The sun., 1873-08-21
What Will the New York Republi-
cans Dor

cans Do,
The time for holding the Republican
state Convention in New York approaches
What will it do about the salary swiudic?
Every Republican state Convention held
this summer. excepting that of Virginia,
has condemned the hill cf last winter, and
especially the retroactive feature of IT, and
has denounced those ConEres-mcn who
have refused to return the back pay. The
resolutions of somC OF these Conventions
have been mild and evasivc, while those of
others have been strong and pointed; and
IL II hopeful sign of the times that the
latter class have emanated from the later
Conventions.
These resolutions are undoubtedly passed.
with IA good deal of reluctance, for they
involve a cutting rebuke Of Gen. GRASr
and the leading Republicans in both Houses
of Congress. The President profits largely
by the act. ami the Republican Congress
men generally refuse to return the extra
pay. In the senate of the Forty second
Congress there were hftv-two regular Re
pubHcans. OF these only ten have sent
the money back to the Treasury, though
two or three have made some other dlspo-
stion of il than putting II in their own
pockets. In the other branch of the same
Congress there were one hundred and thir-
ty-six regular Republicans. OF these only
tweuty-nne have returned the money to
the Treasury though three or four have
bestowed IL upon some school or charity.
In the light of these facts il Is apparent
that the deuunciatory resolutions Of these
Conventions are aimed indirectly nj the
President and Nice-presdcnt, whose sala-
ries have been increased, and directly at
about four-Hfths Of the Republican mem
bers of the two Houses Of the FoTtN-ScCoud
Congress. And not only do they strike at
this large proportion of the members, but
with two or three exceptions the anathc-
ma reaches all those who were leaders in
that Congress and for many years have
been regarded hy the whole country as the
great luminaries of the Republican party.
Let us run our eyes over the list and picll
out a sample name here ana there aud see
If II be possible that the Republican state
Conventions composed of delegates fresh
from the people. intend to eXcommuuicate
from the party the one hundred and forty
nine Republicans whom they have vir-
tually called swindlers and thieves because
they pocket money to which they have no
just title.
In the senate there is CARPENTER, the
President prp tCW.; CAMERON, Chairman
Of the Committee on Foreign Anair.
CoNKLING. widely named for chief Jus
tice; MoRroN, who claims TO be the Leader
of his party; lIowF, also spoken of foi
Chief Justice; EDMrNps one Of the prin
cipal dehaters of the body; CRAGTN, hca,
OF the Naval Committee; SAWYER, re-
the Treasury: COLE. Chairman Of the Com
mittcc on Appropriations; RAMSEY, hea,
of the Post once Committee; and NYE
PoMERoY, Harlan, and STEWART, al
Charncn of leading committees.
The condemnation reaches all tho con
,piCuous Republicans in the House, it
chief debatcrs, the heads Of its importan
committees, the men who have given ton,
To its proceedings and shaped it, measure
since the outbreak of the rebellion. Ii
proof OF this We need only point to DAwEs
the oldest member and 81 0hciO the Re
publican leader; BUTLER and DNGHAM
always foremost in discussion; HooPEn
Chairman Of the Banking Committee
KELLEY, special champion OF the protec
ton policy; MAYNARD, next TO DAWES Ol
the Ways and Means, and the ahlcst Re-
publican from the South SARGENT, secon,
on the Committee on Appropriations, an
just transferred 10 the Senate; SHELLA
BARGER, Chairman of the Committee %
Commerce and SCOFIELD of the Nava
Committee; POLAND for a long time Chic
Justice of Vermont, but more famous Il
Chairman Of the Credit MobilieT Commit
tee; WILSON of Indiana, who has show
some zeal i'm investigating Pacific RailrOa
swindles; FREEMAN CLARKE and ELLIs Il
ROBERTs OF our own State who occupie
high places Oh the two most importal
committees of the House; and so on to I'll
end of the long catalogue.
Never before in the political history {
this country was there such sweepin
slaughter Of the Chieftains of party b
its rank and file. Not to put too fine
point upon II, the action of these Stat
Conventions may be regarded rs the NJ
rising of the masses of the Republica
party to decapitate and deyour their ow
heads. If the party can contrive to su
vive such heroic treatment, and thus n
itself Of its present leadership and "mhal
on course of real reform, it may have
long and useful career before it,
And now what will the approaching r
publican state Convention OF New oIk
on this subject? Dare they ignore III III
Democrats being out of power II will
course be easy and natural for their sta
Convention TO condemn the salary swind
and the back-pay grabbers, though by
doing the Democrats viii hit some of the
own leaders very hard. But will the X
publicans Of New York follow the exaI
pie Of their brethren in Maine PennsN
vania, Ohio, aud other States, and
nounce the law and demand that I
money be sent backi In the last Congr'
the regular Republicans of this State we