The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-27
WHO KILLED COCK uonarN,

The New York state republican con-
vention, at its recent session, resolved,
among other things, that the republican
party had overthrow the Tammany in
iquity, purified the elections, elevated the
judiciary, redeemed the state adminstra-
ton and made provision for all public obli-
cations, and that the completion of reform
as well as the general welfare of the state
require the continuance of its work" In
commenting upon the work of the conyen-
ton, having, We presume, particular refer
ence to this clause of the resolutions, the
New York Times says, in substance, that
the state government has been only re-
Gently wrested from the hands of the Tam
many organization, and the struggle Is by
no means over. "Tammany demoralized
the government at every point. 1t has
been the task of the republican party to re-
store ii to its legitimate condition. This
has In part been done but in order that
the work may be completed. the state adj
ministration must be kept in the hands of
hbA'ot hhN 'hBhbif ~ u Ai'N7 tildl
the power of New York has been hut re-
Gently wrcsed from the corrupt control of
Tammany that the struggle is not over !;
and tina, the state administration as, also,
that of the city should be kept in the
hands of honest and capable men, but. af-
ter all, Is the resolution an expression of the
exact TRUTH Is it, or the comment, any
thing more than a glittering platitudc de-
signed to dcceiycl The seat Of Tammany
md of its power was in the city of New
York and here was where It's corruping.
iemoralzing influence was mainly used
and ielt So far as a corrupt politics is
concerned, all parties we mean the So
called leaders, fuglcrs and wire pullcrs Of
all parties stand substantially upon the
same ground 1t was New York city poll
tics that was to he clcanscd 1t was here,
that the overthrow Of Tammany was to be
worked, If accomplished at All. The strug-
gle was here inauguiaicd in the sumner
and fall of 1871, and the republican party,
as party, was confcsscdly powerlcss to
accomplish that, or anything else. 1t
was not only in hopeless minority. but
his hopeless minority was split into frag-
mcnts, and fragments. too, which could
not be united as republicans. We need not
stop to enquire which faction was right or
which was wrong The best men Of the
party were ranged on the one side or the
other; both containing n proporionate
number of true republicans who. the next
year, were working side by side in the
national canvass. They amused themselves
before and during the entire canvass of
1871, by bandying epithcts and calling the
one custom house republicans. and the
other. Tor the want OF more jecring term,
Tammany republicans; and in this situa-
ion the outbreak OF the movemen, for re-
form found them. They refused to unite.
even, Tor its oyerthrow-that is to say.
hey refused to form one compact. united
republican party.
Such was the situation of the democratic
party at this time. with their ranks badly
broken BY the infamy of Tammany, that
IN honest, hearty union of these two re-
publican organizations would have made
the boast of the resolution good. namely,
that they, with the aid of honest men of all
parties had overthrown Tammany. The
Cuiiv erse, however, is me ract; that the
mass of the democratic party, aided by the
honest men of the republican party, or,
perhaps, better still: that the honest men
If all parties united, without thought or
distinction of party, for its overthrow. We
well remember that, the morning after the
triumphant close of the campaign, the
Times, in double loaded editorial made
taste TO declare that the victory was not,
n any sense of the word, republican or
PARTISAN one, but it was accomplished by
the honest men Of all parties alike. The
election returns show that where the repub-
icans had united on the state ticket, they
were IN minority of some thirty thousand
votes, while, without mentioning Tweed,
elected to the state senate as ''reformers, y
md that thirteen democrats were returned
% the assembly and only eight republicans
An analysis of the vote, also, shows that as
many democrats voted for the overthrow
IF Tammany as did republicans Tho
same Is true of last year. The only ques-
lion in the city was reform, and candidates
were selected with that sole view. The
three candidates for mayor were all demo-
Gratis, and received their support from all
parties indiscriminatcly, because they were
believed to be honest in their efforts to
root out Tammany. The city gave dem
Icratic majority on the state and presden-
tial tickets, sent twelve democrats and
nine republicans 10 the assembly and, at
the same time, elected republican Judges
md republican district attorney Poll
les had no more TO do with the city cleo.
| ion, or the overthrow OF Tammany, than
| t has 10 do with one Of our village meet
| ings. 1t the overthrow Of the Tammany
| iniquiiy the work Of good men OF
| Ill parties, and without reference to party
md no party can honestly claim that it in.
lugurated or completed the work. 1t was
good work, and we doubt not that it vii
continue TO he claimed as a whereas fol
political parties for years 10 come.
soME or the ABsu R DITIEs.