New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-29
nv TVjCH SIDE :


ON WHiCH SIDE'
Within less tlan four weeks, large part
perhaps q majority, of the nominations io'
our next Legislature are likely to be maze
We think it timely, therefore. TO renew our
cntreaties to Republicans 20 loCh well an" III
season TO the charac;c, of their nomina,iOiiS--
to give calm. considerltc, ard prudent afternoon
to the question nor.
We very much want 10 carry the Legislature
this Fall. So does Gov Hoffman. Tic "ouiu
like to have a cOngsuia. Senate for Ills ho"ii
nations; and his masters of Tamnany wouiu
like to save such expenses as they had 10 incur
last year in passing thcir nlonstrous t'x-ieVies'
We would like to make th" passage OF sue!'
levies, and the confirmation OF some Oh Gov'
HofIman's appointees, impossible. But
we can accomplish neither by such
nominations rs we made last year.
We must have reform, or we may as well give
up the battle in advance. We can better AFFORD
to have q dishonest Democratic Legislature
than to have the same amount of dishonesty,
with the Republican party compelled to bear
the odium of it. We say distinctly then that
we do not want victory this Fall if it is to be
in all respects victory of the same kind we had
last Fall. If jobbers whose votes arc rs mar
ketable as Chautauqua Greens have to De elect
ed, by all means let them be OF the Democratic
yaricty-nO matter what the immediate party
consequences. We can stand any amount OF
defeat better than victory with cOrruptionlsts
to reap its benefits.
Second rate journals which feel necessity
for finding some different Republican ground
to stand Oh from that occupied by HE IRiB-
UNE, as au excuse for their existence, are wei
come to whatever small pOther they can raise
over these declarations. We desire and demand
the defeat of notorious cOrruptionists, whether
they secure the regular Republican nominations
or not. We beg Republicans to pre-
vent such men from getting nomlna-
tons; or, falling there, to bolt the NOM
nations. Do these journals assent or object to
that7 If they assent, the snarls OF two or
three of them at THE TRIBUNE may pass with
out nOtce-evcry creature must ENJOY himself
after his kind. If they object, let them hon
estly inform their readers that they are OH the
side of the cOrruptiOnists and we are content.
We are not to be drawn into mere personal
warfare. Whoever has read our columns has
had ample facilities for making up his mind
last Legislature. We have printed again and
again the votes Oh the worst swindles OF the
session in both HOuses-have done everything
we could to lay each members record on fraud
before his constituents-haye over and over
stigmatizcd the more notorious Of the corrupt
gang as men unworthy of any public trust.
Here, once more. are the names of the Repub-
licans who helped tho Hodges Tax-Leyies
through the Assembly:
Akin Clark. Geo. Hcgeman, stewart; D.
n. rlns Congcr, Hodges. stunrt. ". H.,
Cakins. Fcrris, j., Rch. Tnotn,on,
CARPENTER. jIarri- sohoonmak"r, "hiinar'h
Does any Republican doubt what ought 10 be
done if these men, or Mattoon s. Co. of tie
Senate, should, by any means Whatever, secure
renoninaiionl But these are only the more
| open and aggravated cases. What we insist
upon is, that the candidates nominated this
Fall shall not only be- men against whom the
| record offers no proof of vcnality, but men ut
terly above the possibility OF suspicion OF venal-
ity. We want mole than Scotch verdict of
not proven" in favor of any member Of the
last Legislature who aspres to the next. We
cntreat that he shall he whose very name
inspires confdencc among honest men, and
whom nobody would dream o. approaching
with BRIDE We regard this rs essential to
the welfare of the Party. bnt, above any such
considerations, we hold it the imperative duty
OF honest citizens.
And now grumblcrs of the Press who seek
| for a chance to get on different ground from
that Of The TRIBUNE. ON which side are you
| This campaign is not TO be won by carping,
but by honest work. If you are with us, for
men of irreproachable character. and for bolt
ing the nomination of every known jObber,
say So if yOu are against us and with the
| cOrruptionists say that!