Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-09-18

interesting; first, because of its local
fight; second, because New York is a
pivotal state and will determine, in
great measure, the character Of the
national contest and It's candidates
New York is usually a Democratic
state. II is seldom that IL is carried for
Republican candidates; but this year,
under the leadership Of Thomas @. Plat,
backed by the administration. with the
active assistance of President Harrison.
the Republican party has been thoroughly
united and compactly organized to make
an aggressive campaign for the
possession Of the offices, basing
their hopes on the disgust and distrust
created by Tsmmany Hall The Repub-
licsns do not offer any reforms, any new
policy, they simply enter the struggle
for the offices with that remarkably
smart leader, ex-senator Platt, and his
very bright, active, fertile and unscrupu-
lous candidate, J. Sloat Fasse,t
There is nothing in the campaign they
propose, but hurrah, and fuss aud feath-
ers. Fassetts irst speech in Brooklyn rs-
ferred to the war and was designed
TO "stir up the boys" to the "hurrah
pitch.
man in that condition is fool II,
does not care for an issue, hence g,
hurrRh campaign does not prepare o.
offer an issue As there are more fool
than wise men this sort Of campaign
is not an unwise one aud is often yer,
successful one.
It is evidently the Plat Fassett plan {,
make an expensive and an energeti
farce comedy campaign. They hav,
selected good time; a good subject
Tammany a good leading man, Fsssett
frst-elass manager, Plat and the,
feel hopeful not without reason. AS th,
Republican party will stand more foolish
ness and farce comedy than any politica
party which ever existed these hopes an,
efforts are not to be despised.
On the other hand, the Democrat
have united their warning factions
chosen an unobjectionsble ticket, writ
ten sensible platform and have pre-
pared for dignihed campaign. In tn
J place Of "hurrah, they have energy; |
the place Of farce-oomedy entertain
ment and appeals to sentiments, whic
are as universal as they are meaningless
they point with just pride to the pla
form in which they demand homes
money, and say in terse and punger
l good sense that
al We. therefore, denounoe the new She,
man Silver law, uader which one-tent
Of our gold stock has been exported an
all our silver output is damned up q
9 home as q false pretense but artfI
Q kindrance Of return TO free bl.metall
! coinage, aud as tending only to produS
4 q change from one kind Of monometallisi
! to another. We, therefore, unite wit
the friends of honest money every whel
In stigmRtizing the Sherman progressiy
Q silver basis law as no solution of the 60
r aud silver question and as a fit append
q 20 the subsidy and bounty swindle, II
!. Mckinley worse-thsn war tariff. th
= Blaine reciprocity humbug, thes quander,
surplus. the advancing deficit, the d
1 fective census, the falslfsd represent,
!, tion and the revolutionary procedures
the Billion dollar Congress-al just
! condemned by the peoples great u
rising last November verdict whic
u renewed next year, will empower Del
ocratic statesmen to guide the people
councils and to execute the people
will.
,, Both parties are prepared for an aggrs
q sive campaign, but one viii make car
paign of nonsense; the other a csmpalI
. Of sense. One is an unutterable humbl
a. Of hurrahs; the other is sensible Al
BE- earnest campaign to promote and iusu
,e q good government of sound finances a
a light tax1fion