The Portland daily press., 1875-04-26
The COnnOr Movement.
The Comments of the "Indopendenp
Papers.

We have already printed the warm COM
menlaton of Gen. Connor, by the Fairfield
Chronicle, published in his native town-a pa
per independent in politics. We now clip from
the Waterville Mail, not only an independent
paper,b but anti-ring and anti-every thing which
1t thinks not right; and, above all one of those
papers which speak what it thinks right out in
meeting, frequently to the alaIm and disgust Of
the elders. Now the, editors of the Mail have
known Gen. Connor from sehool-boy age un-
til to.dayhis character, Lis record, his ability.
his worth. They are not hot politicians who
cry for the good of party. They hold no office
and expect more. They do know Geo. Connor,
and thus speak:
The announcement by Gov. Dingley that he
declines third election has called public at
tention very pointedly to the selection of his
successor. Important conditions are conceded
at starting He must be the most available
man, and to this end he must be the man least
tainted by the sins of the party. A long course
of prosperity has made the name os these sins
legion. They are not organic, and single
year of obvious and pungent repentance would
make them whittier than snow The unwashed
and unfed must wait In the background for
more convenient season, while some man of
untarnished record leads the party to victory.
Such man, more than any other as it seems
to us, is Gen. Selden Connor. Not one of the
party sins can point to him. A politician only
as an earnest lOoker-on; known mainly for his
patriotism by every voter in the state, and ap-
preciated as brother by the soldiers of both
parties: unrewarded for his sacrifices only be-
cause he has never asked for political favors;
man whose sympathes are with the masses
because he is one of them by birth and educa-
ton, knowing them in all their wants and in
terests; and better than all, antainted By dRy
partnership IN political games, rings, or conoanG
tiOns ndrro,Cer than the platform Of the Un1on,-
with all these advantages, we say, where can
man be found who would unite the Republic
cans of Maine like Gen iConnor? Availability
based upon these conditions is q rule OF safety
at any time and in any party.
The Dexter Gazette, another independent
journal, thus speaks of the ''comiDg man.
The suggestion of Gen. Selden Connor as a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomination,
seems to meet with very general approval
He was faithful soldier. and is an upright
citizen.
The Oxford Democrat, which has been class
flied as an "anti-ring" organ by Democratic
journals, thus endorses Gen. Connor:
From what is known of this distinguished
gentleman in this region, no question OF per-
sonal nature is likely to arise to exclude his
claims and qualifications from fair and candid
consideration. In his character, services and
consistent Republican principles, there is much
to commend HIM to the people OF his native
state.
The Farmfhgton Chronicle, which so warmly
endorsed Gov. ;Dingey few weeks since and
80 hotly scourged those who have made it their
business to denounce him, says of Gen. Con-
ner:
As he is a young man Of ability and thorough
qualifications, and with spotless record as a
citizen and sold er, we have an. earnest desire
to see him the standard bearer of the Repub-