New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-17
"y1UPS" And "CROCUSES."

"y1UPS" IND "CROCUSES"
Tho language of "The Ncw-York Sun IN
doscr;hinc the arguments advanced by the De>l
thinkers for an extra session Of Congress Is
mite surprising 1t is ~ cxaggclatlon u can
i startling. TO the leading minds OF the hc-
form Clul, we have no doubt It will seem abso-
lutnIv Stacking. # speaks Of them As "ya"ps
"yavps ~ Incredible as it may seem, tha' Is
what il calls the arguments Tor an extra SIS
sion. "Thc Democratic leaders" says ne
cun.u with degree OF confidence thaI s'uh"S
inspircd Twill not be bothered or hurfie" p|
rho yawps of defeated Republican leaders CT
tbcir rewspapcrs" Our contemporary l. me
what in error in attributing the laWpS
Ropublicans. The first formal outgiViEe OH
this subiect was by our learned contemporary
"The Ncw-York Evening Po't' In IN aD'e
article on "The Need of Prompt Actioh' 'nc
loqic of which seemed to us unansWeraDic' Ill
most Immediately after it became known 'h''
a Congress Democratic in both bIanch'S "">
ono Of the results Of tho election it urgco not
merely the propricty but the absolute h'',N-
sity Of an extra session. -ald Inc i'''
" II onc-half what the Democratic orators III"
writers have been saying about inc McN'"'!
hill be true it is almost crime u l'a''
untouched on the tatute-book one week longer
than is necessary" That was the first utter
apcc on the subject. 1t seemed TO us both
logical and true.
II also seemed to us to be stated with I'M
usual mildncSs by our learned cont hPoi"'!'
Ordinarily. TO disagree with lis views oi 'n'HS.'
especially Of things political Is not almost
but actually and positively. " crime oi Nc'l
hcinous character. 10 be visited with the UTMOST
punishment OF which the mother tongue j.
CAPABLE and in extreme cases L be Jump
on with the Latin language In this case
was particular TO say that difference OF oiln-
inn on the subject Of an extra session was not
quite "crimc" but only almost ms
rnusual mildnrss Of cxprc .sion was undoubte dly,
intended to have modifying influence upon
"The Posts" coadjutorS, which. like " Inc
sum- maintained that the election had been
carried by the Force bill issue, that the tarih
question was not in il 10 any extent ana mat
consequently there was no occasion Tor an extra
session OF Congress 10 repeal the tarih rlgh'
or The single word almost struck Us n
the time as manifcSting strong desire to AVOID
boinr offensive: n very sweet leaning TOWARD
tolerance a charming willingness 10 make any
reasonable sacrifice for harmony in the great
marty which it has hclpod-nay, rather. icd ID
victory So we must confess 10 some surprise
~ finding this tentative amabiity, this cyi-
dent sacrifice for the common cause, met III
such a Split by our usually good-naiurod con
tcmporarv. "Tho Sun For that journal t.
sneak of a full column Of The Evening Posts
hest thought on "Thc Ned of Prompt Action
as a yawp'' seems - ~ ungIacouN Il well rs
irrcvcrcnt. It is liable TO cngcnder bad blood.
And this is a time when the brethren ought Il
dwell together IN harmony.
Elsewhere "Thc sun" speaks of the propo-
stion to call IN extra session for the purpose
Of tariff legislation u, an attempt 10 "crowd
the crocuscs'-a horticultural figure intended,
as we understand it, to signify that tariff lcgis-
lation is n sort Of flower that blooms in tho
spring and should rot bc hurried. but al
lowed TO bloom undsturbcd.' II speaks in a
manner that suggests di>rcspect Of the able
leaders and best thinkers who are trying to
crowd the crocuscs' says there arc only 2o1
of them in this city by actual count, and in
Inmates that they are making more disturbance
than 297 men out Of $4,000 have any war
rant for 1t leaves entirely out of the account
the intellectually Of the 207, which, when ono
comes 30 think Of IT. makes all the difference
in the world As t. the whole business We
must say, though the matter concerns us only
rs ono If good neighborhCod, that we think
"Thc SUM- has not met the concessions of
"Thc Evening POST in a proper spirit. We
do not think the lattcr's column-long argument
can properly be called a "yawp," and even if
it were "yawp" it would be better not to
say So Nor can We believe that the best
thinkers really mean TO "crowd the crocuScs."
There's Mr. Quincy, for instance who has been
disseminating information by the ton for the
last three months-he thinks there ought to
be an extra session, but hasn't fully made up
his mind If he should finally come out in
favor of it, we may be sure it is not from any
desire to " crowd the crocuses" Mr.. Quincy
wouldn't crowd crocus if he had it right in
his button hole.
May we say, then, TO "Thc Sum-" not with
severity, but in all kindness, Come off :"
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