The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-10
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How He was Played or on the c-"sy C'eve-
iauditrs ~ tho es-Secre'nry OF tho NAVY.


| iauditcs ~ tho ex-Secre'nry ofthe NAVY.
To THE Enron OF Tar suN-Sir: havo
| ". n for several years careful and. hope. IN
| Intelligent Observer OF tho strange antics OF
| TIM, little knot W persons described as crazy
! Cicvclgndtcs." Tho Albany Convention called
/ in February by tho Dem ocratic state commit
| tee expressed rs everybody knows. the senti-
mcnts of tho Democrats OF New York IN pro-
nouncng in favor of David Is. Hill Tor ircsi-
dent 1t selected sevcnty.two delegates 10 tho
! Chicago Convention. and hound the gentlemen
so chosen. including some OF the most non
orcd and iilust:ious Of the Democrats OF New
! York to support llill MS New York's choice.
! This instruction was cordially given and as
| checrfully accepted, n largo number OF the
| delegates to Chicago being members OF tho Al
| hnny Convention, and voting in favor OF 1t.
! There was absolutely no dissent
Under these circumstances. tho duty OF the
! instructed delegates 10 Chicago was perfectly
| clcnr Accepting the authority OF the Conven-
ton which sent them. they were bound by
every honorable consideration to represent
to tho host OF their ability. tho wishes Of those
| who sent them. But II for any reason. real or
! fnncicd. thoy believed TINT the action of tho
| Albany Convention WIS unauthorized or irreg-
ulnr. it was tho duty OF those so thinking to
decline tho honor offered them with tho Same
manlnoss ns was shown by William Purcell.
when in 1884 he refused to serve as n Presi
| dental elcctor for q candidate for whom no
| could not vote.
Now. ever since February tho crazy Clevc-
landitcs in Now York. In mean and sncaking
way have boon cndeavoripC by hints and in
| nuerdoes to make It appear that consider
| able portion OF tho Now York delegation would
| dishonor their mission and betray their trust
By disobcying the instructions given them. or
course. there was no truth in these state
| mcnts. constantly repeated. and tho delegates
| at their meeting On Monday night stamped
out the SANDER. l morely quote tho fact to
show you tho mean and craven spirit OF these
traitors to truth as we'll as to tho cause OF
| Democracy
| Again. everybody knows that Richard Croker
| Is q man Of his word. Tho Same thing Is
| known Of tho veteran Democrat Of Kings.
| Hugh Mclaughlin. These two influential
| Democrats. representing to n great extent the
| Democratic organizations OF New York and
| Brooklyn. have been represented by tho Times
and other journals for nearly three months
past as willing to bctray their followers and
associates in both counties by looming out
| for" candidate whose nomination. as all
| Democrats well know. would turn over this
| state to the Republicans! The crazy Glove
| lnndtca. being without principle or sense Of
| political obligation themselves. constantly i'm
| nGine that every ono else Is OF the same dis
position. The motives which they attribute to
others I cannot more severely characterize
than as being no better than their own.
| do not know whether many Of your readers
havo noticed it. but have. that whenever and
| wherever. In Georgia. q compromise has
| been entered into In the interest OF harmony
In tho choice Of delegation to Chicago. tho
| Cleveland mon have either broken or en-
deavored to break their part Of the agreement
| Such has been the fact, and 1t need DO no cause
for surprise. therefore. that honorable md
chivalric men. Of keen scnsibilities and high
sense OF duty and obligation. should shrink
from contact with such traitors. l find that
this sentiment actuatcs many OF the Kentucky
and Virginia delegates in their estimate Of the
Claimant and his coterie Of friends
| considerable number Of the anti-snappers
| OF New York are lawyers. Those gentlemen
must know that tho whole Of the alleged Cleve-
| land enrolment in Now York is a fraud and q
fake" There arc no 100000 signatures
They must know this. and yet. knowing 1t,
| such sacrifice Of principle and conscience does
| servility to tho Claimant entail that thoy con-
| sent to DO accessories to the fraud and con-
federates In tho humbug. sitting with straight
| faces while their Spokesman point to them as
| tho representatives Of AN enrolment OF q
quarter Of q million of protesting Democrats"
The individual for whose sole benefit all these
| ali these receptions practisol. instead OF put
ting himself in manly WAY at The head Of their
White House He IS Wiling il need 10. to dis.
prepared. ii more likely to serve his purposes,
t. disavow entirely the well meant efforts Of
thlness In his behalf.
since the action Of yestcrday's Conventions
too much attention given him would be n
E"i be OF WHIT hVs Haf snn
those who follow In his wake. and who will be
e ny IL hs Snk q after lite vh us
q thS Navy. i one q ,ths lew pemsscrats Of
Cleveland Unlike Fairchild and the others,
he was about t. start for Europe; he declared
it would DO tho ex.presdent, more harm than
weak knecd set. can be thrown into panic at
nteo by soWtHT hnrl na
fP1 eGa H nG Sss
Is vi. shsy aesnEsa tRs
YEN = ,hS Wit 20 iii fSGE wv ss
out Tor the syracuse Convention" There we're
many winks exchanged and mysterious
theories fabricated. all having fer their object
tudc This business went on until the dny for
tho Syracuse Convention was near ut hand,
md still there were no tidings OF fort and
encouragement for tn. anti -spappers from tho
cx-Sccretary. Prominent Democrats from
other States. visiting New York this spring,
often asked: Where does Mr.. Whitney
stnnd?" 1t was natural query. and the anti
| snappors, twist as they would could give no
satisfactory response 1t preyed upon their
spirits and mado them faint hearted.
Then was that one OF ngm mere menda a.
which 1 must give the credit Of ingenuity
"Whitney' he declared. Is with US WHIT,
| ney has agreed to ne one 81 the delegates to
Chicago. Whitney i, al out to come out flat
footed in, our favor Whitney, scos the, way
the wind is blowing. and has nt last declared
himself We had doubts of Whitney. but We
have mono any longerIhc was in consuItAt:on