New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-14
THE DOOR SAFE.
miners.

4 long step has been taken toward The
restoration of confidence. Doubt remains as
to whether Mr.. Clcvclands "obJcct -lesson"
Congress will repeal the Silver Purchase act,
and Of course there will still lingcr' even altef
that devoutly wished contamination mas pech
reached, question in the mihdS Oh man!
whether this Congress will not take the bit
in its teeth. and. by undertaking to carry out
all the declarations of the Chicago platform.
and all the promises made TO MugWu'hps ana
Bourbons. Civil Service RcformcrS ana spollS-
mon. free silver men and honest money men,
tariff men and Free Traders, law-abIdIng ctl-
cons and Anarchists. MonopOllStS and Anti
Monopolists. and all the riffraH that came TO
the help of the Democracy III the last cleo
ton so tanglc up everything that inc aver
age man will not know where he is at or
whether he is afoot or horseback. questions
of that sort will continue to distarb the people
so long as the political aggomeratIon now III
control continues to rattle round III Official
place But let us take great comfort III one
thing that seems assured one fact that Will
90 far toward restoring confidence IN Tree IN
situations and convincing the Gillette monarchlcs
Of the Old World that whatever else happens
there will he no "monkeying" with the door
of the House Of Representatives.
"Iceman; Turner will be Doorkecpcr. There
has been some talk about statesman named
Conkley-a resident Of this town whose par
room we do not know the whereabouts Of
beinc a candidate for this important place.
Rumors to that effect, which no doubt cxag-
perated his importance, have oOzed out and
possibly leaked into foreign countries. where
they may have affected the money market ana
the price Of American securities. WIN inc
Governor Of Colorado getting ready 70 ride IN
blood up to the horses brides and the Red
Headed Rooster of the Rockies" IN "A state OF
eruption compared to which Mauna Loa Is
the mcrest paror match, the feeling among
foreign nations which hold our securities would
naturally be one Of profound anxiety about the
lower house of Congress and the door INTO 1t.
TO make an obscure person like Conklcy Door
kocper in a crisis like this would be to put all
things at risk. With such a man as Conklcy
tending door. Governor Waite might at any
moment invade the House Of Representatives
on horseback and proceed I, diSpoit himself IN
blood up to the bride. With him might come
the "Ecd- Headed Rooster IN the condition
known as " full as "A goat" prepared to " fire
the Ephcsan dome" or do any other OF the
many desperate things which suggest them
selves TO men who brstc all over with a
rapid firing and dcath-dcaling vocabulary.
Richard Croker has not failed 10 grasp the
situation. Approaching lis tickli>hneNS ana
the importance Of restoring confidence AT home
and abroad by the assurance that whatever
else happens the door of this Congress will be
tended by statesman who has cultivated
GOODNESS in the ice business. and is possessed
of the nerve to collect ice bills he has directed
Ccnklcy. whom he seems t. know. to Withdraw
and ordered she election of lccman' Turner.
With Turner at the door confidence viii come
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