, 1875-01-25

COMMITTEE. ......-...,
THE Fn1EsDa OF GOV. wAhnnUHN
wcrc willing and anxious to 70 into caucus tho
f1ret wrok Of tho aeesio',. when the members
vnre fresh from tl,efr constituents And thoir III,
structtuns and pledges had not beer obilteratod
from their minus by elit.erinE pcrsuasions. 10
tlia the friends OF Mr. q. would not conRcnt, anu,
having control OF tho machinery for calling tho
caucus. could. and did prevent It. Had cat
Gus bccn held tho fitst week Of the hsAnion, the
nomination Of Mr. Carpenter would have boon
defeated. - .-. .-...
The fret step was to employ men in evory
Senate and Assembly district represented BY ati
opponent Of Atr. q. to writo letters aud aond III
petitions signed by snch weatlacr-cocks as thoy
could wilecde into signing them, clniinng thas
thoro l,ad been great change ~ tho v'o"e u
tho people e such stfes lcs anu ~ l Ths
was tho work of the Toetmasters scattered
through tho State. md nuppEementtng tue let-
tors by the appeals and inducemoEtH OF tho pow
erful lobby here, and with sncli succeBs that,
after eight days effort, enough hive been found
| 10 botrAr their constituents, and to break their
pledges, to secure tho nomination or Mr. z:
| Wien his MANAGERS had secured shcif
number they notified the one committee
man opposing Mr.. Carpenter TINT tile caucus
would DO called for Thursday evening. Jan: II.
Against this call, aud OIL account Of tho short
notice given, he protested, bn: without ay"!
and because tho opponents Of Alr. G. dosired to
get fafr expression nf tIe public sentiment o.
those districts where it was claimed
A CHANGE OF OPINION HAD OCCURRED.
/ In SQfnG UlbEftEt3 lHGT8 WIS Hu EFGLeHb8 VI u
! choura IN thu Sevc,th Senatorial District
| Dune Countv.-whcro tho opposition to scuator
! Catpcptcr is nearly unanimous, and 40 strong
tl,at at tic timo of tho election iho leading Car
petcr 1ncu said they wou!l not adviae tie se,l-
atur-clcct to vote for Mr. C., even II ho waB it,
cinc1 to. 10 strongly nlaplfcstel was tho oppo-
] slttou au,l the BosIator Mr.. Bryant, knew that
his election, was in,poseill' without Elesag'ng
protest sighed by over 1,OU0 Of his constituents
aqniust Ills etpott OF hfr. c., yet he at tho beck
Of tho ring. iguonlniously betrayed them.
It is known aud safe to say that, had the con-
stitucntB Of nearly every QUO Of these members
supposed TINT they wonli, in any oycnt, have
supnorted Mr, C., they would have been defeat
Oh by ma ajorilies tilat would have buried them
| out OF sight.
State, not oflicc-soekers, say aud believe that
tho election OF 11r. Carpenter will cause the do
feat of tho Republican patty in this State for
ycars to como.
! Enthusiastically lnrgn majority OF the nepnb-
lcans or the state aro opposed to his election.
| They had 30 Expressed themselves, aud had
elected ,neu pledged against him.
WHAT, THEN, WAS TIE DUTY or THE nouh'
and thwartod? How long il it supposed that men
will stand by party and vote for its men when
tboir wishes arc constantly ignored, and tho
frui.s Of their victory wrosted from sllom by
chcanory?
10 the average politician tho refusal to 60
into caucus or convention, and abide ita result,
| il very serious o,Tense. 1t is n reIiauce upon
ths wcnkneas of politicians TINT Inns emboldcH-
thcso men to thus attonlpt, timo aud again, to
It'll tho public voice in this and other statos.
Ordinarily we would not justify It, but thore arc
occaaiuus whou evon loyalty to the pasty demand
IT,
The election Of Mr. g. means an Endorsement
OF hs record-his acts al Senator. 1t means to
the Republicans OF this State TINT nil thess resoll-
tous If all our conventions meant, noth'ng
that they were mere claptrap and bl1ncombo,
put forth for tie temporary purpose OF catching
votes.
WHAT IT MEANB.
It means to the Nepubllcan electors OF this
State TINT they can no longor trust to cur prolcs-
thn aura ,uoyitable. and peruAuent defeat oj
tho narty in this State.
1t IL for the purpose Of saving the Republican
party IN this ntate thas tn!s sFhtthn panu o. o.
Mefosn H. sa1 tn tho hr"acNthat tI,ay In ~
, r,snm ainro .he notty poitlcIan and invoked tht
iual,onalle right OF revolution.
They know that In their cabG 1t will not do tx