New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-30


mistake. He was accepted BY
them as compromise candidate when
their own man, Chauncey Depew, with
drew, In the hope that the other side might
put some of their harmonious professions into
practice, and withdraw their man also. do
stood well In the last Legislature, he Ii iden-
tilted with the Young Mems Republican move
ment, and he has fair reputation among the
younger members Of the bar. Nelson K. Hop
kins Of Buffalo, the candidate for Con-
troller, 10 lawyer Of excellent standing
and man of the best repute LOT
integrity. Thomas Raines of Rochester, named
for State Treasurer, is o bank cashier, ana an
earnest Republican. Gen. Francis Y. Bario"
of this city will make an admirable Attorney
General. He Is not Of our way OF thinking In
local politics, but he belongs to the class OF
men whom Offices ought to seek. dc
is an able lawyer, and paunot VINO
has served his country In helds tnat
showed bis devotion, while he has exmDlted
no anxiety to become place-holder. VIM.
B. TAYLOR of Oneida, the candidate for State
Engineer and Surveyor, L. an able man, who
has had experience and has shown fitness for
public life. Alexander Barley Of Washing
ton, for Canal Commissioner is veteran
Republican, whom we ran for tho same place
last year. And Thomas kirkpatrick, who Is
named for State Prison Inspector, will do ex-
cellently, by reason both of personal standing
and of wide experience.
We should have made more conspicuous
ticket, in the hope of drawing out every Repub-
lican voter by the magnetism of widely known
II koI nd ~ a.
cruits from the disappointed and disguised
Democracy. Here, for example, Is the ticket
presented, on behalf of the Editor OF The
TRIBUNE, by his personal representa-
tive in the Caucus of the New-York del
egation, as his idea of the sort OF effort they
ought to make towards harmony, and towards
great and enthusiastic canvass for the over
throw Of Tammany. It was heartily applauded
there, but the peace and harmony with which
Messrs. Grinnell, Roberts, aud the rest, were
branded "Tammany's men," precluded their
urging it upon the Convention. 1t
shows, like every other proposition of the
New-York delegates, their earnest desire to
yield their greedy antagonists everything they
could In honor yield, to avoid rival organiza-
tons and divided front before the democrat
lied enemy, and may fifty go here as part OF
their spotless records
Secretary Of Stas......GEo; VIM Z CURTIS
Controller. GEORGE GEDDEs.
Attorney- General ......WM. N. EyARTs.
Canal CommtssioHer. :. ELBRIDGR u. SPAULD1NG'
State Engineer. ........E. A. MERRITT
Prison Inspector. JOHN STANTON GOULD.
Does anybody doubt that with that ticket
and harmonious action, we would have swept
Tammany out of sight But the ticket we
have is @ good one, and must be elected. 10
that resolve we exhort every Republican, and
every citizen who seeks the overthrow of our
municipal robbers.
The Administration must carry this cleo
ton. It is an indispensable point in next
years game. We cannot afford to enter the
Presidential canvass, no matter who is our
candidate. with NewYork against US. We tell
our authorities, therefore, with the plainness
which the gravity of the situation requires, that
| they must relieve us from the load of a
Shoddy Contractor and Tammany associate as
Collector of the Port of New-York. We will
not, any honest paper will not, make war upon
Tammany thieves and spare worse criminals
in our own party, holding our highest Offices
Thomas Murphy must get out of the Custom
House.