New-York tribune., 1891-08-31
tion of being the "man of the Emperor a.
we'll as the "man Of the people,"
RUcOLIC AVENGER.

4 BUCOLIC AVENGER
At the risk of overlooking General bdwaro
rorocous Jones with attentions we must recur
arco more to that martial candidate Tor the
y.so,;o vote "The lIusbandman Of Elmira,
= Journal which enjoys distinction and prosperity
49, ,,ossession and mouthpiece of the Lieu
aSon,- -Governor. and which is about to be re-
80. .n,.od 70 Binghamton for his and its con-
,.on;once publishes long and conspicuous de-
r,,nciation of the Hon. Roswell p. Flower, ac-
COMMANDED by portrait OF General Jones ana
numerous glowing eulogies OF that statesman
extracted from the rural press. The lndlct-
,oont of Mr.. Flower contains many counts. lie
has already enjoyed numerous good things at
,bt hands of the Democratic party; on one
memorable occasion he refused to obey the
nortv's summons and thereby plunged it into
condition of gloom and peril from which
- was happily and tiiumphantly res
cued by General Jones; though resi-
dont of New-York City and one of its repre-
sentatives in Congress, he is now claiming the
nomination for Governor as a citizen Of Jeffer-
son County, which he traverses in fashionable
and extravagant vehicle adorned with russell
trainings and last, but not least, he told Gen
eral Jones ldSb August Lc was iOV I" ""''
didate and would not try to be.
We believe that ali these allegations are true
and if they are really damning, why then MI.
Flower may as well consider himself condemned.
II is a more serious matter for him than might
at first be supposed. As a New-York banker
railroad magnae and man of solid and I'M
posing substance, some of the charges would
not be apt to worry him. On Fifth-aye. ne
would cheerfully acknowledge the ownership
of a russell surrey in Watertown, or even
barouche. But there is another side to Mr..
Flowers character, and they know little of his
feelings who have studied his visage only IN
Wall Street or Central Park. When his foot
is on his native heath he is a different man.
There is probably not another inhabitant OF the
State who has kissed so many infants as Mr.
Flower. He is the largest purchaser OF silver
mugs and pap spoons between the great lakes
and the Gulf of Mexico. He has shared his
name with the rising generation in the most
lavish and impartial manner, and census OF
Roswell pettibones would be marvellous and
bewidering. 1t must be therefore with feel
ing akin to dismay that Mr. Flower sees the
sickle of "The Husbandman," welded by Cen
cral Jones, cutting him down, and the wlnd
of its fury blowing his petals all over the rural
districts.
There is another man in the State who watches
this devastation with emotion. Just what the
nature of that emotion is may be open to DOUBT.
In certain contingencies Governor Hill might
not mourn as one without hope at the spectacle
of Mr.. Flower in ruins. If the Governor really
entertairs the idea of succeeding himself once
more. as many calm observers OF his course
believe and as even so cautious journal as
"The Brooklyn Eagle declines to deny, he
has recently derived no comfort from the Dem
ocrats of jefferson County. At their c0nven-
ton a few days ago, having declared for Mr..
Flower as their ideal candidate, they passed
this insidious and sardonc resolution: 1--WE
congratulate Governor Hill upon the continued
and marked success of his administration, and
await with pleasant anticipations the time
when. through him, New-YOrk will have an
actual representative in the Senate OF the United
States" Stand out of the way of Roswell Z.
Flower. Governor; you belong hereafter in
Washington. not in Albany. That is the plain
meaning of the resolution, and it means good
deal. And so Mr. Hill might derive consider
able satisfaction from General Jones's assault
on Mr.. Flower, did he not know that General
Jones thinks Mr. Hill is one of the meaneSt
men on earth whom to cast down and destroy
would be a vast public service and an exquisite
personal pleasure Altogether, the Democratic
situation is becoming interesting, and we do not
need to apologize for watching it intently and
recording It's various phases.