The New York herald., 1875-10-19
Speech Of the Blond Senator at
the State Capital,
FAINT PRAISE FOR T1LDEN.
The Canal Reforms Regarded Through
Republican Spectacles.
Comparative Expenditure of the Two
Party Administrations.
ALBANY, n. Y, oct. IS, 1875.

ent political campaign was made Tweddle Hail. this
evening" TO large and enthusiastic audience the
Senator was in excellent condition and evidently well
prepared for the which the State Committee have
laid out for him. The following is an abstract OF
THE SPEECH
The Senator opened his remarks by little sally at
the expense Governor Tilden in which he npoogzed
for not being a farmer even Governor, and pro-
ceeded compare the claims of the two great parties
this the support of the 1000 600 voters VINO
soon to record their Judgment on several tar-
reaching questions. One memorable fact, said he,
stands front of all others. By their declarations
both parties in this state are agreed on the questions
which have rocked the country for twenty years
Is not this amazng2 Is Il not full OF instruction
For twenty years the republican party and the
democratic party have been locked in crap
pie the mastery certain broad, distinct ques
tions You know what they The republican party
born OF these questions, was born to champion
them one side The democratic party, III very re.
Gently, made stubborn, dogged Tight upon them But
now both these organizations profess 10 hola one ana
the same ground. One or both must nave cnangea ID
opinion profession. one, at least must nave oeeh
| wrong. Which is it2 Has the republican party
| proved TO be wrong or mstakenY Has II changed
front2 Mol But the democratic party las at last be-
/ come convinced-so Its platform makers assert-that
the cardinal principles heretofore denounced year after
year should be accepted and approved. Thus the re-
publican party is vindcated the great issues Of the
century and thus the democratic party coniesses itself
beaten and wrong in every position u has maintained
The speaker charged that the democracy had always
claimed the right Of State TO break up the Union and
that this very hall on February /, 1861 rang with
| solemn and vehement denunciatons, and threats
against all attempts 20 chastise and put down re-
bellon and long years later this ground had not been
abandoned. Emancipation was one Of these questions
and Lincoln set free the slaves he set free also
1 the most frenZied and savage spirit of opposition
throughout the democracy that ever ran riot IN our
history Allowing the slaves to Join our standard and
/ carry spade musket for us was another bone Of
contention, and General Mcclellan, before beng nomi
mated for the Presidency, declared by public procama
tion that every black man who came TO the Union
camp should be returned by force to his master"
The Senator reviewed the action Of the national de-
mocracy the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
4 amendments, and charged that down TO the last
hour OF the last session the democrats in Congress
made common against every intended 70
vitaize utilize either Of these amendments always
voting for every claim coming from the South for dam
4 ages done by the war.
/ THE CANAL REFORM
He stated that public attention In this State Is di
| rected from more general questions, and fixed
chiefly certain matters Of State administration The
management OF public works and State affairs stands
in the foreground Of political discussion and canal re-
FORM is the thing are invited TO consider. For
me- gladly accept the invitation. The subject is not
new and most Of not new converts to It's merit
and Importance. Extravagancc and prohgacy IN canal
and prison management and in other branches OF State
administration Is older than most Of II is matter
which have often urged upon my fellow citizens. In
this hail. October 1871, when the doings we hear
| much OF fresh, the people OF Albany
| gave me long hearing upon what had then re-
| Gently been done and what still progressing in
prodgate expenditures upon the canals and
prisons Of the State. Many times and in many
| places and by many republican speakers and
| editors, the files OF the press Will show, the
very canal management which has lately been dssccted
facts and figures 70 be not only prodga but dishonest
/ rejoice that last the TRUTH in part, coming to
light and the republican party would not and cannot,
and dare not withhold any effort to 60 TO the bottom OF
the wrong and reform i altogether The speaker pro-
| cceded TO analyze the reforms in the State and
painted in his eloquent and sarcastic style those in the
democratic party as politicians who see
i MILLIONS IT.
