The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-03
DIX AND TILDEN.

There are warm personal and political
friends of Governor Dix and Samuel j.
Tilden who are watching with great inter-
est the result of to-day's election.
Governor Dix has national reputation,
which for honesty and integrity can hardly
suffer from any mere partizan attacks.
His administration has commanded the
confidence lce. and refPeGt OF ell Pprh|fssa It's
blemish on his personal or political charac-
. ter. 1t is matter of congratuation that
SO pure and highminded statesman is
prominently before the people for the first
Office in the gift of the Empire State. His
administration has been marked especially
by its nom partisan character. None of the
low devices of the mere politician have
found place in the exercise of his official
prerogative. 1t will be remembered that
in filling vacancy in judgeship in Cen
trail New York, he selected an able and
prominent supporter of Horace Greeley for
the position. On the removal of Winches-
ter Britton from the Office of dictrict attor-
ney of Kings county, he appointed to the
vacancy thus created a prominent demo-
crat, whose public and private character
was above reproach.
Samuel j. Tilden has been prominent in
the politics of New York for many years
He has been the great organizer of the
party and in great measure to him it is
indebted for what it has had of success
He seems never to have acted for self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. In looking back over the
history of that party in New York, it
seems wonderful to an outsider, that prom
inent as he has been in its politics he has
only held the position of member of the
assembly for one year, and we believe q
member of the constitutional convention.
No one can doubt that he could have had
more, and more prominent positions for
the simple asking He has been active in
his profession of the law, and has acquired
fortune. In all his public life and sur
rounded by the corruptions that have been
stencil IN the nostrils of decent people,
no stain has attached itself to his private or
public character. Mr.. Tiden was born in
Columbia county, New York, just without
the borders of Vermont, and is a brother
of Moses Y. 'Tlden and Henry A. Tilden
of New Lebanon, N. Y, both well and
favorably known TO our people.
MIR. Tilden and Charles O'Connor were
equally prominent in the great struggle
which resulted in the overthrow of the
Tweed ring and bringing to justice the po-
iitlcal scoundrels who were sapping the
foundations of the civil government of
New York. In that contest for the ascen-
dancy of pure administration, Governor
Dix and MIR. Tilden were co-worke,s.
Whatever the result of the election NAV
be to-day, the people of New York may
safely predict the election OF an executive,
who will do honor TO the name and fame of
the Empire State. We have no patience
with the political demagogues of either par
ty who would convert contest for the tri-
umph of great principles into a mere per-
sonal warfare, for the political ascendancy
of men.
Both General Dix and Mr.. Tiden are too
well known to the people to admit of any
very serious inroads on their political vir-
tue. While we hope to chronicle the re-
election of Governor Dix by handsome
majority, we shall fail to see that New
York has made anything but political
mistake in selecting Mr. Tilden as her chief
executive.