Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06

Calhoun With po{6o0t U4Sss 81 Wosa Suoes
Son'a word yae law - 1en1eo,Se. 1rusi
there were k!eksfs againse W lson ~
Who ala NOT Like his "msinoos ,.,' n1c p
srd 4 Su mix WITH s fsrocity that The present
sIsndererS OF Hill might seady 70 sdy,n-
{aee. not merely for the copiouness o. ~
VOCABULARY, but for suggestion - 20 ne
c6sct Of such bill,ngseate ~ hheptne the
action Of the people. Hi has besn for
seven long yeafs target for the mud,ms-
ohines Of the Republican press ana tne
Mucwumps. and next 70 the supPoft Q.
the New York Democracy, which ne hss
never failed to receive. re spRrec'. srsm MES
~ the people accord to his power. He
can stand nre and not finch nom
sny duty he has TO perform: mtness
ths 6eht in Novembes. and Decem-
her lat when the Republicans were en-
deayoring to steal the Legislature ana par
petuate their minority rule N. New OK.
Their SANDERS were daily. eud inciplent'
the New York Times joined Tray. bInncnss'
and Sweetheart-the whole PACK HOWELL .har
but be minded them no more tnan
ths barking OF single dog. Witness, TOO,
the result. New York free and Democratic
IN syerv branch Of her State government
with ample security for the future PAU,
Fasaett. the Mugwumps hopeless OF new
vorL but EAGERLY scanning the columnsof
thar Wall street echoes IN the South for
worda of consolation and for the chance OF
rsyenqe at Chicago on the man VINO pun
them down and who struck the shackies
from the lumbs Of the New YORK Delno'-
Nut we arc told that this Albany triumph
vas all the result of machine; tnat II
WAS " mid-wlnter snap convsntlon, anu
that a counter convention OF MueWumps
and boilers ought to be ENCOURAGED py
southern Democrats, while We are trying
TO suppress all independent and Ihiro-
party movements in our own states.
WALL STREET vs. TIE MAoHNE-"
A"machinen that can secure practi-
cally unanimous convention ana an soso-
Imtslv unanimous delegation chosen by
congressioual district What IS meant py
a .smachine Is 1t . State oommittes
Well The Democrats OF virginia sno
other States elect one every Time tnoy
hold State convention. ID II not neces-
sary and highly honorable agency ior
ns,tv examination Must We discard such
State and county committees and fall BACK
for party Management on reform banquets
held at Now York and Boston composed OF
mathematics with swallow tails, pat
ant feathers, frill shirts, to,aonn'eres.
champagne, and oil forms OF stun
ing, clap-trap. and falsehood, with ap-
plsuse thrown in by Peruvian-guaho
Democrats. "English-you,know" puppies,
and Mugwumps? Surely the oid-Iasnlonea
state committee, chosen by Democratic
stats Convention, is the better way;
freer from faint of yenallty and intrigue
and Wall-street deals, and far more apt 70
achieve victory. Now, the State commit
tee which called this 22d of February con-
yention was selected by the Democratic
State Convention which met last Septem-
Der to nominate q candidate for Governor.
There was no prstenso then that the sep
tember convention was not TAR represent,
alive body. TWAS eulogized ana ena q zee
by the Cleveland press North ana south.
They said that Hill had utterly failed TO
control it. either as to the platform or the
nominees. He didn't want Flower nomi-
natsd.r No, nor Sheehan either. Inis
hold. bad man and Democrat OF the Demo
crats was not running this convention
Now, IL these organs spoke the truth. then
(pardon the doubt the convention so free
from machine influence might be relied on
to select proper State COMMITTEES. Ihej
did choose State committee composed OF
thirty-two member3 and this committee
by q unanimous vote called the State con-
ysnt,on which assembled on tho 2zd OF Feb
ruary. at Albany.
How does it happen that not one man
on the State committee went to the Mug
wumps for his ordersY Did they tell the
truth about the September convention not
being for Hill? II so, how Is 1t that
Flower. with his 5000 majority, and Shee;
han too-neither of whom, they say, Hill
wanted nominatec-should BOW figure 50
prominently as delegates to Chicago. and
also bold. bad man? Is Hill such
wonderful man. with that mi
raculous "mschine of his. that he can
capture both friend and foe, the Governor.
the Lieutenant Governor, Q hostile State
convention, the whole State committee,
the State itself at the November election.
and wind up all by capturing both
branches Of the Legislature from the Re-
publicans; and all this only. a. sort OF
breakfast before taking bodily possession
of tho February convention and electing
all the delegates to Chicago. 80 say ms
enemies, and no wonder the Republicans
and Mugwumps fear and hate him.
HYpocHIsY AND FALsLHooDs.
But 1t is said the convention was called
in midwinter, 1t was too cold for the re-
formers and Mugwumps to turn out. The
New York winter must be very peculiar
climate-indesd hard-on tho Mugwumps
and Cleveland men. but rather allurlng to
the rough and tumble, hard listed Demo-
cracy. Truly l never heard of such an
lsothermal line before. What makes this
northern climate more remarkable and de-
serving, as | consider. tho attention of
thoughtful scientists il that in the lowlands
and mountains of Pennsylvania the weather
operates Just the other way. On tho 18th
of january full month before the Al
bany convention met tho Cleveland men
rushed to the polls in Philadelphia and,
tha,r 1hnnfad tina land
captured a majority of delegates to the
State convention, though 1t was not even
called. No SNAP" about this and no
trouble about the weather. They may
have gene to the polls in carriages, seal
skin oyercoats. and mufiiers-but they got
there all the same. So. too, IN the mountain
counties they went on olectlng delegates to
their State convention. The cold did not
hurt them q bit. This was all right, it
seems, but to hold primaries IN New YORK
was all wrong. 1t was right to elect Cleve-
land delegates before call. but wrong TO
elect Hill men in New York after o call.
Well, never could comprehend the Mug
wump code of morals. What about the
Rhode Island and Kansas conventions
called for the early days of March in the
interest of Mr.. Cleveland? Was the mid
winter weather expected to moderate for
this auspicious occasionf Are Republi-
can STATES 10 speak uKst VI eii
and tell us how to carry New
York and Indiana? The whole cry
is preposterous. would ask. Is
there q man who believes that if any lady
in Northern New York had been invited TO
go to party ton miles on she would have
demanded Q postponement till May be-
cause the grounding had gone back to
his hole and the weather looked threaten
ing? DO tho farmers of New York neglect
church, fair, and markets and hug their
fresides all through February? Is 1T not q
fact that many counties all over tho State
hold elections for county officers in Feb
ruary under the law? Away with euch
Hypocrisy and fslsshoods!
THE BABIKs IN THE WOODS.
But it is said that only four weeks time
was given to elect the delegates. Was
this not enough? II Mr.. Cleveland was
the favorits of tho masses and Hill and his
methods of getting there and dong
things" 80 very odious to them, would II
require over four weeks to elicit q re-
Spouse to the question of preference. Tbs
great empire OF Germany in 1870 mo.
bilized her army, men. horses, ar
tillsry, provisions, and every detail OF
military supply and planted 100000 men
on the French frontier-all IN tour
/ teen days. everything ready for Q
great INVASION. and yet We are told
| that the State Of New York in this age OF
L falAoranhs and Yailroada rould not elect