New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-08
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GIOnM IN BUFE1LO.

Darkness that may be felt, that may he
sawed of in chunks like ice, has settled down
mon the Democracy of Buffalo. SackclOth
has advanced a hundred per cent in Eric County
and the Democratic leaders are having their
winter ovcrcoats made of it, with collar and
facings of ashes and Grape on the left arm.
Work has not been formally abandoned in the
Office of The Courier, but the signs that are
hcaycd in the sanctum cause the building 10
trcmblc like a Charleston aspen. And it is
Grover Cleveland who has brought this bitter
distress upon his old friends and party asso-
ciatcs. He has appointed James A. Hanlon, OF
Medina, Collector of Internal Revenue for the
XXVIIth District, and that is the complaint
from which the Buffalo Democrats are now
suffering Medina is not nor docs 1t pretend to
he Buffalo Medina is a worthy little place in
Orleans County
There is a grief that hides itself. And then
again there is a style Of grief that doesn't
The CourierS grief is of this latter sort. Listen
to it:
Mr James A. HanIon OF Medina who has been appointed
Internal venue for the XXVIIIh District IS
a man of high character and marked ability and he Is
thoroughly qualified the Office Moreover he f. strong
sound with all due respect to Mr. Hanlon to
the and 10 the other counties OF stern New
thinks capable representative Bu ao Democrat should
have been place the bulk of the business OF
in Buffalo, and it would have been altogether
fitting II Bufaonan hal been made col ctor Besides
would been proper and comneniabe recognition oil
the sterling Democracy oil the County oil Erie.
One can readily imagine from this public
u,tcrancc- especially on reading it between the
lincs-what narrowing adjcctyes and substan-
tives and intersections the enragcd Buffalo
10 N nj
the appointment Of Hanlon, lIanlon of Medina !!
The South Carolina negro dcposcd that when
his masSa got angry his conversation sounded
plum near like prcachin'.' The walls OF the
Demo cratic cIub-rOOms of Buffalo are cchong
inst now to conversation that would make that
negro think Of old times.
A prophet without honor in his own country
is familiar spectacle. But Cleveland turns the
tables. 1t is his own country, Buffalo, that Is
without honor in his eyes "Thc truth seems
TO be-" remarks The BuGdlo Advertiser, L" that
Mr.. Cleveland has been gratifying his resent
mcnt against Buffalo at the expense of the men
who served him most faithfully when he
needed help and who contributed $4,000 to-
ward his election expenses. And this Is the
reason that The appointment Of Mr. llanlon to
he Internal Revenue Colectorship is like
rubbing salt in an open wound and rubbing 1t
in" Comment is unnecessary, FOR the fact
that serpcnts tooth is dull in comparison with
a thanklcss child is one with which our readers
are familiar 1t is interesting to note that
The Cowier although cast down is not quite
destroyed Reaching out in the darkness for
comfort its hand strikes the post-ollice. 1t
calls upon the President to remove Postmaster
Bedford and 10 give his place 10 ga live. active,
progressive officer
The name Of the Medina man who is to
succeed Mr.. Bedford is not stated.