The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27

than hold their own--their vote, last year,
being the largest ever polled by that party,
exceeding that of 1878 by over seventy-6ve
thousand votes, that of 1872 by twenty
four thousand, aud being more than forty
eight thousand larger than in lS71--it is
not so evident that the republican vote of
last year-which was twenty-one thousand
less than in 1871 and nearly eighty thousand
less than in 1S72-will not be largely in
creased by the vote of the "stay at home"
republicans of former years. Unless some
good reason can be advanced why these re-
publicans will not vote this year, The prob
abilities must be that the democratic ma
jority of lsst year will be greatly reduced,
if not entirely overcome.
So far as ''canal reform" is concerned,
although each party seems to lay great
stress thereon, each claiming to be its best
friend, it is practically dead issue, and it
is difficult to see how the people can much
longer regard it as one demanding their at
| tenton to the exclusion of other matters.
| Governor Tlden has done great and good
work in laying bare the frauds and expos.
| ing the corruptons connected with the re-
| pairs of canals-but his work will be much
better and greater when the canal thieves
shall be in prison and a portion of their
plumber restored to the state treasury.
This, however,-is aside. We have no wish
to belttle Governor Tilden's work, and
whether the "Tilden party" shall succeed
or not, his term of office continues for
another year-ample time for the compile
ton OF the work he has laid out, and for
the successful accomplishment of which
needs neither friendly legislature or
board of state officers. The whole object
of this "canal reform" as it is called, is, or
ought to be, to secure indemnity for the
past and security for the future. The for
mer, no matter how the election results,
will still be in Governor Tilden's hands
The latter IS already secured by the com.
bined action of two republican legislatures
and the ratifying vote of the people of the
state. Since January LIST, all power in the
legislature, or any other body or board
to grant extra compensation to contractors
has ceased, and the expenditures on canal'
are limited to the receipts therefrom, Sc
that hereafter unbalanced bds"-througl
which all the frauds have comc--will b,
useless for fraud. The people begin It
see this, and their votes may show tina
they are not as ''deluded" as John Kell,
, thinks they are.
Either John Kelly or the "substantia
d" business classes" are very much mistaken
John says that they do not care whicl
party succeeds so long as it 'promises" t
re.establish the "city government on al
"Aonest and iaco,ruptible basis" and W
+, think it is John who is wrong. These me
. desire something more than ''promises,
they want the reality. And for this reaso
, they are not becoming, every day, cor
verts to the latter day democracy. Tb
course of John Kelly and Tammany i
New York city shows how honest and il
+ corruptible the city governments promise
G are. The effort to supplant Recorde
D Hackett, because he is depicting the rank
of scoundrels and thieves, and because b
refused to select his court officials frol
g the supple tools Of Tammany, shows til
o kind of honest and incorfuptible Officer
!. that may be expected at democratic hand
e The union of the best men of New Yor
Il city IN support of the republican and an
o Tammany ticket, and similar union
il Brooklyn against the democratic rims
J. are surer indications than John Kelly
o opinion of the standing of the "substanti
g business classes, and from what part
n they are being converted every day. W
e have no desire or intention of pitting o,
n prediction against Kelly's, but il ii
:, democratic or Tildens ticket succeeds b
e any where as near Il large majority ;
g that of last year, we shall be compelled
f conclude that cheating the people is nj
r such a very hard task after all. 'ft+