New-York tribune., 1874-10-27

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stump speaker, and candidate for the United
States Senate. IL Is popularity OF Mr.
Dawes's character that he opens the very
broadcast side Of his credulousness to such men
as Charles Hays and Hester and the rest just
before election. But his credulousness is in
termittent. After the election is over and the
country safe, he examines the evidence with
more care. He has frequently believed things
about the condition of the Treasury and the
administration of the finances just before an
election which were very creditable to the
partys head and his own heart, and he has
talked about them to his constituents in such
an earnest and pathetic way, that they have
gone away saying, "Wbat an uncommOnly good
"man he is, and how nicely everything is going
CON-" and have voted the regular ticket without a
twinge. And then when the election was over,
Mr.. Dawes has examined the figures little more
carefully, and some day when everything was
serene and nobody was expecting it, he has
sprung into the aisle of the House of Repre-
sentatives and read figures and facts and
statistics about the extravaganza and cOrrup-
ton and dishonesty and incompetence of the
party, till he set the leading statesmen skip
ping about like tender-footed roosters over a
spit-wOOd fire.
But he means well. His conclusions are
more suddenly reached in the midst of cam
paign, when he is addressing his constituents,
than in the midst of session, when he is
addressing Congress; that Is all. He does not
ignore facts or refuse to hear testimony; but
facts and evidence are sometimes slow in
overtaking him. He began the present campaign
in Massachusetts, with his speech in the
State Convention, in which he laid great stress
upon the "outrages" at the South reported by
Charles Hays and others. 1t has been dawning
upon him somewhat slowly since then that
Mr.. Charles Hays put a little too much car
mine in his picture, and that there were not
really so many Outrages as had been reported.
But he is certain that there have been some,
and he will continue Of that mind until after
the election. He is this week in Mr. Buffers
district convincing that gentleman's cOnstitu-
ents that nobody but Mr.. Butler can prevent
the outrages and that it is absolutely neces-
sary that he be returned. BY and by Mr..
Dawes and Mr.. Butler will be sitting together
in Congress, voting against each other upon
every question of any Importance that comes
I'D. Well-meaning men, though, both OF them.
We regret that Mr.. Dawes should be at all
disturbed by THE TRIBUNE's course with re-
gard to tho Outrages. In his Boston speech
he dwelt at some length upon the fact that
The TRIBUNE contemplated the Outrages with
composure, and was rather disposed to de-
nounce it for its brutal coOlness His remarks
upon this point were quite eloquent. No one
can read them as reported in the newspapers
without feeling assured that Mr. Dawes actu-
ally believes there has been an outrage upon
negro mail driver, as he asserts. Many per-
sons no doubt will feel equal confidence IN
Mr. Dawes's sincerity in urging that the Re
publican party should be continued in power,
Butler returned to Congress, and Dawes
elected to the United States Senate, for the
purpose of preventing outrages which in ten
years of power they have failed to put down.
And when he comes out during the next ses-
sion of Congress, and informs his party that
it must do something besides talk about out
RACES, we shall all say aud say again, "Well,
latter all, Dawes means we'll"