New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29
THEY ARE All DEMOCRATS.


During the last few months large number
Of persons Of various occupations. )ourhai'sH
included. whose occasional and spasmotc hos
tilny to Tammany Hall makes their services
70 that organizatio In emergencies all the more
valuable. have been declaring with ychencnce
and volubilty that the Republican party must
not think OF nominating It's own candidates Tor
city offices this year: that the only possible hope
OF overcoming the corrupt and proiligate d'spo'-
ism which Expresses and plumbers New York
is through tin. acQuicSccnce OF RcpuDncahs III
an Arrangement which will give TO others the
selection Of the municipal ticket and con'roi "l
fine campaign. and that everybody who holds
to n different view Of the situation aud the pro
prieties is either a fool or n knave. or both. We
have vcntured TO answer them by showing mat
Rcpublicans would inevitably furnish most OF
the votes against Tammany; that the only po
litical organization pledged by the law OF It's
being 10 n continuous and determined hght
against the Democratic machine was the Re
nnhlicon Marty: that II was prcpostcWus To
claim that the only persons fit 10 lead an up
rising against present misrule We're men who
were blind enough or wicked enough to vote for
Giroy two years ago and for Flower three years
ago: and that melancholy experience warranted
are now clamoring against the Democrats who
ora In ,yould b,. ca Ioled or dragooned into co
opcration with Tammany Hall before Election
Day.
On all these points we have had firm convic-
tion frnm the. first The only one Of them which
seemed TO require any proof was the last. which
was not exactly automatic but derived from eS-
perIence. rs we have said. But as TO that the
rat
We expected In accordance with an agreement
which eager lcnIals helped 10 reveal. number
Of Democratic leaders ar. now holding confer
ence at Saratoga. They represent. directly or
Indirectly. all the elements ~ the party. They
have met 10 consider a desperate situation
TO adjust differences. make concessions, pro-
claim harmony and arrange plan OF campaign.
Aeccptng the suggestion and warming explicitly
conveyed in President Cleveland's choice or
United States Marshal from the inner circle OF
Tnmmauv Hail. the Anii-Snappers Of various
degrees whom Mr. Fairchd has been zcalously
enrolling and consccratng under The banner or
the New. York State Democracy are about 10 be
summoned 10 reunte themselves with the Tam
many and Mclaughlin. Shcohan and Murphy
cohorts 10 the end that harmonious party
may take the field In due time and win another
lease OF power II Is confidently predicted that
al recent differences viii be easily and salts
factorily composed and that the course Of Dem
Ocratic true love Will soon be running IA smooth
" as il always has when important cleo
tons were at hand
There IS no reason TO doubt these augurles
They fall in perfectly with long line OF precc-
dents The indignant Democratic opponents OF
that fictitious and shabby virtue which Is only
visible when there Is little danger or its being
mistaken for the real article are getting rcady
10 play into the hands OF vice once more. Their
patron saint in Washington has given them
their cue by his appointment Of Mc'arty, anu
they are beginning 10 shuttle on the disguise
In which they have lately been both contempt
iblc and uncomfortable. Many Of their follow
ers we hope and believe. Will decline to follow
their example, and will help the Republican
party in this city and State to restore honest
government But the leaders who have been
claiming the moral right to dictate tho terms
on which opponents Of Tammany should unite
to defeat it will be doing political business mt
the old stand as usual within few weeks.