New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-02

RrRTEE TO UBLEDElLING.
The signal rebuke lust administered 10 Will
ian +. Harrity by the Democrats OF fehnSyi
vania cannot fail 10 give an omlnous pause I"
,he movement 10 unity the Democratic party
,his fall in certain Eastern States by judiciously
,cnorinc Tho dsruptlvc and radical issues on
which last years National campaign was made
Mr. Uarrty. who has for many years past hpS'-
lutclv controlled the Democratic organization
IN PENNSYLVANIA and been It's unqu'Stloh'd
Spokesman in Democratic National councils j
pprhaps the most conspicuous of that group oi
Eastern politicians which. though more or less
oncnly disnvOwing the principles adopted Tor
the purposrs OF last years canvass yet nom
Iuallv suppor,cd the Democratic candidates ana
o,temntnd 10 retain mistaken It's hold upon
State and local party machinery. The Penn
svIyonio leader. indeed going even further than
Mr. German in Maryland or The managers OF
the Hill-Murphy machine in this state sane
tlono1 an unqualified Endorsement Of the chi
coco plaiform by his party following, and con
,lnued 10 occupy the post of National Commit
tocman. 10 which he had been chosen by Penn
sylvanla's anti-Bryan gold standard d"l"ga'"h
10 Chicago. Confident, too, Of his own power
success Of the RryanScwall Ticket. and had
pontedy declined To meet or welcome III" $50!
Orator of Nebraska on the lattcr's appearances
rs a rearpatform spcllb!ndcr within III" Dor
dcrs Of Pennsylvania. Though in other States
demands we're made for the designations oi Ma
tlonal Committeeman suspected oil ink"Warlh-
ness 10 the silver cause Mr.. llarrity IN spite of
his overt negligence and lcthargy, easily sur
ylvcd Chairman LoncSs purgng process ana
with the drfca, Of the frce-conage ticker last
fall he was probably justified in thinking MIN
self securely confirmed in party leadership Tor
another four years.
Personal and fractional enemies had found,
however in his attitude toward the Chicago
platform and ticket a vanagc-ground for re-
newed opposition. and an agitation was started
nv the leaders Of the radical silver element to
overthrow his authority and deprive him OF his
place rs Pennsylvania representative on the
National Committee Mr. lIarrlty. following the
examine of Mr. German in Maryland and the
Tammanv leaders of this Stale. had early in
the summer declared himself in favor OF n
nolicv of cOmpromise and Cancellation which
should eliminate from the State campaign all
reference 10 the issues on which the Pres-
Dental election Of 1896 had been lost; ana 10
his inspiration. doubtless, may he traced the
ample and luminous party platform adopted by
n convention In Montgomery County friendly
TO his interest and thereafter accepted as typical
Of his view Of Democratic obligations and pol
lev. The platform read; We reaiiirm and
| pledge our everlasting faith in and devotion
"to the immortal principles of the Democratic
party which principles, we maintain are cS-
| "scntiay necessary for the hcalthfu existence
| land continued preservation Of government
"of the people, FOR the people and by the pro-
| "ple" The most Immortal principle OF the
| whole collection was. OF course. clearly under
stood TO be- the retention Of Mr. Harrty. In spite
OF his single gold -standard opinions. mt the head
| of party organization committed in consis-
| tepcy and honor 10 the maintenance or the cX-
octly opposite theory Of free silver coinage.
The Harrity campaign for suppression and
| harmony ended on Tuesday nj Reading. and its
outcome can scarcely be considered an encour-
! aging one to the Democratic managers In other
| States who are cynically clamoring for the
| preservation Of the party organization at any
| sacrifice of party opinions or principles. The
| PENNSYLVANIA convention, instead OF accepting
Mr.. Uarrity's non-committal and sclf-stultify-
| ing programme reafiirmed its adherence TO the
| Chicago platform and its faith in Mr.. Bryan 5
| leadership and by a vote of 300 to ia Endorsed
| the preyious action Of the State Central Com
| mittee I'm declaring Mr. IIarriiys post as Ma
| tionai Committeeman vacant, and choosing
James NJ. Gufcy n radical silver Democrat, to
| fill the place
| The dcposNd goll-standard leader asserts -
| and apparently with entire justice-that neither
| the State Committee nor the State Convention
is competent to deprive him OF membership in
the National Committee that body alone having
| power To create vacancies or TO decide when
| they exist But though through this technical
! i,y Mr. Harrlty may still be enabled TO retain
nominal representative status. his real power in
| Democratic politics in Pennsylvania has prob
| ably vanished with Tuesdays defeat. His posi-
ton was. indeed. illogical and untenabe from
the beginning No political party. however de-
| moraliZed for the moment. can afford 10 roler-
ate insincere and hypocritlcal leadership; nor
can a cynical and makcshift programme like
Mr.. Harrlty's hope TO commend itself even TO
| the least scrrpuous and most disciplined polti-
! cal following. The slap In the face which the
Pennsylvania manager has received in his Of
| fort TO eliminate last years issues from this
/ years canvass should prove n warning TO strad-
! ding Democratic statesmen elsewhere who
| lack the courage to face conditions as they are