New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-05
THE SITUATION.
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II is now nine weeks to the Presidential
election. About half of the campaign is over,
and the results thus far have greatly Increased
the reasonable ground for expecting Republi-
can victory. Colonel Cockerill an experienced
observer, publishes his belief that the events Oh
the last week have increased Republican con-
fidence by 10 per cent, and while it is not more
confidence that is chiefly needed, 1t is equally
true that those events have increased at least
as much the real strength Of tho Republican
position.
Democracy is getting to be like the milk sick
noes There is not enough of it here to satisfy
Mr. Cleveland or his friends, but their spirits
are buoyed ND with elaborate accounts about the
prevalence of the disease in far-of States. ms
has gone so far that the raising of a special 1und
for use by the rainbow-chasers OF the Nor'h.
west has become the most prominent feature VI
Democratic exertion. The anxious tone OF APP
meals made. the glowing assurances gwen tha'
Democratic money can be employed at the w est
with far greater chances of success than in New
York would leave one to suppose that the Demo
crafts had about made up their minds not to
waste efforts on this State at all. Republicans
naturally suspect trick, and are watching more
closely and working harder because OF this APP
rarent abandonment of Ncw-York by Demo
Gratis. But the explosion OF bitterness between
Democratic factions here during the last week
has given some support to the idea that 1t may
be easier for Mr. Cleyelands friends to over
come Republican majorities at the West than to
overcome Hill Democrats in New-iork.
Facts 90 to the mark like rifle bullets in a
campaign such as this, and the deadly volieys
fred from the Labor Bureau and the banking
Department at Albany during the last week have
mt Democrats on the defensive all over the
country as well as here They do not help their
case at all bv asserting that the official reports
are given out because Hill and his friends are
ready to stab Mr.. Cleveland. Whether the
same reports would have been delayed or sup
pressed if Hill or friend of his had been nomi-
mated is not the question, but whether the re-
ports are true. 1t happens that they agree so
well with all that is known of the general con-
diton of manufacturing especially IN states
where foreign competition was most severely
felt two years ago, that the public inclines
strongly to accept the official statements. That
they 90 far to make trouble for Democrats the
wrath of Mr. Clevelands followers sufficiently
proves.
Contrasting with Democratic wrangles is the
harmony shown among Republicans of all sorts,
which has been so plainly manifested during the
week that even the most reluctant Democrats
arc compelled to admit it, Cheap sneers about
this or that Republican leader do not alter the
fact that all of them are engaged in contribute
ing actively and openly to the vigor OF the Re-
publican campaign. If Democratic journals had
been careful to tell the truth and nothing but
the truth. their readers would not have been
expecting great things from Republican dis
cord. and so would not have been particularly
dshcartened as they now are because the dis
cord is not on that side
There is one other contrast which sinks deep
into the minds of men, The State and city au-
thorites represent Democratic government, and
when they or any of them set IN the cries OF
State rights as an excuse for disregardlng the
proclamation of the President concerning the
cholera, the Democratic party does not gain any
thing. The Presidents proclamation has been
NEST heartily approved by sensible men and
journals of all parties and from many Demo
Gratis there come suggestions to officials OF the
State and city that they cannot afford to play
politics at the risk of having pestilcnce in New
Yo,k The knowledge that any precaution
whatever has been omitted, though requested BY
the President, because local authorities chose to
assert their State right theories puts the matter
before voters in an unfortunate way for Demo
Gratis who realize the public anxiety on the sub
ject. The President has done his duty promptly
and to the full extent of his powers. Those who
chose to rely upon different measures take upon
themselves large responsibility.