New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-30
BRAINS WANTED FOR 1892.
A DEMOCRATS VIEWS on THE GREAT
DEMOCRATIC ROUT.
PLENTY OF SOAP BUT NO cESEnALsHIP IN THE

PLENTY OF SOAP But No thALShir ~ lin
CANvAss-Too MANY BRIGADIERs
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrBUSEI
Albany, Nov. 90" We never had much money
to use on election day before we had on November
c. said leader of the Democratic party here few
days ago. and yet We were beaten
"why were You beaten - inquired Tho Tribune cor
respondent
Because of the mismanagcmcnt Of the Democratic
State Committee. ] spoke of money few minutes
ago, but not with view Of arguing that money, by
the bribery OF voters controls elections The fact IS
that money of party expended in buying votes
chccSmacs that OF another. and that IN the end tho
vote Of each party IS left I'm about the same position
II Is argument before bodies Of independent thinking
people thai finally deciocs elections. Wo we're out
debated in this State the tariff Issue by the Re
publican speakers, and although we had the money of
the Federal, state and city ohcehodcrs, with big
lot Of money from the liquordcalcrs, We could not
overcome the popular drift against us. Look at tho
vote OF Brooklyn Why, the Mugwumps all went back
upon Hugh Mclaughlin, tho day before the
election. made a careful estimate. and said that Kings
County would give Cleveland and IIill 10000 major
ity--yct Cleveland only had 1000 and Hin only
$4,000. 1t Is a mystery to me why the Mugwumps
of Brooklyn turned somcrsault. 1t may have been
the tariff and 1t may have been disappointment over
Covelands neglect to nforce the Civil Service Reform
law but certainly there some profound cause at
work. Any who wifi examine the vote cast In
the First Ward OF Brooklyn, which cast such big
Mugwump vote for Cleveland in 1884. will see that the
Mugwumps of that ward all voted for Harrison
"You said that the Democratic State Committee
mismanagcd their campaign. In what wayP
"Neither Edward Murphy. the chairman Of the
committee nor william y. Murtha, the chairman of
the Executive Committee, seemed to have any idea OF
how TO conduct the fight for tariff reform. COnsc-
Guently large proportion Of the speakers they sent
out to the Interior of the State were Incompetent TO
debate the tariff Issue with the Republican speakers
Young mon were sent who had no acquaintance ap-
parently even with the NILS bill. Speakers wero
brought from other States who did not know how to
interest the pcoplc of this state. Then there were
too few speakers. and what there were were illds-
rlbutcd. They not concentrated upon critical
points. The farmers Of the State. who gave such
large majority for Harrison, practically did not hear
the Democratic side of the tariff issue What was
worse. the state was flooded with Southern briSa-
ders. The leading speakers were Roger O. Mills, of
Texas: Clifton r. Breckenridge. Of Ar
kansas, ard Hcmphill. Of South Caro-
lima. There were also large number Of Southern
speakers Of less rank than those even IT was 700
soon after the bring those men into the STATE
Naturally sectional feeling was aroused, ana II
cost us a large number of votes. The .Repubhcans
had ter speakers in the interior of the state to our
one Two weeks before election Murphy and Murtha
knew nothing about their canvass There was no
book AT the Democratic state Committees hcadqual-
tcrs In Ncw-York showing where the speakers our IN
the State were. Everything was In confusion Let
tiers were pouring in from tho Democratic county com
mittcemen complaining that they had no speakers
Moreover. there correspondence bureau Let
tcrs were unanswered ! know that I'm Saratoga
County and other counties the members of the county
committees became so disgustcd with the Democratic
State Committee because they could get no replies 10
their letters that they ally cut loose from that
committee and conducted their own campaign BUT
a campaign thus conducted, with no central power
running all over the state sure to be an
unsuccessful one"
al see that complaints are made in The World
and other Democratic newspapers that the members
Of the Democratic state Committee were not accessible
at the Hoffman House,
No. they not. De Frccst. the secretary oil
the committee sat upstairs in his room in sublime state
No one could him without sending up card, and
then you had to kick your heels in the lower hall per
haps for an hour. The hayseed Democrat coming
from the Interior OF the state did not Like that eX-
elusive policy. lie would not wait the pleasure of
Murtha Murphy or De Frcest 10 sec him. Thus much
needed cooperation in the work of the campaign was
lost Murphy dcspised the speech making part Of the
campaign and his sole idea OF the method OF winning
was TO have big doodle fund upon election day"
odd not Hi expend the money Of the liquor
dealers for himself and not for Clevcand'
"That Is most unjust charge. On the contrary,
Governor lilh Hlslsch upon INT moHN '"h'ipu'" W
the liquor dealers being put into the common treas
uTy OF the Democratic party. He said that the liquor
dealers must not be permitted TO pay out the money
themselves, as could II far more effectively.
Every dollar contributed by the liquor dealers was
much expended for Cleveland IT was for Hill But
We overwhelmed, ia: as Cleveland was con-
cerned by the of the interior of the state There
as have said. the Democratic campaign was shame
fully Inefficient We did not meet the Republicans
upon the stump until the last week OF the campaign
and hon II was too late, voters had already made up
their decision the tariff issue. We started out 10
make an educational campaign, but We neglected 10
educate the Republican farmers and were therefore
beaten. | do not think that money decided tho cleo
ton. As | said before. oui-debatcd upon
the tariff question. owing TO the Democratic state
Committees inefficient management of the campaign
That lost the State TO Cleveland II we are to carry the
state I'm 1892 we must have % more brains In the
penocrafic State Committee of that year."