New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-24
JoURNs SINE DIE.
TBy TELEGRAPH 10 THE TKrBUSE.l

,bo Democratic National Convention presents to
the voters Of the country. The PLATFORM Oh
which they will stand is, in its main ieatres, aH
unconceaed demand for tariff for revenue ohiS,
and "A puintbanl< reputation OF the docuIne Vi
nrotcction either direct or incidental, to Amerl-
can industries and American labor Inc
ticket and the platform have been put togeoher
at cross-purposcs AT. Mr.. CleVeahuS III
s;ipatijn his managers here fougho naru
Yesterday TO force into the platform prac'lcdi
rccantation of the tariff message OF 1881 ihc
plan of reviving the incidental protectoh pIahA VI
,bo comnromse platform of 1884 was rudely ham
died however by the convention ana the reIuc-
rant candidate of 1892 will find himself bound to
\ declaration on the tariff question even more
radically and aggreesively free trade than that
on which he encountered defeat before the coun-
try in 1883. ...a
The candidate for vicc-President has been tied
10 dead weight to tic ticket by
the Vaccinations of Mr. Cleveland
orcrcs As the well-known aXeman
Of tbe Cleveland Administration. he repre-
scnts the extreme anti-Civil Service tendency Oh
the party, and besides having no personal streng'h
in his own State, will perpetuate there, as III Tue
East. the tant left upon the Democratic party oy
! the Greenback hcresy through the acceptance ana
od,.,cocv of which General Stevenson first made
his ontrv into National politics The ticket chosen
and thc platform adopted by the convention Will
oive great satisfaction all Republicans; for they
assure every advantage to the RepnDcan Nalionai
ticket in the approaching campaign, and virtually
guarantee IFS final success
| INSISTING on THE WEAK MAN
Tie nomination Of Mr. Cleveland, as was pointed
out i'm these dispatches, has been for the iaSV
four or five days foresone conclusion Inc
preference for the eX-President felt ny the ueic-
,,,.s from all the Republican and from many
Of the Democratic States was strengthened ra'her
than weakened by the character Of the campaign
which has been carried against him mere py
HE opronents from New-York, and the conveh-
ton in spiie Of Representative Cockrans oflina''
and mastcrlv statement of the reasons which make
Nv Cleveland n fatally weak candidte in his OWN
Stote decided without hesitation t. accept the
ris,, involved IN his nomination rather than 10
onpear 10 weld to the dictation of laInniahy
IoII The il-famr of the New-York Democracy
has thoroughly neutralized its influence ana s'anu
ing In National conventions, ana the opponcn'S
of the cx-President found themselves pracucaiIS
| ignored when they attempted to impress tner
v;ishes and beliefs upon their fellow deiega,es'
Tie spectacle of Tammany Hall dangling 'ne
20 votes of Now York before the eyes OF every
favorite son in the convention, openly Dar'er'S
nominations for the satisfaction OF private
and personal grudgc. confirmed tEe ois'iu'V
Of tlat organization felt throueho"r al 'ne
Xortbern oul Western States, and spurrcd the
| decontes from these sections 10 impose upon
N,w-YorlS a candidlc whom she had rejected at
hmm. and whose nomination she contested 10
tL. end with uneXamplcl bitterness ana open
threats Of disaster 10 the ticket next November
cocKR,v's SPLENDID SPEECH
N.,yYork's protest in the name OF state
! riyhts and marty comfy AGAINST the Illumination
! ohout 10 he put upon her made by BourRc
/ Cockran with a depth of feeling and force OF
| oratcricil similc which, coming from any O'ner
ouartcr would inevitably have forced the conNeh-
lion 10 a second thought. more admlraple ana
effective speech than Mr. Ceckrans has seldom
been delivered from convention PLATFORM; ana IL
is Likely 70 remain the most striking ana sa'is-
f,c,,r performance of this extraordinary gather
inc Ru, the protest went for nau.ht against the
ccneral feeling that the party had been trirkcd
and durcl by 1ammany Hall in too many CAM
! paipns and at too many National 'ohNeh'lohs'
So the defeated candidate of lsss was forced upon
the ticket and Ncwlorll was left 10 recover from
IFS humiliation and recruitment us best 1t could
The Ncw-york leaders showed tn" spirit in which
they bore the afrcnt pGt upon them through MI
Clcyrhnd's denomination. 10y conspirlne at once II
Presidential candidate aud the selection of Gen
erll Stevenson WAS the result
-rEVrNSON'S NOMINN.oN UNEXPECTED
The nomination Of Adla f. Stevenson for the
second place upon the ticket was one OF the
1 surnri-c, of thi. convention Up 10 this morl-
inc il was believed that Governor Gray, OF
Indiana, would have practically clear HELD his
success seemed assured tccausc Tammany was
thought TO be in sympathy with ms c1loi 'acS
for the Presidential nominat.on. lie had in ad-
diiion strong backing in other dclHgatons ana
his candidacy il was which for time at least
had held in check the victorious march OF the
rlcvcloud columns tirltitu e therefore might
have been suppo-cd to control lamnahy de-
ci,ion IN this mater. -, -,
? or thni oraani2atiOn. IL Is factor II ls wen
To leave out in any calculation yon may d. caied
upon T. make as 10 liz action or Inc oi poucl'
If Tammany desired 10 punish Indiana lOr SUE,
rendering 100 early in the contest, ii certainly dd
, 80 when it transferred its rNcnty-two votes 10
Stevenson. But there is reason for '@heVihg that
its motives were other than those of merely snow
inq resentment toward Indiana Ii could nave
forgiven the course pursued by that STATE pay
it could not bring itself to ald Mr. NlcEeiahu,
7 whose nomination the convention had forcci upon
il undrr protest DG all the candidates proposed
Stevens, was probably the weakest, and The one
least able to aid the cause OF lenocS-y. .,e
worlt naturally rcpel the independent clemcnt
the Mngwumps, the friends of civil Service Ike
D form lie could not hope to enlist the confidence
of the business ana colhheTclal ctutS
for his early record is tainted with hcresles
of the Grecnhacl era. lie could not nave
/ rivcn a-,uranccs even of strong support
in his own State II looks almost as il in this
respect an act of ntrbution had been done by
lTammany upon the convention. But 10 load down
thc ticket to make Democratic success impos-
siblc 10 knife Cleveland, was its prime object
In This i, has succeeded Ii has succeeded. too,
withou: the victims suspectlng the trlckery
played upon IT,
The quilcessnces of Mr. Ceveand's friends surely
knows no hounde But how eNasperating the
surprise In store for them next November, How
i, wakena u}ylorics of Pour.Ie Coclsrln's speech
in tie mind, of Mc>sr5. Whitney: Dickinson and
Villas, How il will ring in the ears of the