New-York tribune., 1875-11-13

! the Post Office Department; Hayes, VINO
had the good luck to head hSht
| in Ohio for honest currency and to win 1t and
| Tildcn. who, taken all in all, had shown a
clearer head for planning and better stomach
for carving on the peoples fight against the
/ thieves than any of them. And it is a curious
/ fact. perhaps a significant one, that the news
papers have pretty much dropped all the rest
since the elections, and devoted themselves To
/ the discussion of Tildcn as candidate ana
the effect of the elections upon his prospects
II is a harmless entertainment and may be
observed with interest. We trust no one Will
| fail to remark the very high ground taken Ill
this discussion by the Administration press.
The careful scrutiny to which they put Gov.
! Tidcn's motives does them great credit III
shows a disposition to insist upon unseish
motives as well as correct conduct Ill public
officials. The Administration preSS-ot tins
State Observation-Disclosures Gov. Iilden beyond
all account. 1t approves enthusiastically all
that he has done i'm the direction of Reform,
and would very much like to give him its en-
tire confidence, but it distrusts his motives.
We remember to have seen it stated several
times within few months that after all there
was good reason to believe that Gov. 1ilden
Ii has been suspected that he was en-
deavoring to win popularity by prosecuting
thieves and insttuting reforms. Some OF the
Administration newspapers are feeling quite
badly over this state OF facts. They discuss 1t
mouinfully. And upon the whole, II rs shock
! ing 1t is especially shocking at this time,
when all our public men are laboring so as
siduously for the country's welfare and with
such absolute forgetfulness of self. Here was
Mr. Blaine few months ago working with all
his might to carry Maine by an increased ma
oritv for no other reason than that phan-
thropy and patriotism called aloud to him to
do il. 1t never occurred to him that there
WAS D President to elect next year. Then
there was the Hon. o. p. Morton, skipping
about on this question OF finance till nobody
! knew and he didn't know himself. where he
was; and all with most unselfsh desire TO
give the people the largest possible quantity
of the best possible quality of currency; and
he never gave q thought TO anybody but the
dear people. And here is orr own noble Conk-
/ ling, utterly obviOus of SELF never refusing
to sustain the flag with the most fiery rhetoric
against the White League or the Pope; a
statesman who never did anything for effect,
but whose whole life has been given to the
service of the peOple-and a corporation or
two Then. too. consider the unsctShness and
the devotion of the President; how much he
thinks of the country and how little OF HIM
self; recall the sacrifices he made in consent
ing to be promoted from the command of Il
regiment to the command of the army. with
the pay of full General and then to be Prcsi-
dent for two terms with the salary doubled;
and then think how he has not only devoted
himself TO the duties of his Office, but has
drawn all his relatives into the service of the
Government
All yes, indeed, it would be shocking to
break in upon this record of unselilsh service,
to overturn all our proccdents and root up all
our traditions by choosing President who,
in the prosecution of a great reform, Is open
to the suspicion Of having been impeed by
selfish considerations. We await the result of
tie pending inquiry into the Governors mo-
tives with much interest. At present. 1t must
be confessed, he is Il formidable candidate. But
/ if il shall appear that in saving money Tor the
tax PAYERS. protecting the treasury, punlshng
thieves and raising the standard of political
morality. he has been Influenced by any con-
sideratiOn of personal adyantage-why that
ends it Of course. After Grant, to have
President tainted with sclislmess. And with
those eminent sef-forgetterS and sclf-sacTi-
ficers, Norton, Blaine, and COnk!ng in the
market tOo-pcTish the thought.