New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-25
CONCERNING REG ULARITY.

We have taken some pains, on divers recent
occasions. to affirm our belief that this is good
veor for bolting. We have no disposition to
support regular nominees, when the only Vnins
which can be said in favor of them Is that tiley
are the regular nominees; and we protest espe-
pecially and emphatiCally-as we have protested
again and again heretOfore-against the idea
that it can, under any conceivable circumstances,
become the duty of Republicans to vote for
VIGOROUSLY unfit men because of their having
received Republican nominations.
1t may be inferred that we attach less I'M
portance therefore, than do some Oh our
Chautauqua County friends to the proof OF Dr.
Brewers regular nomination, given Ill letter
printed elsewhere. We believe it to be clear
that he is the regular nominee OF the COnven-
tion: but we hold it manifest that, in any
event, he ought to have the vote OF
every honest Republican. His opponent is
Matthew p. Bemus, whose name stands
second on the list of twenty Assem-
blymen, elected as Republicans, VINO
BETRAYED their constituents and helped Tam
many to rush through the swindling Hodges
Tax Levy for this city. The last Legislature
was guilty Of many fagrantly corrupt acts
and there were many votes less notorious than
this, that should be equally effective as per-
petual bar against the choice of the men
who cast them to any Office of trust again.
But this iniquity was open, shameless, and mon
strous. No man could doubt the fraud, and
its extent was Six Millions of Dollars. The
members who voted for it could have done so
only on some sort of bargain and sale. We
said so at the time; we have steadily held
every man of them to that accountability ever
since: and we once more warn Republicans
throughout the State that to reflect any one
of the lot is deliberately to choose corrup-
ZIONIST to represent them. Here are the
names:
AKIN, Clark. Geo, Hegeman, Stewart. D.,
Bemus, Conger. Hodges, Stuart, W. H.
Bender Crane. Ray, H. summers
Calkins, Ferris, j., Rich' Thornton
Cornanter Harris Sohoonmsker. Whitmarsh.
We do not care how many nominations
these men receive. They may come before us
papoplied with proofs of regularity and IN
dorsed by no end of local Committees; but we
insist that the Republican who votes for any
one of them does himself and his party
grave injustice and casts his influence III favor
of the spread of corruption. The highest Re
publican duty, this Fall, is to bolt the nomlna-
ton of any Republican candidate with noto-
riously bad record. We are glad that our
Chautauqua friends are not put to this supreme
test of their virtue; and that they can have
the satisfaction of voting against the corrup-
ZIONIST and for the regular nominee at the
same time. But the rule has far wider
application than Chautauqua County We beg
our friends Throughout the State to remember
no,o their rage against the venality of the
Republican deserters who, last Winter, helped
the Democratic swindles through the Legsla-
ture to refresh their recollection of the more
prominent from the above list; to scrutinize
the record of their own candidates, whether
found in that list or not and to keep at home
every man who did not stand above suspicion.