New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10

| David 3. Hill says 1t Is revolutionary to steal
delegates in the National Convention. David
prefers to steal Senators in the Legislature.
! Here are the two Platforms
Republican: Demaocratlc; ,,
| cent Dollars ana dollars ana oa"dust!
George Fred Williams seems to have fallen
| comparatively fiat at Chicago. OF course. that
which would be reckoned as fatness In the case
Of George Fred would be rotundity in almost
| anybody else. but statesman must submit to
| be judged according to his own standard We
| do not certainly know why he has declined below
| himself but we surmise that 1t Is because he has
| omitted to weep. There Is no record OF his hav-
| Ing shed tear since he left home and fnasmuch
| as single drop would have started flood OF
dispatches IT must be assumed that nothing but
| his mouth has run over. This was fatal mis-
| take.
The financial plank of the Democratic plat
| forms begins with lie about the money OF the
| Constitution" which is entirely appropriate to
,ts origin. Anarchy and mendacity are insepa-
| rable
We are forced to admit that up 10 this point the
action Of the leading gold-standard Democrats at
It seems to be another case in which the vigor
land success OF the war have not quite come up
ito the lofty and sounding phrase Of the mani
| "festo"
The Hon. Wilson s. Bssell. arectionately
| known to a large and admiring circle OF old
friends as Big Bliss, is to be congratulated upon
his safe return to Buffalo. after brief attend
| ance in the capacity Of delegate upon the pro-
| ceedings Of the Chicago Convention. Over and
above many other claims to regard and conf
dence. President Clevelands former partner and
Postmaster General is Justly celebrated for
knowing when he has had enough. He also has
the art and habit Of saying just what he means
az times when he thinks 1t worth while to say
anything. Thus. upon being asked yesterday in
Buffalo why he had come home, he replied that
he was compelled to return on account Of private
business. Terse, but complete and conclusive.
To have added that his private business was the
preservation of his sef-respect would have been
superhuous.
1t appears that only the best was better than
the Yale crew at Henley. pretty good show
ing. after all
The wife of DR.. johnson thought 1t was super
nuous and improbable for him to ask the divine
blessing upon q meal which he would Immediate
" afterward declare unfit to eat. Somehow the
prayers for the Chicago Convention remind US
Of Mrs Johnson's sarcasm
Cleveland Is Just now an occulted orb In the
Democratic sky, its beam shut off altogether,
or perhaps, visible In cloudy nimbus which
spreads around Buzzard's Bay like loco
motive headlight In fog. They do not want
anything OF him at Chicago, not even OF his
| portrait. the only one on exhibition there being
first turned to the wall and then removed alto
rether That Is the rude way in which the
Democracy pulls down its idols showing some
times more wisdom than In setting them UP.
The Anarchists gnash their teeth at the Su-
preme Court Of the United States. DID anybody
ever suppose they wouldn't?
Doubtless there are influential members OF the
| Convention who actually suppose that the United
states contains a majority Of people like them
seves-that is to say. scoundres. They are mis-
| taken.
| Mr. William p. st. John, whose sincerity no.
body doubts thinks that the treatment he has
received at Chicago Is a poor return for the sac
rihces he has made His disappointment may be
| natural, but he had no business to keep such
company.
Tillmans capacity to make a continental ass
| and public nuisance Of himself will not be Dues
| toned by any after yesterdays performance.
William Il. Russell. he who was Governor NJ
| Massachusetts, In the recent past. never sold a
| truer thing than when he Informed the convcn-
| ton that the minds Of its members were not
| open to argument As we'll might a den Of wild
| beasts be thought OF as open to argument. The
only argument that has weight in the bear
| garden at Chicago is the argument OF brute
| force. Precedents are cast aside. rights are
ruthlessly ignored. and the convention has re-
! solved itself into Q bowling mob. Vas there