New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02
dangerous and unjust pretensions an" '"'''"'
creatc new embarrassments.



Rule friend. the Hon. Tim" CainpDeil, VINO j.
,lwavs saving good thngs-who was reported
M, long ago as saving You just wait h'tic'
.rm cetting n boomerang ready for these TEL
",rs quite unconsciousy gave away large
mart NJ the programme Of his party in the last
compaign. Several weeks before the campaign
nnonod our excellent Democratic neighbor THE
Taw.York Times" actuated. no doubt. by
n,rdonabe desire t. make itself uSeful III HN
comparatively new party relations and ac"ing
that Mr. Cleveland and the Democratic congress
had 60 missed up National issues that they
could not be touched with safety whii" 'ii'
Tommanv people had made such wrctchcd work
in this city and State that dynamite ana d'"'h
hrlsed in any alluSion TO local affairs. began
casting about for something eise 10 'aih 'p""''
orr con,emporary is too intelligent. too familiar
with all the weapons In the afschai Oh po'i'''"'
warfare and TOO well versed in their use 20 90
round In such circumstances looking Tor "o' III
cronr. II has seen too many boomeranSS III us
fine 10 make any such mistake at mat Nha'-
o,.or e,so II WAS looking for. II was not Il boom
erang. The funny thing was mat pc'hs '"'''"
by the necessities Of the party 10 S'He "Pon
some entirely new and novel weapon 1t w"
actually pick up very high-powcr' back-ir''"n
boomerang and begin working IL WITH p''"
hands. 49,.
The weapon bore the cabalistic iui'lhS' a.
p A." II seemed mysterious. anu hk' 'nc
brand Excalibur when our bold sir bc"i''I''
or "The Times" strongly wheeled ana Threw
IT," II made lightnings in the splrndor Oh NV
moon" Religious liberty. our nciShbor S'''"'
was I'm danger from secret ORGANIZATION N"'n
met in secluded places nj dead OF hl"h'' anu
had initiation ceremonies and passwords anu
grand haillng signs. and furtively c"HN!ir'i
against the Pope. And II was sail 'lIl 'nlN
orgapiZation- known as the "A r. A. III"
vast and stupendous ramtcations 'hroasAou'
the country: that IL was. as matter "i i''''
only ouother name for the Republican party
that its members were bound 10y the ino>i blood
cur,lIiny oaths under the most fearful pcial-
ucs moi to vote for any Roman 'aihnhc Tor
office: AMI that il the Republicans Should cary
the election no end Of horrors wolld 'h>u'.
our contemporary had great success III h'hI"-
religious liberty an issue ana pu'thI nv Nv"
and novel weapon II had chosen INTO Inc hah"S
Of the Democratic party. For many W''hS Il
gave columns Of space To The presentation "i 'n'S
issue with all the shocking possibilities II con
,,incd II had interviews with prominent ANA
influential Democrats all over The STATE VINO
said as they lifted their elbows OIL Inc OAR III"
with visible emotion wiped of their NOUNS ~
tween drinks that they had never known III y"
,hir c,nericnc, religious liberty to be- in such
imminent peril as now. Feeling on ms snp
lee, In some Of the East Side wards was 80 III
tense and profound that saloons were Kept pen
all night 10 accommodate persons who Wah'"
TO talk II over and see If something couldn't be-
done about H. SaloonkcepcrS were :" pr"
foundlv impressed by the gravity of III" CRISIS
that they were willing even 20 violate Inc EN'l>'
law rather than have discussion "f measures 10
ward of the impending calamity broken "H
or rulely interrupted
| In the Democratic State Convention the Hon
| David T. Hill d,yclt upon the peril 10 re-. i'uS
liberty. and was applauded I" the ''h'
nv AZ noble band OF martyrs ~ ever
defended 10 the last breath the payrollS on
which they had been placed. RESOLUTIONS on
the subject were greeted with The widest ''-
| ,husasm At the lose %. III" coivr1tioh there
was hardly bar N Saratoga AZ which able
hodel men were not standing mp or leaning
oyer congraiulating ,ach other That a great
DAYS work had been done for religious Liberty.
In the greatness Of the peril Justice lh"'i''N -
Grady. Of our Police Court Bench. lald ASIDE
the crmnc sO-caed. and descend 81 7" lh' p''
litcal arena in order 10 impress Upon III f'h'W'
mon ,he importancc Of standing by religious lib
crty. In the MYTH Congressional hlSirlc''
where Mr. Quigg was the Republican candidate
cspecal stress was laid upon ihiS ISSUE anu
several Paulst Fathers on the sunday l'i"i"
election took occasion 10 tell their CONGREGATIONS
that II was almost. II not quite css''iIh 10 Inc
| salvation Of their immortal souls mat lIl'H
| should vote against Quigg and IN" wii"i" h'-
| nuhllcan ticket. over In 'Onnccicut Inc b'
mocracy took the same stand. In ne New
Haven District the Hon James l.. Pigoi'. Who
was the Democratic candidate for reelection
against the Hon. y. ID. Spcrry. who was conSd
cred 4 particularly rrcconcilable foe 10 religions
| ,ibertv ON account Of his having been con
spicuous know Nothing" forty years ago. en-
nbasizcd the issue. dwelling upon II ana r"
iieratlng II with the greatest p'rSlS''ncy and
zeal II was a great struggle ana powerful
weapon
But what happened? Why. for one thing The
voters Of the State answered the Democratic
State Convention and the party ora,ors with
over 100000 adverse majority The voters
of the XIVth District changed Demo
cratic majority OF over 1000 In lS'- t'
a majority Of nearly 5000 for Quigg. IL
answer TO the appeal Of the Paulls
Fathers. Connecticut gave the largest Rcpub
llcan majority for the state ticket ever giNei
TO any party; and Pigott. who was elected by
about 5000 ajorty in 1892, was defeated ID,
Sperry the foe Of religious liberty, by G'Soo
These figures show the effectiveness of th'
boomerang Do they mean anything! VIVA
but this that the average voter rcs9nts bare
faced dcmagogy as an imposition upon his III
tclligcncc? And one Of the most signiican
things about the whole business is hat The
Republicans paid no attention To the charge
brought against them, either in their resolutions
or their newspapers. or on the stump, though