New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-09
ORR STATE SENATB

Tn several Republican districts of our state,
q very animated canvass is in progress for the
Senate-that is, for the Republican nomination.
We exhort the. PeOple-the masses who do not
expect to make money by office or by poll
tics-to take hand in this canvass, thinking
for themselves, judging for themselves, ana
insisting on fair play. If they are told that
A. or b. must be nOmnated-that A., however
| Objectionable, is less than b., and that they
must support the better of the two-let them
take these assertions at reasonable discount,
and go right ahead, working for some good
and true man, just as though IL were MOI
necessary to support A. or b.
There are men now seeking nominations for
| the Senate who have tainted regulations. They
are widely believed to have made money out
of their places when heretofore members of the
Legislature. We do not hold that suspicion is
equivalent to conviction; but we do say that
men serve for years in tho Legislature without
exciting breath of suspicion and we prefer
this sort Here is Mr. Samuel Campbell, who
for four years has represented the Oneida Dis
trict he has often voted otherwise than as we
should have done; yet we never imagined
nor heard any one suggest, that ms
vote was impelled by any corrupt or unworthy
motive. The same is true of Mr.. John O'Don-
| dell of the Lewis and Jefferson District, and
| Except as to length of service) of Mir. Abiah
| w. Palmer Of the Duchess and Columbia DIS
! trict. We venture to say that these gentlemen
| may all serve ten more years In the Senate,
and often disappoint and vex us by voting as
we would not have them; yet 1T will never
occur to us that their votes have been bought
or influenced by any mercenary consideration
| Nor will it to their constituents.
There are other good men who served in our
last Senate; but three will suffice for illustra-
ton as well as dozen.
On the other hand there were men in the
last Senate who could save more out of SO per
day than others could have done out OF $50;
and these seem the most anxious for reGlec-
ton. 1t is marvellous how man who says he
is poor-and who certainly paS poor when first
| sent to Albany-can afford to work year after
year for SO per day in a place where we have
to pay 81 per day for board and lodging.
"Such knowledge is too high for me-" says
one of old, and we give it up.
| We do not mean to be dragged into personal
| controversy in the premises. We tell the
People not to elect corrupt or doubtful men
to Offce-there are enough who are honest,
and whom nobody suspects, whatever they may
say, of being otherwise This is the sort to
choose-there is no excuse for taking any
other. You are under no obligation to vote
| for a scamp because bigger scamp is running
against him-vOte plump against them both
! Do MT stay sulzy at home because bad man
is running there is no value, because no posi-
| tive meaning, in that sort of protest: other
men stay at home on very different grounds
often from sheer Incidence and lack of patri-
Otsm. Go to the polls in good time on election
day, and vote for an honest, fit man for
Senator, though this should cOnstrain you to
vote alone.
There are men working hard for Republican
nominations whose odor is so rank that they
will be beaten if nominated That we cannot
help, and would not if we could. Yet it will
not be our fault--it will be theirs-if disaster
should result. They have no right to
be thieves; and, if they VHl be, they have no
right to aspire to office.
We beg the Republicans of each district to
take excellent care that this sort do not receive
the nominations they coyet. Never mind their
magnificent promises of the vote they will poll
if nOminated-they are deceived or willfully
seeking to deceive you. This is not bearing
year for such, and they might far better lie low;
but, since they refuse to do so before election,
do you take care that they do so at all events
directly hereafter They will awake from a
stunning defeat, convinced that the people arc
not fond of them. And therein thew will be
right.