The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-13
The New York SenatOrship.
NJ IUa..J1

In the Hall OF the Delavan House at Albany
an incident worth telling occurred the night
of Mr.. Greeley's arrival on his mission to
persuade the Republicans of the Legislature
to pitch Morgan overheard, reject Fentou,
and elect Marshall o. Roberts United States
Senator.
The dust Of travel was frosh upon the
white coat of newly arrived traveller, whose
name need not be here disclosed, when
friend one OF the ubiquitous corresp ondents
of the press, espied him, and pressing on
through the throng, slapped the white-coat
upon his shoulder, and hailed him with joyful
salutations. The foremost topic in the minds
of both was first upon their tongues.
"Well, old man, l suppose you came up
about the SenatorshipH"
eyes, that's what's the matter"
'But they say you are for Roberts, not
Greeley, this time"
THAT'S true"
SIS it possible Humph Well, old fellow
how much money have you got Let's know
the size of your pile"
We might bstray political secrets, going
further in this dialogue. But the venallty of
the Legislature itself, which it takes for
granted, is a circumstance worth plain and
honest peoples attention. Nobody dreams
that the Republican caucus nomination of
Senator will not 60 to him who pays the most
for it. Even the very goslings of the Capitol
Know LQhL open secret, anu Take IL lOr RTauI6u
without mention, as they take for granted
that days and nights will alternate for the
week to come, and that next Tuesday the
Capitol will be quite unpurged by the fires
of Sodom or any sort OF political earthquake.
Even the Times which, as a Republican
journal, may be thought to have a special in
terest in concealing this fact by those persons
who imagine that journal can truly serve
its party otherwise than by truth and honesty,
even the Times says it is "qute generally
conceded on all hands that money will decide
| the contest"
This corruption, all but universal in the
Office holders and politicians of the Republi-
can party, attested as it is much more than
abundantly by every sort of conclusive EVIL
| dence, would be more than detestabls, ii
would be heart-sickening, but for the demo.
cratic faith we have in the honesty of the
masses of both parties, and the firm conviction
we cherish that the four years carnival o.
thieves to which the country consented last
| November will make an honest government,
certain thereafter. The Democratic party
already purged of its venal members by a
long exclusion from power, must needs be-
| come still more critical and eXacting in its de.
mand for high capacity in its leaders and in
tegrity in its chosen public servants. The
passport to public favor will be honesty, bu
not honesty merely; it will be also that mar
rowing down of the range of government func
tions, and that cutting off of extravagant ex
penditures, and that practice and habit o
economy, without which honesty in the pub
lie service cannot be maintained. This edu
eating process to which the people hav'
invited themselves will have some sharI
lessons. The only thing now is to learn then
well, since they are to be fogged and burned
into us for four years to come.
This leads us to say that if there are BY
Gods mercy, SO many as sixteen honest Re
publicans in the Albany Legislature, who, fo
the sake of defeating Morgan or Fenton, will
join the Democrats in voting for some othe
Republican, let the Democrats of the Legisla
ture absolutely insist that the candidate o
such coalition be perfectly honest and in
corruptible man-not any Marshall o
Robertses, but some man whose integrity i
conspicuous and indisputable, like Governo
Fish or George H. Andrews, William c
Bryant or Senator Folger-no matter who, g.
as that he cannot possibly be touched
tempted, or handled by the rings.