New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-24
TIE NETTING or TIE DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE.

In decldlnH not "a nOIu Cd'c NO''0"''o''
and in naming Judge Earl for the Appears
bench the Eew-York Democratic Committee
which met yesterday. awaited itself OF the eN-
ample set it little earlier in the season by the
Republicans. Of course. it was good OK
ample. Democrats find that they make NO mis-
take in following where their opponents lead.
Il is eminently proper that Judge Earl should
continue to Wear the ermine without contest:
There is no politics in his exalted place ana
even those who insist most strenuOlsly upon
an elective judiciary will be glad to see him
remain where he is by unanimous consent.
If the Democratic Committee had conten"d
itself with making this nomination its meeting
would have been Il creditable one. but before
adiOurning il adopted one of Hills stump
speeches. naming it an "addre>s" to the voters
of New-York. Like all of the Governors
stump speeches. it is characterized ny BAD
temper misstatement, silly charges against he
publican administration, and absurd euloGy Oh
the Democracy This interesting document be-
gins with q reference to " the revolution" when
has "overtaken the contrOI' of the Republlcah
party. hut i'm the absence of foot note II Is
clearly impossible to determine what is meant.
Then comes a venerable allusion TO the " fraud
y,
inparted to the voters that the Republicans
"seized possession of the Presidency III lsSs:
Inasnuch as General Harrison received 233
votes in the Electoral College to l6S Tor Mr.
Cleveland--a comfortable majority OF 6h-
seized possession of the Presidency is par
ticulary good OF course. the Federal Lice
ton bill catches it, but the terms in which that
measure is abused could not we'll he more pre-
posterous Its purpose is said to be to enable
Republican managers to do their own counting
and certifcaton" when every candid person III
the country is perfectly well aware that the
measure aims solely to surround the right OF
suffrage with such additional safeguards as en-
perience has shown to he vitality necessary
Passing from National to State affairs the adj
dress is chiefly significant for what II carefully
keeps away from No explanation Is offered
Of the shameless choice Of Mr.. >hechan hy the
Democratic members of the last Assembly is
their candidate for the Spcaker>hip; II" OK
PLANTATION is offered of the opposition OF Dom
ocratic Senators and Assembymcn I" ballot
reform, TO high license. To the Prohibition
Amendment The address is silent as the grave
in reference to these points. Why B"'a'i>"
the course OF the Democratic members Of The
l.
it escapes observation having been marked
by cowardicp. inenciency and subscrvicncI to
the worst influences. Even so INSCRIPTIONS n
stump speaker as Hill is evidently unable to
find anything in the record Of that minority
TO which he can point with pride, and conse-
oucntly contents himself IN his address with as
sailing the majority. lie blame, it ostcn>h!y
for the loss to Ncw-Iork Of the Worlds Fair;
49, hut h..
is angry because Tammany. under the lead OF
Godfather Grant. was not allowed 10 h"lN"r
I'D its desperate fortune, with tina, great enter
prise The reputable members Of both parties
have heartily commended the Scnat" COMMITTEE
ON Cities for its intelligent and resolutc efforts
in behalf of municipal reform. Instead OF
Joining in these encomiumS the Governor,
thinking only of the injury which the inVcsti-
CATION of the committee has inflicted Upon the
reputation Of the Democratic Nayor OF New
York, rOundly denOuncc> il. That Is the sort
of patriot ne is Growing reckless as he pro-
ceeds with his address. he charges the lcSiS-
lative majority with having passed U1nton>
steals" ignoring the fact that over Mis- own
signature he has borne witness 10 the fact that
the record of that majority, so far a. the great
fiscal measure of the session was concerned,
was unassailable. OF course, demagoguc
capable of making such charges will stop at
nothing. Accordingly. it is hardly to be won
dercd at that before he gets through he broadly
insinuates that Mr.. Saxt"n and his associates
were hypocrites far as ballot reform was
concerned, and that the men who cut down the
tax rate and who drafted, perfected and put
through the Appropriation bill on which rests
his emphatic formal Endorsement would have
been guilty Of extravaganza i'll their handling
OF the public funds but for his yetOc>.
Nevertheless. this bunto1nb performance
serves one useful purpose. 1t shows that the
| Democratic campaign for the control OF the
next Legislature is to be a campaign OF brass
opd hlnstpr