Show THE DEMOCRATIC leallefp 1 with Chairman Barmm at their head are bent on adding to the long linof blunders perpetrated since the meeting meet-ing of the Cincinnati convention the serious mistake of trying to get up a fail investigation iu New Yuik All nontfct members cf the party must deprecate the movement Il is evi deuly intended by Banurn Kedy et al ai omktLiiig to distract attention atten-tion from the mistakes through < whIch tbe elction nas lost and for that reason if nothing more tue party ought to discountenance iL Let the blame for this defeat rest trbtre it belongs Do not permit the tiutu to be hidden no matter who is cruMbed by tae facts The first great obstacle in the way of victory was Jjbn Kelly to whom tbe party owes its drubbing more than to the efiorta of republicans republic-ans If last Tuesdays work shall rt suit in the overthrow as a political power ol Kelly we are uoicerUin that the democracy has lot l 1 more then it has gained Barnum also baa shown his incapacity for the great work that be undertook He > conducted the campaign UPOD prin ciples and plans that were the reverse re-verse of manly and commendable dealing in trickery and chira lery rather than working openly and honestly in a good cause If the party cannot win by fair means we sincerely hope il will always fail of success It is no argument in justification justifi-cation of roguery aad fraud to say the republican cheat lie and steal Toe party tbat indulges in those things must sooner or Jaler enflar retribution Defeat with cleanhands ia better thnn victory obtained through corruption As to this fraud cry in New York it is unworthy of democrats demo-crats The party was simply outvoted in the etate No dcubt the republicans repub-licans employed improper methods to obtain their majority They intimidated in-timidated voters and coerced employ em-ploy s but the democrats were guilty of the same things to the extent of their ability and opportunities It was a beat and the democrat who i refuses to accept the result is no better than tbe republic who quarrels because be-cause his party did not carry tbe soutb If tbe leaders of the late campaign were wise they would get themselves before the public ai seldom sel-dom as convenient From this time forth they should practice retirement |