The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-03

the transportation of horses and vehicles, we have
nc means Of estimation, but it must be very large.
The expenditure Of the ferries must be enormous
ccipts Would il not place the company in
better position before the public if they were to
lay before it an exact statement Of what that
expenditure is? Until they do SO they win al
ways be subjected TO vague suspicious and accu-
sations which, to say the least Of them, must be
unpleasant to honorable and high spirited men,
No one will blame them Tor making legitimate
profits and protecting themselves against the
chances of prospective loss. II is the reserve
which has been maintained on this point which
las raised all tho outcry against them.
The STATE EEcTIos.-We now have three
candidates for Governor in the field to be voted
for by the people to-morrow-M essrs. King,
Brooks and Parker. In selecting one Of these
candidates we have not paid any attention to
his party proclivities, and we hope our readers
win take the same view Of the matter. The
State election is altogether distinct affair, and
has nothing 10 do with the Presidential contest
The candidates for Governor should stand upon
their own merits entirely. Mr.. King is re
spectacle man, Of respectable parentage, and
is 10 doubt an estimab'e gentleman in the
walks OF private life. We do not know that
he is better than any one else; but we have
nothing 70 say against his private character
Is q politician he has been fathless TO his
friends and his pledges, and therefore cannot be
trusted. 1T the Harrisburg Convention, to
which he was sent by the friends Of Mr.. Clay, be
violated his pledge by voting for another candi-
date, His views upon State legislation are not
sufficiently enlightened TO keep pace with the
liberal end progressive ideas Of the present day,
and he is under the malign influence of Thurlow
Weed and his set Of corrupt trading politicians.
As to Mr. Brooks, we have already said enough
TO SOW that he is not, according to our idea, fit
man for the place. He was pulled into notoriety
and made prominent by foolish controversy
with Archbishop Hughes as to the church
property in this State, and his only upholders are
the fragments of the Know Nothing faction,
now on its last legs But the most i'm
portant charge against Mr.. Brooks il
that, as proprietor Of daily journal, he
is opposed by an immense number OF the fra
ternity Of printers who show that he is a hard
and grinding employer, cutting down the price of
labor to the lowest possible mark, depressing the
journeymcn and taking advantage of the poverty
Of his employees to reduce their pay to the small
est pittance-too small it would seem to keep
body and soul together. The glory of the En-
prc State is in its aborers in all professions arts
and trades, and the oppressor Of the workingman
certainly should not he the Governor OF New
York
For Judge Parker We have heretofore express
ed preference and given our reasons for so
doing. We have supported him simply because
he was the best man before the people, and we
see no good reason why We should change our
position. Every day, in fact, has strengthenedit.
Judge Parker has filed several offices Of honor
and trust. On the bench Of the Supreme Court
and the floor Of Congress he has shown himself
faithful TO the interests Of the State-a wise urst
liberal. eloquent, accomplished practical states
man. Judge Parker is right upon all matters OF
State policy, and takes the liberal and enlighten-
ed view demanded by the spirit Of the State. lie
is devoted servant of the people-a jealous
guardian Of their rights and liberties, and we
have doubt that be will be successful in obtain
ing their support.