Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-23
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY %. 1892.
The Bo,ters IN New York.

no oOkLSIo III INOW M
Is IL not evident from the movements OF
the Cooper.Institute boilers and their al
lies that they seek only to defeat the man
who Is the FIRST choice Of New York, and
not to nominate their own favorite? Are
tosss malcontents engaged In any proceed
ines which are not calculated and intend
cd to prove to the Democrats in the other
States that New York cannot be carried by
ncr favorite son? Ii there any pretence
on the part Of the dissatisfied that the man
who was beaten Overwhelmingly in the
primaries could carry State which could
not be carried by the man who was over
whslminely successful in the primaries7
Look at the facts: The Democratic State
Committee of New York, clothed with full
power 90 to do, and having credentials
which nobody would dare to question,
called State convention to prepare for the
meeting of the Democratic National Con-
vention. Primaries" as the New Workers
style them. were held all over the State.
In some districts, towns. and cities fe-oa
6Qht took place between the friends OF
Hu1 and the friends of CLEVELAND. But
HILL carried the State by such an
immense majority that the preten-
sions of his enemies were rendered
ridiculous. Do the defeated cheerfully
acquiesce in the decision made by the
majority? By no means. On the contrary
they repair to Albany. raise clamor like
q certain one described IN the Had, rent
hall for the boilers, and proceed to
adopt measures which, il successful. can
have no other result than the ignominious
defeat of the Democratic nominee for
President, should that nominee be the
man whom the Democrats of the Empire
State have put forward as their represents
tive. The Democrats Of forty. three States
are to be bulldozed into the adoption OF
the course recommended by q few
thousand boilers who dislike the
man upon whom their neighbors have
set their hearts. To say that the Demo-
Gratis OF the Empire State would vote for
the bolters' candidate and elect him, yet
would not vote for the peoples favorite
and elect him, would be to fly in the face
OF human nature. II is possible, and we
might say probable, not to say almost GER
tain, that New York would cast her vote
for GRAY, OF PArr1soS, or CARLISLE, or any
other good and true Democrat to whom
might be accorded tho nomination which
she thinks ought to be given to her great
leader, but it is not possible that she could
reasonably be expected to cast her vote for
the man whom at the primaries she had
declared she would not have to rule over
her. We do not credit thestory that HILL
KNITTED" CLEVELAND in 1888. 1t Is
On improbable story. If such a
crime against the Democratic party
was committed there were scores of men
privy to it. Such things cannot be done
in corner. Yot in all the time that has
passed since 1883, and notwithstanding the
battle which has ever since been going on
between HrLL's friends and CLEvRLAND's
friends, not one man has been found to
confess that he aided HILL in committing
the offence in question. The charge is to-
tally unfounded. But let MS concede that
it il true. Let US admit that fifteen thou
sand HILL men voted against CLEVELAND
in 1888. If that charge be true. would II
not be insensate folly to nominate him
again in 1892? From 1883 to 1892 the HILL
faction and the CLEVELAND faction have
been fighting each other, and yet We are
asked to believe that CLEVELAND could
carry New York. Does any bolter cherish
this unfounded assumption3 Perhaps
there are few innocents who do; but
they are not such men as we need to take
into our calculations when We sum up the
probabilities of the future.
No, the boilers do not expect to have
their fsyorite elected President. They dc
not even expect him to be nominated.
They know that he is out of the race. They
hire halls and make speeches and beat
tom-toms not with the hope OF securing
CLxyELASp's election or even nomination,
but with the hope that their efforts may
result in frightening from their propriety
the supporters of HILL and turning over ia
q new man the honor which they know
they cannot secure for their own favorite.
Before closing our article let us say that
we lay no blame upon Mr.. CLxvELASD. He
Is the victim of the unwise conduct of his
friends. We wish simply to point out the
fact that the boilers who set up their tents
in Albany for a few DAYS did so, not to
benefit Mr.. CLEVELAND. but to injure his
chief competitor. They did 80 not to
build up the Democratic party. but to pull
down q Democrat Objectionable to their
little faction. They will, no doubt, keep
up their FIRE as long a. they possess car
fridge, or until after the Chicago conven-
ton shall have placed the Democratic
standard in the hands Of the next Presi-
dent Of the United States.
All this means that the Democratic party
will probably DO compelled to "go West"
in search of Q nominee for President. The
Chicago convention may be counted upon
70 do what is best for the country. We
shall expect that body 10 b like ourselves,
more concerned for the success OF the
Democratic party than for the nomination