New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-06
Tile DEMOCRITIC NPLIT
promising

II is not by any means clear that, as orr
contemporary 1.-The New-iork Evening Post
nuts il. unless there should he Democratic
spIit. there is small chance that The Rcpnb-
lcans will be able TO elect any of the state
officers or more than minority III either tne
legislature or the Constitutional Conventions
On the contrary, il is an open question whether
the split that is believed u be impending VIII
not he "A hindrancc instead of "A help to the
Republicans. We are MOI prepared to say that
the Democratic leader, would MT be doing the
vi,ost thing possible in existing conditions Al
they should deliberately decide to try the
" divide and conquer" policy. The people OF
thi. State have been ENJOYING an object lesson
n Tammany government and machine rule fr
the last wear or two. They know, indcpcnd
entity of the information furnished them by
Democratic newspapers like THE Ncw-Iorlt
World" and "Thc New-lork Times, and
Mugwump journal, like 1.-THE Evening Post,
that ii j. corrupt and corrupung, bad and grow
ing worse. They must have had enough of IT ;
and mus, want change Not mobilization
Of conditions. temporary amelioraiicn Of
abuses but positive change and radical
remedy.
They are ready 10 vote against the Demo
cratic party in order 10 secure ,uch a change.
And the more united and hlrmoniou, the lead
crs Of that party are Mugwumps and B0nr-
bon>. snapper, and Anti->nappcrS. the more
earnest and determined will be the large bod,
e unattached ind pendent voters, whose only
desire is honest administration and god gov
eminent to PIT them down. II Is possible
that split in the party would deceive many
whose reasoning would be that such a break
was proof that reform was possible without
going outside the party itself. and who would
accordingly frittcr away their votes anI iniiu-
cnce in hopeless undertaking. Experience
teaches that these split, in the Democratic
party never accomplish any thing lasting or
important i'm the way Of reform. They have
never been anything but diversions the sole
purpose Of which was 10 crafty selfish am
btion or personal spite while amusing the
prJulc with the promise Of reform. I'm all the
anti-Tammany demonstrations OF the last
twenty wears the procedure has been the same
protest. revolt, bolt, demand for recognition
and patronage, compromise, concession and
finally absorption and harm and affair, ten
times worse than ever.
We are not by any means certain. we re-
rcai. that division in the Democratic party
in this state would help the Republicans. though
that at first blush would seem to be the natural
effect. For our own part wc should like 10
see the Democratic party 90 to the people next
November in the same array and Just aS unltcdll
as il did in November last single organiza
ton. We don't care t, see them divided upon
the absurd prctencc that some of them are
better than others. We should prefer to meet
their solid front. Then let the voters make
their choice between the two great parties
They have seen the beginning Of Il Democrat,
National Administration and Il session of q
Tammany Legislature since they voted last
We are quite willing to take their verdict OF
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