New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09

at;n not
discovery Of this truth marks "''.'
progress in the Democratic mind. thoue" "
10 be feared that the Senator from he"'"N" ny
is nncomfortably far in advance Vi liz
MOORFTELD STORYS DISAPPoiN :" ''-
We crieve TO learn that trouble p'o"' WV
last Saturday evening at the moh'hp
OF the Massachusetts Reform Clup' VI
The Massachusetts Reform club Is III ''' "''"'
indicates an ossociotion Of very ear"'S' p'i
sons who arc dissatisfied with the WI! '"SS
ora oo,n, an and thoroughly saturated with IN"
conviction that if they could only nave '"'.'' way
they would bring in the mllieiii'''''
the whole world in short tliii' J",' ",
Boston They have been in me HIM "
ing once n month for several !'''' p
prandal. bibulons fumiferolS. or"'
tcllectual and refornatory purposes '"' '1
more or less swapping lies about ''ie "i'''''.
full condition Of the country anu WI"
IT, and no end of high daddy taih ANU" ""''
they would do themselves if they S''o"'
get n chance In all these years '"'' n"
been having n frst-rate time. The ciilei iu"'
,ion IF tho cub being to find fault WITH "i'''
,s,otion administration and politlcal h''n'S'
men,. II should have occurred 10 the n''"o
that after they had educated the N"'
people ND TO their own high s'ahu"'"''
having persuaded the country 10 piace "''
eminent in their control ana eject III
dent thc idol Of their affections anu r''os'N''
onos,I, of all their reforms, ii was good nle
:, o,,no ,ro,,, business as a club. There was
Nothing left TO reform. They should Have SIM
nlv sat down in their individual cap"'''''N anu
,oo,od an with calm selfsatisfac'loh III 'he
orer,tion Of the millennium they had De'h ;"
largely instrumental In bringing III.
pr, ,bev didn't II was all well enough Ior
them TO have a meeting or two AFTER rr'Sl-
dent Cleveland's Inauguration. ior WI 'o',''
Quincy one of the most ardent OF MaSSachu
s.t,s Reformers had been appointed ASS'S''"'
Secretary Of State. and it was natnrai eno"En
that they should feel like congrat'llatlhS '"'"
other Oh such signal triumph oil heiorn'. ~
long as the gifted Quincy had uon' "o'"'"s
TO distinguish himself except win HIS iio"'n
IL was safe TO meet once month anu 'o"''""
plate with emotions Of pride the REFORMS Nv
would presently initiate. so. TOO WIFI NV
President So long as Mr. Cleveland had done
Nothing except express beautiful sentiments Oh
,b. subiect of Reform the Massachusetts Ke-
form Club might safely meet once month I'LL"
coddr itself over It's achievements. bu' 80
soop nc Mr. Quincy took off his coat and went
To work at his new duties, and Mr. CleVelihu
started in to do something besides talk II De-
came extremely risky for the MASSACHUSETTS,
Reform Club 10 continue its monthly love
fcasts The people whom they had hlau' II
a duty and found il diversion 10 d'ho"H''
AZ the authors Of the countrys rum ana 'i'
Nations distress were ont Of power Inc h'"
form Clubs own folks were in control OF all
departmcnts Of the Government. The rcSpoh
slbIli,y was theirs There was nobody to Kick
I'm, themselves and their own friends. They
Il / either TO do that or sit NJ the table win
their tongues In their cheeks eXchahslhs ''e
wink of the Roman augurs
They had one dinner too much. 1t was las'
Saturday evening. Colonel Goldman presided
and Josiah Quincy and John T.. Russell. the
| Democratic candidate for Governor anu I'D
ward Atkinson. the siatisticlan. ana Moor
field Story. the lawyer. and 10 other Re
| formers were there. All happy; until Moor
field Story arose and let fly his of hind leg
nj Quincy and President Cleveland. the ma
! ioritv in Congress and the Democratic party
| generally. 1T Is true" he said. directing his
speech ~ Mr. Quincy, that changes in office
have been made more rapidly than in former
| Administrations" He then referred 10 the
PROMISES made by the Democrats of reform III
the civil service and added: well. what
do We see now? Simply the spectacle or Il
| President sitting ut Washington powcrleSS 10
| nut in operation the reform methods promised
all during his campaign" He criticised some
of Quincys consular appointments rs improper
and unfit. and characterized crime the
"subsdzIng Of the press" by President Clcye-
land in appointing editors of newspapers TO
office From the report which has reached
us. we Judge that Moortield was in unusually
fine form Mr.. Quincy replied fccby. his chief
pont being In answer To the charge that APP
pontments were made for partisan services
upon the accommodating of congressman,
that mo Administration unless seeking suicide
could afford 10 cut loose from Il wccStab-
| Iishcl system" one of the main objects
sought by the Reform club being precisely
that-io cut loose from that wcllcsabshed
system-the confession must have wrung from
the members n very general "Yumyum'
Mr. Moorficd Story seems disappointed. BIT
if he expected reform Of any kind from the
! Democratic party he is an object OF curiosity
more than OF sympathy And now. we sup
pose. he will organize himself into a new party.
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