New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-26
MS THERE 4 BARGAIN'

MS THERE 4 BARGAIN'
With no desire to disturb the serenity OF
our cheerful neiChbOr The sun ny narrow
ing references 10 a dead past. but simply III
behalf of considerable number Of persons
who thirst for information and enlightenment
on n very interesting subject, we venture To-
inouirc what mas become Of the agreement
which our contemporary led is readers u De-
1ievo was entered into a few weeks before cleo
ton Inv Mr.. Grover Cleveland or ono side ana
Ncs>rs. Croker, Murphy and Sheehan on the
other? That agreement was generally undef-
stood TO be 70 the effect that in the event OF
his election Mr. Cleveland would " turn down
tho oficious and meddlcSome MuGwum7' ana
rocornize only Democrats OF the IanmanF
stamn This if not stated explicitly ana III
direct terms was so clear an implication from
tho language Of "The SUM- rs 10 leave no
Doubt on the subject in the mind Of any reader
II is generally believed that upon the strength
Of such an understanding MoSSrs Croker Muir
nhv and Sheehan threw themselves nearby
into the canvass and swung the cntlrc
strength Ct the Tammany machine IN the cry
and State to Mr.. ClevelandS support. IL VIII
no remembered that when the bargain between
these high contracting parties was under di>-
orssion TIE TR1Br-NE suggested the adviSa-
hilty of having its terms clearly and definitely
stated in writing to avoid any possible mis-
understanding The positive tone ana hilarious
manner with which our contemporary an
nouncod after the famous Victoria Hotel dIh-
nov that an understanding had been reached
and the bargain clnchcd led Us u believe that
orr suggestion had been acted on and that
Mr. Cloveland's promises were in writing thai
+bov chad him down. rs was said, " IN back
and white"
Various things have happened since election
that have had tendency to shake our conn
| dence in that theory. For one thing, the ncw
version Of what actually happened at the Vic
toria Hotel dinner a. " but d ont by he
| Rrool,lvn Earle" and repeated with proiano
embellishments by Mr.. Thomas G.. Sherman
has not been denied in any essential particu-
lar. though one or two of the guests have
taken mains 70 render it moro credible by the
elimination Of Mr. Shoarmans . clS' words
According to the new version, instead OF Mr..
Cleveland being called down by the Tammany
leaders ans, put to book. he called them down
bv the threat to withdraw unless they should
give him the positive promise of their active,
energetic and LOYAL supper. il is alleged that
thcv did 50 promise and that this was the only
harcain or mhlance Of one that was made on
that occasion. This does not seem 10 justify
tho nositivc assertions Of "Thc Sun" or OK
Main the unusual hilarity with which from
that time forward il whoopcd up the Anti
Force bill and Anti Negro Domination cam
naicn. The more circumstance that Mr. Clcyc-
Il L Il. .sf
would hardly awaken 50 much enthusiasm rs
orr ncchbOr manifested And yet our incr-
rant contemporary "Thc Evening POST says
il had positive knowledge all the time that
things did happen just as The Brooklyn
Eagle" bmrtcd" and that there never was
anv foundation for the story that Mr.. Clcvc-
land had made any bargain or agreement other
than as stated It did not correct the preva-
lent error because it was working TO Mr. Clcye-
lands advantage. Which seems plausible.
Then. too. Mr.. Cleveland has not been acting
since the election as though he was consciou,
of being bound by any bargain or agreement.
or Of being under obligations 10 anybody. So
far from recognizing the Tammany Democracy
and turning down. the MugwumpS, as oc-
cording to the antc-clection version of the
Victoria Hotel dinner he had agreed to do.
he has been surrounded and entertained al
most exclusively by Mugwumps, and according
to current report his only communication with
tho Tammany leaders has been in the way Of
emphatic hostility to the candidacy Of one
of them for United States Senator In the
two speeches which he has made at dinners
where MugwumpS sat at the head OF the table
and directed all the exercises, he has taken
special pains TO say things agreeable to them
and in a high degree offensive 20 the Tammany
leaders. For he knows Of course that his talk
about the " license to rcyel in partisan spoil,
while ii was applaudcd to the echo by IN,
Mncwumps was n smart slap in the face to the
examination whose sole mission is t. secure par
tisan spoils without which it could not exist
a week Not content with this, on his depart
IRE for Hog Island the other day he left a
parting kick for the practical politicians with
whom it was supposed he had bargaincd, in
the form Of n warning that their applications
would not be listened to or placed on file
.'The Evening Post" says ga complete calm
has followed which is I" a fresh demonstration
of the great value of courage in politics"
1t certainly is :" fresh demonstration and
our neighbor 1.-The SUM- has been completely
calm since it was made but what we would
like to know is whether there was really any
such bargain as "The Sun" intimated knowl-