New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-04

FIRST SIGNS OF THE DEMOCRATIC pEFEAw.

FIRST SIGNS OF THE DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT.
The breakup Is coming-a little sooner even
than was expected. Whenever a political party
is approaching defeat SO plainly that the end is
already visible to its active members, they at
once begin quarrelng with their committees.
The row about the Democratic National Com
mittee has been on for some time, but they have
kept it reasonably well out Of the Democratic
newspapers. Now, however, comes a savage out
burst in "The New-York Times" DEM against
the State Committee tbinly disguised under the
form of o letter to the editor, printed on the edi-
toral page, and headed, Curious Dongs at the
Hoffman House The Democratic organ starts
out wrathfully after this fashion:
Probably nothing like it ever known around the
headquarters Of Democratic State Committee before this
year. The committeeman to be the resort Of
loafcrs
Next it sneers at the anxiety Of the heelers to
get paid before they do their work-anxiety not
uncommon when workmen know that their en-
ployer is going into bankruptcy, Then comes TINS
pious complaint about lack of decency and good
morals. SO amazing as to shock even the Democratic
spectators and Democratic organ:
A dozen times day the awful volley OF oaths
may be heard through psneled doors leading into the
hotel corridor. The voice belongs to somebody VINO Is
evidently very well known around the headquarters
But groans " The Times DEM, " it is not
car of the listener" Then the organ complains
that it is impossible for stranger to receive civil
treatment at the hands of the people behind the
desks and tells how a negro clergyman had to re-
buke some Of them. Certainly" it adds, " no.
body SO offensive was ever tolerated around
committee headquarters during the campaign OF
sS4 or any Of its predecessors" The Times
tDem) is especially dissatisfied with the clerk OF
the committee, and finally announces;
Mr. Murphys state Committee is about the most In
competent body that undertook handle campaign
One choose between the terms ncompetency and
treachery" in dealing with the subject
Next The Times DEM repeats the COM
plants coming from the interior, thus:
Campaign Literature has been dlstrbutei-when dis
trlbuted at a-in the most unbusncs~lihe manner In
some localities where only sufficient quantity was wanted
to meet the needs OF 100 sacks containing enough
for 500 have been received Such prOdgalty has been
OF absolute want in other sections sacks having
been forwarded containing less than fifth Of the
documents actually necessary There has been trouble
about correspondence also 1t has been difficult TO OBJ
tain answers letters OF vital value to the party.
kilograms sent by the clerk or clerks on the most
trivial subjects, when the mails would have answered
every purpose Tho bill for teegraphing must simply be
enormous The committees expenses exceed $4,000
per month At this e the cost of the campaign conducted
by this committeeman such a campaign will not be less
than 100000. How the eyes OF the late Mr. Tilden
would bultd the very thought Of such extrava
gance The campaign which ne conducted In 1875 cost
including the expenses for speakers between s2 600 and
$50. 900. The National Committee pays the entire
expenses this Committee. and II Is wonder
its members astonlshed the appetite Of
their protege.
Finally, The Times DEM in this remarkable
editoriai-page letter of an " observer" complains
that the wicked Republicans can find out every
thing about the headquarters IL they want to--in
fact have already found out all worth knowing
and that if Cleveland land Hid are to be elected,
then, right Off
senator German, somebody having some political
and business sense musU reyoutionize without delay
the methods and habits Of those who the Com
Inttce's headquarters
Alas alas 1. here are the familiar sounds but
like everything else in this unnatural and out-of
joint fall, they come out of season. They are
fully live weeks too early.