New-York tribune., 1908-04-19
1EW YoRK Ar DENrER.

our valued contemporaries The World
and The Times" struggling heroicaHy TO
extract some conlfort from a minor incident in
the proceedings Of the Democratic State Con
vention Thaj incident, scarcely noticed in the
crush Of more important happenings. was the
passage ny the convention in an odd moment
Of a resolution giving some unsolicited advice
10 Democrats OF other states to their duty
in the matter Of selecting delegates to the
Democratic National Convention. This reSolu-
ton passed unanimously, probably because the
statesmen assembled in Carnegie Hall were
entirely preoccUUied with the weiChter prob
lem Of enforcing the Murphy -Conners notion
Of home rule in domestic politics The New
York convention. although exhibiting in its
own proceedings the most fagrant disregard of
equity, restraint and rational deberation. put
itself on record exhorting the Democratic
party in other states 10 practise all the virtues
which the New orh managers considered en-
tiIely SuperfuoUs in themselves. Said Mr.
Murphy and Mr.. Conners in their appeal to
the party outside New York:
Therefore We representing the party in the
greatest state CT the Union. state whose cleo
tOTal vote is essential 10 Democratic victory
with 10 anlmoslty or hostility TOR any cailnlaalT
and animated only by devotion to the prlnclpieS
OF the party. call upon the Democracy of the
country to send TO Denver in July next. uh-
pledged. unfettered and uninstruCted. its ablest
strongest and most representative men. to the
end that out of the deiberatiou and consuIta-
ton OF such men there may be then and there
nominated a ticket which viii rally 10 its sup
port the Judgment. conscience and vote OF a ma
jority Of the citizens If the country.
We fear that the sophisticated Democrats
Of other states who have read about the Nc
Carren drumhead court martial and the strong
arm seizure Of the state committee by Mr..
Murphy and Mir. Corners may not take the
cxhortation addressed 10 them at face value
They are likely to ask why the eXhOrters 90
not practise what they preach. and why New
York does not set the example of sending 10
Denver Its abeet. strongest and most repre-
sentative men" 10 share in the deliberations
there which are to result i'm the nomination OF
an ideal Presidential ticket. Can the Demo
Gratis Of the South and West he persuaded that
the delegates named by Mr. Murphy and Mr..
ConnerS are the fine flower OF Democratic
leadership here: VIII they he encouraged 70
consult with New York's spokesmen for the
purpose of choosing a ticket which will rally
TO It's support the Judgment conscience and
vote Of Il majority of the citizens Of the coun-
try
The World" and The Times" seem TO cher
iSh the idea that the resolutions Of the con
yeutfon will carry considerable moral weight
and Will contribute materially to the preven-
ton Of Mr.. Bryan's nomination at Denver. Mr.
Bryan is probably not lying awake at nights
worrying over the prospect Of general rally
TO the congress Of 'deliberation and consulta-
tion'' which AIr Murphy and Mr.. Corners are
going to open in the Colorado capital. He
knows that these leaders VIII be governed at
Denver entirely by their own IDEAS of political
profit ana expediency and that they will have
no hesitation about supporting him. if such
support seems prudent and advisable. They
are neither for nor against Mr.. Bryan. They
are simDiv and avOyycdIv for themselves. They
are therefore in no sense a peril TO the Bryan
canvass for the Nebraska leader can have the
votes they take 10 Denver if he can show
them at any time that their interests coincide
with his. If he can produce sufficient proof
The congress of 'delfberation and consultation
VIII be called of without conjunction and
without warning