New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-03
. yUIRROLFTHS AND PL1TFOKMS.'

Mr. Clark Howell OF Atlanta. Ga. VINO occa'
sionolly enlichtpns the readers OF "Ihe New
Work Herald on their political duties In SINH
,vne M Doubt means well when he says: LET
..rs therefore take the Presidents recent letter
..os n comnoign shibbolcth" But rs figures OF
sne,,h orc frequently misleading he would nave
do,o re,l hcfore using this one had he borrowed
Mill. and r,st,d himself on the 'shibboicth
10 coull have found out all about II In IN"
With ch,ptrr Of Judges II was the word lS''i
az n test against the Ephraimites. who were
unob,. 20 pronounce It correctly. when they were
irving 10 escape from Jephhah and his "l"n"-
,tcs n the passages ~ the Jordan. AS the
Scripture hath II:
Then .,,i they unto him. Say now Shibbo'e'h' ana
J., "a Sih,ro'e,h. for h. could Mt frame - pro
,ounca Il right Then they took him. eri slew MN
AZ the passages Of Jordan. and thsr" ir' ~ ''''
time OF the Ephraimiios forty ana TWO 'n'n'""'
1r Mr.. Howell proposes. as We understand
that no docs. 10 have the Democratic Ephr''i"
ties tested at the passage of III" farm ID" IL
Tho other Ephraimiir$ were NJ the passages "r
tho Jonlan. he will scc upon n moments re-
acc,ion that 10 require every Democrat 10 r"cltc
IN. Presidents letter in order 10 discover
whether he can frame 10 pronounc" II r'gh'
,ro,,l toke I'D too much time. Had Jcph'hnh
,,., rcr,lr.d any such clocutionary exercise ~
,h,, thov never would have been able 7" gr'
ovv,v with forty and two thousand victims III
one day Then. too. imagine The p"in"rn'
Epbrairnltcs walng through the whole "i '''
Presidents letter 10 find ont whether or not
,hcv vver,r 10 20, slowed Most Of them wonld
rather cc, Slowed than read the letter
Another thing Mr. Howell wants 10 have done
,,h,,h s.c,,s little mixed "Lct Us. he says
natl the Democratic platform 10 our mas
'heod" Wha, The practice Is IN Atlanta We "'
not know. but We are free 10 say ihnt WIZ nav
mover seen In this neighborhood any s"r' Oh
uniform nailed ~ any sort az masthead M"
ing the flag 10 the mast - n rather common
figure 70 denote unyicldng purpose. d'''rnl'"'r
will and all that sort of never surrender p"S'
ness II sounds mighty fine. Ana "" Any Wv
who stands near the Fifty niuth-st c"rh'r ~
Central Park In this city NAV see 4 L." '''''"'''
auttcring from n masthead on ho'ei r"l'
which bear testimony 10 the foolishi'ss Oh S"'"
Nnc nhrascs An iraic tenant nailed - nag 'n'r'
n few months ago ~ n notice 10 the iaiiuioru "
his Stubborn purpose and unyieldlng Will Inv
aoy ,cpnn 10 Weld Immediately whatever inc
.onau, dll-and n few fuiicring threads are al
that remnin rs fncincntOs OF an "xhibIloh "i
had tem,rr and poor taste II might hav" been
a,rorcnt though II II Ind been a PLATFORM. II
certainly would no, have fraycl out 80 rapidly.
Mr. Howell does not say how he nails MS
nlatforn to the masthead whether nav size
nm. so as TO afford standing room on Top OF
norollol with the mast. Ike tavern sign Ehh'r
way seems TO liz bit awkward. 1t occurs 10
III that Mr. Howell may not have meant mast
hood WHOM he spoke Of mailing the platform.
W. ant, roodDv understand why he should want
to have It nailed somewhere. The whole c"'i'-
fry desires that. But not 10 the mas'heah W.
M Better nail It, say to the counter, where
they used 10 nail a bad penny. or on III" barn
door. where they nail 'possum skins OR on the
sign post, where they nail notices OF bankruptcy
md advertisements Of auctions or even IN the
coffin Of The party. Al any rate we agrc" WIN
Mr. Howell that 1t ought to be nailed. Ana II
ne doesn't do 1t the people will as soon hS they
get a chance at II.