The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-01
THE CROW-EATING MUGWUMP.

THE CROw-EATING MUGwUMP.
It is not easy to determine whether
Tammany eating Cleveland crow makes
more wry faces than the Cleveland Mug
wumps who are obliged to eat Hill and
Tammany crow. Richard Croker, the
leader of Tammany Hall, said at Chicago:
'The Democratic party cannot carry
New York with Cleveland. 1t was q
terrible effort in 1883 to save him
from even a more crushing defeat than
he got. This Cleveland fac
ton is nothing but lot of disgruntled
kickers. They are not even Democrats.
Edward Murphy, chairman of the Demo.
cratic New York state committee, and his
associate. Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan. joined
with all the members of the New York
delegation in making the following pro-
test for the benefit of the rest of the
Democratic national convention:
In reply to inquiries addressed to us by the
delegates from states instructed to vote for the
nomination of Grover Cleveland, of New York,
with deep sense OF responsibility to the DEM
ocracy OF the United States, we are constrained
to make answer that in our best judgment, Mr..
Cleveland's nomination would imperil the sue
cess OF the party and would expose it to the loss
OF the electoral vote OF our state.
Bourke Cochran. the foremost orator Of
the New York Democracy, in a recent
speech at Albany said of Cleveland that
Gin all his life and all his career there is
not single act which needs explanation,
and, though enemies may criticise him.
the whole people admire and respect him."
This same Mr. Cochran said of this same
Mr.. Cleveland at Chicago:
Mr. Cleveland is popular in Republican states
because his Democracy is not offensive to Re-
publicans. believe he is q man of the most
extraordinary popularity on every day OF the
year except one, and that election day. 1t fs a
popularity which may be described as tumultu.
Gus, but it is not calculated to produce votes.
But Tammany eating a Cleveland dish
of crow is not so narrowing spectacle to
a compassionate spectator as the spectacle
of the New York Evening Post and the
New York Times being obliged to support
Cleveland with David B. Hill and Tam.
many in complete, sole charge of the cam
paign. The New York Euening Post Feb
ruary 6. 1892, printed a biographical sketch
headed as follows:
DAVID B. HILL.
The Leading Points of His Political Career.
Early Life in the Politics of Elmira
His First Tutor Subsequent Conv1e.-Monsy
and Trickery His Chief Political Weapons
An Ally OF Tweed in the Legislature.
TIo ~ To- y. l.
this to say of Murphy, Sheehan and Hill:
From the New York Times, June %, 1897
Can any body show cause why two such politi.
cal blaekguards as Murphy and Sheehan should
be any longer recognized az Democrats?
The behavior of these two men at Chicago
puts them outside the pale. They are political
pirates, and though IL IL not particularly our
affair. We recommend the usual proceedings.
From the New York Times, June %, 1892
1t is pathetic picture that our correspondent
gives us of Hill humping his chair to express
his emotions. II will not elicit sympathy all
the same. for IL Is the emulation OF the evi.
dence now spread before the American people
that Hill Is, in fact, more or better than q
sp!teful ass. Seeing that Hill is simply
suiky, we see no consolation for him, not even
that OF Lazarus-"the dogs came and licked his
sores"
These two able organs of the Cleveland
| Mugwumps are today obliged to submit to
the present political situation, which must
be most humiliating to the high-minded
| friends of Cleveland who sincerely hate
| and dread Tammany, David b. Hill and
all his works. Nevertheless the leaders of
| Tammany, who did their best to defeat
Cleveland and nominate Hill at Chicago,
are in full charge of Cleveland's New
York campaign, and in event of his sue
cess Croker. Murphy, Mclaughlin and
David B. Hill will not only hold the sole
prestige of victory. but to these, vic,ors
will be delivered the spoils. This much
had to he promised Tammany by that
| sweet-scented idol of the Mugwump Civil
Service Reform Joss House. Grover Cleve-
| land, before Tanmany would consent to
take the field for his election.
With Tammany and David b. Hill to
administer Cleveland's 'civil service re-
! form" policy in the Empire state in event
| Of his election how much reform" Is
| there likely to be in it2 What possible
| satisfaction the New York Egening Post
| and New York Times can take in the cleo
| ton of Cleveland after his abject sur
| render 10 such creatures as the Tammany
| Hall leaders and David b. Hill il is not
| easy TO understand. Tammany and Hill
! have no conscience III politics. so they can
| swallow the Cleveland toad withou, wink
| ing. hut the New York EeeniRg Post and
| New York Times are the organs OF what
| are termed conscience men" in politics
| and Cleveland bending his neck to the
| yoke of Tammany and David Il. Hill
| makes them feel rs Washington must
/ have felt when he heard OF the treason of
/ Benedict Arnold.
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Mr.. Cleveland Is on his war to New
York city. Col. !. b. Smalley, of the ma.
/ .s.r,sl nnnnncratic cor, r.. !. - -