New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-02
GILL II OEE.

CALI II ORR.
State Convention has been called by the
Democratic State Committee to meet az syria
cuse on the oath of this month. We nave no
wish 10 interfere with the innocent amusemeh's
Of any man or body of men; but really What
the use of this Convention! There was S'ate
Convention at Syracuse on Thursday OF last
wcek Not a large Convention, 10 be sure-it
consisted of sixty-sever deegates-but an en-
thusiastic and thoroughly harmonious BODY
which passed resolutions and made mountainous
and listened to stirring remarks from eloquent
orators and appointed Il State COMMITTEE ana
did everything, in short that polltical coh'eh-
ton could do. 1t could not have done more hid
there been thousand delegates in attendance
and it probably would not have been half so mar
monious or had half so good time 1t was Il
convention of the party which in 1870 ana ~
acted as pilot fish for the National Democratic
party in steering that party into power. IN
some States the Democracy adopted It's PLATFORM
in others It ratified It's nominations ana sup
ported its ticket; while in all it coGuetted win
the leaders made deals with its committees, ana
adapted itself in every way to It's peculiar prin-
ciples and doctrines by ambiguous utter
ances and non-committal avowals. what was
Of more importance. it adopted as It's own TINS
party's demand for an income tax which
Democratic Congress enacted into legislation
and Democratic President approved
II was Il convention of this pilot fish party
which met at Syracuse the other day What's
the matter with ratfying its action by the
Democratic State Committee and 80 getting rid
of the expense aud bother and the risk OF fa'-
tional disturbances 10 be incurred by thls
Democratic Convention called for the 2ith! Al
the convention Of the Peoples Party every
thing passed off with absolute smoolhncSs. MT
Dean. who presided. was introduced as THE best
looking man in the Peoples Party in New-lork
"Statc" Could a Democratic Convention do
bctter than that in the selection of Il chairman!
Hardly. Unless, indeed. De Lancey Nico should
be chosen-bu De Lanccy Is too handsome io
he really and truly good. Then, too, II II should
come 10 a competition on the score OF personal
bclu,v-why that If We rightly remember was
the original cause Of the Trojan war, and Sen
oior Mummy does not want another Trojan war
lie has trouble enough In Troy now. Moreover
Dean. on taking the chair, made n speech fun
of emotion" In which he sad he stood as
converted hackslidcr who for a year had been
"outsilc the fold" In This respect also the CON
vcntion Of last week must hold over any pos
sibc Democratic Convention this year. for'
hovsocycr many different kinds of delegates they
may get together in Democratic Convention IL
i not in existing political conditions nor IN the
nature Of things that they can get hoia ol
converted backslidcr. They migh' perhaps
set M a competition in this line II Judge o'ayhor
of Brooklyn should happen to he delegate pu'
Gavnor is 50 many kinds Of a slider mat ne
could hardly compete as. strictly speaking
converted backslider." Another thing: froVl-
dencc has It's eye on Gaynor. or Gaynor mas MS
eve on Providcnce-we forget wmch-as cahui-
date for Mayor Of Brooklyn. No. Gaynor Is not
in il: there is no converted backshder eiislpic
Dean also depicted the situation in language
with which no Democrat liable to be delegate
70 the Convention of the 2ith would dare com
pete The destinics of 7O,00O,Ow people, ana
perhaps the entire world said Dean address
ing the sixty-seven delegates with all his clothes
| on and in an apparently unrufilcd state OF mlnh,
rest on your shoulders; for If the Republic be
| shattered know not where We should lay our
'headS" In this Dean was little nconse-
quent but evidently sincere. Continuing he
said: Undoubtedly the rulers Of aristocratic ma
"tions are conspiring for our ruin. They are
combining TO down the American Republic
| quietly secretly and in an underhandci way.
! We doubt if any delegate to the Convention of
the oath will have the courage 10 state the facts
! in Just that way, though there may be thousands
| Of Democrats who agree with The New-York
/ World that the enforcement Of the Sunday
! closing law makes it absolutely certain that the
rulers OF ariStocratic nations are consprlng with
! the members Of arstOcra;ic clubs 10 down the
American Republic And yet Bourke Cochran
is sufficiently eoquent-bu it Is not at all likely
that he will be delegate. Can We rule our
selves" continues Dean. Are we competent to
make laws and - execute them 10 which he
replies that for the past twenty years the
answer would be in the negative" In this
Dean seems to us TO be little Off. We call for
ii division of the question. Are we competent
to make laws? Under Democratic Admins
tration yes laws of all sorts till you can't rest.
ITO execute them Well, under the same kind
Of Administration? Not much Not If any one
objects 10 it.
/ We have no hesitation in saying that Deans
/ speech was il "corker." If the Convention Of
! the 18th is expected 10 furnish anything that
can compare with it in latitude and longitude
and statistical accuracy and prophetic forecast.
and pumping floods Of emotion into dry eyes.
and holding siXty-scven delegates together with
the destnics OF 7O.OOO,OOO people, and perhaps,
the entire world resting on their shoulers-we
! can only say somebody, possibly the whole
! Democratic Party, will be disappointed. But
| what's the Use Of having another con-
venton. anyway The party which struck
| the keynote and led the way for trium-
plant Democracy in 1890 and 1892 has taken the