New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-13
BOW WILL HE RUM


convention, appears to be hopelessly DIVIDED
on one neutrality-suspicious., in some respects, nov
n very important question. but one on which,
nevertheless, we should think the party would
want to come to some sort OF an UNDERSTANDING
We refer to the question as to Just how Ihur-
man is going to run. A prominent Democrat
of this State, in the course OF recent inter
view, said Thurman will run like a scared
VOLTS Another equally prominent member OF
tbe marty. when coinered by reporter the
same day made this statement . consider
that Thurman will run like steer through
n cornfeld.v One of the leading party organs
Of Ohio SAYS editorially: There cannot be
\ PARTICLE of doubt but that the old Roman
will run like cat through dog-show"
Another. an influential Missouri sheet, says in
n double-leaded leader: "When it comes to
tho election, Thurman will run like jack
rabbitn
This alone would show that there is a serious
division in the party, but it is not all.
wel-l,uown Democratic Governor of neigh
boring State saws: Thurman will go through
the canvass like butter through tin horn"
"The nomination of Thurman" announces
Chicago paper, in we'll moduated tones, q" was
good one He will, in our opinion, go through
a-shouting and a-fying" A prominent Texas
Congressman, with that luxurlance OF eX-
preston peculiar to the State, tells a reporter
that the " old Roman is man from away up
where the creek forks the last time. Ito Will
snap onto the canvass like dog onto rabbit
skin and he'll fight 'em like wildcat in
tin oven. When Thurman gets up and cracks
his heels together and goes at it red-eyed,
they'll find that he's bumper from bumpers
Junction and that he'll sweep the country
from Maine to shutdown. In my opinion he
has the elements Of success In HIM bigger
than a woodchuck." Boston paper just re-
ceived closes the exercises to date by saying,
in classic accents He will run like a man bit
by jointed snake"
Now, here's diversity of opinion that is
astonishing. Will MIR. Thurman put down his
head and run like scared WOLF or Will he
mt up his head and run like steer? VIII
the actions of the venerable Ohio statesman
remind NC of the somewhat hurried movements
of a cat passing through a bench-show, or will
they call to mind the long gray streak pointed
out on the Western prairieS as jack-rabbit
in motion? Will the casual spectator of his
canvass be reminded Of that well-known phe-
nomenon, the passage of butter through tin
horn, or will he only notice the shouting and
the flying? Is Mr.. Thurman from Bitter
Creek at all, either where it forks for the last
time or further down where Roaring Creek
comes in d? VIII his style Of warfare in the
least resemble the campaign usually carried
on by q wildcat IN a tin oven? Will he
Jump up and smte his heels together? Is he
from Jumpers junction or vicinity? And
has he with him tho elements OF success
greater in any marked degree than may
be observed in woodchuck? And last,
despite the divinity that doth hedge about a
Boston statement, will his run cause a person
wholly mnacquainted with the cause Of it in
stantly to shout :" There goes a gentleman just
bitten by large iointed snake"?
These are questions that the Democrats
ought to settle. They should decide just how
Thurman is going to run and let us know.
1t ought to be settled or perhaps the ancient
Roman won't know how he should run him
self And why can't we be told-iust have
II whispered 10 us-.how a man by the name
of Cleveland believed to he on the same ticket,
is going to run Don't he afraid to speak up
aud tell Us whether his race will most re-
semble that of an elephant or cana-bOat.
But. after ALL it won't make much DIFF erence.
Whether Mr.. Thurman shoots across the
prairie like frightened wolf or hurried jack
rabbit whether he crashes through the corn
field like the agtated steer, or through the
dog-show like the hasty cat or whether he
only tears up the avenue after the manner Of
the man who toycd with the jointed snake -
in any case, his progress is going to be greatly
impeded by the dust thrown in his eyes by the
Republican candidates. They will be canter-
ing right along ahead all the way. The track is
going to be q good many seconds heavy for
the Roman gentleman, and he'll throw shoe
on the homestretch. He might as well keep
off the course entirely and put his entrance
money into red handkerchiefs. The race
is not always to the scared wolf, nor the
battle to the wildcat in the tin oven.
SUPERSTITION DYING HARD