There are he said vet other reormers-sincere cf-
iectve transformations reformers-who carry no long
faces making prayers on street corners, not wiring
ing their hands or shaking their heads nor vaunting
themselves but lay hold OF wrong and correct II in
hopeful honest spirit Such reformers and such reforms
should have The active aid and sympathy of every
| who would preserve his country, his property, his
rights and who would maintain his integrity
| and selfrespect No mock at such
reform and keep himself unspotted The Senator re-
erred to the work Of the republicans in the elections
| Havemeyer, Mayor, died defeating the Iammany
cratic party supported every democrat II nomination.
VIGOROUSLY allied, many Of them were, with Tweed ;
blossomed in practices less harng but certainly
hurttul and dishonest as those which distinguished
But we are told that because Governor Tlden has
taken ground against canal rascalty the people must
elect the democratic ticket and the democratic party
| This position ! want TO examine TO begin WITH
| Governor Tilden Is not running ~ TINS canvass.
''Bossr NEW YORK
| is quite as much In question Governor Tilden Tho
democratic party Is running and 1t Is good
deal Important to know how IT stands
! than TO know how Governor Tilden or any other
man stands II is important to know how both parties
stand and who the candidates and how they stand
| In Albany il is we'll to know how Mr. Dayton stands
| how he stood and how he voted and how he did not
vote last winter. II he has been and Is honestly for
roofing out the rascates which have preyed upon the
| public works, aud has opponent is not for doing
think Mr. Dayton ought TO be elected TO the Senate II
Frederick w. Seward and Francis f. Spinner and their
associates TO be trusted think they should be
voted down. especially If their opponents be trusted
| Certainly they start with no personal inferiority
| and their political bias cannot stand In their way. Why
should republican, such, wish 10 uphold the Canal
Ring" the .Tammany RingY" Whenever these two
rings are finally destroyed the sword Of the democ.
racy in this State will be broken, and the army which
the republican party has met IN so many battles Will
nd its legions thinncd and its exchequer unprovided
/ THR FRAUDS.
The speaker for half devoted his attention to
the canal frauds through republican spectacles
nnd critically examining the antecedents Of the actors
in them the state officers under whose administration
they we're perperated came 70 the conclusion that the
ceeding to the doings Of tho Canal Board
Mr. Conkng said All these officials democrats
Tbev are the same men whom two years afterward az
Rochester Governor Tilden assisted IN renominating
and whom he supported with all the appliances which
mnistered TO that immaculate campaign They are the
game men for whom the whole democracy voted after
their doings notorious-the same men for whom
they counted many votes in New York city within
about o 900 had bocn counted for Hoffman, whcn as
we know now, upward OF 1000 falsely added
TO the count; and all this election
when republicans laid aside party and gave their
70 Mr.. Seymour, Mr. Tilden, hr. Tiemann and other
democrats because they believed them for reform Mr.
Conklng continued Ia this strain, giving instances Of
fraud calling special attention every where
republicans were instrumental In either defeating
exposing the thieves; and referring TO Governor Til
den's course he sad ~ concede that for al he has
really done assal them, Governor Tldcn entitled
10 credit and applause No shall ever hear
me detract from his just need Of praise He deserves
praise and do the whole body Of republican senator's
and members Of the Assembly who sustained every
effort, and voted tor the most novel and stringent
measures 10 aid the Executive with plenary power.
But how il be that the democratic party and
It's candidates. general and local. entitled make
gains from such damning expOsure2 When the
tional administration exposes and hunts down It's
faithful agents and scourges them from the temple the
opposition press aloud that republicans have been
caught IN official wrong and calls upon the people
vote down such party. But when the whole body OF
democratic State officials convicted Of Systematic
misdong, the same press insists that other democrats
must be put IN their places amid general applause
Tho Senator here called attention TO the figures TO
canal receipts and expenditures recently published IN
the Albany BucninJ Journal which showed large sur
I plus revenue Ia favor Of tho republicans.
UNDER AHTI-DEMocRATIc CONTROL
| T0ls and Cost Of Cot-
Miscellaneous lection and Surplus
yerrR ReceiDL Lepdir& hepellucs.