New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
prEOPMIEc AND BOSSES.'

Our Democratic and Mugwump contempo-
raries which contributed 50 powerfully To The
election If Governor Flower year and hall
ago and the Democratic majority III the Ii'c
Legislature last year are Just now ugng
I'm e mmcnis upon the action OF both N...ch are
much more candid than complimentary. " The
New-Yolk Evening POST and " The New-iork
Times are in perfect accord aS - the utter
untitneSs Of Governor Flower for the position
he occupies. and the diSgIaceful character OF
the Legislature which has just adjourned
THE New York Word' has commented upon
both in terms hardly less severe than It's two
coadulors. They are pretty well agreed, too,
in charging the responsibility for an lncom-
pctent and sub>crvient Executive corrupt
and tricky Legislature, and all the political
crimes that have been c .mmitte Il between them
for Tie last two years, upon the TaanInany
machine and the bosses Croker, Hill, Muir
ply and Shcchan. 1.-The Evening Post Is
especially out,poken in lis treatment OF Gov
ernor Flower 1t says that lat the time OF
his nomination it was notorious that he had no
fitness whatever for the position. and that the
only reason for his nomination was that he
had for MAN. years been generous contributor
the more glazing and conspicuous instances of
his scrvlity, and says that " from the moment
of his entry to Office he began ~ do the bidding
Of the machine bosses
And yet 1.-THE Evening Post" with its knowl
edge OF his notorious unfitnoss for the Office of
Governor, contributed as much as any other
newspaper 10 his elevation to that Office. Not
indeed by open and outspoken advocacy like
the rest, but by discreet and scrviccabc silence
as tc his notorious lack of qualifications and
by unc0ncealcd hostility expressed in misreprc-
sentation and snccrs TO the opposing candidate
II it did not exert itself directly for tho cleo
ton OF Flower, it was constant and unrcmtting
in it's efforts to defeat Fassctt. It's readers, if
they voted at all, and in voting followed the
spirit of its teachings, voted for Flower. 1t
now says: "In all probability he has by his
recent performances made certain his rcnom-
ination next year. and we have hopes, some
what uncertain we must confess, that when he
comes before the people for reelection the
Democratic journals that are now denOuncng
him will not be brought into line again in
his support" What ground can there be for
any such hope? Upon our contemporary own
statement the journals that are now dcnouncing
him knew his notorious unftncss rs well before
his election as now. lie has turned out pre-
ci>ely as they had every reason to believe he
| would And there is no reason to doubt that
all of them. including "'The Evening Post"
will be drought into line in his support upon
his denomination.
In saying this VIC do not mean to raise n
question as to the sincerity of all these news
papers in their dcnuncaiiGns OF the Governor
and the Legislature and the Democratic ma
chine and bosses" All Of them, no doubt,
would prefer TO have a competent broad
minded c-spiritcd Executive. clcar-sight;d
enough to sce the right and Independent enough
to pursue it. There is not one of them but
would prefer an honest upright and intelligent
Legislature to such an one as has just stepped
down. But these preferences only find cx-
preston at time when they cannot affect re-
suits. They do not affect even the nomina-
TONS though that is probably their purpose,
for the bosses go on just as confidently, repeat
ing year after year the same performance in
utter disregard Of the protests and denuncia-
tons Of the rcformers. This they d. because
they know from experience that all the camor
OF these people ceases as soon rs the nomlna-
tiors arc made Between the nominating con-
yentions and the election they are still as the
didates Why should the "bosses" regard the
opposition to their plans of men who SO readily
fall in to their support when the OCCASION
comes and their help is really needed? They