New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-11

Mace within three months after his inaugural
tion In this state of affairs our nelghpor Is
shocked at the thought that they or any OF
them should contribute money to the hepuo-
lcan election expenses for the purpose o. de-
fcating Mr.. Cleveland FOg such Contributions
must be made from selfish and mercehaiy mo-
tiycs. and arc consequently inconsistent with
puYe politics and honest government. Ana any
indirect suggestion to them or CONTRIBUTION
is still worse il is Matchmaking 20 II ffcSi-
don't Harrison were man enough he would
use his authority to prevent any Government
onrIovc from contributing TO the election eX-
ncnscs of his party. because it is Subyerslve OF
good government and generally demofalz'il3'
The idea that an Office holder can act from any
other than mean and selfish motives, or CANNOT
he animated by As clean and pure and patriotc
\ purpoSe as the non-oifice holding citizen VINO
contributes to his party funds is, OF course
unite inconccivable And, Of course, too there
can be but one use for money by the Rcpub-
licans-to bride the honest Democrats who are
eager and anxious to vote with their party, but
cannot withstand the temptation of brIbe.
Now wouldn't it be as well to omit just
little Of the rankcst of this sort OF can't? Al
the very moment "The Times Is rolling mp
ifs ewes on this subject and reading the Presl-
dent n lesson on what he ought to do " II he
were man enough the Democratic papers are
nublishinc the fact that Mr.. Cleveland has sub
scribed $4,000 to the fund to make himself
President the former members Of his Cab
met. who naturally hope to get back their ola
places, have subscribed $4,000 each MI
+. G.. Benedict, who has recently bulged INTO
public life with his yacht, and who knows
GOOD thing when he sees it, whether 1t Is
Gas Trust or chance for the Treasury port
folio. has given so 600, and every day new
names are appearing of $4,000 and SlooOo
subscribers who either have held Office under
Mr. Cleveland or hope to. Then, too, " The
Times knows as everybody else does, that
there is not an oiiicc-holdcr under any sort OF
Democratic administration State, county, mu-
nicipal. town or village the whole country over
from the Governor Of a state down To type
writer or scrub woman, who * not assessed
not mark YOU. solicited. but assessed with de-
liberation and in cold bood-for the benefit OF
the Democratic campaign fund, and compelled
10 nav or skip. 1t knows, too, Is everybody
else does. that there is not in this great city
= ramblinc-housc. liquor-saloon or dive that
does not pay tribute to that fund, and that
the great moncycd corporations OF the cty
which are in any way directly or indirectly
dependent upon the good will Of Iammany
Hall are subjected to the same squeeze Tor the
same purpose.
What sense is there. then. in this olly-cam-
mon about Matchmaking oiiicc-holdcrN, or this
hypocritical cant about the use of money to
corrupt the franchise? Whoever wants an
object lesson in that line has only to look at
the greatest Democratic city on the continent
at the machinery by which the Democratic
marty holds control of this town, by which 1t
hope, to elect Mr.. Cleveland and without which
he ha, no more show than James Is. Weaver.