New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-17


striking Circumstance. slso, that the Official Jour-
nal of the French Government OF Ole. > the
latest date, contains no confirmation OF the re-
ported. great event Still it may al prove trle
enough. and We wait with intense interest Tor
positive intelligence.
Tie Express told somo plain truths about our
City Primary Elections, which we fully indorsed.
and told some more of the same sort. This The
Express seems to contradict, but does not. IL
says that iss Editors have tried to have these
Elections reformed, which is not poias in dis
pute between us. We said the Editors of Tae
Express had sought and obtsined three several
nominations TO desirable stations under this cor
rupt system, aud did not then denounce IL, but
seemed to regard those nominations as evidences
of public sentiment; but now one OF them has
tiled again and failed, and he lets out the whole
truth He replies that an Editor Of The TRIB-
UNE was once nominated through this machinery
So be was-to serve ninety days in Congress; and
be doesn't feel q bit proud Of IT, Bat let 1t be
considered that the Convention was not chosen to
nominate hin, and did not I'VE presume) think
of doing any such thing. until it had unanimously
nominated another, who Unexpectedly declined,
and then one of as was pitched upon to supply his
place We don't know whether the Primaries
were as corrupt then as now or not; our impress
zion is that they have been growing steadily worse
and worse-but no matter-let US have them re-
formed. L. b. says;
at is within the knowiedge of his associates and
will be upon proof i. denied, that four years ago no
originated special committees TO reform these primary
meetings that be met these specla committees nlgat
after night at the Broadway Houses that ne Instituted
Plans Of reform reported them 10 the general commit
ices and urged their adoption there over ald over
again.
=" One Of Mr. Brooks's plans was 20 have but one
primary election in the year to hold il on the lay OF
the general election in November, when all the voters
would be out and in the vicinity Of the polls so tia;
every Wing should have no excuse for not voting
We consider this plan of little or no value
In our Judgment genuine reform would be
much cheaper easier and surer than this-for in.
stance:
Let the Wing Ward Committees give notice of
the time and place of Primary Election, to be
held at some convenient place and kept open for
q full week. Let quiet room be opened for the
purpose one faithful reliable clerk of the poll ap-
poiRted and LET each voter call in at any time that
mas be convenient during the week and give his vote
for esch Office to be filled at the ensuing Election,
or for so many IS he may have choice for. Let
any one who chooses put up list there headed
for Congress, Erastus Brooks, or d" Abraham
"WakemaD," or " Shepherd Knapp" and let
each voter who comes in write his full name aud
residence on the list of names appended to the
name of the man OF his choice. So for Assembly,
and for all other offices. When the time allowed
for voting shall have expired, let a committee be
constituted-the friends Of each candidate voted
for having a right to name one member thereof
to scrutinize the lists, strike Off the name of
every illegal voter, and declare the result. We
feel confident that this plan would battle
corruption and violence, for the votes cast might
be kept always counted up and declared, so that
the destruction of the voting lists by rioters
would subserve no practical end.
Our neighbor thinks our occasional disagree
ments grow out OF the fact that he publishes TAe
Express and we The TRIBUNE. We had thought
that our differing views were the cause rather
than the consequence Of our issuing two such
contrasted journals. lie says that he might have
draw prize in this years " Wheel Of Fortune"
up town if he had only been willing to pay high
enough for ticket Very possibly. We had
already been made aware that cash is rather
scarce among newspaper men in these times, aud
it puzzled US to see nov an Editor who was
candidate for the Senate last fall could afford to
be candidate for Congress this fall, since we
know that nomination for either place eau hard
ly be obtained at moderate cost We assure our
unlucky neighbOr that we consider him just as
strong, just as worthy, and just as popular, now
that be has lost nomination as he was when he
received one, and We heartily approve his refusal
to buy chance for Congress in these abomna-
bly, hard times. Let us all holi of while and
the price Of nomination for Congress will fall
within the reach of persons Of moderate means,
and then Editors may without extrayagan ce
go in.
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