New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-18
THE STATE CANVASS.

| Gen. L. w. Thayer, lifelong Democrat.
of wyoming County, viii vote for Hayes aud Wheeler
Scott Lord has accepted the Democrats
nomination for Congress from the Oneida District He
| has made sure Of one nomination anyhow.
| The Democratic electoral ticket ought to be
studied carefully by the ruling powers. There may bes
Democrat or two on it who could bs substituted of
crumbs of comfort: Mr.. Robinson's first vote
was cast for Andrew Jackson and Mr. Dorshclmer for
Horatio Seymour Bourbons will please take notice.
A. N. Sheldon and Dr. Merchant Ellington
have nominated for the Assembly IN tho list and Id
Districts respectively of Madison County by the Repub-
eans and Isaac Noyes IT, has been renominatei By the
Republicans in the Hid District of Saratoga County
| In the Constitutional Convention of 1878,
Controller Robinson urged tho adoption Of an amend
| ment to the Constitution removing tho prohibition
against the sale of the canals claiming that ire
canals would be better managed by private enterprise
that their accommodations would be better and the trade
Increased but while they remained In the hands OF the
State they would always be o burden"
There seems to be q prospect that the Re-
publican division in the XXYIIIth Congressional Dis
trct will be healed. The Broome County delegation
which withdrew from the Congressional Convention has
made report to tho County Committee, stating that
their action taken because the charges made against
Mr. dwight who was nominated by tho remainder of tho
convention were not inquired into They state that be
stands ready to meet Them and express the hope that
he will do so successfully. The Republican majority in
this district has usually been more than 5000 but at the
eIsSsTh nE proabV means Democrsc Con-
greSsman and the Republicans should therefore lose no
time IN adjusting tie difficulty
Tho crOw-sick Bourbon is to have his fill.
Il has been discovered that there is not even ono
original Democrat ON the socalled Democratic state
ticket Judge Robert Earl, who was relied on as tho
pinch OF Democratic salt 10 save the ticket Is found t.
have begun his candidate for judicial Office
q KnOw-NOthng, having been elected county judge OF
Herkmer county 1885, that ticket in opposition to
the regular Democratic candidate II this ticket should
be elected the State Offices would then have been divided
by Democratic votes follows Gov. Robinson, former
Republican; Iieut-GOy. DorshciIner, Republican until
Controller an apointee OF Gov Tlden, probably former
Republican; state Treasurer Ross Democrat Attorney
General FHthild Democrat State Engineer van buren,
Democrats Auditor Schuyler, former RepuDlcan. Ma
jOrty of one for the Republt ans
On the tolls question the Democratic party
Is as badly mixed as it ia ON finance They have nomi
mated high tolls candidate radical low tolls plat
FORM and have put the ticket with him the most con-
spicuous advocate of low tolls in the Canal Board
Then they argue alternately that II Mr. Robinson Ia
elected he will BIO removed from the Canal Boara and
cease to have vote against low tolls, and that If Mr.
Dorsemer elected Will remain in tho Canal Board
and have a vote on behalf of low tolls Meanwhile Mr.
Robinson Is denying that he ever favored high tolls
except far to insist tina: the canals ought to pay
their own expenses. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Dorsbemor
ought 10 hold conferences on the Saratoga plan before
their letters Of acceptance are published Perhaps they
can agree upon middle ground that VIII satisfy both
Buffalo and 0swcgo, both the fprwarder ana the tax
| payer.
| Charles Stebbins, Gov. Tilden's private Sec
rotary has addressed letter To Ha,PcPs Weekly in re-
ply to recent article cartoon ntended to show that
Gov Tdcn pardoning criminals for the sake Of their
votes Mr.. Sebbins shows that the number OF prdons
granted each year by Gov Tdcn lower than that for
any year since $685. except Gov. Dixs frat year, that
the number Of combinations varies greatly, but that
Gov Tdens average is about tie same as that CT hts
predecessors and that tho increased number OF rcstora
lions to citizenship due the rule adopted by Gov
Dix not restore man TO citizenship uEtii after two
years good conduct that those who would other
wise have made application 20 Gov. Dix are now apply
ing 10 Gov Tdeu. He says also that Is not true that
each case OF restoration is marked Not to be pub
listed" but THAT are so marked because ap
pcatOn often not made until after some years OF an
upright life aud tho former convict unwilling tc nave
the memory OF his disgrace revived. The answer Is
complete ono. Gov Tiden deserves credit Tor MS mod
in the exercise OF the pardOg power AN MI
NazI' is nan