New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-20
new YORK REPUBLICANS.

NEW YORK kEPUBLlGAAS.
The Republican State Committee o
New York recently met at the Fiji
Avenue Hotel, in New York city, witt
ex. Governor E. D. Morgan in the chair
The most important business transacted
was fixing the time and place for Re
publican State Convention. It was de
cided that the convention should meet q
Saratoga on the eighth day of September
and in announcing the coming convention
to the public Governor Morgan said
1.-The Republicans of the State, and al
who unite with them in desiring good
government, are cordially invited to meet
together in their several assembly districts
to select delegates. The election to occu,
in New York in November is of local i'm.
poftance, to select Senators, Secretary
of State and Treasurer, and minor Off
GERS, and the language of Governor Nor
gan indicates the spirit with which the
Republicans will enter the contest, aided
by men OF other parties who desire free
dom from the rule of rotten Democracy.
Governor Tilden is not bad man; he
was selected by Morrissey for his wealth
and responsibility. as the only man capa-
BILE Of saving the party. Tilden assisted
in the overthrow of the Tweed ring, but
not until Tweed became such an infamous
lead that he could no longer be carried,
and then the Democrats sacrificed the old
man-''gave him away" as Aatsell, Of
the Democratic police board, and editor
of the slang Police Gazette would
say-and called it reform. Tilden
is by profession and occupation railroad
lawyer, and counsel for the railroad mo-
nopolists. Between the canal and rail-
road interests there has always been open
war since railroads were built and COM
menced competition in carrying freight.
The canal management, through Demo-
cratic legislation and rings. had become
corrupt, and the State was being system
atically robbed, Is had been The city of
New York by the Democratic Tweed ring.
The railroad lawyer was elected Governor,
and his first important oct was 70 expose
the canal rings. All honest men rejoiced
at that, and the most grateful praise and
support the Governor received was from
the Republican party. If his reform was
not genuine honesty, it was at least doing
good work, and Tilden was held up as
model Governor, and began 20 think of
riding to the White House in canal boat.
The shrewd little railroad lawyer 'tgave
the canal ring away" to again use the
language of Democratic Chieftain Nor
rissey, and they called it reform. Mr..
Tilden made q tabular exhibit of the sum
total reduction of taxes he has accom-
plished by cutting off canal appropriations.
and he has lately been riding over his
and showing his figures to the
directors and to the people at the way sta
lions. In his circle speech at Syracuse on
The eleventh instant, he said: |
am glad to meet you. I am glad to see
,u6b tuc Qut SllUu III IOtOTu tue AUullUlo-
ration If the public affairs of this State is
awakening det p interest in the minds of the
people. 1t is not necessary for Me to draw
-FOUR attention in detail to particular abuses
n regard to tho canals Of this State. You
rave become, ALA! too familiar with the
ituatiOn. Here, under your own eyes and
TOur own observation, these transactions
lave been Asried on ia open day BY CON-
'ination that Rave sought to rule The State.
h,~v, k4,.~ ~LA Al-A /
on are determined that there shall be
borough and tffectual reform in these
matters.
And then he said regarding those who
ad party claims upon him:
During all my journey have been frs-
u ntly followed by persons asking. for
heir friends and for those in whom they
'ere interested, pardons from prisons and
enitentlsries. | have been compelled to I
BOX into such cases and see who are in |
lstes of these institutions and of what
hey have been accused, to see what it is |
nat constitutes the wrong to society Of
'hich they have been convicted. When l
ave compared their Offensee, in nature, |
,mptatiOns and circumstances, with the |
rimes Of great public delipquents who ,
aim to stand among your best society and
re confessedly prominent among their fell
w-citizens-crimos repeated and continued
Bar after year, am appalled, at the in ,
quality Of human justice.
Following this the Governor urged the
eople to send better men to the Legisla.
ire, that better laws might be enacted.
was stirring canal speech from a
'ilroad standpoint. All honor to Gov
nor Tilden for what he has done, re-
ardless of his motives. But Governor
ilden in not the General Assembly of :.
ew York, nor was Governor Dix. He is
10 swallow trying to make summer.
e is an angel 6gure-head nailed to the )
ratical caft of State. He is the familiar
cture of the VIRGIN Mary hunp on tho |