New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-29
4 CONTRAST AND 4 MORAL.


lot law the Democratic nomination papers Tor
the town Of Lincoln are invalid, and without
special legislation to repair the technical error
which made them void six Republican candidates
for the General Assembly will be unopposed IN
a town that is evenly divided on political issues
The Democratic blunder was the result OF Dem
ocratic sharp practice. The intention was to
nut French Canadian on the ticket at the .aSo
moment. in the bdlief that this formal recogni-
ton If a considerable clement in the population
vould draw votes from the Republican candI-
dates The papers were filed at midnight on
the final day Of grace but they had not been
properly attested, and The Democrats are now
entreating the Republican Legislature 70 cxtri-
cate them from the tap in which they are PAIN
fully wriggling.
Our Providence dispatches report that The Re-
publican majority are disposed to take this mag
unanimous course and pass an act enabling the
voters of Lincoln to elect tho Democratic can
ddates If they choose 10 do so. The argument
behind this sentiment is thai the Ballot law was
violated heedlessly, not deliberately that though
IL was in playing a cheap rick that the Demo
cratic leaders unwittingy betrayed hcf party
that fact ought not 70 decide the case against
them: that the Democratic voters, As body
wore not consulted and are not responsible ior
the error, and that to dlsfranchisc them as
penalty for trusting their leaders would he bad
1.-THE New-York World which Is conducting
campaign of Doodle and false pc;cnoe' IN
Rhode Island, is prepared to be terribly indig-
nant if the General Assembly does no, pass M
enabling act. 1t declares that not to DO this
would be TO take "a contemplate advantage
Of the voters Of Lincoln, who have right -
choose between the parties, and Il pTonounocs
sentence in advance upon the Republicans to TT
the contingency OF refusal. THE World i
evidently nervous. BIZ. it would be in G state OF
alarm and agitation If it did not knU" tho r.
mblican party 50 well. 1t is aware that fair
treatment can DO hopefully claimed from Re-
pubicans in Rhode Island and elsewhere, and
it doubtless expects the Democratic appeal 70 be
granted BIT In what plight doe, this sudden
championship Of political virtue put tie Demo
cratic party of New York and Ia newspaper or
cans beginning with "The Worldr, Tho
Democrats control the Senate OF this state, and
therefore tho Legislature, because they @oe u,
and for no other reason. by taking advantage
Of every legal artifcc and technlcality, b. swear
ing that printers quads were secret marks a.
Identification by dsfIauchisns twelve hundred
Rermbhcan voters in orc district and al The
Republican voters in another, and finally by
bald theft Of Official documents and IN defiance
Of Tho Court Of Appeals they created a irandu-
lent majority in the Senate Ia place OF The homes;
majority elected by the people. And through
out these odious and criminal proceedings and
down to this day "Thc NcwYolk Word' has
uttered not ore word of rcbuke, but has con
stantly and openly allotted the work Of the con
spiratOrs and reoiced in It's results
In the face of this record "Thc World' and
It's Democratic contemporaries arc declaring that
every consideration of justice and morality and
common dccency requires the Republican LcgiS-
ature Of Rhode Island TO pass special act %
rescue the Democratic party Of that State from
the consequences Of its own tricks and blundcrs.
They expect and we expect that the relief Will
be freely and Cheerfully granted. But what
contrast between the principles and practices
Of the Two parties the incident d.scloaos! The
Democrats know that if similar occurrence
should offer chance OF gain 20 their party IN
this S.ato Hill would dospiSc and ruin any Dem
ocratic ofllcehoder who so much rs suggested
the idea Of neglec'ng il. They know that in
years past they have prevailed In Rhode Island
by means Of frauds and tochnclllucs. They
know that If tho present situation were revcned
hey worGd seize and hold az n matter Of course
and with unconccaled delight the advantage
given them by their advcrsaricS.
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