The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-30
A Cana of Buster.

According to statements made by the
New York Tribune, there is stampede of
democrats in that state from Mr.. Cleveland
to Gen. Harrison. There vas never before
anything like it, if the Tribune is to be be-
lieved "The detection" says til 1t organ
'exteuds from R0use's Point to Buffalo,
and from Lake Erie to the sea. 1t is much
greater, or more pronounced, in some places
than in Others but there is scarcely village
or township where, if there is not open re-
volt of the ablest men in the party, there is
unmlstakable evidences Of an intense disSat-
isfactlon, which is likely to prove as disas-
trous TO the democratic ticket in November
as the more ou5spoken opposition"
Perhaps it was natural for the Tribune to
doubt if the people could be gulled by these
statements. That journal is not noted for
strict adherence to facts during presidential
campaigns, and, nobody knowing this bet
ter than the journal itself, it hit upon a
plan to ''substantiate" its position. A re-
porter was SAID to have been sent through
out the state to gather facts" He was
fully instructed, of course, before he left as
to the kind of facts wanted, and he
seems to have understood his bust
ness, for when lie returned, he
spread before the readers of that
sheet, in quite a number of glaringly head
lined columns, 'substantiation" as COM
plete as the public or the Tribune expected.
If the substantiation did not substantiate,
it was not the fault of the reporter, but
rather because the stampede" had no ex-
istence outside of the Tribune office. But
the reporter did the best he could under the
circumstances. 1t is true he omitted the
names of the voters engaged in the stampede,
for, as the Tribune innocently remarks,
'every sensible man knows that if there is
anything especially difficult for a news
paper to Go, it is to name persons who have
left one party for another" 1t might have
added that this is particularly difficult
when there are remarkably few names
of persons to be had who have deserted Mr..
Cleveland for Gen. Harrison. This being
the case, the reporter fell back on glitter
ing generalities and idle boasts, as he had
been instructed to do, but his report was
well worth reading as an illustration of a
lengthy article based on instructions. In
that line it was really work of art.
OF course the Tribune is mistaken when
it says there is a stampede of democrats to
Gen. Harrison in New York Even people
outside of that state know better than that
There is no democratic detection worth
mentioning. The Democratic party of New
York was never, perhaps, so thoroughly
united in the support of any man as it is in
the support of Mr.. Cleveland. In New
York city, every democratic faction is sup
porting him enthusiastically, the business
men will surprise the country by their in
creased vote for him, and the prospects for
an unusually large majority there. as well
as in Brooklyn, are excellent. 1t is prob
ably to stem the tide to the democracy that
the Tribune prints SO many columns of
buster, but it will take something more
than buster to stem it. In fact, there
seems to be no way for the republicans to
accomplish that end