The record-union., 1896-07-12

forward and choked it, and let 1T see all
the while that it should be grateful to
him for his weight and attent1ons-the
ignoring of Grover by the Democracy
at it's national gathering slakes a long
burning thirst for revenge. The Demo-
cratic donkey is rolling on the grass OF
freedom and kicking his glad hoofs in
the silvery air. The other matter for
joy is the comb-cropping which New
York has got at Chicago. Others beside
Democrats are not displeased at this
That call ON Mr.. Whitney to postpone
his pleasure trip to Europe and save his
party and country by giving his pres
ence and a few words to the task OF
converting the Democracy of the whole
United States from the error OF its
ways, was thoroughly characteristic Of
New York. The unblinking confidence
in the unassailable soundness of its own
way of looking at things, its inability
to understand that such as differed
from the New York view could be any
thing but ignorant zea1ots, and the no.
ton that it was within the power of one
man to change the minds of half a
thousand delegates-egotism and ignor-
ance of the world such as that is to be
encountered only in metropolis and a
village. Whitney is to New York what
the Squire is to the sequestered New
England hamlet. Being a great man
at home it necessarily follows that he
must be great man everywhere else.
The Partisan ignores the rest of the
earth, the Londoner scorns it, the New
Yorker just about now is rubbing his
eyes and wondering at it. A big city
mas IN 1t so much to interest it's in
habltantS that they come inSensibly to
take 1T for granted that their affairs
are mankind's. To the New Yorker the
Jersey shore represents the beginning
or the provinces, which end at the Alle-
ghanies, beyond which lie Gaul and the
other wild abode5 of the bearded bar
barians. Recall Mr.. Cleveland's address
to the preachers less than year ago.
when in perfect good faith he spoke of
the need of sending missionaries to the
untamed West in order that gambling,
drinking and shooting might be abated
and donesticity introduced. The sign
pe1ore the Scotch tavern showing SOL
ltary Highlander with drawn sword. a
cannon ball at his feet, and beneath the
legend, ''The Battle of Waterloo" ex-
Oh Manhattan Islands relative place in
the American Union. That Squire
whitney should have failed to still the
stormy waters by stretching forth his
hand, that Squire Whitney should not
have awed the unkempt hordes from
the dark recesses of the West and
South, that Squire Whitney and those
who put their trust in him and sent
him on his modest mission should have
been laughed at-this has been a. stun
ner tor New York. That Squire Whit
ney's State and New Jersey and Con-
necticut will not support the Chicago
ticket the San Francisco Democrat is
aware, and he appears to be heartily
glad Of it, To cut loose from the self
satisfied and patronizing East and to
clasp hands with the more human
Southerner seems to strike the Demo-
cratic mind as being highly satisfac-
tory change
AT first sight, no two phenomena
could be more remote from association
than the sudden Democratic uprising
Tor silver and the love adventures of
Lucky Baldwin. But some philosophers
see IN the uprising only another ebul-
Iltl'n Of that jealousy and hatred Of the
neil, which is deep-seated in the hearts
OF The poor. Whether jealousy and ha-
lred are right words to describe the
1eellng Is a matter Of opinion, but 1t is
mighty strong When the Ashley
woman took a shot at Baldwin in the
courtroom the other day and came
within half an inch or less Of murder
ing the immoral old millionaire, 1t was
appalling to the judicious to see how the
crime was regarded by the city-not
lightly merely, but approvingly. Every
body talked of the shooting. One man
know, well placed, respectable and
usually the reverse of ferocious, said:
We'll, 1 don't assert that these Ash
ley women are any good or have any IL
cense 10 put Lucky Baldwin's light out,
but ne ought to be killed by somebody"
Ana that expressed the general senti-
ment- Perhaps this approval of assas-
sination is due to the circumstance that
Baldwin has made an amusement of
pursuing women-who probably had no
objection to being pursued-and that
chiyalry's gorge rises against him. But.
ON the other hand, 1t is known that he
has great deal of money, and it is as
sumed, as matter of course, that he
didn't come honestly by it. There
could not be more gener-
Gus or amiable man than John
Mackay. 1t was supposed that he
enjoyed more popularity than all our
other millionaires put together. vet
when he was shot IN the back on gem
eral principles by the poverty-mad-
dened Ripley, jury, on similar gen.
eral principles, let the assassin off with
a few months in Jail. No comparison
can, OF course, be made between two
men so different in character and dis
position as Baldwin and Maclay. They
nave but one thing in common, wealth
yet an attempt upon the life of either
1alIs TO shock the community. There
was no exultation in Mackay's case
certainly, but the real feeling cropped
out in the jury box just the same The
spirit that set up the guillotine in Paris
exists wherever there are marked con-
trasts in fortune. The fact is to be
/ deplored, naturally, but 1t is also well
not to forget il.
| speaking of the amiable character
1stics of the People, 1t was encouraging
10 witness their enthusiasm on the
ourth OF July here, especially their
enthusiasm for Judge Campbell. That
Jurlst rode in the procession and was
greeted with cheers throughout the line
or march. Campbell is Judge of the
Police Court. He was a practitioner in
the same before his election. Nobody
VINO understands his honor has the least
respect for him. Were you to praise him
10 politician or a reporter as a Judge