New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19
A DISHONEST PARTY.

Sober second thought acQultS the Delho'i"'N
Convention az Buffalo Of idi0cy, but only on the
ground that ii was dishonest The men VINO
Endorsed the Democratic platform do not believe
in It. many of them intend to vote against H.
and others are not honest enough 10 care
whether it is false not. The men VINO III
dorsed Bryan and Sewall deliberately intend 10
trade of their votes, as far as thcy cah' III
order TO elect Common Councllmen ana AsseIu-
blymen and other local officials VINO may heip
them TO fleece the people. The men VINO hoih-
mated candidate for Governor have not the
slightest notion of supporting him IN earnest,
and 90 not care rap whether he Is soiu
Democrat or a silver Democrat or anything
else: their only idea is TO trade for local oilces
From start TO finish the Convention was
fraud unbushing, saucy and indecent, ana II
marks the lowest point &c which the Demo
cratic party of New-York has yet descended
1t would be flattery 10 accuse most OF the dele-
gates of any intention to deceive ahypou!'
They had not even the self-respect to pretend
that they believed in the platform. or the can
didates they indorsed; or in the ticket they
nominated
Presumably the spoils hunting creatures VINO
get aboard the sinking Democratic craft az
this late day imagine that they can get Sonic
thing to eat by staying aboard until 1t Is time
for the whole thing to go under They fancy
that they are shifty enough 10 swim out III sea-
son. But this Convention marks the end of that
Infamous combination of public robbers VINO
have looted New-York City and Brooklyn and
other cities, robbed the people of this Stare
Of their rights placed their own tools in high
places by organized crime and sold them
selves to the highest bidder until nobody wants
Hall haS
against all the sensible and respectable men of
its own following and affronted the business
men Of this city and State 1t is impossible TO
imagine n more gross and glarng disregard Of
public welfare or Of the will of the people Inc
thing TO be done in New-York and every other
CITY where this league Of dishonest spoilers
has influence. is to bury it deep under the
ballots of indignant citizens that It will nave
mower In future only 10 harm any candidate
or party II may favor.
No one knows what Senator Hill may choose
TO do 1t is said that he would brand himself
rs the most shameless politician in human MS
tory II he should support ticket and PLATFORM
based on insolent Reputation of everything he
publcly declared at Chicago. That would not
trouble him nearly so much ms a lasting sepa-
ration from the only Democratic element IN
this State which has responsibility, honesty OF
| conviction and means for costly campaign
II is scarcely conceivable that he will elect TO
| commit suicide in that way, and the Bryanites
| SOON 70 have no expectation that he will help
them or they would have taken the sting out
Of their platform All that IS most rcvOu
| tionary and dangerous in the Chicago utterance
| all that Senator Hill most passonately de
| nounced the New-York Convention expressly
| approves leaving him TO crawl In with humlia-
| zion or 70 20 out n badly belated boter. The
| circumstance that the state Convention was
manipulated throughout by Mr.. Hits instru-
| mentS leads to the query whether he is at pres
ont ambitious to direct two parties ar once. If
no does not succeed better than Mr.. Bryan in
being the candidate Of two parties, the OK
perlcnce will not be happy for him.
This shameless disregard Of public welfare
| and of common honesty by the Democratic or
| caniZation of NewYork ought 10 assure not
merely n defeat in the State by the greatest ma
! iorry ever known. not merely Overwhelming
| defeat in the Legislature. but complete defeat
| also in every city where the organization has
n foothold and in every Congressional district
where il has a hone of elcctng Congress
man 10 favor free silver. reputation and An
arclv. and to make war upon the business in
tercstS Of this great commercial and manufact-
urng State. The Sound Money Democrats pro-
pose to he represented by full State and Con
gressional ticket. il IS announced but whore
there is not entire certainty Of defeating the
rcpudiators otherwise there ought 10 be such
concentration of loyal and honest money
voters as to make clean sweep