New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-16
THE REAL PERIL At CHICAGO.

Tborc is an important and possibly calannltouS
conflict of opinion in the Democratic part! d.
IN the tactics of that part Of it when Is de-
,ormincd 10 defeat Mr. Clcveland's aspirations.
IN tho one hand the managers of the Hi can
voss with the Senator himself ut their head
declare in positive and jubilant tones that he Is
sure TO be nominated at Chicago, that the 'ex-
Presidents maximum strength falls far snort
of the requisite two-thirds OF the convention
and that the delegates will surely turn III gra'i-
tude and confidence to the inVinclDlc lcaue'
Of the New-York regulars. This appears W
he n frank and bold avowal, but 1t produces ITO
effect upon the alert and penetrating in'eliec'
Of Mr.. Lawrence +. Sexton, secretary OF inc
nti-Snappcr,' Committee of Fifty, who emltS
4 warning through The Evening Post aealiis'
oycrconfdence and who seems to be IN an ap-
prchcnsiye and Respondent state OF m'hu'
spcaking for tho Cleveland cohort, nc says th'
they arc by no means certain OF his hoin'ha-
tion. A tranquil assurance of coming triumph
has beon falsely and wickedly ascrbcd TO thcm'
he cxplains. by unscrupuous opponents, VINO
oYnect by this device to lull them to sleep
The danger "must not be overlooked and can
not he oyercstimated" Unless the friends OF
Mr.. Cleveland from New York are largely repre-
scented at Chicago up to the very moment when
he is declared to be the nominee OF the Demo
cratic party, they may hereafter have cause to
regret their apathy"
These are solemn words, and moreover, IN
view Of Mr.. Soxton's unsleeping vigilance, they
,r, modest and magnanimous How can there
no any serious danger Of shipwrcck while he
stands at the helm and peers into the mist?
nut there is a sense in which his uttcrances
arc painful and depressing. They suggest that
there NAV be a contest for the nomination at
Chicago and that bad men may he real jealous
and rcsolute in advocating the claims ana
qualifications of the various candidates. Ihls
l. n far more serious matter than Mr.. Sexton
apparcntly imagincs. For il Mr.. Cleveland
should be nominated in consequence OF such
ucrnicous activity VIC do not see how he could
noSsiby accept. with the sanction of "Thc
Evening POST; and of course without il he
would never think Of running for the Presi-
dcncy. For az the readers of that journal must
remember. it was profoundly saddcned all last
week by the scenes ut Minneapolis which Il
sense of public duty compelled 1t to contcm-
plate. As it watched the persistent endeavorS
Of Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Plat and Mr.. Clark,on
and Mr.. llscock and Mr.. Depcw and Mr. Miller
and Mr.. New and all the other Republican lead
crs 10 secure the nomination of their respective
fayortcs il was overwhelmed with shame. The
spectacle of a once great party engaged through
its representatives in an eager contest Tor The
choice of candidate, every one OF them de-
sirous only to promote the success OF tho man
whom he believed to he the strongest and best
standard bearer, struck 1.-The Evening POST
As ienobo and degrading. 1t would have had
the delegates assemble and await tho stroke
of destiny in silence and awe
II is obvious, therefore, that ii there is to
be any conflict of preferences at Chicago, any
display of skill and activity in winning dele
gates for any candidate, any enthusiasm over
gains for ono side or another, any strenuous
effort to make up losses, any obtrusive watch
funcss on the part of Mr.. Sexton, or in fact
any proceeding which would he conspicuous in
Quaker meeting, 1.-THE Evening Post" will be
dreadfuy discouraged and probably disavow
and disown the convention and all its works.
Hero lies the real danger. 1t isn't ovcrconii-
dencc, but noise and motion-the objectionable
sin of being alivc-aganst which the Com
mittce of Fifty need to warn tho friends of
Mr.. Cleveland.