New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-23

We were prevented, however, from falling into
settled melancholy over it by the circumstance
that il came out in an after dinner speech ana
was received with hiarity and = long continued
anplauseu by the statesmen who had gathered
~ extopd the customary annual welcome TO the
sneaker As a new convert to Democracy. See
ing this, we took comfort IN inc Vhou5"O 'n''
perhaps after all the bow-wows were ho' 50
imminent. - T.,
But now comes another statesman one Ed-
ward Avery. of Braintree VINO pres'ueu over
2 Democratic meeting in fremont Tempe the
tho night and on taking the chair read from
n,orrscr;nt some remarks on the genera dread
f,,lross NJ \ character calculated to III! the
,o,,n,or mind with awe. They were more
depressing. if possible, than the t"o-colu'hh
Est Of yice-pesidents with which they were
n,ofaced. Strangely enough, too the printed
renort is punctuated at frequent intervals with
:. i.uobtoI,, and "applause" Is it possible
no. we will not harbor the Suspicion VhaV avery
mt it on, as il were, too thick-that ne was not
in earnest-didn't mean it at ali-and that the
Intelligent Boston audience-to use phrase
NOT Bostonese-" got on 10 him." Oh, no !
Avery meant il. He had read Eliot, and had
bettered the instruction. And this is what he
lid about "Tbe Meaning of Republicanism in
Massachusetts,"
It means cowary Sinking and hypocr''ica, e@n' on
a great moral questionable question OF pion'o''i ,'
license II means trickery and douoiedcd oh INC
noIl tax II means dupllcity on the suoJeoV Vi INC
C,yu service II means the destruction OF our iron
Industries in Massachusetts,. 1t means the oank
rrntcv NJ orr woollcn manufacturers. IL means tho
Capitalization of monopolies which increase inc cost
~ living for the many 1t means hign 'aAos ." INC
necessaries of life, tools, lumber anu u'0ns "'ou
nv the vorkmen and farmers OF the S'a'o' ~ ni'
the almost daily appearance In the newspapers " I'
such paragraphs as these: keuuo'on Va
tanners and curriers', announced to their en-
=, a.to1,,, that a cut down of IL per week
would be made beginning this week. IN INC sd'"'neS III
,bo maturity Of 200 persons employed by them." III
means In addition rings at the state House, II os
the increase Of wealth and the decay Vi hi'ii' -
ao.ns dstr,,st in the people and 1t means contin
mons struggle between capital ana LABOR ~ means
deserted wharves In Massachusetts, ana siieht snip
I'D II means high prices for COAL lumber iron
woollen goods of every kind. salt ana sugar. hoc ior
tho GOOD of the whole but to increase the "ea'th oi
a., Tow Those are some Of the things which the
oonle NJ Massachusetts, will soon learn KepuOilcah
ism means TO this commonwealth
If Aye,y were not, as he manifeStiy Is, d
statesman of perfect intellectual calm WIN MS
processes always under absolute control he
might have been borne along on the torrent OF
sucb powerful discourse as this to saying some
thing. which. though ELECTRICALLY beautiful
nj qht not be susceptible Of proof. AS Tor IN
stance, knowing, az he does, that a consider
able number of persons in Boston confidently
expect the world to come to an end on FRIDAY
Of this week, he might easily have included
that catastrophe as one Of the meanings OF Re
publicanism 1t is evidence of great mind
that he stopped where he did.
1t is vcry solemn thought that notwith-
standing the solicitude e President Eliot ana
the woful forebodings of Avery there is very
little doubt that Massachusetts, will continue
Republican. Then it may be that the New
Zealander, sitting on broken arch of the
bridge in the Public Garden sketchlng the
state House dome, will look at the statues Of
CHARLES Sumner and Edward Everett on either
hand, and wonder which was the catcher and
which the pitcher Of the Boston Baseball Club.
Still, we are not expecting this to happen
before next spring.