New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-06

rress. and uould have been reelected had he not de-
eiueA Uaissvery independent man. Of sound judg-
ueut and LIBERAL acquisitions who has several times
fen Wig candidate and always run sr ahead OF his
ticket in the County where he is best known. lie
oubt To be voted for By discerning Of IL parties
for he i irnrneazu-ably superior IS lawyer sui
nan 10 Hiram DEMO
GIN. E " LEAVENwORTH is a successful LAWYER
ct Syracuse in the prime Of life man Of progress
sire instincts aHi popular manners Throughout the
late schsrn In tAe Wing ranks, be has been 50 iortu
late a. 20 be regarded with favor By both sections
and this has probably aided lis nomination. He is IN
teIcent ambitious and, if elected, viii try hard to
yinhonorabe dstinctCn snd we heartily hope be may
.uceeed But tie Office to which he aspres is deci-
dodly the most important the most srduous tie most
difficult 70 I'll scceptsbly. Of any in the State-mmea
suIatly more than that Of Governor. Our Common
School System needs new and vigorous impulse
needs tie restoration Of County or Senate District
SupeTintendents Reform in the selection and manage
meat Of School Libraries in the mode Of raising Dis
trct School Moneys and ia short almost every where
We need Secretary not only thoroughly capsule and
indefteable bat willing 70 be misapprehenled, listed
and execr1ted if thus only he may signally advance
the cause Of Popular Education. We win hope that
Gen LEAvESwORTH, if elected. viii prove such ; one
Gen. JAMES u. COOK ia thrifty banker and man-
uscturer at Baston Spa sAiIlful business man IN
derstood to be quite wealthy. We consider him emf
nently qualified for Controller having been already
made familiar with our State Finances BY his expert
ence IS State Senator and Treasurer. On any other
ground than that Of capacity cannot consider bis
domination a fortunate one. He was on the Wing
ticket for Treasurer two years and the Official re-
turns elected him but he ousted by the Court of
Appeals which decided that votes cast for his OPpo
nent and not counted should have been elecng Weeh
We have never doubted that Cook received majority
of the legal votes cast ia that election bat have
not been mpeed TO blame the judges for their aeci
sion adverse to him, the state of facts established
by the evidence Gen Cook aud bis personal friends
have felt sore ever since that decision and this feel
ing has doubtless given him bis present nomination
Considering that all his compatrots on the ticket OF
1851 were dropped, this is bad policy and viii make
many sores as it viii heal
OGDEN Hoffman is one of our most populir ci.
tzens and proved it by running far ahead Of Gen
Scott and Gov. Hunt when candidate for Corporation
Counsel of our City last fall Mr.. Hoffman has one
serious faut-indolence-but for which he might have
been Governor or Cabinet Minister ere this for he is
most effective popular orator and always had troops
Of friends outside Of bis party. Every body likes
him. and he though sometimes beaten a candidate
has always run ahead of his ticket think he will
now If elected. he will be brilliant Attoney-Gen
eral in Court but not Woodworking member of the
Canal Board.
ELBRIDGE G.. SPAULDTSG is o citizen of Buffalo
formerly a merchant, we believe-a Member of the
XXXIst Congress, wherein he warmly supported the
policy of Gen. Taylor, whose personal confidence he
enjoyed He was not candidate for reelection, hay
ing lost his wife as well the President Of his choice
shortly before the election. Mr. Spaulding is q eau
tious, unassumng capable man. and will make an ex
cellent Treasurer.
CORNELIUS GARDINER We ont know.
JOIN T CLARK ditto; but we have heard his ability
and fitness for the place very highly recommended
lie is practical engineer. and has lately been en-
esred in constructing Railroads in Canada.
BENZ I. HAYWOOD is an active Wing politician and
has been member of Assembly. ,.
THOMAS KIRKPATRICK we do know, and DO not con-
slider his nomination happy lie is honest aud
capable so far as we know we believe that if elected
he will try to do his duty but he is always either in
Office or after one and this is post requiring lutte
another sort of man-one who don't want public EN-
pigment, and who don't need it to make living by.
There were half dozen names Of better men before
the Convention but the shreks Of locality, or some
otter untOward influences have made this nomination
as it ought not to be. VIII the time never come in
which the right shall be sought out for Prison In
spectors, and nominated because they are the proper
men for that most responsible post State Prison
Inspector should be prominently philanthrOpst and
Christian, who consents to serve because he can do
good in the station and does not seek it means Of
maxim. money or getting living. When, o when
flall this matter be set right