New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-28
POINTING THE WRONG WAY.

Democratic journals apparently inspired by
a straight tip from headquarters are all
with one accord busily printing articles which
inevitably suggest the thought that they are
designed to divert attention from some rascally
device of Democratic leaders. II this is the
design it must be acknowledged that the execu-
ton is extremely clumsy, for the real purpose
seems actually to stare out OF the disguise.
OF course it would be interesting to know Just
what fraudulent scheme the enemy are con-
cocting. and it is not improbable that the 1acts
will come to public knowledge before long
The Democratic party has generally had bad
luck in concealing its villanies. There were
the cipfer dispatches of 1876. for example
covering the plot to buy the Presidency Tor
Mr. Tilden. They were most ingeniously de-
vised and astutely employed; but chiefly
through the fundamentally OF The TRIBUNE
they were unravellcd, and a number OF eminent
Democrats were put in the pllory for the rest
of their lives Four years later It was the hope
and belief of Democratic leaders that the Morey
letter would prove to be a good-enough forgery
until after election but they were disappointed
and in consequence a great many persons who
might have voted for Hancock took particular
Measure in helping to elect Garfield. he couh-
try never learned just how large an amount Oh
DOODLE was required to supplement the art
less Burchard in the last days OF the campaign
of 1884 nor just how or where u was as
tributed but one OF President Cleveland
earliest appointments put picard as II were
unon the man To whom he supposed himself
70 be most deeply indebted. The Democratic
Mot 70 steal the electoral votes of New FORK
in 1888 by means OF a manufactured m9ornN
in this city. was discovered in time 10 be i0ned.
# has never been adequately descrlbed' Out
il will be strange if some one, either OF those
ybo contrived or those who thWartcd the
scbome does not ease his conscience or beRule
his leisure with a full account OF 1t before he
dies.
And so experience warrants the expectation
that whatever piece of deyIltry the Democrats
NAV now be engaged in perfectng VIII escape
their vigilance sooner or later. Several guesses
which probably would not be thousand miles
ont of the way might be made even now VIC
hasten to say that we are not so much rs sug-
casting a suspicion of the Western Campaign
Fund in which our ingenious contemporary,
"The New-Yorn World" feels so absorbing an
interest. We believe that 10 be perfectly
innocent and harmless ebullition OF youthful
spirits which ought not to offend anybody.
But one probability which it is impossible not
IN keen in view is this, that the Democratic
machine is now being carefully and dellcateli
adusted. 50 as 10 take the utmost possible adj
vantage Of the Election Inspectors law, which
was nassed last winter by the Tammany Legs
Iature for the express purpose OF enabling the
To- ftan1nlanf
in this city-a law so outrageous that repu'ao'e
Democratic journals could not refuse TO con
denim it, and yet convenient that the party
leaders could not refrain from having 1t passed
There may be some other deteStable work
going on in secret at Democratic headquarters
but the preparations to utilize this corrupt de-
vice are quite enough to suggest the necessity
Of diverting public attention from the job.