New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-01
nv UHAT TIE NEU-YORK DEMOCRACY
PITS ITS TRUST.


= noir rortv's ability 10 carry the next As
.or,IIv of this State These persons cannot
holm realizing that the Democracy docs not
deserve to carry il, since inc course p"'S"cu
H., its renrcScntativcS at Albany last winter
earned il cxecraton rather than approval bu'
that salient fact does not disturb them' since
they nut their trust not III the Democratic
record but in the Democratic gerr! mahdcr'
In other words. they expect that their party
will gain a majority in the Assembly OF lN9"-
and hence will elect a Democratic nited states
Scnator-by means of n clarlng fraud upon the
voters. Their reliance Is on par win 'ha'
Of The gambler who plays with loaded ace ana
marked cards. If they were perfectly frank
they might be expected to express themselves
+, soma such strain rs this ." We Democrats
count upon capturing the Assembly not 10y
,irtuo If the record we made last winter at Al
h,nv but in spite of it. You Republicans have
tho RIGHT but we've got the might. see? Inc
ccIrvmandcr fixes tho Assembly districts 50
that we've a dead sure thing. suppose Demo
cratic Senators. assisted by our Lieutenant
G.,vornor Shoehan. did award seats IN the
-cnoto to three men who had all been defeated
NJ the polls Suppose Maynard did steal cor
tiGcat, Of election from the Controllers once.
-unooso the state Board of Canya>>crN, -
norino the decision Of the Court of Appeals,
did play the part of a gang OF raNcaN. HuP-
nose the census is iiagranly dishonest sup
noso the CongrcsSional and legislative rcappor-
tionmcnts do in effect disfranchiNe thousands
If voters. What Of it all? What are You Re-
puhlicanS going 10 do about II? just glance
at the cunning way we've rcapportloncd the
districts. and see if you've the ghost of a chance
Of heating MS in the Assembly canvass. The
argument NAV be with You. your party record
NAV be great deal better than oar party
record. but we've got the gcnymandcr Don
forget that-We'yo got the gcrr! mandcr
That /, the way these Democratic Boosters.
who are going about asserting that their party
is sure Of capturing the Assembly, may be cN-
noctcd to cyprc,S thcmSolvcS-nOt necessarily
for publication. But their forecast has one
urine defect 1t ignores the operation OF moral
forces. II proceeds upon the mon>tiouS a'Nump-
6on that a majority Of the voters OF this proud
commonwealth are hnaycs. Every Republican
in Ncw-Yorl and every citizen upon whom
iarty tics sit loosely Your independents aS h"
i called. will vote against the Democracy this
IaII. ! lldl IlUin II W w '''''N''' ''' ''
il be doubted that thousands Of Democrats VIII
vote the same way? surely not. Reputable
members of the Democracy presumably VIII
feel il 10 be their duty as good citizens to rise
above parfisanship and administer a stern re-
bukc to the Democratic bosses, whose high
crime, ana m>dcmcanorS against popular GOV
eminent have become a matter OF National noto-
rictv. Honest Democrats may well feel con
strained to adopt this course not only for the
sake Of the general welfare. but for the sake
Of their party. For how better can they serve
their party than by voting TO send to the rear
leaders whose leadership means dshonor, and
therefore sooner or later must end in humila-
Ing defeat?
In ,hc circumstances, we believe these boast
ing Democrats are reckoning without their host.
We believe that the fall election will show
what was 50 cmphatically atteStcd by the spring
clecions-that the people Of New York, what
ever their politics, will insist upon honest deal
ingS in politics; will repudiatc the patty which
rests its hope of success upon such monumental
frauds as those which were committed at Al
banv last winter by Democratic leaders i'll the
name Of the Democratic party.