New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-14

were undiscovered. and the fame will remain, not
only imperishabIe hut unsulled.
THE LOSr assoc.
IT, is all very well for Ellery Anderson and
Charles 8. Fairchild and William Il. Grace to
he hobnobhing with Croker and Gilroy and
Dourlo Cochran and that crowd in the Gov
ornor's room at the City Hall, making feeble
iol,cs about the lion and the lamb and the
tiocr ard all that sort of thing. just as though
all was serene and harmonious and lovely ana
thoro were no real differences among them on
questions Of absorbing public interest; bur
what meantime, has become OF the great issue
on which the Democracy OF this state stood
sliced in two in the middle? II was upon the
r-prcscn,ationS of Anderson, farchlld ana
Grocc that pretty much everything that Dem
ocrats hold dear was in danger, and the funda-
mental principles Of Democracy were about 10
ho Turned INSIDE down, that two hundred
thousand Democrats in this state rose up ana
called n halt and demanded to be heard. lhcy
enrolled themselves with great fervor organ
izod at considerable expense held convention
and made speeches at each other. and got req
IN tho face about the crisis and the emergency
ond such like. passed some resolutions OF the
mos. determined character and appointed one
If thc most impressive delegations that ever
d,llicd with doorlccpcr to 90 TO Chicago ana
,cII tho Democratic National Convention all
about il These two hundred thousand sincere
sauls demanded that the party should explicitly
dcano lis positon on the question whether
State Convention should be called in February
or May.
II might straddlc the tariff. face both ways
,, s;lvor IGNORE the Bion-D0lar Congress
and oven omit all reference to the lnhnmahity
of John l. Davenport and the barDaritleS o.
rho Force hill-thcSc were issues OF minor I'M
portancc compared with the ovcrShado"lns one
90 February or May; snap or AEti-Hnap' II
:. known that the delegation headed by An
dc,.ou rairchild and Grace went 70 Chicago;
chat thcv burst into that town between two
n,,dor sbo,,crs with brass band and I'M
.,o1;o,olv c,nnloved a large and effective corps
- tvrcvritcrs. most Of whom were OF comeiN
apnoarancc and engaging manners ana 'na'
r,r several DAYS they blew in interviews
urocamalons. pronuncamentocS an" '"',IN ~
,r.,v tumultuous way that confused the
arriving delegates and added ne" dl>'roSN ~
rho wind driven. watcr-soakod city. bu' 'ha'
vas all In the proceedings OF the coh'en
,;on there figures ~ Anderson. no fMrchilu'
No Grace. There is only an nn"fic'ai report
,ha, hv tampcring with the doork'eperS ,n'H
e,,oo soa.s in the rear Of the aquarium.
- ,Nav ,itfulIv howlcd in the rare intervals
.,Lor tho thunder was taking rest. No pIahh
:, tho platform makes the remotest reference
,o tho great issue no speaker ahuucu !" !"
nothing was SETTLED it might as well NOT h'Nc
Loon From, the moment the convention swain
into the AQUARIUM till the last web-ioo' pauu'ru
ont nobody said snap or An'i-Nnap
,,.,,,ld bove becn easy enough TO get the great
;s,o !, by n simple amendment tn the taflH
,,L s,,hstitutiug the words snap Convcn-
,;or. for "Tarff." 50 that it would read that
r.,a,, Conventions are "a fraud. a robbery OF
tho GREAT majority" unconstitutional ere,
etc But nobody proposed IT, TWO h"'''''"
,hor.,nd Democrats enrolled at great expense
were absolutely IGNORED.
And now here are Ellcry Anderson ana "r'cc
and Tairchild hobnobbng with Croker ana
Cochran and the SnappcrS, and making Jokes
about the lion and the lamb aud the tg'r' JUST
-. though there had mover been any snap q,
Anti Snap never any uprising OF TWO hulu'c"
thousand Democrats. never anv syracuse 'on-
vortion. WHY, We ask on behalf OF the TWO
hundred thousand sincere souls who have en-
rollcd themselves and convened ana organ
i,od and hired brass bands-why this deser'ioh
of , great cause. this abandonment OF an over
,ybclmingy important issue? Why TINS I'M
soomly lcvtv about lions and lambs and tigers
we'll NAV the two hundred thousand sincere
souls nourc. with emotion, what all the 10"
was about anyway. There remains one nope
g.. them. The candidates have not YET ac-
contcd the nominations. 1t is proposed to nave
tbcm do il in this city next week at pubic
meeting. when they will have the opportunity
to give their views on the platform adopted III
Ch;caco This is the Anti Snappcrs last chanc''
Ict them insist upon having definite cX-
nrcssion of opinion from Mcssrs. Cleveland and
stevenson On the proprcty dccency, regularity
and constitutonality of snap Conventions IL
tho issue is half rs important rs McSSrs An
dorson. Fairchild and Grace said it was last
winter. il should be met fairly. and not lodged
cr cyadcd Two hundred thousand sincere
souls ought not to be stirred up in the way
those have been and then dropped without
ceremony.