The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-16

tutes a formidable array. and IL Is 10 pe
remembered that tho sons OF soldiers ana
snilors are n numerous body In New YORK.
even though tho great majority OF them
are not In receipt OF bounty from tho
Government. There Ia probably not IN
election district In Now York In when
GROVER CLEVELAND, II the Presidchuai
candidate OF the Democracy this year.
would not lose from one to 1--WE votes OF
Democratic. soldiers or their re'auVes'
These votes HILL will hold.
The men who love CLEVELAND for tho
enemies he has made, arc less numerous In
Now York city than elsewhere, but there
are enough OF them to be taken into ac-
count. Compared with tho persons who dc-
test CLEVELAND for tho friends he has mace
they are about one to ten. Wherever III
New York there Is to be found an indiVidAal
who by his meanness and appropriately. II
Democrat. inspires tho nnimosity Oh his
ncighbors. II is found on investigation, even
II he does not himself proclaim tho fact.
that he Is CLEVELAND admirer.
All the stay-at-home Democrats who
go out OF town on election day. who
bolt the nomination OF popular and deserv-
Ing men OF their own party. who mako
common cause with Objectionable Repuoli-
cans. who omit to register In critical elec-
tions. who challenge Democratic votes IN
tho interest OF Republicans. who want TO
deprive unettered workingmcn OF the right
OF suffrage. who wish to establish religious
tests Of ofIlceholding. who prefer foreign
products to those made in America.
who arc opposed to restrictions against
tho importation Of pauper laborors
from abroad. who constantly stigma
tho and denounco tho most conspicu-
Gus Democrats. who nro opposed to
the common people aud ready to deprive
them OF any right: these men. If Demo-
Gratis arc all for CLEVELAND. On the other
hand, the locally popular men. the leaders
OF the voting population. the Democrats, ore
for HILL. He is strong with tho people.
He gets their vote in New York city when
he runs. They like him. They admire his
courage. his persistence. and his pluck. Ho
Is always at the head OF the column. and
always ut the point where real danger
turks. Among the unattached voters HILL
Is very strong. and CLEVELAND Is cor
respondingly weak.
New York city never wavered In Its allc-
glance to the Democracy. oven during the
darkest dnys OF the partys history, during
the war. The conviction was always gen
eral among the Democrats OF this city that
a day OF reckoning would come for their
Republican advcrsaries; that the frauds
and offences of the Republican party in
Washington would be rcbuked. sooner or
later. by change OF policies and of Office
holders in Washington. Nothing pleased
them better than the slogan OF TILDEN. A
change OF Administration. change OF
Darties, change OF measures and
of men" They regarded Washington irs
the seat OF fostering official corruD-
ton, rs the citadel OF extravaganza. and
the centre OF tyrannical ring rule.
They wanted "to SEQ tho books" They
wished to turn the ruscals out" They
wanted Democratic administration in
fact as we'll MS in namc. CLEVELAND. n
political hybrid. half Republican and half
Mugwump. grievousiy disappointed them.
No books were shown. No books were
asked for No raScas were turned out to
any great extent. and n good maGy persons
whom tho Democrats OF New York had joined
with their Democratic leaders in denounc-
ing as rascals. were kept in office by Prcsi-
dent who had been elected as n Democrat.
Tho party cries and party professions Of
tho Democracy here for twenty years. We're
beled by the inaction OF the Democratic
President. and it became easier thenccforth
to secure the votes Of Democrats for Re-
publican national ticket than it had been Mt
any previous period. By thousands Of good
Democrats CLEVELAND was looked upon as
q Republican In action and a Democrat only
i,,, m ri, nf fin h MIR,
would fall lightly on such voters. They
would feel no moro responsibility for his
success than they would feel confidence that
the Democratic party would get any benefit
from his success in case he We're elected.
Ono organic and lneradcable weakness
Of CLEVELAND as candidate in New
York city is the fact that his nomination
would call forth no energetic efforts Oh his
behalf by Democratic workers. further
element Of weakness Is the fact that the
Mugwumps. n source of constant embar-
rassmcut TO the party In this city. would
then be enabled to interfere to its constant
disgust and injury.
From tho nature OF their position as po-
litical insists. the Mugwumps are in favor
OF all the things which other people are
opposed to. and opposed to those things
which other people most earnestly desire
Tho price Of Mugwump support. it there
fore always follows. Is tho advocacy OF tho
most outlandish notions and antagonsm
tothe most popular idcns. A calamity cand-
date like CLEVELAND is OF necessity weighed
down by such support. and il neutralizes
the efforts OF capable and efficient party
workers. however able and however loyal
HILL said in Brooklyn in 1885. II nm a
Democrat" CLEvELAND's friends are say
ing for him constantly that he Is not n
Democrat. and he has never given any proof
that no Is Democrat.
With CLEVELAND. therefore. the canvass
In New York city would be an uphill and list
less ono for the Democrats. With HILL, tho
conditions OF the fight would be wholly in
favor OF tho Democrats. and tho Rcpub-
leans could look for. and would expect. no
quarter. In estimating tho probable sup
port likely to BIO given each. still another
point Is to be considered. The Republican
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