New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-05

The srs we have scarcely heard whisper In the
s sS now The Demo,Pops at their wits end.
rtSy have new issues with which TO go
beiG,xs the money question. They care nothing
% for the free coinage Of silver they realize that
issssssanSrv Their campaign leaders now are abso-
,Sa,ely Incompetent They lack ability enough even
w.S the ola and worn-out charges against the
Wsrehouse Commission aoop; grain inspeciion:
!. he old ones. copy an editorial or two from The
st,ers the last week Of the campaign They dared
not make these oharSes earnSr; tney jsared ON, our
as Mere is no, time f5r answer. they seek 10
I'm by fraud and deceit
r1-TILE ATTACKS ON MIR EUsTIs
~, different character are the attacks made
=, The Republican nominee for Governor, Will
,.,, II Eust:s In State whore it is neces-
cory 10 print instructions to voters in eight
,Inerent languages 1t would be difficult. Of
-, rse. Cor a certain class of politicians TO re-
81, the temptation Of invoking race prejudces
.rs,nst a political opponent. Mr. Eustis is seri-
o.sly accused OF harboring a deep resentment
.rs,nst Swedes in general and against the
svedes OF Minneapolis in particular. Some
wars ago. il seems. he was Mayor Of Mnneapo-
rs For many months after his election and
oscillation as Mayor a Swedish campaign club
ao,rished in the city-nourished. 1t would APP
ear because no one in particular thought OF
royirC rent for the clubrOOmS and the land
iord-can there be such lar dords this side or
me after?-seemed not overanXious for his
,-,rev But the DAY Of reckoning finally came.
II came and found the club treasury empty. In
his dilemma a committee visited Mayor Eusts.
Would Mr. Eusts pay the rent? Not by a
- sght" the Mayor is said 10 have respond
81 though as TO the exact language used on
that occasion reports differ. But as 10 what
followed after the suggestion was made that
this was a swedish club there is practical una
= n.
clubs after election wish hadn't been elected
Mayor. and that not single Swedish vote had
been cast for me-
ont OF this incident the Democratic managers
have tried u build UP an argument tending 10
nrove Mr Eustis's hatred for the festive and
cuh-devotcd Swede. on intelligent voters OF
that nationality the argument has been lost,
and on the very few swedes lacking in intelli-
genoe il has certainly made no lasting impress
Touallv frivolous and quite as ineffective has
been the attack on Mr.. Eustis which connects
his name with the maangement ~ financial
concern which its promoter cited when the
cpp0rtune moment came. Mr. Eusts was made
director o.. the concern without his knowledge
or consent and never knew that his name had
been used until the bubble burst The most
stringent inquiry has failed 10 saddle him with
any responsibility. moral or otherwise in this
matter.
THE SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.
The Democratic canvass being conducted
interesting perhaps TO note what the sound
money forces of the Democrats are doing. Two
years ago they bent all their energies TO defeat
ing the candidates e the Democrauc-P opulistic
coalition. In speaking of the Sound Money De
mocIaCy ia Minnesota. however. il would be
Wei 10 draw sharp distinction between al.
organized political machine and scattered.
eaGeTless band Of OcVotees. held tOg 'fhtr ly
the ties If tradition and sentiment. and active
yart!saus only ~ the seisv that pride of opinion
IN hem was superior to judgment and the dc
tates II conmon-sense. IL fact. neither De-
mOcracy nor Populsm has ever been able 10
gain ia this State anything Of permanent
fo0th0d. Mr.. Cleveland il Is true, Temporarily
succeeded. but for a very brief time only, in
blowing what seemed 10 be the breath ~ life
into The Cay image which Pat Kelley and
Mike DoTan had managed with much labor
and trouble 10 set up here. but the INNS co!,
lapsed long before MI Cleveland had finished
the first year IF his second term. and the De
mocracy Of Pat" and Mike" has long since
passed into the diwness OF political stone age,
70 be resurrected only by the occasional research
Of a deliver in political curiosities
What survived that period was swallowed in
tn great silver flood Of 1896. Sound Money
Democrats. with Few EXCEPTIONS peIeiI1is me
painful situation IF unwilling passengers or
ship steered 10y honest pilots 10 drifting ann
lessly about in hulk scuttled by pirates Inc
exceptions. here as elsewhere. are pollu'la1S
with little or uo conscience. whose return u the
fold is eyed suspiCiCusly by the new leaders ~
the party. and whose old friends have frequently
: DlnethluE more IMAM mere SIlus '4 -4ir
shoulder for what seems 20 them and others an
surrender Of principle. The rank ana
file OF the Sound Money Democracy. composed
as IL is 4 business men with only an indirect
interest in politics and no political ambition 10
CRAFTY. stands TO-DAY where il stood two wears
sgo-in favor Of sound principles Of hnance ana
ar honest discharge If honest debts. It's voice
Is not heard very loudly i'm the campaign. nqt
Is influence viii nevertheless be felt at the
POLLS next Tuesday
TIE TWO DOUBTFUL DISTRICTS.
The conservatism 4 the Republican party in
the state finds a striking illustration In the re-
nomination of the seven Representatives in
Congress 10 which the safe is entitled. OF the
seven districts not more than twO-the With
an the NIlth-Can, politically speaking ue
considered doubtful Both were carried in 1876
ly he Republicans Page Morris being elected
IN the With 10y a majority Of 1O1. and Frank NJ.
EDDY In the With by majority oi LII Inc
With would not now be ClasseC as doubtful
were K not for the character OF It's population
and the peculiar conditions under which II was
settled II i the newest district in the state.
and Us settlers sWarmed over II at time when
agriculture promised fair returns The disas-
ir0us period II agricultural depression ensued,
turning the district into hotbed Of Popullsn.
OF an the Minnesota Congress districts indeed,
this j. the only one probably in which the cause
Of free silver can be said 10 have gained any
f00fholQ and mere the Democratic speakers IN
the course II the present canvass nave 10 some
extent succeeded IN keeping this dlscredited
&sue prominently to the fore, 10 inc tACIuSi'H
Of almost every other question Of either State
or National interests
In the With District an influx Of foreign born
and uMtcrate miners has given vitality 10 the
otherwise moribund cause Of Democracy and
P0pulisln The extraordinary popularity OF
Charles 4 TOWne with certain class Of people
that arrays itself under any and all crcum-
stances "ag'n the Government also conpels
the Republican MANAGERS Of the campaign 10
watch The interests ~ the party and us canal
date in the district Page Morris, with more
than usual care Mr. Morris made a brilliant
canvass in 1896. be served IN the House of kep-
resenfatiyes with credit. and he has at no TINE
permitted himself 20 lose SIGHT OF me INTERESTS
Of his constituents only supreme folly or blind
craftsmanship VIII make the people OF puiuth
forget the services he has rendered them Inc
remaining districts are safely kepup i'cah ny
mai0rfties ranging from five thousand - ten