New-York tribune., 1875-10-07
TIE STATE CINTISS.

VIII Mr.. Thadleus {. Davis ever resignf
From the Canal Ring coat-of-arms: "D-n
al honor in canal matters"LJ. Lord.
The Democratic candidlte for the senate in
the XXXIld District il Juds0u ". Breed. Mr Ycdi,r.
tac Republican candidate, has not yet Withdrawn.
Ex-senator Abiah W. Palmer Of Armenia is
not il at the service t. year Of the constituents
whom be has served so faithfully heretofore. He not
as reported, q candidate for the Republican nomination.
and would not accept a nomination from either party
Stripped OF polite paraphrasc and clrcumlo-
cution Jarvis Lords letter Bennett reads about "A
folows: 81 greatly Obliged for the 500 you sent
me There ia nothing unusual about snch ss 10 Sena
tors of the state Ncw-Yrrk Team only hope you
pleased with my work ana will continue yOar patronage
rhe business Will bo continued at tb" Old stand west
side Of the Senate Chamber seat No -. Bills passed
amendments made and signatures prucur 20 bliss at
reasonable rates. Discount 10 the trade
W. W. Braman was badly beaten in the
Republican Senatorial Con,c ,cnuou at Albany. II was
well for the party. and well, too, that they nominated
who has clean reputation as ex-senator Henry
r. Person MI Braman would have made melancholy
though hitting sequel TO Woodin, srkrpg and Yedder.
r Picr,on Senator from Kings County in ls6G-j7.
and an A,scmbI,nJn from Albany in l-73 and Is now
the r. sdcn Director Of the NcwYoi Central and IIud
son River Raicld ~ Albany. T.is nomination added
To that OF senator gucr makes two Central Railroad
candidates for the senate.
II would be n good idea for Canal Commits
iouc stroud 80 resign, the close Of hi- term.
Commissioner who makes large award, without cN-
amning thu claimants records OF expenditure and who
allows his hoi, bill to De paid when Official business
without inIuir.ng who paid it, il better fitted Tor
private than public life. The Middle Division can got
along without him. IN fact AL the Divisions could hardly
be worse OF than they have boon II there he'd been no
Commissioners 1t all The rpor5 OF the Canal COMMITS
sion e"b ish the idgt tha the stem oi canal govern
nru IN carz. o the contractors and thieves. aud hcy
pmpcj thCm ss dry as they chose.
The Republicans could not afford to throw
away the syracuse District by renominatng senator d.
T. Wood, but they had sufficient courage OF IN immoral
kind TO bestow upon him a coat Of whewaSh-"hch
bids fair To become peculiarly Republican mixture
Though there five candidates, senator Woods name
was not mentioned until tine close of the Conyen
ton the body gave him it, bcncdicun in the shape
Of a resolution expressing their undiuni,hel cond-
dcncc in him hot citizen and Senator" This Il IN
admirable instance Of the difference between what poll
tcians say in private and resolve in public Tho Hon
Dennis Mccarthy. who nominated ~ succeed S'na
tor Wood has been Mayor Of syracuse, ASScnllymsn,
and Congressman, serving two terms At Washington
beginning IN 1856 lie made himself prominent m Con
grrss by advocacy of Prot con doctrine. and by espc
cia del Otion to the salt Interests ot - l"cuSe,
The Democratic side of the controversy about
the reduction OF taxation il stated follows by He
Tticq Observer "Ogr Republican exchanges attempt to
confuse this question. They enlarge on The fact that
nearly $4,000 600 have been applied to The ymcnt u
the state debt within The past four years and that
RcDubcGu has held the Office OF Controller du.ing that
time All that the Republican Controller had 10 do with
the reduction Of tie debt to apply the taxes collected
from the people to the purposes sinocdb b law That
he has failed 0nally even in that duty, AMI has
backcn,d his record by disgracciu 2i 20 known 10 all
men But the essential point j. that there was no
rctrcuchmCnt in the cNp.ditU:cs Uut Gov 1dcn came
to power. He cut OF ;2.7jOOOO from the BUDGET OF
czpcnsrs. Tho appropriations somewhat reduced
10 meet the uWu>ta taxable demands of aroused end
mii-nant public opinion. Il'n the Governor appeared
with the iruuin.lDok Of hi- veto power, ,asing or
every dollar which had been unnecessarily appropriated
Thus II came to pass that the take, ds,. "a no six
mls a. against seven and quarter last year
Mr.. Bigclow gets this earnest defense from
Tb> y,rinqfe'd Rcpu5'icaa "lhe treatment Of Mr.
John Bgeow by the Ncw-York Republican party press
ia equally unutcllgent and unjust The whole business
Is a pltul display OF party disappointment and party
spite and surprised 20 such Journals a3 The
Ihca Hc3ald ana The Al5aay EreHb,g J"Gnal partci-
paiug in it, It has been that Nj Bgeow has
not sympathiled with the dominant elements OF the Re
publican party for years lie was an open and
earnest supporter Of Gov Tidcns election last year. and
he accepted from him. last Winter the charmanShp Of
the Canal Investigating Commission, with, OF cOurre, the
presumptons and obligations of fun sympathy with tho
Governor in his purposes. This position alone would
forbid him accept nomination q chct opposed TO
GOV Tdcn and arragning and d~trustng hi, sincerity
The Republicans wild in thinking they could tempt
HIM to such act of bad faith i. acceptance OF me
nOcrtt!c nomination was quite m accordance WIN ms
GOV. Tden and consistent with his manifest purpose To
assist him while the nomination is'lf was no sudden
suggestion, born of the Republican prohcr and 10 deci
nation but had been talked of in political circles for
weeks before either convention met Tnc kcpuOIcaos'
Mr. BiSelow Is like man tralucing the virtue oi
who rejects ms offer IN marriage because she -
n.aged to auothcr man. Aud that certainly has always
| been held TO Dc pretty mean BUSINESS.
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