New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-16
MARX T4PLSY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Henry w. Grady. the sanguine Editor Of
1.-THE Atlanta Constitution" has been firing
the heart Of his brother in Democracy, the
Editor of The Charleston News and Courier
Mr.. Grady was in this city during tho Cen
tennial celebration, and on his return home
made this report Of the political situation as
he had observed II frlm the point Of view Of
the metropolis:
The Democrats OF the North arc moro confident OF
success In 1909 than expected to hnd them. Bun.
set Cox says wo viii cary three out Of four Of the
new states The lsts city elections encourage Demo
Gratis. and uudoubied divisions In the Republican
ranks discour~gc the dominant party
UnIess thcEe IL decided check TO the current nov
setting swiftly, Grover Cleveland win DO tho next
Democratic nominee for the Presidency. on the
surface, Il Is ell Cleveland In Ncw'York. Governor
nm may have tho machine In hand, but in general
regard as to fitness dignity ability and siIo hS II not
olassed with Cleveland
"The News and COURIER evidently accepts
all this as gospel Notwithstanding the carrying
OF three out Of the four new States-aud Il pro.
ceeds to improve upon il. Grady took hope
ful view Of Democncys chanoesin 'e2. but his
fellow Democrat in Charleston we'll he must
DO either Mark Tspley himself OF blood rela-
ton Of that cOnSummate flower Of optimism
! lie has demonstrated that his veins are filed
with the rich Tapley blood.
Tapley sees the death warrant Of the Repub-
| lican party writ large on the walls OF the future
the immediate future mt that. lie tells his
readers that the overthrow Of Republicansm
'is as certain IA that DIV follows the night"
| That ought 10 be tolerably certaiy. but Tho
frozen fact is that the Republican party, after
| being In power q quarter Of a century gave
way 10 the Democracy only 10 DO summoned
| by the electors 20 return after n brief absence
| Of four years. That looks az il the overthrow
In question VIA not quite az certain a. that
day follows the night, but merely as certain
As that 3 and g make o. or that Charleston IL
the capital Of Massachusetts. Tapley makes
one admission in regard 70 his own party which
hardly does credit to the superb cheerfulnesa
which dominates the rest of his article. "lIer
aud there now and then there is the threat
Of Democratic desertion," no remarks land
talk Of organizing a new party, but the great
body Of Democratic voters is steadfast and
| immovable.r This really is unworthy Of a
TRpley since Il implies that some OF the Demo
Gratis who voted for Mr.. Cleveland in 1888 arr
no longer steadfaSt and immovable. But IL
the Democracy was unable 10 win with all the
voters It could muster last year, how can ii ex.
peot TO retrieve It's fortunes In % with a Lees
number? What Tapley might have been ex
pccted to discover was that Democracy was
holding every man that stood by her colOrs last
year, aud that Republicans by the thousand,
were fooking 10 her standard.
Tho concluding paragraph Of Tapley's out.
look for 1892 cannot fail TO provo interesting
to Governor Hill. "Well my the party" he
excaims, congratulate itself that it will have
so great q lender lin 1922 as Grover Cleve.
land" or course, all things being possible
Mr. Hill may work late and early TO get dele.
gates for Mr. Cleveland In 1893. On the Other
hand, he may, and probably will be. " steadfaSl
and immoyable'' IN behalf of his own Presi.
| dental boom.