New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-16
4 SPLIT IN TIE TANDEM.

One Of the untoward results Oh the h"'"i""
ton Of Mckinley, It IS TO be feared, VIII DC
the breaking up Of the tandem team comprising
The New-York Sum- and ''The New-lorK
Evening Eczema" which Mr.. Platt has handled
SO skifully during his Anti-Mckinley campaign.
This has been one Of che most inspiring spec
tacles of the greatest moral circus on EARTH n
combination of mrth and melancholy, TINT for
several weeks has kept the whole country
vibrating with emotion. now bowling WIN
laughter, now melting In tears. 1t will be much
missed For now that Mr. Plat has no further
use for them--no use. indeed, for anything put
an ambulance-the tandem must fall apart.
Still. let us not grievc as those from whom nope
has fed Fo- there is consolation in the
thought that. though no longer In harness TO-
ccthcr each will continue To contribute IN us
proper sphere TO the merriment or the wretch
cdncss Of its own constituency "The sun VIII
continue to conN ulsc its readers with lis world
famous middlc-nnmc plc0sanirlcs, ana inc
Eczema" will not cease 10 keep lis own scicct
circle Of dcvotecs. In the subducd and awe
stricken mental frame which so BELTS worship
pcrs ut the shrine of tho pythian Apollo.
Preparatory to the separation 'Thc sun. still
constant to It's chief. pays 10 him one OF lis most
glowing tributes Viewing him as the "rcat
Champion of Honest Money. who has rescued
the Republican party. and by consequence the
whole country from the pcrils of imitation ana
repudaiion which were threatened by the nom
nation of Mckinley. our esteemed contempo
rary remarks in n burst of enthusiastic adinira-
ton that since Roscoe Conl.ling made his great
fight for third term for Grant sixteen years
ago. there las been seen no such powerful mas
terry over political gathering or such heroic
"fathfulncSs 10 n purpose as that exhibited ny
"Thomas G. Plntt In his fight for The adoption
"of an honcst-moncy plank 10y the Republican
delegates ut ST Louis" This Is very hand
some II makes one almost forgot that Mr.
Platts powerful mastery" has resulted In his
being overwhelmingly defeated n every point
except In securing half vote each In 'hc Con
vcnton for Howard Carroll and Thurlow Weed
Barnes And II makes one forget entirely rs 10
the honcstmoney question, over which our
esteemed contemporary IS 50 much exercised
that II supported not 20 many years ago
"grccnbacA" candidate upon n platform which
said in terms: we demand the issue Il such
money In sufficient quantities 10 supply the
actual demands Of trade and commerce In nc-
"cordancc with the increase OF population AMI
"the development OF our Industries" But the
tribute Is none the less beautiful.
The second member Of the tandem The Ec
zcma"-is not so complimentary 10 Plat. In
deed It INDUCES in flnC al that successful
tandem toocr charging him with playing COY
crnor Morton for first place II he could get
1T and falling that. ms willing candidate for
second pacc"-a scheme which. II says, was
upset by the Governors sending n telegram 10
Mr. Dcpcw refusing TO have his name used
"for second place" We have feared all along
that 1t might come 10 this Even when our
esteemed contemporary said. In n burst Of can
dor "lf we must have either platt or Mcliin
LEY, better have Plat If we have TO choose
between eczema md double pneumonia, give
us eczema" we had n strong suspicion that
II would begin saying unpleasant things about
Plat as soon as Mckinley seemed inevitable
But It has an uncommonly kindly word AT part
ing for Mr. Platts candidate for President OF
Governor Morton It says, with natural condo
scension, but with sweetness that makes the
reader rub his eyes, that he Is "entitlcd 10 much
"crcdlt for the straightforward manner In
(which he has held himself as n candidate be-
fore the st. Louis Convention" Also that "thc
Governors course In regard 10 n Nicc-I'rcs
dental nomination was equally wise and dis
Greet" This may be qualified praise but 1t
Is praise from Sir Hubert Stanley" which as
praise lnucc0. Ana tnlS, 100, makes one al
most forget that Governor MOrton's candidacy
has never represented anything but Mr.. Platt.
and that prior tc our contemporaries expressed
preference for the eczema and Plntt. or Plat
and the eczema, Plat was In It's view the en-
bodlment OF political wickcdness and the in
carnation Of all sorts Of political crime
And so the tandem is severed. rs the driver
dsmounts. ''The whole formidable IS dis
solved" And the bold Sir Bcdivcre at ST.
Louis, seeing all his candidates go down and
all his claims obscured. may well say:
Where shall hide my forehead and my eyes7
For now see the true old times dead,
When every morning brought noble chance.
And every chance brought out noble knight.
1t was a great net in a great circus.