New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-24
TAXING "SWEET COCNSEL"

.rl,. TriIuu. extends "A cordial wrlcom" Ia the
m.uh.rs ~ ia. State Democratic Editorial A-so-
citation. now holding IT. sessions I'D 'h'S ''''
No EDITOR even Of Democratic weekly news
paper In thu remote Interior. can satisfactorily
discharge his duty 10 hi constituents without
making al least one annunl visit To ihr m'u"p"'
lis few days experience ~ TIE h">pi'ai'"@
Of the city serves 10 cnlarg" his horizon ana com
pl.r his equipment fer III" manifold ahd com
ulicated functions which he j. called upon I"
exercise ~ the guide. philosopher p"hticIi l"'''f
and counsellor ~ The community he 'lnmi"a''s'
And We take great pleasure" III shNlhg 10 ""f
Democratic visitors. or rather 10 IN" falnli's u"u
friends whom they have LEFT ~ home mat III"
METROPOLIS is much safer than 1t us'h la be-.
wear or two ago they would have deem exposed
10 temptations which do not now haunt 'h'm'
selves As for instance they would nave s'fu'h
in almost any bLrroon groups "i p'ilo'r'''
statesmen ~ a genial nature and c"nNl'iAl hibl',
VIII, would have insisted Oh scirin en- up -
,f,cn that the chlnces would have been ten 10
ouc agaius, their being able the next day 10 com
uun. sob.rly together and concert measures Tor
bringing about n Democratic revival Ana 'h"i'
would hnv. been very inadequate compensation
and small mitigation in ia" clrcunIsi1nc" That u
p,mocr,tic Polio. force and bench OF Police Jus
tlc.s insured immunity for inli-cr"tiOn~. Most
~ ,b.s. generous and warmhrlried statesmen
hay. ceased making things lively hy calls 10
..s.i '.m M again" and. II seen NJ all In public
ul,c.s ar, waiting 10 be asked That makes
Il safer here than formerly.
In the address with which the venerable pre>i-
dent of the as-ociation opened the exercises yes
,.rday he said: we have come 10 take sweet
c,,u.,l together" II IL II good thing 10 do. aud
so long as they take nothing else together and
are reasonably waichfu against knockout
drops" I'm H. all will b. well. They will be- wise,
indeed n they continue wthou, variation IN the
lin. marked ont by the president. and answer
10 every inquiry from casual persons what th'y
will take. sweet counsel And ~ they are 20
be entertained this evening ~ the Manhattan
club by Democrats who take their counsel
extra dry" instead Of sweet" we venture TO
suggest to them that they resist all solicitations
10 take counsel Of any kind that has to be pre-
coded by tn. drawing Of cork They must bear
II I'm mind constantly that though there are not
now 80 many temptations In the the way OF what
IL called hard stuff" offered by local statesmen
who had access to the city treasury and used It's
facilities TO iii the nights with music and Knock
ont the cares that infcst the day. there are still
Climb who maintain serene confidence In the
future Of the party and have not lost faith In the
vivifying influence Of the cOrkscrew III the Dem
ocra,ic editors hope TO do any business to-mor-
row. they would do well to fight shy Of to-nghts
hospitatics and take nothing stronger than
sweet counsel
We quite agree with the president Of the asso-
| citation that 1t is mot necessary for the Demo
.cratic party to change front upon any cardinal
| .prnciple it has heretofore espoused and main
| "tained." although he might have added that IL
II were necessary no party In the world r0uld 10
| II with greater ease and celebrity. But II Is not
necessary Upon all questions Of current poll
! tics II has as many fronts the questions have
aspects and there Is no earthly need OF changing
any OF them 1t would only create confusion.
Among the sweet cOunsels which they take to-
| gethcr nothing can be sweeter than the reflection
that upon every public question, be II the tariff.
| or the currency, or foreign relations, or Civil
Service Reform or income tax, or State banks, or
what not the party fronts In all conceivable d.
rections and there IL no need TO change any
front on any question In obedience to public
clamor. II was well that the president made
this early announcement For II Is barely pos
| sible that the change Of front on the part or
MANY Democratic statesmen In this town. who
since last January have fronted the door Instead
OF the bar may have aroused the suspicion OF q
contemplated general change by the party. This
suspicion will be dssipated by the sweet coun
sels' now under way.
| We repeat our cordial welcome TO the Demo