New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-07
CONNECTICUT MENDACITf.

Mr. Alexander TrOup. chairman of the Con
necticut Popocratic State Committee, has issued
n brief address ito whom it may concern. eX-
panatory of certain misleading statements given
out hy him preyiOus To the election concerning
tho probablp vote Of his State. In view OF the
foct that he insisted with much earnestness. even
ND to the closing Of the polls, that Bryan would
carry Connecticut by 5000 majority. and made
the statement upon the strength OF what no
called trustworthy actual canvass Of the voters
the difference Of over 10000 between his forecast
and the result does seem to need explanation.
The discrepancy Is too wide in a total vote so
small as that of Connecticut to pass unnoticed.
Mr.. Troup prefaces his explanatory statement
with the remark that it is in answer to scores of
uuestioners who have besieged him with III
ouries whether he was deceived into making
the statements he did before election "or whether
"thcy were made for political effect in accord
"ance with instructions from National Demo
"cratc Headquarters. TO misrepresent the con-
"diton in the Eas. for the effect It would have
"in the West
The unusual candor manifested by Mr.. Iroup
Ques,ioners in Pumping nj him the inquiry
whether he had been actually deceived himself.
or was issuing deliberate lie over his own sig
nature under instructions from Senator Jones
National Committee 10 deceive other people.
finds its complement in Mr.. Troups own frank
ness. He says no: that he was not lying NM
self either under Instructions or or his own free
will; but everybody else was lying to him. He
saws that every statement he made was an hon
est one They were based" lie continues. ION
estimates furnished me The Republicans could
mot understand them. and frankly said that
these people'-he does not say who these lreo-
Die" were-"werc either lying TO them or they
"were lying TO me. The result shows that
they lied TO me- In conclusion lie says. IN
his own very vigorous English: "Thc state
"ments made by prior 10 election were not
"made for political effect; they were made on
what / was led to believe. that former Repub-
cleans. not by the hundreds. but by the thou
sands favored the principles of the Democratic
platform and would vote for the Democratic
candidates. In plain Anglo SaXon-thcy volln-
"tarlly lied" This seems to settle the matter.
Mr. Troup has established his own veracity
over his own signature. The eager qucstioners
some Of whom may have lost money in wagers
on the strength of his predictions are all an
swered and all doubts removed. We con
graduate Mr.. Troup Oh the ease with which he
has cleared them away. Bu. We mus also De
permitted to express our regre. AT su'a a mani
festation Of total depravity Oh the part Of so
many thousand. of Connection; citizens who
with no apparen. motive personally AMI volun-
tarily lied 10 him. Mr.. Troups experience Is
unique. No man Of his period was ever the
target and victim OF such deliberate unpro-
voked and unnecessary wholesale mcndaclty.
The PsalmIst said in his haste. All men are
liars" Troup says il m his leisure, and with
deliberaiOn. ~ the ripe result Of personal cN-
perience Think Of II. Onc-thlrd the voting
population OF the whole State of Connecticut
cold blooded liars, But Tronp Is honest. Let
Us be- thankful that 80 much i saved ont of The
wreck.