New-York tribune., 1896-04-03
A POLITICAL "TRiLBY."



The new political "Trilby' draws near It's pa
,he,ic net and ana melanchoy dtnouement. our hypno-
Of the svcngali OF the express company. viii CON.
tinue Tor tome time to enchant large audiences
Statesmen In his suite who play wind ana stringeI
Instruments In the orchestra. Blu; the intervals o,
are growing less frequent ani br,e.er Instead Of
occasional recognition, The olime friends are only
Irilbys amiable but far-away ana unmeanIng
smile Poor Trilby' With every appearance TO the
and yet clearly with no will o' his own to rasis;;
the hypnotic Influence OF Syongali who parades
own songs through him-sonetirnes the piraies'
paean Of victory. and sometimes the battle-hymn
when. IN CLEANS OF sanity. Trby has cooled toward
svengali AMI asserted himself on such occasions
one may easily imagine the leer with which Sven
gall would tell Trllby what a nice skeleton he
,n Toud make set up in handsome glass in
broken faith with Svengali embalmcd This
cannot f have Occurred iaie ho%ever There has
Morton boom was launched.
the deep Iop % n M s pa s FOR been
tor tor The las! two years with Governor Morton as
the Republican differences in the New-York County
70 ~sgs making t rcS to ,lr lead on in
He caught him early and held on TO him. As a
Sn ot han Ma a he was wa
His public life. II not illustrated by any distn-
honesty, diligence and hdelity. He had made no
enemies. but many friends. AZ a stroke Of policy
Morton 'a as s his n" % @re the y
nomination FOR GoyTnor: and in that sense pro
Unworthy ambition on the part Of Mr "' Morton IT an
AS the graceful rounding out OF his political career
ing Governor Of the great State which he had so
honorably served In other capacities. It afforded
activity which ne had always 80 much enjoyed
somewhat beyond the age a, which TIE majority
lie; and II doubtless did not enter his mind that
he efus'veness and thrust Of Mr., PlaIrs sponsor
to that gentleman which were liable to embarrass
his future freedom OF Of action aS ION, :, - b.
that all through the session OF the last Legislature
The acted Th sey. na
refused 10 obey the dictaton OF the boss. Thereby
Il he cause hsys not wilhhsis ssnsrS%. praise
1t is great pity thai he could moi have been con.
s' ins at the end O. his term WITH his honorable amb
tien fully satisfied. and hi. closing years crowned
such ala p,s, net ssSota YIN the iar
him oo great Ra9I na A%a
ing horse be dropped 30 soon 80 into the bonnet
PIa,t popped the Presidential bee No one but thoss
time when the bee was, popped The bnznng began.
the Governors amiable eyes grew slowly CLASSY.
sS sySnT 20 H "ra h"
game; and It Is for that game and for Svengall him
SELF. that the plaudiis have gone up which have so
tickled the Governors ear
All this we say is ptiful 1t is lamentabIe Tho
whole truth is-and every one except the victim OF
Svengalis hypnotic influence knows it-Ciovcrnor
Morton Is not now. and never has BEEN consider cd
seriously as q Presidential candidate The public
knows pretty much all the processes which led TO
the announcement Of his candidacy In some minds
they have caused amusement In others a feeling
bordering on Indignation that his creduty should
be SO imposed upon. That the Governors mind has
been by the buzzng In his bonnet is pretty
clearly shown by the fact, now well known that
an article in The Tribune abou. the time the Morton
boomers TO overcome his reluctance were obyi-
onsiy satr.zed vas taken In such DOWNRIGHT earnest
that he did hesitate 10 express his delight 10
the newspaper correspondents at Albany: and. II Is
said, went so far as 70 write letter OF thanks
only a question Of time when Svenga will be
counting with chuckle the bones Of q skeleton
In his political museuTi.