The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-09
A WORD OF ADVICE
TO the Democrats of the State of
New York.
WHAT HENRY WATTERsON SAYS
Too Much Threatening by the Emp,re State
POliticians-The West and South
Are Tired Of it.

lopeclal 10 THE Observation-Disclosures Dfspatob I
LOUISVILLE, April S.-Under the caption OF
| "A Word to New York Democrats. the Couri.y.
"0HT"dS, Henry Wattersons mouthpiece pub-
Ilsnes sensational editorial arraignment Of
MS party IN New York state, Of which the fol.
lowing are extracts: THE New York San. ard
Herald and for the matter of that most ~ the
newspapers OF the Empire state, have n deal to
say about the Importance of the vote of than
great commonwealth to the Democratic party
rms Is true enough, New York being. after a
i"Sniou' democratic state. The Democratic
party constantly has to consider how il NAV bs
prevented from turning itself over to the Re-
puoIlcans, which the local Democratic factions
have variously but invariably threatened evsT,,
TOUR years. In each of the three last national
democratic conventions New York has an
peared as disturbing element. In that of 1888
not above board, indeed, but the elements oc
uiscord were there. In the conventions of 1879
anu 1851 the spectacle presented py New York;.
was disgracetul. The truth is that New YORK;
rom sneer force OF pressure and habit seems
10 De incapable Of addressing any other argu-
ment to the democracy Of the country eTcent
one IN equal parts of menace and money 10
DroWoeat and calole; to threaten and enttce. is
une usual stock In trade of the average New Yortr
poltlc.an and the Democrats of the west
ana south are mighty tired of it, They appre-
Hend the value of the vote of New York as a
-
not unwilling to buy it, since it can only be had
! Dy purchase, provided it does not cost too much
put they don't like to be bullied into this every
Time national convention meets to select the
national ticket, and it is quite sure that if IN
ls%2 New York attempts this old game 1t will
De found Intellectual in having played itself out
ana being thoroughly exposed. Except in 1875
tnere mas been no election since 1868 when an
outside nominee would not have been stronger
| IN The state of New York than an actual noTni. .
! nee, who has been either a New Yorker or a,
quasi New Yorker. Mr.. Tilden was the one
exception. He was leader raised up by Provi-
oenee to lead the hosts out of the wilderness, in
winch the Greeley tiasco of 1879 had left them
| IN 1851 General Hancock, soldier unusued to
the arts OF political warfare was easily cheated
| out OF the vote of New York In 1884 Mr. Cleve-
land would have lost it except for the charter OF
accidents by which ne was pulled through liter
ally by the hair of his head In a word as long
as New York Is the abode of factions New York
candidate must in the very nature of the case
prove weak candidate. The Democrats of the
country have nothing but goodwill for the
democrats OF New York; they are incapable of
doing injustice to New York; they apprehend
10 the fullest the Importance of New York and
| the claims that belong to that Importance but
tne Democratic managers and politicians of
New York may as well make up their minds
now as later that If they expect to be considered
next time they must wash their dity linen at
nome. The west and south do not mean to stand
any more nonsense. We have had too much OF
] it alreadV."