock was sold out in
New York in 1880. Bossism seems
to rule the Democratic party in that
State. The Tammany Hall, the Irv
ing Hall, and the County Democra-
cy, appear to be SO many distinct
parties, rings, juntos, or cabals. Mr..
John Kelly, backed. by Tammany,
is admitted into their State cobven
tions, and If he cannot succeed in
nominating candidate to suit him
self bolts the nomination. land takes
the field against the ticket. In 1879,
it is said, that Mr.. Kelly and his
Tammany associates went into the
New York State Convention as dele
gates to nominate Democratic can
didate for governor, but Governor
Robinson was nominated against
their wishes, whereupon Mr.. Kelly
and his friends bolted, and Mr.. KeI
ly became candidate for governor
himself, and succeeded in defeating
Governor Robinson, and placing the
power and patronage OF New York
in the hands of the Republican par
ty, whereby the Democratic Presi-
Dental ticket was defeated in 1880.
Is this the standard of honor and
political bearing among Democrats
in New York? If misinformed we
should be glad to be corrected.
The honorable obligation and
pledge Of faith made, when man or
set Of men submits to convention
the matter of the nomination of a
ticket to be supported at an election,
are such that bolt stamps the bolt
er with such infamy as to exclude
him from the association of all hon.
orable men. Not only so, but the
principle is anti-Democratic and can
not be tolerated among enlightened
men. For illustration, Mr.. Kelly at
the head OF an organization, say 100
men IN number, says to the Demo-
cratic party of New York, or OF the
whole Union, II you please, you must
nominate ticket or men to suit us,
or men of our choice, otherwise we
win defeat the ticket. In other
words, clicqua or cabal of compar-
atively a few men assume the right
to dictate and control the action of
the whole party. This is absolutely
lnadmissabie and destructive of the
rule of popular government, which
makes the voice OF the majority the
governing principle.
Now, the position of the Register
is not to dictate or take sides be
tween candidates for the Presi-
Dental nomination, but to leave
that to the wisdom OF the Democrat
&c party at large. Without, there
fore, taking sides for Mr.. Mcdonald
or any one else, we make the point,
that the Suns article ruling him out
of the pale Of New York is bossism.
in other words, New Yorkism. 1t is
the habit OF the New York Herald,
Sun, and other papers of that city,
to make boast that New York Is
the pivot State. etc. II is we'll to
understand this matter finally at
once. On account of the unrelia-
bilily OF the New York Democratic
party, and its intestine divisions
into cliques, rings, and cabals, the
Democrats of the Union must make
up their minds once for all, that they
will have to elect the President in
1884 without an independent Of the
State Of New York. This IL the
dictate OF wisdom on the fullest .eon-
sideration. The Democracy this
time is not going to be either tam
pered with OF trifled with. Mark
that.