New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-07
EOSUELL At SARATOGA.

EOSUELL Ar SAR1IOGI.
He sauntcrcd In. Sauntcr,d Into Saratoga,
where under the general direction Of The New
York Times the leaders ard lights 81 the
Democratic Party. including 'Sojcr" Flynn and
MAYOR Gilroy. Dry Dollar Sullivan and Rich
ard Croker. Counselor Dan Finn and PrcNi-
dent John A. Mccall have been "burying III"
Ratchet" smoking the pipe Of peace" holding
ont "olivc branches" and all that sort of Thing
for n fortnight past lie was studied In stat
IRE. thick set. riddy o: complexion, with NUT
ton-chop whIskcrs and the cheerful smile Of
man revealing in the delightful consciousness
NJ having escaped momcntarily the vigilance
~ an extremely useful. but Overwhelmingly OPP
prcss,y. Private Secretary He saunicrcd 10
seat on the United States Hotel piazza. But
nobody sauntcrcd toward him. He rose mp and
saunt,rc,l over to the cottage of Senator Murphy,
where he learned that that distinguished person
WAS in Washington. He Sauntcrcd down street.
and meeting casual 1ammany statesman, III"
two leaned lazlly against lamp post and IN
Obliged In languid discourse on the current
theme Then he sauntcrcd On - IN" Grand
Union piazza and into the prc>cnc" ~ Mayor
Gilrov who had already been engaged several
DAVIS in "burylnc the hatchc," AZ stated inter
hardly an effort Then Blu" Eyed Billy u
Buffalo Joined the party and The Mayor seized
the opportunity To Withdraw. leaving the COY
crnor ami Lieutenant Governor together. There
was an actual difference" 10 BE- buried" here
the first Of the scason-fpr In all IN" pipe
smoking and Ratchet burying on the pazzas. no
two persons had yet come together who were
not in pcrfcc, political accord In his cas-" the
lnK hpuasfly
his part Of the difference not having any
further use for IT, Bu' II II also believed that
Mr.. Shcchan IL still carrying his share ~ 1t NJ
his sleeve. Two funny things about MI ,hi'.
ON. that the persons "burylng differences had
none 10 bury The other that while Governor
Flower kept sauntcIins into the company OF
other statesmen nobody saunter'I into his.
Since then the Governor has taken The bits
In his teeth To use a hgurs II speech perhaps
more vigorous than the exercise calls for. ana
has saunt,rcd directly into the public eye He
had observed. no doubt that In all the talk
abou, harmonlzins the party 10y the nomina
ton II candidates who would unite Tammany
and Antl-Tammany. snapper AMI Anti-Snappcr,
Mugwump. Good Government Sicckcr. Divycr.
Jimmy" OBrcn and all The rest Of The fac
lions. Roswell Flower was hardly mentioned ~
=
ing The fact that he had announced his con
yiction that the three Great Divisions of the
New York Democracy. to-wit. the Cleveland
Democrats the Hi Democrats and III" Flower
Democrats. ought 10 bury their differences AMI
get together Which meant II course that al
three Of these eminent men should stay where
tncy are Cleveland aS President, Hi ~ Scna-
tor and Flower ~ Governor. He had doubtless
t,nt Dam ,r.tfi H.
somewhere up the State had seriously proposed
TO nominate dead man for Governor, and that
the suspicion was rife that the recent attempt
In Tennessee to r'surrcci the remains of Gen
oral Jackson was viii, view 10 running the
old hero for Governor Of New lorL in the inter
est of party harmony. In view Of these things
IT was quite natural that he should take an
early opportunity to saunier into the public eye.
rs. II not The most available candidate. still Il
much more available one than any dead man.
even General Jackson 50 he sauniercd; not IN
any aggressive pushing way, but with an easy
movement simply Ia let III" party know that he
was 'in H."
The Governors views were given out for pun
licaton on Sunday and appeared in Monday.
papers. one Of them he Is very positive about
There is one plank" he says, which IS going
| have my way. and that il plank giving the
solemn pledge Of the Democratic Party that 1t
will not pass another tariff BIZ in twenty years"
There Is where the Governor IL absolutely
sound The record of the party for Keeping It's
pledges Is about as bad as ii can be. but If it
makes this one it is sure 10 keep it. II Will not
only not pass another tariff bill, but for the
best Of reasons II VIII not pass any other Kind
Of bill for the next twenty years. The people
will attend 10 that. The Governor gave ont
further "A schedule of engagements to address
his fellow citizens in various parts Of The state
on the subject Of the tariff. beginning with the
Cayuga County Fair on September q. Governor
Mckinley Is TO make an address on the 9TH
and Govcrno. Flower proposes 10 follow him
the next day. From the tone of the Governors
remarks we infer that when he gets after
Mckinley he will give the author Of the present
ubiquitous tariff probably the worst hour and 4
half he ever experienced 1t is doubtful If Gov
crnor Mckinley will venture into the State next
month now that he knows Roswell Flower Is on
his track with blood in his eye. After he has
polished Off Mckinley and rounded up the
county fairs, Roswell will Saunicr nOnchllan,ly
into the Democratic State Convention and con
scnt-conScni Is he word-io accept 4 r"nomi-
nation in the interest Of harmony
We are free 10 say that N this writing RoS-
well has our preference rs his party's candidate.
He Is more up-to-Gaic. 80 Ia speak. than General
Jackson lie should he nominated. Nominated
OH the strength If the unsclfish patriotism cx-