New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-01

THEY CANNOT ESCAPE THEIR RECORD.
In the platform adopted by the Republican
State League at its Rochester meeting much
attention was devoted to the crimes committed
BY the Democratic party last winter, first in the
theft of the Legislature and thereafter In the
massage and execution of outrageous laws. The
League can do no better work than in circu'
latinc the plain facts concerning these Demo
cratic denominations. They are not chargeabe
TO individuals exclusively. They were COM
mitted by the Democratic party and the Demo
cratic party has greedy accepted the profits
of them. Undoubtedly the attempt Will now be
made TO crowd upon Hill all the blame attaching
TO these wrongs 1t will be said that I'LL Is
dead polt caly, and that the present head OF the
Democracy has done and can do no wrong. But
thc peope will not be deceived by subteriuge
so shadowy. They will not forget that the
success of Mr.. Cleveland is TO be attained ny
the use of the corrupt machinery which was
becotten in that fraudulent Legislature. They
will not forget the Congress districts so gerry
wandered as to lump the Republican vote where
it can be as slightly potential as possible, and
TO spread ont Democratic majontes &C as 10
give that party small but substantial advantages
where, had law and honesty prevailed they
would have had no advantage at all The peo-
pie will not forget that the fraudulent census
was not a factiona but partisan crime, COM
mittcd in the interest of the Democratic party
as an entirety, and they will not forget that the
robbery of representation perpetiated under II
is aimed to place Democrat in the United
States Senate who could not lawfully find en-
trance there.
Colonel McApin and his able officers can
direct Neir energies in this campaign to no
better purpose than to efforts to get the facts
relating to this long succession OF public mis-
domeanors clearly into the minds and sharply
before the conscicnces of all the voters in New
York. Undoubtedly large proportion OF the
people already understand what the Democrats
did. and how they did it. But some people for
get easily. Others are easily msled by false
issues. and it ought to be seen to that no voter
shall be permitted to forget these high crimes
against popular government nor to lose sight
Of them in any issue, however commanding
If a party can be allowed to steal election GER
tiiicatcs, to turn ont OF Office honest oIiicials
who refuse TO prostitute their public trusts by
aiding criminal cOnspilacies. to put IN their
places weak and corrupt tools, to make IN
moral and unlawful use of the courts To coerce
Boards of Canvassers, local and State, into the
violation of their oaths of office and into acts
of fragrant dsobedence to the highest courts
in the State, to organize its fraudulent majority
in the Legislature into set of jumping Jacks
who spring up and drop down, speak or keep
silence as the finger of party boss shall IN
dictate, to pass laws securing an unfair advan-
tape for its candidates by means of gerryman-
ders. to place the electoral machinery of great
cities at the absolute disposition of its own
agents. tC take dishonest census and to count
it dishonesty, and by that means TO steal for
its benefit ten or dozen seats In the Legis-
lature that by no possibility could it honestly
acouire-if a party can do all these things and
appropriate the fruits Of them and then escape
responsibility and punishment by claiming that
its chief agent and offender has been put aside
and a wolthier leadership accepted, then 1t will
never be possible for the people 10 resent
iniouity unless by sudden and revolutionary acts
of vengeance
The record Of the Democratic party in its
theft of the Legislature last year and in the
vile and oppressive uses to which it put its
fraud made power must be voted on next No
vcmber and Republican organizations should
spare no effort to place that record clearly and
fully told, into the hands of every man who
has the right TO vote.