St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-12

cratic societies. and as the County
Democracy disappeared Mr. Whitney
began schemiug tor control Of Tam
many. He planned and built for it, and
finally succeeded. One leverage which
he has used is the street railways Of the
metropolis. Nearly all the surface rail-
ways of the city are under tine control
or syndicate, IN which he and his
brothrr-in-iaW, Col. Oliver Payne. are
moving spirits. Tammany halt IS made
up of few bosses and great many
men who work for their living by the
day or week. Every emplOye Of tile
New York surface railroads controlled
by the Whitney syndicate is a Tamnnany
adherent. In alt, | am told, $500 Tam
many men work for the Whitney rail-
roads. a man cannot get job on one
Of these roads unless he presents GER
tilicate signed Oy the Tanmany employ
ment bureau.
May Depend Upon the Unit Rule.
Now. supposlng that Mr.. Whitney.
eX-MayOr Grace and other friends OF
Mr.. Cleveland in New York city and
Brooklyn decide 10 throw the Tamlnany
and Kings county votes in the Chicago
convention to Cleveland. Can they do
il? That is a very important question.
Heretofore the unit rule has prevailed
in the New York delegation. 1t was
the unit rule, adopted against the pro-
test Of a large minority, which made
possible the nomination of Cleveland IN
~. The men VINO did more than any
other 10 adopt the unit rule on that Oc-
casion were Daniel Manning, w. {.
Whitney and w. K. Grace. II the unit
rule is adopted this year. as II IS likely
u be, and GOV. Flower and Senator Hi
persist in their present programme, the
solid vote Of New York state IS
liIrly to be cast for Senator
Palmer In the Chicago convention.
without the unit rule one-third, or pos
sibly nearly Onc-haIf. Of the New York
delegation may vote for Cleveland.
With The solid vote Of New York against
Cleveland aud Tor Palmer, the latter
would surely be nominated. With a
part Of the New York delegation stand
ing by Cleveland and seeming TO be will
ing 10 accept him as the choice Of the
party at large, the eX-presldent might
win.
But | believe before the Chicago
convention meets" concluded the seua-
tor, 'the situation viii become much bet
ter understood than il Is NOW. The
country viii become aware that an
irrecOucilaOle conflict exists between
the rival factions in the Empire state,
contention bitter implacable ana in
durable. fatal to the party interests
which are consigned to the keeping OF
New YORK candidate. There IS
sort OF craze for the eX-president,
but it viii disappear in tic light Of
common sense. Already this ticket OF
Palmer and Flower is attracting atten-
ton throughout the country. II gives
point to rally about for the men who
aIc distrustful OF Mr.. CleVeland's abil-
ity to win the election. The cOnserya-
tism Of the party will drift toward the
senator from Illinois, not only because
he is the man who can be elerted, but
because he is grand character, one
who inspires the people with conf
dence, one strong enough to win the
presidency and wise enough TO fill il to
the satisfaction OF the Democratic party.
Senator Hausbrough, of North Da-
kOta, is Republican, bat he says:
The result in Rhode Island means that
the Democrats will nominate Palmer
and put either Flower on Whitney on
the tail of the ticket. Palmer will
make strong bid for Illinois in No
vember, although | am not willing to
admit he could carry the state"