New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-11

| this juncture aid the Democracy of this s,ote and
incidentally the Democracy Of the Union a. no other
| single member Of the party could do. You can max,
assurance dOubly in the contest now wacing for
| a Democratic victory on April q.
| committee of Rhode Island Democrats will wait
| upon you tomorrow to invite you TO aid them by
| your presence and voice.
Is il not your duty TO respond to such CALI
In its issue of the 3lst appears the following:
| NOW FOR RHODE ISLAND.
Grover Cleveland ex-PreSdent. yielded to the cali
Of duty voiced in The World" of yesterday, and will
| speak in Providence saturday. lie will receive a
rousng welcome. and his words will have a great ef
| feet In the canvass.
| Rhode Island must be carried.
On the first day of Apri1 it said again
To break the record Of thirty-six years and win
Democratic victory in Rhode Island in n Presidential
year is difficult task. II it be done. the greater
| will DO the honor and the more significant the
| triumph
| 1.-The World" has said that it must and shall be
done. 1t is in the habit of keeping its promises.
On the day of election. The World closed
its frantic efforts to carry Rhode Island with the
following brief appeal
| COME on!
If there be in all Rhode Island solitary Democrat
who has not voted when this paragraph catches his
| eve, let him remember
l. That a plurality in the spring means electors in
| the fall.
| =. That the next President must be a Democrat.
Then let him vote.
| ] have given these quotations from The
World" at great length, so that the readers of
| The Tribune may have an exact view of what
The World" promised the country and it's party
| in order to carry out its promises, The World
sent from three to five of ts reporters and stan
editors TO Rhode Island and kept them there dur
| ing the entire campaign. Ii flooded Rhode Island
with copies of its daily paper published especially
| for that State. 1t scattered it's editions broad
| cast all over the State. One day the writer saw
| a wagoRload of Worlds driven through the
| streets of Providence with three men scattering
| them both sidewalks, throwing them al random,
as if they cheap notices Of some variety show
| Yet. after all this frantic effort and absurd pre-
tension on the part Of The World Rhode Island
went Republican with plurality OF over 1000,
| and clear majority of 229.
To people who were the ground and in the
fight, the reut of the Democracy is not difficult
to explain The arrogance OF The World, shown
in IT'S assumption that it purposed TO do the whole
work itself without the aid OF local newspapers
and speakers, created prejudice among the best
class Of Democrats in that state. " The Worlds
success in driving Grover Cleveland into tie fight
at the eleventh hour was marvel il did seem
to be great card The people Hooked
in great numbers TO see Mr. Clcve.
land But the mistake which made
was in having him speak The moment he began
TO talk the spell broken. His performance
would hardly have done credit To a school boy OF
twelve. If they had simply led him around tie
ring for exhibition the scheme might have worked.
But his mouth was sealed 10 begin with on the
question Of honest money | doubt if any Demo
crat, indeed in the whole campaign, referred TO
the free coinage Of silver. And Mr.. Cleveland
ri, - frea
| trade" and tariff reform In his entire effort
there was hardly sentence worth remembering.
The great mistake Of The World in conduct
ing it's campaign was the simple fact that, 10 u-c
its own words il "mistook the intelligence OF
its audience" and its uttcrances were received
! rather with laughter than applause.
"The Worlds methods and utteranccs might
have had weight among ignorant people III
Arkansas and Mississippi, but IN Rhode Island
they were utterly devoid Of power The people
of Rhode Island are educated. Large numbers OF
them come from excellent New England stock.
They are practical business men, possessing good
share Of business sense. The campaign was car
ried on by the Republicans 10y an honest appeal
to the intelligence Of the people. There has never
been in al my experience a campaign car
red on entirely az matter oI
education. as the Republican campaign in Rhode
Mckinley Bill spoke against free wool and free
iron. defended the reciprocity clause added to the
Mckinley bill by Mr. Adrich himself, and never
failed 20 advocate honest money and squarciy to
oppose the free coinage Of silver.
"The World was right on one point II an
nounccd that the election in Rhode Island "a'
one Of great significance; that the party wh''"
carried the State by even plurality wonId IT,
oeive Rhode Islands four electoral Vo'"s Io'
President The fact, emphasized % acutry ny
The World added great Sest to the canp"9"
and led 20 most exciting contest. Ehornl"'S
meetings gathered 20 hear the Republican speaker
II is on the lips Of every one that khoue iNi'"'
mover saw before such contest as thlh'
The Tribune went into the WORK III lhoue III ''''
Quietly and with dignity, and appealed Simply
~ ,be rood sense Of the people OF the H,i''
Tho victory is complete. The position IN whicn
!, leaves "'rhc World il amusing. " The "ord
s,ar,ed ont big with promise; il cnded without
Loenino n single one Of them. The Worlo hi'"
l. would carry Rhode Island il did not; ~ WIS
routod along the entire line; and 1t hh"u" lcu'"
from this experience an important lesson.
To our Republican friends in Rhode lsrahu,
make one suggestion: Your Nlc'oIy II HP,"
Won deserve it, Your work was effective ana "'H
| done From this on, continue TO circulate III every
| rossbe way the literature OF pro'ccooh anu
honest money. \ on have an ehcmS WIN
| ICONS. 1t matters not how deep one burle' .''c
| democrats in any State they are up ana slni'inS
| ,he next morning. and before noon arc Drasg'nS
,cain about the big things they are gong 10 ~
| IN the future. Buster, sensationahsih idiN
| e,.temcnt. and downright lying, VIII DC rcso''e'
| o. On the future as it has been IN inc paS'.
phode Island is now in line. Keep IL there. ana
educate the people. H. "'
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