New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-21

What We need most is building This f. -.
high mp and Is nst fire proof.
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OUR FRIENDS. THE ENEWH
Republicans who bettle the IN l,pandsnt ,,,,,n,..
have forgotten tne "fJI1g iortcI5r." r,,r c.w
very near defeating Cornell iaF Goyernor-Soa,a hs,.
defeated him but FOR ~ help John Kelly gave Inc ~
puJlean-.-iDemncraticE Kchangc 10
Perhaps so; but does il occur TO you that u.
performance Of tho " Young Scratchers" then ia
thing which should encourage confidence in ~.
present wisdom of the same peoplei In three year,
more they were, with one voice. chanting "A.
praises OF the very Governor they had tried toda
feat, and quarrelling just az yituperatiyely VIII
everybody who was not hard at work for bi.
election. Isn't it as likely that they know ips, :.
little about what they are really at, now who,
they are fighting Blaine as by their own oonfe,.o,
they did when they were lighting Comei
ole has had no experience In National afarsr IA 90.
Of the stock arguments AGAINST vsrnOr Cleveland Val
how nnch eKpcnrnes did Abraham Lincoln h va -
N,tionaI n airs befor, ne was elecirdi Ito, m"r ~
General Grant htyei How much did Nr HaYes or PES.
dent Arthur have i-tNew-York Evening Post
We'll, Abraham Lincoln had served in Conere,,
had been recognized as Of the foremost lawysr,
in his state. had been pitted by the Republican,
against the most conspicuous Democratic leader
then in the Nation. IN Senatorial contest Tough,
out before the people with such marvellous ablt,
that the Republicans afterward nsed those very
speeches of MIR. Lincoln with Mr.. Douglass repll.,
~ her best campaign document, and had delivered
a speech in the Cooper Institute which had I'M
pressed the whole East with the fact that hero va,
"A man fit 10 rank with their foremost statesmen 10
you think Grover Ccvelands record lust the SANE,
General Grant had been tried nv the most arduon,
military and evil tests through four years var
Al. L .t...I, Ia. fall
been the ultimate counsclloroi the men who shaped
the whole reconstruction policy of the Goverument
and had been secretary of War Inc iosi. no doubt
thinks Grover Clevoaud's record just good. M.
HAYES had served in Congress, had been three
times chosen Governor II his state, each time 70
cctcd to lead a fplorn hope, each tins lighting On,
The campaign before the people m spec hes a
recognized ability. and at least once onsplcuousI
leading tho contest for tho whOe country ON NE
uucHtirn of National honesty IN huanco. The iod
thnka GtoyW Cc,eland's record iust ~ good a
tant President Arthur was not aud was not though,
Of a. u Republican candidate for tho l'iesdouoy
when hc was placed on The ticket with uHfheldl
bat whcn ho dad hccomo candidate ho had tire
,rnrs ui conspicuous aud faithful oxporirn,o In tho
office 10 recommend hun. DOCS ihe io'i think
Grover Cle'eaud's record just a. good a. tlatt
TIM TnIHI T. splendid partisan Wapdpff audi IA
do excellent WORK for hanr, put should he above
ducoung" A-,ncated Pres, reports in interest %
10 parry ia yesterdays Issue 10 mtkrs Henry waiter
sOn Say, iu li l. lu,ye speech giving lhr history VI e
platform adopted by the Democrats at chicago: Ran
dan had the Committee IN the hollow OF ha hand aud o.
AN he ever wanted cared for" The Associated lrem
report printed m Ihe Woria quotes Nj WAueron a io-
lows: The subsegucut clernou o. Mr. Morrison 70
present the report 90 tue Convention answers ne charge
that Nh Randall had the COMMITTEE IN the hollow " MS
hand and got an he ever wanted asked for IHH
TRIBUNE deliberately changed Mr. Watters0u's sta,e-
FOR the purp 8. Of nlsIcpresenting the DemocIas
New York World.
Oh. no. some papers mot TIE TRIBUNE might
be interruptions enough to do that, but hardly any
one could be foolish enough. Our ne ghbor should
by this time have bad experience enough m tbs
newspaper business TO lind much simp er eNplana.
tion. has matter came TOO late for THE GEIBUNE'3
use in lis first edition whichis heavy and constant
~ increasing circulation forces TO press quite
early, and with page left out There was noi
time even for the second edition, to send down 10
the Associated Press Office and get the gap made By
the missing page filled, and 80 the imperfect sen.
fences were closed up according to the best UNDER
standing OF their meaning the news editor could
get. We COPY The Orids paragraph, however, be-
cause we like TO do justice 10 everybody. and ara
particularly glad always TO do justice TO Henry
WatteTsOn.