New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-13
A HARD CASE.

There seems to be no doubt that the Demo
Gratis of New-York are finding the task OF get
ting together exceedingly laborious ana en-
| barrassing IL cannot be denied that they are
making heroic efforts. which are worthy OF
hotter cause. Mr.. Whitney has never worked
so hard before, and it is not primarily his faul'
that some of his most arduous and unscltish
endeayors have come to nothing. Mr.. whitney
is naturally of buoyant disposition ana more
over. he has accomplished several brilliant feats
which must tend to console him for his toll ana
trouble. so that he requires less sympathy than
casual observers might be willing to eHer. lie
has preyailed upon our warlke contemporary
"The New-York Times" for example, to ac'
cont the promotion Of Mr. Sheehan to the chair
mapshp of the Democratic Campaign Com
mittee without any visible struggle or protest
and if that is not work of art we don't know
ono when we see il. But reckoning these
strokes of genius at their full value, it has to
be admitted that they are more than offset by
the efforts which have failed to fructiiy. Much
seed has been sown in stony places, including
tho indurated bosom of Mr.. William r. Grace,
which has not produced crop, If indeed IT has
sprouted at all.
The trouble lies with the Anti-Snappers.
They were kept out in the wet 1T Chicago, and
If the result had been different they might have
come home in a state OF great fcebleness ana
detection But the nomination OF Mr.. Cleve-
land warmed and fed and clothed them so
cfrectualy that they returned in plethora
and jubilant condition, fully assured that they
were the people and prepared to take charge
of the campaign from the first gun TO the last
ditch. They started right in with great JOY
and pride TO exercise the evil spirits, never
doubtine that these would run violently down
n steep place into the sea the moment they
were directed to do so. But the evil spirits
had no intention either of being cast ont or OF
walking out Of their own accord On the con-
trary. they made it distinctly understood that
they themselves would do all the cApellIng that
was necessary. and that they wanted nothing
from the Anti Snappcrs but silence, and mighty
little Of that.
This is the painful situation which Mr.. Whit
nov is Iaboring to amcloratc. Mr.. Grace hap
mems 10 be the chief object of his concern just
now. and will continue to be, we suspect, Tor
some time to come. II must be confessed that
Mr.. Grace has no slight provocation to he
obstrepcrous. In a case OF this sort reason
able man is willing to make some concessions,
but the commands laid on the cx-Mayor are
intolcrablc. He is forbidden to head move
ment of any sort or description during this cam
paign Now as everybody knows, Mr.. Grace
is so constituted that he has to head move
ment Just about so often or perish. The move
mcnt is invariably killed, but Mr.. Grace sur
wives This is an indispensable condition OF
his existence. We have no doubt that except
for these vicarious sacrifices on the part of de-
voted movements Mr.. Grace would have been
extinct long since. And so when Mr.. Whit
ney, bearing the orders of Tammany, informs
Mr.. Grace that he positively must not stir, or,
as his Long Island City lumbermcn would say,
"Get a move on he simply issues sentence
of death. This is too much, and Mr. Whitney
will have to modify his terms.