New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-13
THE Future or THE DEMOCRACY or

"Uo has 4 Glorious futurc-bchlnd him. was
the criticism once passed upon public man VINO
had ouiiiyed his usefulness. line BuhaIo
Carrier" seems inclined to take the same pain
,rl ylcy If the immediate future OF the New
York state division Of the Democratic parry
Somc DAYS ago it remarked, IN bitterness ol spirit
tbot "it looks as though the Democratic part!
of This State were entering upon long pcrlou
of informal turmoil and contention Inns Is yer!
r,crcttahlc. but apparently inevitable. Power
sul forces are al work. and they will soon pass
beyond the control of party management. =
There i, every probability that the factlonaI icci
ING will increase from day to day Inc ~A'
for these mourniul observations was the tacuc'
adcptcd by Hill in calling tho state convention
:, n,id,vintcr. Before the state COMMITTEE
named the date THE Courier was ou'Spokcn III
t.. demand that the convention should be called
in conformity 70 party usage, founded upon the
wishes Of the greatest number of rs members III
one OF the spring months-that II Shou'u Dc
representative and not snap body. buI
Hi. with the brazcn assurance Oh boss VINO
takes for his motto - am the party" pald not
the slightest attention to the protest which this
leading eyponont Of the Democracy of Western
Now- York. in common with nearly all the other
prominent Democratic papers Of the state 1led
against the mdwinter convention ~'hcme' lie
went ahead and had the call issued for the I'D
OF February.
We'll. Tho Courier has returned TO the
future Of its party. And it is evident that tho
DAYS which have elapsed since it first expressed
Itself have not developed anything which mod
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worse than it did. Listen To It
The. the situation IA, grown more serious from diN
to dy during the last week every Intelligent observer
# events can but know. That tho Democratic party
thr,u ,hout tho state j, becoming day by dAy more
deeply Involved in a stern and grim iactonal hght u
a, clear ~ 10 nday. There are two men VINO '"u"
mt AN end to It. They aTc Mr. I'LL and Mr. cleveland
but 10 one expects that they Will put an end 10 H.
In all human probability the lght Will be fought ont
and what the result viii be at the Chicago convention
in June or az the polls next November battles safe
prediction. 80
We wonder if it occurs to 1.-THE Courier that
il is partly responsible for the situation which
II SO much dcprcates? Probably not But the
fact remains that, although as a rule it possesses
rhe courage of its convictions and strives t. ele-
yatc its party, it has stood by David H. lpll.
That i 10 say. il has stood by the man whose
career has been thao on an uilSCTtpu'uS uI'hS'cI,
a ,jliiician Of the worst SchCd, the sworn foe
of reform. whose influence upon public affairs
ha, been altogether dcmoralizing In support
ing him it was sowing the wind and those who
indulge in that sort Of business are apt in-duc
course to reap the whirlwind. If 1.-The Courier
and IFS allies who of late have been making such
a valiant fight against Hill had sat down upon
him years ago, when his devotion to the worst
elements in his party earned HIM the ttle OF
:" Whiskey's Governor" he would not to-day be
sitting on them.
If "'The Courier has a little leisure some of
these days, we wish it would explain how Mr..
Cleveland could "put an end' to It's anxiety IN
regard to the future of the Democracy. Does
cur Buffalo friend suppose he could do so by
writing a letter of withdrawal from the Prcsi-
Dental canvass? II strikes an unPrcjudced OBJ
server that the movement against Hill on the
part Of reputable Democrats has gone so far and
become so earnest that it Is bound to grow, what
ever may be Mr.. CIevcand's attitude toward the
Presidential nomination.