The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-06

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upon every other subject than that of the
Empire State and knowing that great State
as well "a do-loving her imperial city a.
much as do trust may be permitted TO
state the reason OF the iedh that IS IN me.
that not merely do her Democratic voters
! join with those in Virginia in an ardent
desire for the nomination Of Grover Cleve-
! land but that when On election night the
| lightning shall start TO bring % US the word
OF how grandly the Old Dominion has vindi-
Gated her Democracy It shall be met on your
very borders 10y the joyful news that New
York has recorded tor Grover Cleveland the
largest majority ever gwen DEMOCRATIC eau
dldate for President.
Such. sir. Is now my prophecy. and such,
sir, viii be the reality. For amongst the
masses OF our voters in every part OF me state
IN every rank Of life. there IA a confidence N
and regard tor Grover Cleveland possessed
IN his lifetime bv no man within the memory
OF the present generation.
during the last five years II has been my lot
10 address audiences IN every part OF tue
state IN the great halls of our cities. III the
school-houses and court-hOuses OF our country
towns, open-alr meetnge IN our pubic
squares and by our docks and at street
corner gatherings IL every quarter OF New
ork city.
!, other Democrats are popular in New York
but tell you my friends and no one Of ex-
perence Viii deny Il, whatever may be his
personal opinion that there IS one name. anu
but one. at whose mention every throng
bursts INTO Spontaneous applause. When u
l. mentioned at Iamuany Hell celebrations II
ls greeted more enthusiastically than Is any
otner. ana even al tho Albany convention,
which lately misrepresented the Democracy
OF our state. the only way it, managers fore
stalled burst OF cheers for Cleveland was by
emitting even the mention of the only Demo
cratic administration and the only Demo
cratic President we have had since the war.
Had a single speaker dared 90 voice his name
the thunderous applause Of the audience be-
fore him would have made as ridiculous as
u was false the claim that the New FORK
Democracy wished for another candidate.
CAS- HE CARLY NEW YORK;
II is suggested. however. by the advocates
Of the 1avOrit6 sons of other States, that
Cleveland lost New York IN 1883. and II IS
asked. What reason have we TO believe that
he can carry 10 now =" The course of pOliti-
cal victory n New W rk for the past few years
Is an answer that he VINO runs may read Let
me briefly quote IT, In 1883 New FORK gave
Harrison 1900 plurality over Cleveland, aud
yet elected the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernOr. IL was not Cleveland alone. however,
that suffered by this. OF the vote for our
State Assembly. though the Republican
gerrymandcr kept us from eiecting majority
OF It's members. the Democratic plurality az
gregatej 1900 more than those OF the sue
cesstul Republicans while the congressional
vote pOlled al the same time the RepuDllcans
elected twenty-iour 20 the Democrats ten,
and the Republican congressman piuraliues
aggregated 1900 more than those Tor Demo
cratic candidates.
10 IL needless here 20 detail the pitful story
of tho surrender of the control OF the cam
paign in New York 10 those who made state
issues paramount 10 national ones. but what
do want 20 call attention TO IS this that the
results show that the Democratic congress
men were worse slaughtered than the Demo
cratic President and that Democratic assent
blvrnen shared the good fortune Of the Demo
cratic Governor. The fact Is, gentlemen,
that never was "A national issue so disgrace
fully lodged never were the interests or
national issue more sham fully neglected
than they were in New ! Ork II 1851 not IN
the city both Tammany and her democratic
opponents did their duty but 80 the State at
large where the state committee should have
done It's work So much for 1855.
TARIFF REFORM.
But the election was hardly over when
those VINO were interested IN national issues
commenced a campaign OF education without
tho aid and frequently against the protest OF
the State committee and drove the tariff re-
form issue home III every quarter of the state.
As the elections of 1880 drew near and the
State committee showed disposition again
20 work for assem- Dlymen alone and 20 neglect
the congressional ticket. we devoted our eff
forts % the latter. The result Of our work
along different lines vi ourselves and the
State committee was 20 stir the masses OF the
Democracy 10 the bottom. and when the
polls closed the State committee had elected
on State issues 90 Democratic assem- blymen 10
sixty of all others ia that body or 53 per cent.
with an excess OF 10000 ia Democratic above
Republican pluralitles IN the state: while
fighting On the tarlh reform issue there had
been elected tweuty-tOur Democratic 20 only
ten Republican congressman IN Democratic
contingent OF above 10 per cent. OF the whole
New ! Ork delegation. with an excess OF DEM
ocratic over Republican pluraAtles on our
congressional tickets # 50 OJJ votes. In other
words, IN two short years national issues had
been put into the lead and tariff reform from
Il dIscredited issue had been made the win
ming one ia New ork State. lt still remains
so. The worn that made it so has been con
tnued. and IL is to-day even more strong and
better conducted, compared with any other
issue than II was IN 1850. Such IS the change
that mas taken place since 1855 and such Is
the reason why Cleveland would sweep the
State which has thus been redeemed upon
the issue he raised
NEW YORK NOT DIVIDED
We are told. however. that the New York
Democracy is divided into warning factions
SO far - this from being true that have
never seen the Democracy OF New York so
united. SO determined and so enthusiastic as
now. There is langle between warning ma
chlnery, striving for the Fight 30 represent
the voters, but there Is no split between the
voters no strife which affects the masses of
Democracy, except rivalry IN bringing out
such a vote as shall insure the SUCCESS OF the
candidate nominated al the Chicago COnyen-
ton. while the voters a few months ago
simply preterring Cleveland are daily more
and more nearly demanding his nomination.
The new state Democracy is simply the
reorganization Of The Democracy IF the State
III Republication Of the Odlum of the map con
yentiOn which was the last OF a series or usur-
pati0ns Of a c0terle of dlscredited politicians
In county after county the old organization
is cOllapsng or surrenderlng and before the
National Convention the party from one end
Of tie State 20 the other Will be marching for
ward under a leadership that will. insure the
national ticket OF 1872 against tue betrayal
that defeated IL in 1883
KNIFE THE IICKET.
But am asked. will not the Hill machine
and Tammany knife the ticket if Cleveland is
nominated -
My answer is that Tammany has never
knitted Democratic candidate. and that no
faction in New Y rk has ever dared to do this
when II was threatened it would in defense.
knitting has been done IN some quarters but
il was always when good faith was expected
and the perpetrators left unmatched. And /
tell you. gentlemen. there Is no faction OF the
Democracy III New York whose interest is not
now Identical with that of the Democratic
national ticket. or that does not know that