Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-05
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE as A FRIEND
tn STATE REFORM.

As an advocate of reform, the New York Tn
ta,ne is open to world of criticism in the posi-
ton it has assumed toward the anti-Ring move
ment in Maryland Everything that could be
said in favor of Governor Tilden's work in New
York-the praise of which is always on the Tri-
bunes tongue-is to be said in behalf OF the
movement headed by Messrs Harris and Wallis,
and the facts of the Maryland case sum up a far
greater aggregate of bad management, rela-
lively, than anything yet developed concerning
the New York canals, Nevertheless, the Irl-
tune not only has no encouragement for the re-
form movement of Maryland but 1t has, when
over it has referred to the subject at all, striven
to boost Carroll, while it slrrred and dsparaged
his opponents. So fer as the present
question Of State administration is concerned,
we presume no man could be more
sincerely and precisely in the right than W.
Wallis. He has acted in aightforward, ,digni-
fed, and earnest manner, and his recent letter
accepting the nomination for Attorney-General
10 one Of the clearest and most forcible state
ments of the political situation in Maryland that
could be presented This, it might be sup
posed, would be entitled to the Trp'luse's con-
siderstion, if not its commendation. but that
paper seems to have no word of encouragement
for Reformers like Mr. Wallis.
We make these remarks not that the 1rt-
bune's help to Maryland is essential or even i'm
portant the good people Of that State, now
thoroughly aroused to the doings of the Cor
mans, Bannons, and other Ringsters who have
for years misused the power confded to the
Democratic party, will work out their own saliva
tion, without either fear or trembling. But we
note the facts stated, as evidence, which to our
mind is conclusive, lthst the Tribune is still
pursuing the course which since 1872 has been
its systematic policy-that of weakening the Re
publican party, no matter what treatment 1t may
at the time observe. Tildens demonstrations
of Reform are praised to the skies, for to help
Tilden is to depress the prospect Of Republican
success, but inIother States, where 30 called
democratic misrr'e CAUSES popular revolt, the
cause OF Reform ,Las nothing to recommend il
in the eyes of that journal To help it in Mary
land would not be inJuring the Republican or
ganizatioD, and hence the oblique and dlscredit'
able course which we have described
The Tribune OF yesterday contains a we'll
prepared letter from Baltimore, giving fai
statement OF the poltlcal Hltualion III the otate
though it carefully refrains from expressing an,
word of approval of the Reform. movement, ant
fails to prevent the facts and figures from which
me necessity for Reform is to be deduced. Ed
itorially, the Tribune perseveres in decryipg TIL
Reformers, speaking Of them as "S secret poll
teal organization of unknown aims, state
ment so false that it would do credit to the mos
devoted Ring organ. The aims Of Messrs
Harris, Wallis, and wilkins, and Of the citizen
who put them in nomination hGve been mos
clearly and unreseryedly set forth to the world
but al they are not grist to the mill Of the Dem
ocratic party, the fact that they are in the drec
ton OF a needed reform in the government Q
Maryland does not engage the Tr,Junes favol