New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-22
"COMnONPLACE MEN" ADMITTED.

| We congratulate Mr.. Never Of Brooklyn.
Wait minute. now men and brethren on the
other side We do not congratulate him on
his change Of politics What we do congratu-
late him on is the fact that the superior persons
who have had Mr. Cleveland IN charge for
several years, and who effected his nomination
for the third time to the brcakagc OF all prccc-
dent and the intense disgust of the very ordl-
nary and commonplace persons who run the
machinery and do the work of the party, have
decided on due dcliberation TO let him in.
1.-THE Evening POST announced the decision
in It's Wednesdays issue Ii says he is n " cor
ner grocer and commonplace" person
but. on the whole. under the circumstances it
is willing that he should come in and vote for
Cleveland, only it wants him TO do it quietly,
without making any fuss about II or disturb
ing in any way the dcv0tiOns OF the superior
persons who sit on the front seats WorShpping
at the shrine Of the Great Man who never
was on land or sea- And it is willing too,
that he should bring in other " commonplace
men" on the same ticket, if only they will slide
quietly into their places-common placeS-and
make no noise. Mr.. Meyer and all " common
place mem are to be congratulated upon this
recognition of them by the superior persons
who have. or have had, Mr. Cleveland in charge.
1t isn't anything to 90 wild over to be sure,
but. considered in all its bearings the decision
that COMMONPLACE men" will be permitted TO
vote for Mr. Cleveland is sign of progress
1t is really a step in advance of admitting the
people of Eastern Massachusetts to a rear view
of Mr.. Cleveland fishing in Buzzards Bay with
"hcll- grmmets'' for bait.
Mr.. Meyer, il is perhaps proper to observe,
was once a Republican candidate for Mayor Of
Brooklyn "The Evening Post" opposed him
not on political grounds; perish the thought
that "The Post would permit itself to be in
fuenced by political considerations in a munich
pal election but-because he was a "cOmmon-
place man." corner grocer" and altogether
a ridiculous person. For some reason, not
necessarily for the reasons advanced by "The
Post-posslbly because he did not get votes
enough-he was defeated. 1t sometimes hap
pens to a man who goes through this trying
experience that he becomes desperate, and with
sore reproaches and vigorous upbraidings OF
the party that tried to elect him and failed,
plunges wildly over into the party that tried
to defeat him and succeeded For some rea-
son, this or some other, Mr. Meyer decided to
go over to the Democratic party, and made
public announcement of the fact. Any other
year he might have done this with absolute
assurance that he would find the doors open
and be received with n "II! Hi" And, in
fact, as it was, n number of impusivc Demo
cratic newspapers Of the low-down sort, that
care nothing for their associations so long as
they get the votes did make quite a little
hurIah over what they called his g conversion"
So that he enjoyed the felicity Of seeing him
self described as a statesman of rather high
order, an Independent thinker, and patriot
who had the courage of his convictions, by
newspapers which only little while before had
called him all sorts Of cheap Jack. aud broad