New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
TIE IlfpENDLNG ROW-WOWS.

TIE IMPENDING BOW-WOWS.
Are we really on the brink Of ruin? Shall
xre all 90 TO the bow vows IL the universal eX-
mediation Is fulfilled, and Mckinley Is nomi-
mated next week at ST. Louis? And will the
bow-wows we go 10 Immediately after that
untoward event be only preliminary 10 deep
or bow-wows. into which We shall be plunged
by his election: and will these bow-wows open
continually into lower bow-wOws until the
whole continent shall become wilderness ana
free institutions pass away like the last uiuia'
tions of a bench show: And shall we, para
phrasing Millions fallen angel, stand on the
brink Of II and cry, (Which way we NY are
"bow-wows: ourselves are bow-wows, ana I'D
"these lowest bow-wows still lower bow-wo"S
threatening to dcvour Us open wide' 10 Wh''h
"these present bow-wows seem Ike the chFp-
"ings OF n canary bird? No. no; let us hope
not 1t will he very dreadful. OF course. II NC
Kinley is nominated and will continue to grow
more dreadful until he is elected. But let us
bruce up. TO quote still further from the same
authority. "Al il not lost Mr.. fiatt VIII
come back from 81 Louis ana with hlIn-coh-
tinuing the quotation-"the unconquerablc WILL
"nnd study OF revenge, immortal hate. and
courage never to submit or yield. IT VIII
not be so bad, after all. rs some OF our con
temporaries and their hlgh-prccd correspond
cnts apprchcnd We must not permit ourselves
TO think So 1t will affect unfayorably our
general health.
Here IS a correspondent OF one Of or low
priced contemporaries with hghpriccd stan
who spreads terror by tclcgraphing TO his
| newspaper the most alarming things about
Mark Hanna and Mckinley in language suiil-
| centy lurid 10 start riot. and abundant
| enough TO stop n clock. He says Mark Hanna
| IS "pompous" and red faced," and that he
| heads Syndicate" "a combine conspiracy
| TO make prey and spoil OF the Presidency
| The object Of the syndicate, he says, us the
| white House its tool. Mckinley: money with
| "out stint mendacity without limit, make up
| ITS method" This is warm language. but he
| grows warmer, and says: at has taken It's
| candidate out Of the pawn wherein his credit
| "ors held him. brushed him free from the miro
| "of the bankruptcy into which he had blum
"dercd. and, refreshed and rcfurbshcd, now
"se,s him before the Republicans N one TO be
| their chief nominee and the signs are that the
| "party will accept him" The success OF this
| candidate. he says, means the piracy OF the
| White House." which Will at once set IN. y
| Then follows this rather discouragns picture
| Of what will come after Mckinlcys election:
| "The Cabinet Is TO be n Hanna ring; the pat
| "ronagc IS to be looted 10 the utermost Office;
| "thc bourse Is to be made TO pusatc with fear
| cor throb with hope: the markets are To 60 up
cor 60 down, and Hanna and his fclow-harpics
| "are to grow rich and noble In conjunction.
| This Is picture calculated TO make Innocent
persons who read cheap newspapers, without
knowing the temptations to which space-writ-
ers are exposed, flee into the businesses and
| refuse TO register.
| "To-night" says this halrlftcr and blood
curdlcr 1.-The Republicans delegate and boss
| "and hanger-on-arc coming H. Have you ever
seen how vulture and buzzard and raven come
| "winging 10 where some red, raw carcass fcs-
tiers and shines In corallInc putridity upon the
| plains: If you have it may give you some
| motion OF these Republicans rs they come wing
"ing to the convention, each hoping to be
filled" Except for its hcarircnding char
acter, this would pass for one Of the best things
In the language Especially in It's reference TO
| "corallIne putridity," which we do not remcm-
Der to have seen anywhere ivfore But then,
| Of course 1t has to be hcartrcnding In order
TO stir the emotions Of n onc-ccnt constituency.
1t IS a powerful piece Of ord-paintng, and the
best description Of the impending bowwows
| somewhat overdrnwn.
It IL In much more hopeful strain that our
esteemed contemporary, ''The NcwYork Her
ald," addresses It's readers in nm extremely lucid
| and suggestive leader, adorned with the per
| spicuous but somewhat extended title: "Mr.
| "IcKin Is Sure To BE Nominated; For We
Don't Think Big Hat Harrison Has the Slight
| "est Chance" In this article our contemporary
effectually disposcs OF big Hat HARRISON, who,
1t says "hns purely imaginative thoughts with
reference to the American Eagle 1t not only
recognizes the facts Of the existing situation,
but frankly says: I'VE have great hopes that
"Mr Mckinley will be nominated for then the
Republican party will stand good chance of
'beng defeated on its merits" With moro
than Its usual lucdty our contemporary then
proceeds to point out that what we want, and
what we should secure, is a sensible, Intelligent
IMAM for President, such as we have had-n
second Cleveland, ia fact" 1t Is an article
which every one should read. We shall be sur
prised II there Is not large demand for the
issue in which 1t appeared for several days 10
come. We regret to say that the somewhat
hopeful vein In which it begins runs Off toward
the close, and the conclusion is that ut will be
financial anarchy and chaos for the next -four
years There Is a CLEAN OF hope in It's state
ment that "a great statesman can stop this.
but the trouble is that there isn't one in sight
except Cleveland, and he has already told the
captain Of n baseball nine that he is tired OF
A., the whole business.
And yet! and yet let us not despair. We may
| not 60 to the bow-wows, after all The bow
| vows come early in the morning. II we take