New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-19
THE SHOV At MADSON SQUARE.


THE SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE.
The Democratic mass meeting at Madison
SouaIe Garden Wednesday evening. at which
the candidates for President and Nlcc-ifeSl-
dent will receive in the most formal manner
the notification Of their nomination, TO which
they will respond in carefully prepared speeches
already in print with the proper punctua'ions
for applause" "grcat applause, prolonged
applause" etc. etc. will be an unusual demon
straton new departure from the Ordinary
procedure in such cases. 1t Is UNDERSTOOD lha'
the idea originated with eX-SccictaIy WHIT
new TO whom more than any one else the creuit
is given. and. as we think. very properly loi
having outwittcd the New-IorlS delegation 10
the Chicago Convention at every step III the
business. 50 that Mr.. Cleveland was nominated
over. not only their heads. but over the headS
of the National Committee and all the most
prominent and influential leaders OF the party.
Sccl etary Whitney is comparatively young III
nolitical management though he Is by M means
ineypcrienced That is to say. with nearly
twenty years of experience on the inside
of politics. and with such opportunities as IN
timate and confidential relations with the late
Mr. lIIdpn gave MIN IOi d''I'i'''i'''''r
with the minute details of political manage
mcnt he had never put himself in the fore
ground. never undertaken the conduct OF
campaign. until the week before the chicago
Convention he quietly installed himself at
Chicago hotel. and without any brass band Or
typovritcrs or fuss of any sort took absolute
charge Of the Cleveland canvass KS Mr.
Cbauncey Depew remarked few weeks before
the convention met: The man who takes
William c. Whitney for tyro in politics makes
. mistake" He nominated Mr.. Cleveland. lie
hopes to see him elected
The Madison Square Garden meeting Is IN
the nature of an innovation. but II Is very
shrnyd device Were the Democratic candi-
date for President much more unpopular than
he is. such demonstration as the one pro-
posed would have the effect 70 call together
n large crowd of curious persons whose SIMPLE
presence could be construed Is CORDIAL III
dorsemcnt Of his nomination. while every token
of approval could be represented rs an lndlca-
tion Of overwhelming enthusiasm FOR the uckct.
The Democratic situation in Newly ork Is a
ucculiar one The candidate for President ha-
hccn nominated over the expressed protest AMI
the determined opposition OF the party Inc
feeling toward him j not merely sullenly hos
tile. but outSpokcn and bitter. II has found
expression in the uttcranccS of the most prom
incnt men in the party before and since the
nomination uttcranceS 50 open. positive ana
emphatic that they cannot be taken back
cannot be- discounted n the haSty CALCULATIONS
Of Disappointment cannot be qualified 10
c9untclact the effect Of this upon the public
mind something unusual was necessary. The
ordinary letter OF acceptance would not be
sufficient That would fall coldly on duh ears.
The impression Of profound dissatisfaction with
the ticket would not be removed. What was
needed was just the sort OF thing which Mr.
Whitney has invented great public show;
IN organized claguc Of eight OF ten thousand
rcorlc gathered 10 sec and hear the candidates
for the highest two Offices in the Republic.
Easy enough to get them together. and not
difficult AZ all to order it 50 that the enthusiasm
OF the welcome shall seem spontaneous and
Overwhelming. sullivan and Corbctt. bc'oic
or after the fight for the championship would
draw as large or larger crowd, and would
elicit more spontaneous and overwhelming
demonstrations Of enthusiasm. Il Is unquc'-
tionaby good scheme. Every body will
"hollcr" and. unlike the Chicago Convention.
nobody will hiss.
What may be of more impoHancc-the event
will tell-it will afford the candidate an OPP
roItuniiy we shall see whether he en-
braccS-to give lis opinion of the platform
adopted by his party, which upon the question
Of the tariff is said to differ from the views
which he personally cntetainS. 1t ha, been
sid that The resolution on that subject which
the convention rejected embodied his ideas.
and that the substitute was adopted simply t.
handicap him. lie will have an opportunity
briefly 10 set himself right on this point He
will have the opportunity also to say what h.
thinks on the little snip of "A resolution about
banking which is such a stnmbling-block To-
linancicIs, and about the silver plank, which
is differently construed by Democratic leaders
in Congress and about the Force bill, whether
that is really the leading and only important
issue of the campaign. And better than ALL he
will have the opportunity to show that he is
great catholic broad magnctic-in short that
he i. the ideal woIShippcd by the MugwumpS
The whole affair i Il shrcwd device and Nh
Whitney deserves great credit for it,
The Manhattan Club reception which is 10
follow will afford an opportunity for the silk
stockings and Ant-SnapperS 10 have the can
didatcs to themselves for a little while. and
codde them to their hearts content. That too
will promote good fccling-paricuarl among
Democrats who can get inside And it is an
nounced that everybody will be admittcd even
ing dress is not essential.
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