New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-30
THE LOGICAL md JLLOGICAM

THE LOGICAL md JLLOGICAL
The delegates to the Republican State Con-
ventiOn at Albany who were congratlllatlhg
themselves on having satisfactorily discharged
= rather important political trust awOke lld;iy
morning to a bitter disappointment. They found
that "The New-Y0rll Times was not at all
pleased with their action. In the opinion OF 'hat
iournal they had assumed a very Illogical att
tude." They had cordially iIdorscd the al
ministration of President Harrison, had PRAISED
il for having exhibited the highest qualities OF
craftsmanship and shown consunmate ability
in the management of public affairs had, IN
fact made 1.-The gorification of Harrison and
his Administration the chief feature or the
platform, and then after all neglected TO recon-
mend his denomination" True, line limeS'
which has a powerful weakness Tor logic Is
firmly convinced that there could be but one
logical conclusion to the utterahceS OF the
platform concerning President Harrison. lie
sbould be renomnated To decline to favor
his denomination was to put the stamp OF IN
sincerity upon these fulsome praises ana eX-
hibit the basest ingrattude for what he mad
done for the Republican party and the coun-
tryD "In short" continues our dissatisfied
contemporary, "thc Albany Convention put it.
self in hypocritical attitude and made itself
rdicilous." Moreover. the action Of the con-
ycntion indicates a lack of Sagacity AZ well as
a lack of sincerity.
These manifestations OF dISapproyal on the
mart of "Thc Times are very disappointing
not to say discomaging. The delegates I'M
doubtcdly thought they were acting with WIS
dom and discretion. They llattcrcd themselves
that in the enthusiasm manifested and the
harmony that pcrvaded all the proceedings
there were proof, quite unmstakable that they
had done their work we'll And then to have
"Thc Times" which is always easily pleased
with the action of Republican conventions
which always contributes so powerfully to the
Republican cause, and whose help in clcctlng
q Republican President next fall has been count
cd on 20 coniidcnty-to have The Times
say their action lacked sincerity and sagacity,
that il was an illogical convention" and was
hvpocriticar' and ridicuous'-thiS is indeed
hard. From present appearances the Rcpub-
LEANS will not have the aid OF 1.-The Times
in clccting their President II is now too late
TO correct the mistake. Even if the conven-
ton could be rcaSsemblcd in order to put itself
in logical attitude it is not absolutely GER
tain that THE Times would be concliated.
Everybody is disappointed, of course, at the
position taken by "Thc Times but it looks
now "A though il would have to 90 so.
Meantime in order to avoid any more fatal
blundcrs. would it not be we'll fer our con
temporary to give an explicit definition of what
il means by logic and logical attitude and
the logic of the situation? If we correctly
understand il. the Albany Convention was " IL
logical" in not declaring for the denomination
of President Harrison. But there was another
convention not long ago known as the " md
winter convention" which did declare lis
preference with unanimity and enthusiasm.
That. Of course, was logical But we do
not understand that our contemporary approves
IFS action on that account. On the contrary, 1t
has been to use an agricultural figure, " kick
ing like steer about it for the last two
months Then there was that other logic OF
the situation, that our contemporary dwelt
upon so fondly last December, but which went
all to pieces when Crisp was elected Speaker.
The organization of the House was an utterly
illogical performance. according To The
Times" but our ncighbor appears to be in a
fair way 10 support the party that effected II
Notwithstanding. We begin to suspect that the
Muguump idea Of logic is something that just
stopS short of success. The logical candidate
j. the one that is sure to he beaten. The
syracuse Convention has been called, we pre-
sumo. with view to the nomination OF such
n one \ great thing is logic