Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-30
HARRISON IN NEW YORK.

1.-The following editorial was printed
in the New York Sun (Dem.) a few
days before the nomination of Cleve-
land, but is just as full of meaty truth
now as when it was written.
To IL thing the delegates to the Dem
ocratic National Convention at Chicago
may as well make up their minds,
namely, that in the pivotal State of
New York Benjamin Harrison is a
strong candidate. No matter what diff
ference of opinion with regard to the
nomination may have existed among
the members of his party, every Repub-
lican vote in this State will be cast for
the present occupant of the White
House. That is a fact, and the ooner
it is recognized the better for the ma
tional Democracy.
From this fact follow some obvious
deductions. In the first place. Mr.. Har-
rison can not be beaten by Mr.. Cleye-
land. That was demonstrated in 1888.
In that, year Mr.. Cleveland had the
unanimous support of the New York
delegation in the Democratic National
Convention, and throughout the cam
paign all the power and patronage of
the Federal Government were welded
in his behalf. This year all the re-
sources of the Federal Administration
will be employed for the Republican
nominee and, what is far more signifi-
cant, the delegates from New York will
present to the convention the name of
MI. Hill, and if Mr.. Cleveland's candi-
dacy is forced upon Democratic voters,
it will be against the solemn protest of
his party in this State. No man of
common sense will say that under such
circumstances Mr.. Cleveland is likely
to run better in New York in 1892 than
he ran in 1883.
Mr.. Cleveland himself does not be-
lieve that he could beat Mr.. Harrison
in this State this year. Neither he nor
the inner circle of his adherents would
wish to secure for him the nomination
if they thought that his attainment of
the Presidency depended upon carrying
New York for him next November.
They are playing a much more devious
and desperate game. They know that
Mr.. Harrison and the Republican party
are committed against free silver, and
their purpose is to make the Democratic
National Convention take in its plat
form equally firm ground against the
free coinage of the white metal, thus
forcing the silver men to put up "a can
didate of their own, who, they assume,
will be successful in most of the so
called silver States. Could this scheme
be carried out, Mr.. Cleveland might
lose New York, and still neither of the
great parties might command a major
of the Presidential electors, SO that
the choice of President would pass to
the House of Representatives, in which
the Democrats have a very large ma
We suppose hat there never
was a more INSCRIPTIONS, cold blooded
calculation than this which we have
outlined, for it exposes a great political
party to the imminent risk of ship
wreck for the bare chance of furthering
the selfish interests of an unimportant
individual. 1t is a calculation, more
over, which events wouldnever justify.
1t is too clever by half. The voters of
the silver States, when their eyes were
opened to the trap prepared for them,
would spurn it with derision. They
will not let themselves be made the
catspaw of a crafty politician. The
people of the United States will never
deliberately throw the choice of a Pres
ident into the House of Representatives.
1t follows that neither in the open
field, nor indirectly by trick and device
can Mr.. Cleveland beat Mr.. Harrison.
With whose name, then, can the De-
mocracy hope to outconjure that of
Benjamin Harrison in the decisive EN-.
pire State The events of 1888 supply
the answer to that question. In that
year, although the Republican caudi-
date for the Presidency beat Mr.. Cleve-
land, the Republican candidate for
Governor was defeated by Governor