New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-15
HOW THEY FEEL.
DIsGUsTED DEMOCRATS DISCUSS DRINK, AND USE
HARD WORDS.

DIsGUsTED DEMOCRATS DISCUSS, DRINK, AND USE
HARD WORDS.
To the EDITOR or The Tribune.
SIR: If conversation in the smoking room
OF the seepngcar could be- reported verbatim, just as
sounded Last night 1t would interest some people Inc
dramatis persono tno pun ntended) were bottle of
whlskcy aud politicians. The speakers had spent
lime Washington and were returning to western
homes. and they comparing and exchanging
condolences. Each had heavy head Of disgust on, 80
~ speak, besides enough wniskey to make him candid
Both had hoped to comfortable places for active
friends though neither appeared To be seeking any place
for himse; natural inference that both were In Of
fee OF some sort already and wanted to stay In was
supported by occasional remarks. But the burden of
their lamentation that tine party had been sold
out and would go 10 everlasting smash 0r elsewhere
because Cleveland had gJne back those who elected
him." 1t not wholly mainly matter Of patron
age, OF them sad the party had lived twenty -four
years away from the crib and could get the same way
little longer, IL that all" But he would be
blank banked II this Cleveland was Democrat at
all" Then the other said:
B.-"I don't but he treats the South well enough
A.-"As to Offices, perhaps. But the Southern Demo-
have some principles, haven't they Well, just
that this Is not don. what he can to de
feat About all our Southern free-traders, and
In earnest about It, too. But since this man got
into the White House he has been laying pipe to cram
RIndAllism down their throats Then they all believe
In silver and before he reached the White House he was
trying to force his party to suspend silver coinage"
B.-"Tnat nice operation. In my State Wall
kind OF Democrat couldn't be elected to any office
from the lowest to the highest Even the Republicans
have to hght shy OF the silver question there. but
Democrat who Isn't sound silver might we'll mi
CRATE When ask these to turn out and sup
port Cleyoand's Administration what a nice time we
shall hazel"
A" Then look at that blank blanked debt statement
All last fall kept telling the people In speech that
these Republicans had big surplus Of S200,000,0OO
idle money. and the right thing do to pay out
and make business lively again. Tom Hendricks made
that cry ring all the West and Sam Randall kept up
the same cry in Pennsyvana and New-Jersey. Now
this fellow Dan Manning tells all lieu like blazDs,
aud hKes up his Internal statements that the Republ
cans read his official figures to prove that we lied"
B." That was only because he wanted to play into
the hands Of Wall street money sharks and block tile
silver he could make Il appear that the Treas
ury bound TO hold Sl00.O0OO00 In gold coin and
bullion. free demands It would suit Jews
like Belmont and railroad wreokers like Tilden, and
that was all he cared for"
A" Bat that wasn't all. by blank blank sight
Cleveland has sold monopoiss, and the game
Is make IL appear that no can't reduce taxes
without what they oin repudiatisn. Why,
there made rich by tho tariff who would have
given hun round million IN cash for building np that
wall against tariff REFORM Iwodd just ike to know who
engineered that Job"
b" n
frertradrr body But this doesn't look much like H.
That man JOrdhu you ow, who nxeh up the new heOt
through the bank OF which he was cashier that tue
money sent TO Oregon Ia 1875 Thoy say tubs Jor.
dan slides back and forth between the Treasury aud
rlden's place every day or two"
A" Wsl blank blank lden. and all the rest OF that
since 1860. until this year. aud now We have elected
man they going a. beat MS worse with Hun than II
nonsense harm than any Of US like TO admit
The fact H. the work Tor party Is done mainly Oy
aghting like tigers for twenty years II this
Administration gives the cold shoulder to such WORKERS,
and die. Why. couldn't get men enough to man the
polls In my county u this sort OF thing should go on
lied on these Repubcan soroheads election work
The less have to do with that set Of prrentlpus
Pharisees who think party ought to live ON skinEiik
yotcrs ard hiring us fewer votes than they drive away
aud they haven't honesty enough to kick or to when
Cleveland stamps ON the PrnelPrs they profess o,h.
to prove myself n liar. Didn't tell everybody that
the departments we're full OF thieves. and call on good
We set ths biaSkety blank Iauked Wall Street Into
ONCE. they tell us that the puolie service cannot get
along without the experienced men IN the different de-
partIneuts. / don't believe word Of II. Tue ser,
vice got along somehow ., when ,sARenen SeI
II the country Is bigger and The service more compea
ed, we put up with some Inconvenience for a time
In order have change Anyhow. can't go home aud
tell my people that all these Republican 0nicals are
honest and faithful fellows. and that there only about
100 rscals To be kicked out among 100000 ohcehoders
eYeand may make Democrats believe that sort OF stun
he has sold US all the VAL Street sharks. and
am going 10 suetify myself by making excuses for
him"
b" What has worried me Is noxt State election.
but the best thing "a be done Is 10 see that the
party gets almighty thrashug. II will bother many
Of for time, but itmay pound some sense into the
hrais OF those at Washington so that We can nave
chance 10 elect real Democrat tLree years hence.
A" II won't make much difference what we tfy 20 90
IN my the party Will get blank hanked good
licking auy how, unless things change nightly
How many Democrats are there wonder who feel
lust "a these talked Several Judge from the
temper shown where live. Yours, h.
TttSbUf0. May ., 1883.