New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-16
UARRTTYrS "SIND."

U4RRTTY'S "SIND."
Complaint has been made in Democratic
circles. we believe that Chairman llarrity' OF
the Democratic National Committee. Is not
unite ND to the William II. Barnum or even
the Arthur y. German or CALVIN - Drlce s'dhu-
ard as an executive officer. The utterers OF
this complaint, we presume do not understand
the difficulty of standing with one foot on the
Chicago platform, which says Protection IS I'M
constitutional and fraud and robbery, and the
other on such platform rs, for instance tha'
Of the Connecticut Democracy, which says
heavy duty on tobacco is entirely honest proper
and constitutional because there are Il good
many tobacco raiscrs i'll that State. And they
forget how wrenching it must be TO undef'ahe
huccing Grover Cleveland and the Mug"u"ps
under one arm and David B. Hill and Tammany
Hall under the other. For one the classical
stroddle of the Colossus of Rhodes would DC
insufficient, the other would tax the unltcd
and consolidated grasp, grip and huggng power
of all the arms of BraIeus. No, they do MN
riusticc. Uarrity is doing well. 1t is shame
to abuse him for incompetency or lack ol
executive capacity. lie is not only do'ie "ei'
but his best Like the pianist III inc iroi'.ier
town. he sits with his back to the auhiehcc, j".'
as Grover Cleveland sat when ho was Iresi-
dent and still sits when he fishes with iieii
orummctS" at ; cents apiece, and consequently
is not fully aware of the criticism ne IS uhuer-
Going. But. like the musician, he ought 10
bo,o = nlocard on his back :" Don't shoot the
niapist he is doing the best he knows now.
Uarrity may not have much executive ability
brt ne what 1.-THE New-Yor< Sum- calls Il
q" cheerful worker he is star OF tho hrs'
MAGNITUDE and really "takes the rag OIL the
hush, He has just issued, in the name OF
tho National Committee. what he calls Ooh-
cratulatorv Address to the People of the united
states, Now the simple fact Of his issuing
in his official capacity a congratulatory address
in the conditions which surround him SHOWS
that. though he may not have executive ca
pacitv. he has at least got SAMOA pcrlec'
landslide of it. To an ordinary observer therc
does not appear to be anything in particular OH
the political horizon TO inspire Democratic en'
L,,s;,.r or rive occasion for a Democratic
co,cratulatorv address to the people OF the
Tnitcd States. The rear view of Grover CleVc-
land fishing with He'll grummetS,' rs deplc,cu
/, ..The Ncw-YorIl World" is said To 1urhlSh
. GOOD deal of excitement for the nciShoorhoou
Of Bnzard's Bay, and many rciorincrS from
nostor 90 down there and derive Inspiration
from il But that after all is local. and IN
so,t transient. Up in Fourteenth st. in this
,;,v whore usually feeling runs high in Pres
;do,,i,I campaicn and everybody gets blind
drunk from patriotism straight, all hands are
NOW. and have been for more than Two ih"h'"N'
cold sober. and the prevailing sentiment ! N"''
MIGHT he called one of subdued Resignation
1,boro have been some exercises, 10 be sure bu'
tbnv were by no means hilarious. IN 'ha'
uoiphborhood everything seems extremely uc'u'
Cnnldn't bc dcadcr if DR.. Jenkins had cstab-
Tsboa quarantine there and Mr.. Godkin was on
Jo, Tho only consolation experienced i
,., .ho Loliof4or perhaps fear which wouldn
o consoIation-that the Republicans are Just
-, dood as they are. Their most brilliant
or,tor i reportcd to have said that he had
mayer seen a campaign in which so many p'o-
MIA an both sides were afraid Their OWN can.
didatcs would be elected. lie was oniS ha''
,ipbt He correctly gagged all the enthusiasm
in sight from his point of view.
on Printing House Square, of course Our
1;,oIv contemporary. "The World" frequently
dances "A liz in peck measure jumping "p anu
down. and uttcIlng Shflh cNol"i.''''', y.
lipht such As " Hoop Ia -" Nah Hoo liigh
Daddyr' and "Yum Yum" but that hardly
offers sufficient occasion for - Congratulatory
Address 70 the People Of the United states.
And vet IIarrity has issued one. Long oncT
We'll no: about two inches in newspaper.
Ioudp Not very the Democratic newspapers
n,.ipt il in their finest type. What is it about
WHY. that's the funny part OF IT. iiarrity con
oratulates the People of the United states
meaning by that phrase the Democratic party
that the Republicans in Maine and vermont
have in the recent elections met with " con-
.nicuous disaster" Now lIarrity, a. before re-
marked NAV not be endowed with great eXccu-
five ability. but when the average Democrat
reads this address, and then finds upon inquiry
that in both Vermont and Maine the kepuD-
Iicans elected all their state officers, bo'h
branches Of the Legislature and all their mem
bors Of Congress. and that the Democrats did
mot oct ont Of either State so much as the pick
mos of q casual and neglected bone, he VIII
undoubtedly say with perhaps proiane cnpha-
sis Conspicuous disaster. Well, that fel-
low IIarrity has morc'n got sand"
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REPUBLTCAN MASSACHUSETTS.