New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-05
"PFNE.CP ENTHTSIASU.'

"PENT.CP ENTHUSIASM"
We were not entirely unprepared for the
cutbursts of enthusiasm which have bceh COINS
mn all over the county from Buzzard lay 10
San Diego eyer since Mr.. ClcyelandS noIniha-
t;nn whenever that statesman has got DUO
I'm the first place he sat in the stern sheelS ia
. cotboat onlv a short distance oil the coast Ill
,Ioin SIGHT and second. he was fNhng WIN
nov, b,it-to wit. "hcll grummctS." lie was
~ object NJ interest 10 the American people.
An active photographer always kept an eye
~ hi, from the beach - catch his varying
ovnro, ,ions and convey them in newspapers OF
LARGE circulation 70 a thoroughly aroused people
rvcr,tbinc was calculated ~ excite the most
,,,,,rrou, emotions. l.. G. benedict frequent!
orricod on his steam Yacht and occaNiohail!
Goorgo Fred Williams dropped down from Dos
80, r,on nrior 10 this we had been III meas
urc prepared for the tumultuou' enthusiasm
81 L;ob tbc whole country would greet the
..,,ui,, - vote the third time for Mr..
c,r,of,,d nv tbe spccch of that brilliant orator
rho Hon. Boufke Cochran, IN the con'e''''o"
,b,, made the nomination. In that speech Mt
cocl.r,n said he believed, fist, that Mr. 'i'Ve-
land was "a very popular man then that ne
49, -. no,i popular man then that ne was
. man of extraordinary popularity" ana hhaI-
L. tina, he wa, a man whose popuiar'! NJ
:. ,,,;,ht describe as tumultaous.7 lie added
. ho .,,rc that II was popularity not re-
duciblc 10 votes" and was not visible Oh E',o
,ion pay: bu, tho impression leit was 'h'' INC
crcot North American throat was ready 10 SplV
;,.olf ot any timc-except Election Day"
mention of his name. - the uprising has io'
surprised Us.
IN bc entirely candid however we must
admit that il has been rather more moa'"r'u
and deliberate here III NcW-l ork-Woio care
o,lv controlled and kept within bounds-thah
,,o had expected. This We suppose To DC due
r,,tly 10 the lack of Mr.. ClcyclandN inspiring
personal presence; he having been absent all
sum,nor N Buzzards Bay dividing his time be-
tween fishing with rev bait, writing eNplanA-
tory letters. and kindlne the emotions OF Mr'
uonodict and George / red Then too, the
,t,cntion OF Tammany Hall was much engroSNed
yi,h the discussion between McNNiS. 'olbetl
and sullivan; senator ili!l was heE''H"lnS io'
tho urrcba,c Of a house, and felt compelled 10
Withdraw from politics I'LL tho TRANSACTION was
conplctod there WAS sudden ana unexpected
trouhlc with "Pcck," and one Of Mr. 'leNe-
londs most enthusiastic and warmheartcd sup
matters WAS in Quarantine. These conditions
account for the lack of hoop-la :" anu rum
Int, - in this town during the summer. More
80. ,boro IN, been 10 doubt, Il lurking
ANXIETY lest. if the enthusiasm were iet on TOO
suddenly. it. would put Mr. Nllam Ii. Trace
and MIR. Ellcry Anderson into Such Il condition
or ocstnsy THAI the, could not be restrained
from ulungng in and getting up all sorts OF
,or. n,oanizaticuS lust to "help the ticket
Thc Gentlemen who have been holding stop
pcr over the enthusiasm arc quite positive Ill
their belief that one organization Is enough iVr
this town.
We felt assured though, that some time be
fore Election Day the enthusiasm lhSPH'u u!
Mr. Ccycland's very great, eXtraordlilaf!
and "tumuItuous' popularity would break ouC'
Rcrorc Election Day certainly. For on that
doy according to Mr. Cochran, it habItually
disappeais We accordingly looked Tor 1t III
tho meeting of the state Democratic CLUBS III
Chicllcring Hall on Monday. These clubs are
made ND of the enthusiastic, ir1epreSSlbc young
men in the party, and we felt certain that the
hall would be packed full, the galleries crowd
cd and the enthusiasm unb0undcd. WELL IT
,,os hardly that 1.-THE Newly DIRK sum says
Tho hody of the ball &" was comfortably filled
Nv comfortabBn we suppose 1t Is meant that
nnhody WAS crowded 1.-THE sun" says there
u,s = band OF music and "a quantity OF pent-
nm enthusiasm loosencd itself" It adds with
,uito unnecessary mathematical precision, that
q" there were two spectators in the gallery" This
does not strike us as n really imposing demon
st,ation. Making all allowances, as we do for
| tho necessity for keeping the enthusiasm pcnt-
nm ~ lest it should get away with the town and
create an upIoar, we are disposed to think that
tbo men who are holding the stopper are hold
inc il too clo.e. Possibly This is only the be-
| shining of an outbmst; but Il " comfortably
| Glod, hall and two spectators i'll the gallery"
,oolIv seems a somewhat inadequate beginning.
John Boyd Thacher talked, to be sure-which
would indicate disposition not to let the en-
enthusiasm loose and it may be, after ALL that
tbe purpose of the managers was simply to
koon down dangerous excitement.
And yet, why, then, the two spectators in the
oororyp Two spectators who might have got
| stirred up ut any moment and broken out in a
wild eli! Hi." which would have just UNI
| oorl,ed the town. Then, too, who were the
snecta.ors? And did they stay through? "The
| Sunv throws no light on these questions The
whole business is mysterious. Why doesn't Mr.
Murphy or Mr. Croker Or somebody else in