New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-30
A CTCKOO COLLAPSE.

CUCKOO COLLAPSE
We have been watching with considerabl" IN
tcrcst. and yet with unruilici serenity The hot
fight that has been raging for some weeks III INC
State OF Maryland between the opposing anu
confcnding factions Of the Democratic party.
We speak ~ the fight rs 4 hot one. althouGh ap-
pcarances would indicate that fhc heat mas b''h
mainly confined 10 one ~ the factions me M
ministraiion. or Cuckoo faction while III" ann
Administration. or German fnctlon. mas suc'''N'
cd in Keeping comparatively cool Inc tuSSi"
WAS Tor the control Of the Democratic state Con
ycntlon. which will meet on Wednesday. ana
which will nominate candidates for The Governor
shin and several other State Offices. Democratic
nrim,r,s I'm ninct,c On OF the twenty four counties
have resulted in victories for the German fac
ton. and Senator German viii name the can
didate for Governor. We confess that This result
Is somewhat surprising. Everybody In Mary
rs we'll ~ some persons In other States AT roast
nearly everybody who reads the editorials pub
lished in The Baltimore sun must know, De
cause hr has been repeatedly So Informed. that
German IS a truly bad man; Senatorial Boss
~ the worst and most dcprlvcd typ" all thai
he and his psrisans are responsible FOR III"
.party's failure 10 keep It's pledges. responsible"
for the loss Of tn House Of Representatives Last
November for 4 Republican majority In THIS
good old Democratic State. for The capture ly
.fhe Republicans II three IL 'he So 'ongr"s.
"sionnl districts, ana consequently f"r 10" loss
.of Maryland'S vote in The ncN' Ir'~ d''''i1l
"el,ctlon should the election be- thrown into thr
House"
And 10 think and know that q man responsible
for all those dire disasters 10 the Democratic
party should be- able 10 control ihrr"rour'hS ~
the Democratic county conventions AMI through
them In. Democratic State Convention. d">pii"
the most desperate efforts II The 'uckoos' Why.
& Is almost enough 10 make one lose fli'h In tn"
political virtue aud Integrity - The Mar,lnnd
Democracy. And how disappointed. not 10 say
dcsoa'c and nconsolable the Maryland 'uckooS
must feel, Only last Thursday "Th" sun. In
leading editorial on "Smashcr German. r.
marked that. when Boss gets 10 me POM
'of threatening 10 smash things unless III" poo
'plc let him have his own way. W" can pretty
safely predict that he has gotten 10 that last
ditch In which the defeated shuttle on The mortal
coil" So confident. Indeed, was The editor nat
Mr. German was ;narching'to his Waterloo. ami
So happy was hr that he became almost Jocosr
az the Senator's expense and drew on Inc f"ik
lore IL Uncle Rcnus 10 Illustrate The unhappy
state 10 which he had been reduced MIR. Cor
man does not look well In the role Of Hector.
wrote the editor THE threat imputed 10 him
rather suggests Uncle I.cnus's story Of the Tar
Baby and Br'cr Rabbit. Br'er Rabbit had been
STEALING Cabbages with impunIty for a long
..time but he finally venturcd to strike the Tar
Baby. aud as a result the offending paw stuck
fast Then Br'cr Rabbit began 10 threaten to
Il, Ia. I'm tu npt
go But his quiet opponent WAS not constituted
after that fashion. and in pursuance of his
threat TO smash things the unfortunate Rabbit
soon had all Of his feet stuck fast and found
himself the prisoner Of the despisesl Tar Baby.
"It looks very much rs II the Maryland Tar Baby
had already gotten at least one Of Br'cr Rab
bit Germans paws in custody. and We advise
him to compromise on that and not undertake
ito do any smashing. He ought TO be thankful
IF he Is permitted to escape without any more
"cabbagcs. The public Tar Baby II a quiet and
patient creature, and will stand any amount Of
"mcre sass from distance. but when political
Rabbits. no matter how cunning, attempt 10
smash Ii they always get the worst Of ii. Do
mot be 'smashcr,' Br'er Rabbit, but keep away
from the Maryland Tar Baby II You value your
"skin. Br'er Fox Is too smart 10 help you out Of
"your trouble this time
The fight Is not ended yet. but at present the
occupant Of the last ditch II there be- one Is Ger
talnly not German. Neither does the Maryland
Democratic Bier Rabbit answer to the name Of
German. The Democratic fractional contest in
Maryland differs from the warfare within the
party that the Democrats Of nearly all the other
Southern States are waging with vigor and bit
terness-a warfare which the philosoplc Secrc-
tary OF the Treasury finds so exhilarang which
awakens his admiration and excites his en'husi-
asm, and makes him SO hopeful Of Democratic
success next year. In Maryland the silver ques-
ton cuts little or no figure 1t Is a fight between
Clevelandsm and Gormanism, and 1.-THE Sun"
edtOrially declares that "Clevelan1 Democracy
land Gormanism can no more mix than oil and
water In the same receptacle and also that
''the Cleveland Democracy cannot without sac
''rlhce OF principle support any candidate In the
estate convention who * not emphatic and
pronounced In his opposition to and condemna-
''tion Of GOrmanism and all 1t implies" We are
not quite certain that the Democratic party In
Maryland Is following Secretary Carllse's recipe
for party harmony. but II would appear from the
editorial expressions we have quoted from the
leading Cuckoo newspaper Of that State. and
from other expressions Of an even more threat