The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-01
~ruput.rNr DEMOCRATS.

work Democrats quiet. the noNe'he"' i'
o.. c,a,s about a year ago which threat
.,ed N disrupt and defeat the Democrats
a,,v ~ the country met With so litue
oovrtenance from the party at large tha'
:, dwindled into nothing at Ch'caso' anu
!, was hoped that this lesson added 10
the overwhelming majority giv-n Hon
Grover Cleveland ct his recent eieetioh'
outside of New York, would have TENDED
=. ,.ocb them the necessity OF ceasing
their internal broils. and working IKE
their brethren in other States work. more
for the principles Of the party aud less
for the spoils.
Such however. g not the case. end
,ye see the Cleveland" and "Anti-CicVe-
land factions fgh.ing each OTHER n
New York as hard and 10 senselessiy as
ever We read that IN Albany ieneral
Iohn p. Masterson, a sterling Democrat,
secretary of the Albany Democratic City
Committee and recently chief clerk In
the office of the State Engineer, has been
called on 10 resign his office, not because
NJ his ineflciency or dishonesty, but,
marvellous to tell. because he has IN
waveringly supported the political for
tunes of Hon. Grover Cleveland.
Naturally, one would imagine that this
would be the very last reas m in the
world why a Democrat should re pun
ished by Democrats, but the ways OF
the machine Democracy of New York are
exceedingly mysterious. The Albany De-
mocracy have, we read. always been de-
voted TO Cleveland. and fer that reason
have always been bitterly antagonized
by the State machine. Efforts to trans
The State managers, in orler to capture
them, have exhaused the resources of
"practical" politics. Their threats have
been useless. Their cajolery las been
unavailing. The organi "a ion has stood
to its colors with the flrmness Of rock.
1t has resisted every attempt TO divert IT
from a straight course. Evidently the
masses Of the Democracy had need Of It's
services. Events in Albany last cleo
ton day demonstrated the dlsloyalty Of
the State machine henchmen to the ma
tional ticket The candidacy Of Grover
Cleveland suffered at their hands as 1t
suffered nowhere else in the republic.
II New York had been close on the gen
eral result the treachery to Mr.. Cleveland
in Albany county would have resulted In
loss OF the electoral vote Of New York by
the Democrats.
IT would naturally be thought that the
failure Of these people TO accomplish ary-
thing by their treachery would al least
have induced them to try TO hide 1t by
keeping still. But they are evidently as
recalcitrant as ever, and the conserva-
tive Brooklyn Eagle tells US that "the
Albany Democracy, after the presidential
election, tried to discipline the traitors
in their ranks They demanded the re-
moval from the State departments OF
Democrats who had endeaVored TO be-
tray Cleveland and Stevenson. Governor
Flower, when asked to use his influence
TO that end, replied that he would take
the matter into consideration Now in
stead of turning out the persons who
boted the ticket, the State machinsts
begin the decapitation Of employees most
prominent I'm its support. The men who
sustained Cleveland are to be punished
The men who tried TO stab him In tie
back are to be protected. Punishmt 1T
and protection. along the lines indicated,
are to be dispensed by the leaders, Vko
assume authority over the Dem Ocrlts Of
the State. That is their answer 70 sug-
gestions that their followers were ret
all faithful on November Stn."
What these men hope to gain by their
factional dissensions it is hard to see.
Mr.. Cleveland has been elected ar1 they
cannot hurt him. The only harm they
can possibly do is 20 send an UIited
States Senator to Congress who
will oppose the schemes Of reform
which he has championed and with which
his name is identified. But If any enc
dares try that he will be the only suf-
ferer. Mr.. Cleveland will continue, de-
spite any opposition, to administer the
Government upon the line Of principle
he has so distinctly marked out, and If
the New York machine tries to thwart
him, so much the worse for them. The
people will uphold him, and it is sincerely
to be hoped that under his wise admins
tration the Democratic party may be-
come so powerful that 1t will no longer
have to depend upon the party In New
York. 1t looks as If otherwise we can
never expect Government in which
principle will predominant over spoils.