New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-25
MISSING.

There are several statesmen missing They have
not been heard from since the 18th OF the present
month. Prior to that time they were extremely
conspicuous Not only extremely conspicuous
but extremely fluent, extremely audible, eA-
tremcly aggressive and extremely cocky. TWO
Of them are United States Senators ana one the
Lieutenant Governor Of the State For several
DAYS previous to the 9TH of November all OF
them posed as prophets. Senator Hill had 10
more doubt that Isaac Fl. Maynard would De
triumphantly elected Judge of the Court or ap-
peals than he had that he was himself Il DEM
ocrat." Senator Murphy WAS as confident OF IL
as he was of holding Troy against lighting
Greeks or glft-bearing MuGwumps Sheehan
was no more certain that he held Erie County
In the hollow of his hand than he was that
MAYNARD had the sympathy and support of all
good men. and would receive a triumphant vim
dication ut the hands of the people. As for
doubling that the remainder Of the ticket would
be elected by an overwhelming majority, ana
that the Democrats would carry both branches
of the Legislature. why the suggestion of it
raised only n smile Of supreme assurance ana
confident contempt
Having been so much in evidence for week
or two before election, and having succeeded
i'm saturating the atmosphere Of the HOFFMAN
House with such certainty OF victory that the
ardent patriots who infest that locality were
willing TO wager large sums on the election;
they Withdrew into the country, and with the
execution Of bubble or two where they disap-
neared have not since been heard from. Con-
trasted with the shining prominence in which
H., tl,n OH ~
they have withdrawn seems profound. mysteri-
Gus. unfathomable. 1t Is surmised that each
ono OF them may have found somewhere hole
and got into 1t and drawn the hole In after him.
Or possibly, having put the Democratic party
i'm a hole they have fallen In themselves ana
been covered out Of sight by the landslide OF
election returns. For two weeks before cleo
ton the newspapers were full OF what iii
said. what Murphy said and what Sheehan said.
They spoke oracuarly and everybody listened.
Nobody doubted their authority, and few OBJ
jcctcd to the somewhat arrogant manner OF
their carriage and the dctatorial airs with
which they issued orders and promised results.
And now for two weeks not one of them has
pccpcd.
Seats were assigned TIE two Senators at the
Chamber of Commerce banquet, but th'y TO-
maned vacant and no or" answered when
their names were called. Shcchan. the " Blue
Eyed Billy" who erstwhic roar,d through Erie
County with Il volume Of sound that drowned
Niagara. now sings small or doesn't sing ut al
somewhere in the wilds OF Western New-iork
All three silent. dumb. Mouths closed Lights
gone out Nothing left OF them but certain
sulphuro,,s odor in the eruptive uttcranccs Of
the Hoffman House patriots who laid wagcrs
Never was there such a sudden aud complete
disappearance IIo there, Send out n general
alarm Has anybody seen anything Of two
United States Senators and licuicnant-Gov-
crnor. who have been missing now for two
weeks? They must be found. Profound mcan-
choly sits cnihroned in East Fourtcenth-st.. and
sorrow that cannot be drowned with ordinary
tIpple pcrvadcs the art gallery of the Hoffman
House