The New York herald., 1873-10-06
PURIFY THE STATE CAPITOL.
ThurlOw Weed and Corrupt state Sena-
tors-The Twelfth District Receiving
Especial Attention.

Thurlovv Weed and Corrupt state Sena-
tors-The Twelfth District Receiving
Especial Attention.
NEW YORK, Oct -, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING JOURNAL
An Albany paper says:-
The opponents OF the denomination of l. V.
Baker Jr., have recently been REINFORCED by Mr.,
Thurlow Weed who has written the following let
ter, which is published in the washington county
Post and reproduced by the Troy papers:-
My DEAR sR-I am very much pleased to see that You
making manly effort to dcieat the nomination OF
r. be OF The peif u U whom nv knew M .hev
years worthy OF their Inheritance, they will set
disc Of their votes in the Legislature; shocked
so often endorsed as an honest man is Supporting Baker
II my health would permit it should Troy and ap
to oppose nomiDaon Which will bring discredt upon
themselves and their district Y0ni Tsry typly WEED
Senator Bakers friends are indignant, not only
over Mr.. Weeds aspersions, but over the fact as
well, that he should have assumed to Interfere at
all.
REMARKS BY MR.. WEED.
IL has been my habit for more than fifty wears
to "interfere,n both in the nominations and the
elections, for and against good and bad men. 1t
was owing in some measure to such Inter.
ferencen that the interests and welfare OF the
State and the people, during that fifty years,
have been promoted and protected by Gov
ernors Clinton, Seward, Fish, Hunt, King and
Morgan. To such 'interference," more recently,
the nomination OF Governor Dix was attributed.
And stI more recently such ''nterference' sug-
gested the nomination OF Benjamin d. Silliman for
Attorney General, and aided that OF Mr.. Thayer, OF
Rensselaer,, for Secretary OF state, and l may add
what Is probably already pretty well known, that
have been earnestly "nterferingn for two or three
months in favor OF the denomination OF Comp
troller who stands up honestly and feavessly TO
protect the State Treasury against the rapacious
designs OF individuals and srings.r
The motives that prompt such 'interferenceu
lead me, on the other hand so far as my health
election OF unworthy men; for citizen who Is not
as ready to oppose bad men as to support good
ones discharges but half OF the duty he owes to
his country.
In 1867, when Abner c. Mattoon was purchas-
ing his way into the Senate with the money he
had received for bribes in previous Legisla-
ture, l appealed to the republicans OF 0swego
and Madison to reject an unworthy repre-
sentative. Instead OF exposing and denounc-
ing Mattoon, the republican journals OF that
district turned their batteries upon me. Mattoon
was elected But the chastisement OF MS constitu-
ents. as well as my own vlndication, came In the
investigation disclosing brberes and corruption,
which involved the Senator, his district and the
State, in common disgrace.
History Is now endeav0rng to repeat itself in
the district composed OF Repsselear and Washing
ton. In the hope of averting other discreditable
developments, wrote letter to an Old personal
and political friend In Washington county, which,
though not intended for publication, found its way
into print, and has provoked the censures OF jour-
nails at Troy and Albany, each imputing unworthy
motives.
TWO years ago Mr.. Baker, whom had not be.
fore seen, appealed to me- as the son OF an old
Washington county friend, for favorable notice
In the Times OF his nomination for senator.
Thinking well OF his father and having no reason
to think otherwise OF the son, yielded TO his re-
quest. Had he proved himself worthy Of the