Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-25
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.
The Campaign Already Opened With II

The Campaign Already Opened With Rush.
Special Dispatch to The Evenin- star
NEW YORK. June 25.-The returning braves
are drifting into town from Chicago and the
air trembles with the expectation of the STAY
at-homes, who are eager TO know how Tam
many is going to swallow the pill of bitterness.
Indeed, it is felt tina. great deal of the result
OF the campaign may be settled here and now,
that much of the November showing will depend
upon the impression the business men of the
city get from the delegates and shouters.
The campaign has opened with rush that,
to some minds, presages dullness later in the
summer, when the first bubbles of enthusiasm
have burst. Cleveland banner was flung out
less than an hour after the nomination was
made, and there seems to be an effort making
on every hand to catch up with the republican
band wagon, which was formally started out on
the road last Tuesday night
The situation in this city is going to be very
| peculiar. Neither side has placated the party
heelers and the campaign is apt to be run by
| semi-amateurs in the business On the republi-
| can side Platt is sending reassuring messages TO
! the clubs. but SO far he has given no sign that
he will take off his coat and work. The feeling
among his friends is that while he will do no
knlhng IN any way he will let the administra-
ton run Its own machine.
That is quite true Of the democratic cohorts.
| Mr.. Whitney will doubtless lead the state
FORCES, and, as power behind the national
Chairman, the country's rank and file of democ-
| racy. Yet no one looks up to him as a saga
cious wire puller. as an election winner, in the
sense that Mr.. Hills friends of the yyigwam I'M
doubtedly are. One of Mr.. Whitney's intimates
| scld to me a few weeks ago that Cleveland
would have to fight his own battle in the city,
This was before the convention, and surely
there was no element at Chicago that would
| tend to sugar the bitterness. In fact, the con-
tempt with which the Cleveland men met the
Hill boomers and the treatment accorded Sena-
| tor Daniel, Mr.. de Witt and Bourke Cochran
during that all-night session have served to in
tensify the feeling that Cleveands friends re-
gard themselves as able to take care of them
selves.
HOW TAMMANY FEELS.
One Of the braves who did not 90 said this
morning: "Of course, Wen work for the ticket
That Is, we'll vote and We won't do any talking
against the candidates, but l don't think Mr.
Croker or Mr.. Murphy or the mayor are going
to go very deep into their pockets for the stun
that makes voters out of the .just-landed' peo-
pie. There isn't enough at stake
SO 1t Is going to be question Of money to a
large extent.
Speaking of money, it is astonishing what an
electrical effect Senator Quay's bet of SIC. 900
on Harrison has had here. When the silent
man talks with his pocket book there is large
element among the sporting classes here that
follow suit, and this has a very doubtful effect
upon the enthusiasm of the democrats
The main question that is to be settled in the
minds of Tammany is that of Senator Hills
political future. Which course is the better
FOR him-to elect the candidate by means of his
prestige and then say, I'm a democrat; /
didn't like him. but I turned in and elected
him. or to keep still, tighten the strings of
the wlgwam's wampum bag, and let the unseen,
he hot
are known, but not openly operated, work mega
lively against his enemy? Clevelands defeat
then, means but one thing to the masses-Hill
did 1t: Hill said it would be SO, and he proved
1t; Hill, therefore, is the man to save the party
and he must be the nominee in 1896.
MR.. HILLS COURSE.
Many are Of the opinion that Mr. Hills few
words of thanks to his delegates were a hint
that he will adopt the latter course. Whatever
he may do it il to be set down as a policy and
not as feeling Of obligation to Mr.. Cleveland
or to the party.
Mr.. Whitneys success as a convention leader
has given him boom already az a possibility
for 1896 himself, and indeed, it is said on all
sides that this campaign is his one grand oppor-
tunity.
The business men seem to be satisfied that the
election can mean no harm TO the commercial
welfare of the country, whichever way it may
60. and 1t will be a comparatively small element
that will decide the question for them. The
tranquility Of things under Mr.. Cleveland
demonstrates now that democratic President
need not be an iconoclast, and the prosperity of
things under Mr.. Earrison's first administration
is everywhere taken as promise that he would
do as well again. So il is largely a question of
taste, father than politics. with the thousands
OF men who have been in the habit for years of
voting ''for the best man."
THE SECOND MEN,
Perhaps the second men on the tickets will be
considered, and here the advantage in New
York must be conceded to Whitclaw Reid. Mr..
Stevenson's record a spokesman is bound to
hurt him, it is thought, with the conservative
element Just mentioned.
The democratic papers present interesting
gradations of approval this morning The
World is most unqualified in its admiration,
though it says it was unfortunate that the can
didate had to be named against New York's
protest. But it stamps rs libel on the state
the Tammany claim that Cleveland cannot carry
New York.
The Times speaks of the nomination as a vote
of confidence in the democracy of the state Of
New York, and promises an unbroken front Of
voters next fall 1t gives Mr. Stevenson the
credit of being stronger than Gray.
The Sun, which is perhaps more eagerly
scanned today for hints of despair, is ominously
calm in its tone. 1t prints a fac simile of the
Tammany pronunciamento in Chicago faying
that cleveland could not carry New York, and
adds this line: EVERY man of the seventy-two
signers Of this extraordinary protest and warn
ing is democrat. and every man of the seven
ty-two will now do his whole duty az a loyal
democrat in the battle for the success of the
democracy in the United States" That is all.
The Sun knows ii is being watched.
The most chilling words come from the Her
aid. 1t says that the situation is interesting,
and that there will be solid debate of vital
question, with no understanding. The sting is to
be found in these words: 1.-The democrats have
chosen to take unnecessary risks with the
owner OF Gray Gables. That they have not
been wise is pretty generally admitted, but it is
too late to mend matters, and they have nothing
left except fight which will tax their utmost
energy and courage"
Taken altogether, the situation at the start is
generally regarded as favorable to the Mime
apolis ticket.
UnlOOked-for Pleasure.
From Harper's Bazaar.
''Miss Gasket, I love you dearly" confessed
young Mr.. Smithers.
II am so glad" replied Miss Gasket. fer
vently.
"You make me intensely happy" he re-
piled.