The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-22

not only vote and get others 10 vote, but will
remain at the polls from sunrise to sunset,
lin double sense) his fellows,
Mr.. Responsibility will perhaps forget in the
hurry of business to register, or if he makes
that sacrifice to patriotism it is chance if he
finds time to vote, but at any rate he will in
no case do more than that so that when the
day is ended he will find his poor little one
vote neutralized by twenty at least, that have
been drummed up by the blear-eyed bruiser,
who derives little consequence for twelve
hours in the year from the fact that he is
power" in municipal politics.
Thanks to the great reform movement in
augurated last year, we shall have a much
better order of candidates for all the offices
than we have been accustomed to. For May
or, Havemeyer is first class, Lawrence is a
gentleman of iespectabity and his probity
finds competent vouchers, while the worst
that can be said of O'Brien is that his inor
dinate ambition is puzzle and mystery alike
to friends and foes and that he does not pos
sess sufficient education for such post. He
may have same Interior designs upon the
Treasury but that is mere conjecture, and it
must be admitted he has never manifested a
mercenary spirit in his previous career. As a
Reform Senator he proved true to his pledges,
and his conduct in that capacity could have
been initiated to advantage by at least one of
lis colleagues. whose devotion to reform was
not questioned while he was candidate. If
he does seek the office as a means of enrich
ing himself he will have small chance of
achieving that purpose, while Green holds the
keys of the Treasury. ......-
So, come what may, things are likely to
grow better rather than worse by the election
sfa new Mayor. We shall get rid of Hall and
that Is contamination devoutly to be wish
ed" He is fascinating man socially-brill-
liant, witty and attractive but the looseness OF
his political morals has brought
him to an untimely political end.
hope with the awakened inserest in affairs
which seems to be prevailing among us the
days of open and scarcely disguised peculation
are over in the city of New York. For near.
ly twenty years corruption and venality have
run riot in all our offices of trust The Nav
ors who have held Office during that period
have behaved pretty well, except Fernando
Wood and the present incumbent. Woods
mayoralty was dsgracefully venal. He didn't
even affect respect for public decency. He
carried matters so far as to accept from an
| appointee to salaried Office, promissory
notes for half the salary payable quarterly
during the term of the appointment. Curl
ously enough, this Wood having enriched
himself in this way, is now Democratic me m.
Der of Congress, and if your readers will no
tice his speeches in the house or on the
stump, they will find them burdened with
virtuous phillipics against the corruption o.
the Federal administration. If Wood had
the fairness to accompany these spasmodiC
diatribes with confession and expressions o.
penltence for his own past sins, they would
be somewhat relieved of their cool effrontery
But he never does. A stranger hearing him
talk would imagine he as the perfect incar
nation of incorruptibility. Now if Wood
when in place of trust here, had been one.
tenth part IS honest as the least conspicuous
ly honest member of the present Government
he would to-day have had less money but :
better reputation, and the city treasury would
not have been quite SO nearly depleted as it is
The Republican nominees for Judges and
District Attorney will be men of the highest
character and fitness, and can hardly fail OF
unanimous endorsement by the Committee O
Seventy. When they get down to the infe-
rior places as Coroner and Aldermen, theil
range of selection will be more limited, and
there is danger of their becoming less nice in
their choice. There are fifteen Aldermen tc
be elected on general ticket. The Office is q
desirable one, as the pay is $4,000 year, and
the duties do not interfere with the prosecu.
ton of the incumbents ordinary business
The number of aspirants,is illmitable but toe
many OF them are obnoxious to the objections
OF want OF intelligence or of good character,
and we shall be fortunate beyond precedent
if we get majority who can be trusted The
present Board was made up by coalition be-
tween Republicans, Greeleyites and anti
Tammany democrats, and while it contain,
three or four superior men, as body It'll
not creditable to the source when it was pre-.
sumed to spring, to wit; the people.
However, we have reasonable hopes of
gaming this fall Reform Governor and as
sembly in which case we can sweep out OF
existence Tweed's charter and the parasites
who have fourished under 1t, and boasts of a
redeemed city in which it will no longer be 8
reproach and disgrace to live.
...- YARMOUTH.