New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18
NTPpHYr.S NANTES TO.

Chairman Murphy. of the Ncw-lork Demo-
cratic state Committee and also of the dele
poton-at- large to the Chicago Convention.
shares our confidence in the hopeless character
Of Mr. Cleveland's candidacy. With truth and
no little force Mr. Murphy insists that the OK
Presidents renewed cNaltation would be main
~ Of rabid Free Traders and Mugv1mps.
He SAYS plainly that the Democratic party in
Ncw-York would not endure this and that II
they are forced Ia choose between tho humilia-
ton of sorfdom T. Mugw1mps and defeat. they
will choose defeat This statement has the
merit of frankncss which, indeed charactcrizcs
10 remarkable degree the kind Of politics in
which Mr.. Murphy and the diSrepuiablc gang
he appropriately leads indulge. Shcchan. who
boastcd on the floor of the state senate last
winter that he does not pretend to he fair
in politics" sounded the moral keynote Of the
Hill -Tammany party. And yet it cannot be
charged that these gentlemen are not repre-
sentative On the contrary, they are the Dem
ocratic party of the State Of Ncw-York They
are the men who have secured every victory at
the polls that the Democracy has enjoyed in this
State in the last ten years, and if their judg-
ment is not followed at Chicago, the Democracy
of the Nation will prefer faction OF ten thou
sand Free Traders and Mugwumps 10 an organ
lied army Of nearly six hundred thousand gen
uinc Democrats.
The genuine character of Hills Democracy
cannot be questioned lie and his followers
believe in stealing states when they can't carry
them fairly. don't they? If that isn't Demo-
cratic, what is? They believe in rcwarding
rascaty with high Office and large salary,
don't they? What other principle is dearor
TO the true Democratic heart than this? They
believe in stealing representation in Lcpis-
latures by means of Il false count of the pop
ula,ion, or, indeed by any means, don't they ?
In word, they believe in success, in accom-
plishing a result in getting the offices, in re-
wardng their friends, in Furnishing their enc
miles, and in reducing politics to n business
whereby all is got out Of il that there is in it,
II this is not genuine literal Democracy, then
we fail to understand the principles Of that
party.
In this sense, too, Mr.. Cleveland is certainly
a Dcmocrat-the only substantial difference
between him and Mr.. Hill being that Mr.. Hill
looks upon it As good business to confess HIM
self rogue and to run rs the friend Of
roguery, while Mr. Cleveland without repudat-
ing his party and its acts conccives that sue
cess is more likely to depend upon an appear
ance and profession of responsibility. We
don't think that MIR. Murphy does Mr.. Cleve-
land Justice Mr. Cleveland has no: said one
word against the infamous crimes by which the
Legislature of this State was stolen last No.
vember. lie has not suggested that the scon-
drc who stole that Duchess County election
return was not an ideal Democrat and the
natural choice of his party for high judicial
station. No intimation has escaped him that
the conspiracy to steal this State and the Pres
idency also in the ensuing election by turning
over to Tammany Hall the absolute control
of the electoral machinery Of Ncw-Yorl City
is not most judicious and virtuous proceed
ing. He spoke in favor of Flower. and so far
as the record stands there is not an infamy
which even Murphy's fertile and educated brain
could concoct which Mr.. Cleveland would not
regard with entire satisfaction. This is where
MurDhys manifesto is weak. The Democracy