New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-22
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hoard Of outside their own city ward or riira'
school district All the men Of prominence ANA
distinction IN the party who have been constant
,v I'm evidence for wears many ~ Them h;,hiilnl
L. loodcd with speeches Of acc"pIn"c OF nom
iuniious Of various SORTS. are now v'ry mlrh III
,h. vocotiye All that can he seen of lem - u
h.wl,Jcriur lot Of disappearing coaiiailS l"'nt-
inc toward the field What Oh earth Is HE nat
fer with them all: llry'n't Nr Drm"'"''r
Administration and Democratic Congress. ana
any quantity of Democratic p'~mn>''r$ ana
customs officers and all that sort of thing: And
haven't We had eighteen months 81 HE blessed
and altogether benign influences Of pmocrlic
administration aud legislation IN oil 'h'r nor
mphnoss and completeness Aren't We, III
short in the full enjoyment Of al Inc 'n'a" 'e'S
which have resulted to The masses "f W"rh'"H
mon. and all the business enterprises tue mann
features trade and commerce OF ID" '"nn'r!
from the campaign of education WHEN "'eh"
IA lson. was kept mp with asslduiy nn'i' Mo-
and graduated all il CLASSES with diplomas III
March ~ the latter year. Ar"h We br''"'"'
of r,,,spority ami chc,rfuncS> aud 2iatiiuh" !"
the Democratic party Tor the h"n"nc'h' r''~ni'N
"a, scr all about H.? Why. then, ar" MI 'hr
teachers and professors aud promoters of the
"complign ~ education" on III" dead run 10 gel
away from the people whom they educated
fran, ,hrir own rralllitr>: Isn't IL mystery,
thought
II.rr's Roswell Flower. who less than week
ago was whooping II mp hopefully AMI almost
hilariou-ly over The prospects ~ 10" p''n''I"F
in New.York: and just rs the Republican S''''
convention was making irs nominations ana
uniting Itself In array wull comes that h' J.
ont Of politics aud intending To d"v9'" u n''
,h. remainder Of his life at least III" next ihr"
wear, OF II 10 the cultivation Of the cucumber
the promotion of The pumpkin AMI The spr'A"
~ the squash Following him In his r"pih re-
tiremeni from the scene ~ action ar" all III"
Major Generals and BrigadirrS who hav" b"h
dependrd upon for years {" set the ich"rnh'
soualrons In the field: and chaotic mass 81
detected camp followers ar" now looking f"i
som. Sergeant or Corporal or High frNhi" !"
take command ana rally the remnants of 'hr
great army of IS!r2. over in pennsylvania me
Hon. William Sing,riy. who promoted III" cam
paisn ~ education through his influential ana
widely circulated newspaper nnd whose WINE
plume was quite conspicuous always during Inc
march 10 victory in 1892 william Singcry. hnv
inc been nominated several weeks ago Tor '"'
crnor OF PENNSYLVANIA. now shows Wlli" f''l'i"r
instead Of white plume. throws mp III" sponge"
gives I'D the fight In his own STATE. ana advises
his Democratic followers 10 pay no attention Ia
fine State ticket but 90 for everything else there
may b. In sight particularly for 'ongr"~smrn
I'm other words. he ti1mpcts forth the order
Every man for himself and the devil take the
hind,nost"' Doubtless lie would get ont himself
II he could and his Philadelphia made coatiails
would be streaming backward on the brrrz"
with all the rest.
Then there f. our old friend aud Broad 81.
neighbor Commodore Elias Cornelius benedict.
whom we have been living In tli" hope Ia SEE
nominated for Governor by the Democrats Of
Connecticut He, 1T least. We thought had
"sand" So did the Connecticut Democrats THINK
so though Il Il doubtless true that they thought
more OF his rocks" than they did Of his sand
only last Saturday he gave cut IN interview III
which he said lmprcssivcly. holding up his right
hand that he would willingly have II cut on 10
insure Democratic success in Connecticut. Which
cvcrybody took ~ meaning that he was 'in II
for keeps" and would accept the nomination
which an eager and impccuniulls State Commit
tee was urging upon him BIT now his dusty
coattails point toward the Connecticut field IL
he hurrledly remarks 10 the State Committee
that his business il I'm Broad ST. and they had
better select some one else whose nomination
would be more agreeable To "ccrtain party or
gans" The allusion here IL 10 that rlbald and
licrniiors newspaper. The New Haven Regis
ter" whose Editor. Colonel Morris g. Osborn
Immediately on his return from Europe several
DAYS ago FASTENED to print doublclcadcd para
graph describing both the sort Of candidate
whom the Democrats Of Connecticut We're long
ing for with their tongues ont and the sort
whom they did not want. even II offered on n
gold plate with an abundant accompanying
bari In the first description The Commodore
could not discern feature that he could claim
while In the latter he recognized his own Inca
lusion No doubt Colonel Osborn's views Of the
situation were affected In some degree by his
association with European statesmen. Of whom
he made careful study while abroad. II IL
understood that cx-Judgc Iyndc Harrison, who
has had the Benedict boom in charge for the last
the summer on q visit To the Land Of the Mid
nlght sun. saw nothing In the aspect Of the
Midnight Sun to change his views rs 10 the In
tellcctual gifts and moral exccllcnccs " the
Commodore. Int came back more fully perSuad
! ed than ever that h. the man for the crisis
and for the committee. Notwithstanding
which, II Is painfully evident that flying coat
tails are all there Is left Of the Benedict BOOM
Gentlemen Democrats! Fellow-Citzens. Men
and Brethren. Hold on! Stop a mnute What's