The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-15
Mr.. Bryan md Tammany Hall.

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It is not remarkable that Mr.. BRYAN,
during his recent visit to New York, was
careful not to interfere with the course of
our municipal politics. The political field
In which he Is playing is national and not
local, and 1t would be neither becoming nor
profitable for him to thrust his advice on
the managers Of an incidental contest and
attempt to dictate to them.
In New York he had last year. and still
has, the active and earnest support of the
great and only Democratic organization,
Tammany Hall. His and Its political for.
tunes are wrapped up together, so far as
this city. and perhaps consequently this
State, are concerned. It's gain will be his
and its loss his, for he may be considered as
the permanent leader of the Chicago De-
mocracy until 1900. at least. Hence, very
naturally, he takes pains to refrain
from anything that might be en-
barrassing to the Tammany leaders
and their plans with reference to the
municipal campaign. He knows that he
will share in the profit If they carry the
election next November, and that II they
lose 1t the loss may be fatal to his prospects
in 1900. 1t Is sufficient for him to be as
sured of their loyalty, and Of that, appar-
emily, he has left New York with salts
factory evidences. Mr.. SHEEHAN simply
begged him not to interfere with the little
game of pretending to hide Organism which
they are playing.
OF course, Mr.. BRYAN must know very
we'll that the trick will not work, and
that the Chicago platform must make the
issue which alone will give life to the
campaign. 1t is possible, however, that he
assents to the suggestion that in the pre-
liminary Of the Tammany poll
t~icians, undertaken to patch up a simula-
crum of Democratic unity, that trouble.
some issue may be kept in the dark. Mr..
BRYAN has been told by them with
some truth that there are in New York
gold Democrats who might be captured by
Tammany this year II it should discreetly
stop talking about silver. They are the
Democrats, too, who have money, n Tam
many was never more greedy for money
than it is now. 1t wants to run an expen.
sive campaign; and hence Mr.. SHEEHAN
feels hat he cannot afford to ALLEVIATE the
goldbugs, for the goldbugs are the money
bags. The great Tammany vote is silver,
but it is poor. n gold is rich.
N"is ANp thSiSiOiC, oSShho !" hoNC
consented to retire from New York after
this ticklish situation of affairs was ex-
planned to him, in order to leave his
Tammany friends free to deal with it as
circumstances might require. Tammany is
in a very trying place. 1t is between two
fires. Unquestionably the maintenance of
Democratic regularity requires that it
should stand openly and firmly on
the Chicago platform, which now is the
only official standard of regular De.
mocracy. But if it reafirms the Chicago
platform and dominates an ~out-and.out
Bryan Democrat for Mayor, it will inevita-
bly, destroy all chance of help from the gold
Democrats, pecuniary and political. II 1t
backs down from that platform, or pursues
the policy of silence as to 1t which Mr.. SHEE.
A has been considering, its nomination
would be worthless, for the election of its
candidate will be impossible. In order
to gain an uncertain and i~ncalculable
quantity of gold votes, it would ALLEVIATE
and exasperate a great part, probably
the great majority of the 135, OOC
voters who followed it last year 80 en-
Enthusiastically into the Bryan camp. More
over, it would risk seriously its title tc
regularity, with regard to which it is sc
solicitors. If 1t ignores" tho Chicago
platform, with a view to the Cancellation o.
the goldbugs, a ticket nominated SQUARED,
on that platform, a s~traight-out Bryant,
ticket, Is sure to be put in the field, ant
the party nominating it would have goot
claims to the title of sole regularity, To-
which Tammany strives first of all.
> 1t was in the mids of this very cmbar
RAISING situation for Tammany Hall tina
, Mr.. BRYAN came to New York and Xix,
!, a prudent mar he took himself away from
1t as soon as wa decent. Manifestly Their
was nothing for him to do, and 1t was dan
gerous for him to assume any responsible,
in the premises or to have it assumed tina
he had any.
: The Chicago platform. as he well knows
is a fact. 1t Is now the regular and the onl
regular standard of Democracy, and a
every Democratic organization solicitous O
= political regularity must stand on 1t iron
. necessity, the way in which the questio,
now troubling Tammuny will be settled |
q foregone conclusion.
10 The New Doctor