New-York tribune., 1876-10-13
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 13 1876

IKE an aristocratic contempt for the Repub-
| Hcan candidate; but it is the first time he has
| venturcd upon specific and tangible charge.
We give IT in full: al have not word
TO say in derOgation of Gov. Hayes
but it seems to me at least very
" singular that in a fearful crisis like
"this q person should have been selected
"who thus far has had no record on this sub
"iectr Tof reforml. Mr. Adams will permit us
| to say that, III spite of his well-bred dis
claimer, these are words spoken sin deroga-
L" tion of Mr.. Hayes" with the additional de-
merit of suggesting at least, an untruth. The
| invalid of Quincy-wc are sorry TO learn from
| his letter that he is an invalid-may not be
well informed but before declaring the alb
sence of record he should at any rate have
looked for it. He vigorously exalts Gov. Til
den as ga man who, by his energetic
land vigorous prosecution of a difficult
"and dangerous task of reform in his
Gown State, has given the strongest
pledges to the country, not simply Of his
"wil but of his power to meet emergencies of
call sorts" Now if Mr.. Adams had taken
little trouble to investigate the matter he
would have known that Gov. Hayes has an
excellent "rccOrd as Governor of Ohio, al
| though he has not ostentatiOusly paraded 1t.
| During his term of office the State debt of
Ohio has been reduced by nearly $3,OOO,OOO;
:he State expenditures by nearly Sl,OOO,OOO;
| the local taxation by over $17, ,O00,0 ,000 and
the State tax from three and half to two
and nine-tcnths mills. These are figures and
facts which, we have no doubt, Mr. Adams
would chccrfully have recognized II he had
known anything about them. He might also
have learned something of Gov. Hayess con-
slant efforts to reform the civil service of his
State, and of laws passed during his incum-
bcncy which limit the powers of local authori-
ties to borrow and spend money. 1t argues
carelcssness well nigh culpabe to say OF such
a man that he has no reform record.
Mr.. Adams should have thought twice be-
fore arIagning Gov. Hayes as a man unpalata-
bic TO a certain class of the South. We re-
member when Mr.. Adams himself was not
deeply beloved by the same class. Indeed, we
question whether the fact that he Is running
for Governor in Massachusetts, not as Dem
ocrat but as the friend of Gov. 1ilden, Will
help that gentleman to many votes from those
Southern citizens whom Mr.. Adams thinks 1t
so important TO concatc II is curious to find
u citizen put forward in Massachusetts as a
Democratic candidate, whose whole chance OF
sucrcss, il he has any is in Il popularity gained
in great part by his antl-slaycry course ana
opinion, in gone by years. Gov. Hayes, the
Republican, must not be voted for, lest the
South may grow algricr but Mr. Adams, the
Republican. may be voted for as Il mild, soft
cning. conciliatory cxpcdicnt! There was
time when such . political Inconsistency as
this would have provoked from the veteran
Republican Of Massachusetts, an cbullition of
fhat indignant irony which he knows so well
how To use. But times have changed, and men
have changed with them.
Meanwhile there is an unplclSan coarScncSs
m tine way in which his new friends are treat
ing Nh Adams which those who have admired
and respected him so long will mark with
mqullihed concern. Think of Brinkerhoif
sending general orders to Charles Francis
Adams tO report himself Immediately for
active service in Ohio. Think Of a letter
written to GOV. rilden, "calling his attention
'to the crisis in Hamilton County and urging
him ito ship on Charles Francis Adams with
"out delay We advise these gentlemen to
be n little more careful, and to show Mr..
Adams a little more Difference. He is the last
man H. the world to be ordered about, and Is
much more likely to declare for the Republican
candidate than To make a speech in OHIO, or
anywhere else, which he does not choose to