St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-12

cratic societies. and as the County
Democracy disappeared Mr.. Whitney
began schcming TOR control OF Tam
many. lie planned and built for il, and
finally succeeded. One leverage which
he has used is the street railways Of the
metropolis. Nearly all the surface rail-
ways Of the city are under the control
Of syndicate, in which he ana his
brother-In-law, Col oliver Payne. are
moving spirits. Tammany hall IS made
up Of few bosses ana great many
men who work for their living By the
day or week. Every cmploye of the
New York surface railroads controlled
by the Whitney syndicate is 4 Tdmmany
adherent. In all, | am told, G.0J0 Tam
many men work FOR the Whitney rail
roads. 4 man cannot get job on one
Of these roads unless he presents GER
tiicate signed Dy the Tammany employ
ment bureau.
May Depend Upon the Unit Rule.
Now. supposlmg that Mr. Whitney
eXMayOT Grace and other friends Of
Mr.. Cleveland In New York city and
BrOOEIyn decide to throw the Iammany
and Kings county votes in the Chicago
convention to Cleveland. Can they DO
il? That is very important question.
Heretofore the unit rule has prevailed
in the New York delegation. 1t was
the unit rule, adopted against the pro-
test Of a large minority, which made
possible the nomination OF Cleveland in
~. Tie men who did more than any
other TO adopt the unit rule on that Oc-
casion were DANIEL Manning. w. c.
Whitney and ". X. Grace. ii the unit
rule IS adopted THIS year. as il is likely
t. be, and Gov. Flower and Senator Hill
persist in their present programme. the
solid vote Of New York state Is
likely to be cast for Senator
Palmer in the Chicago convention.
Without the unit rule ouc-third, OF pos
sibly nearly Oue-half, Of the NeW York
delegation may vote for Cleveland.
With the solid vote of New York against
Cleveland and tor Palmer, the latter
would surely be nominated. With a
part Of the New York delegation stand
Ing by Cleveland and seeming to be will
ing to accept him rs the choice Of the
party at large, the eX-president might
win.
But believe before the Chicago
convention meets" concluded the setia-
tor. ''thc situation Will become much bet
ter understood than il is now. The
country Will become aware that an
irIccunclable conflict exists between
the rival factions ~ the Empire state,
a contention bitter, impacabie ana in
durable, fatal - the party interests
which are consigned TO the Keeping OF
New YORK candidate. There IS
sort OF craze for the eX-presdent,
bat it viii disappear in the light Of
common sense. Already this ticket OF
Palmer and Flower IS attracting atten-
ton throughout the country. 1t gives
4 point to rally about for the men who
ale dstrustful OF Mr.. Clevcldnd's abil-
ity TO win the election. The cOnserva-
tism Of the party will drift toward the
senator from Illinois, not only because
he is the man who can be elected, but
because he IS grand character, one
who inspires the people with conf
dencr, one strong enough to win the
presidency aad wise enough 10 fill it to
the satisfaction OF the Democratic party,
Senator Hansbr0ugh, OF North Da-
kota, is Republican,. but he says:
The result in Rhode Island means that
the Democrats Will nominate Palmer
and put either Flower or Whitney on
the tail Of the ticket Palmer will
make Il strong bid for Illinois in No
vember although | am not willing TO
admit he could carry the state"