The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-02
The Aspects or tho Republican Cam


The Troy 7rmes-one of the most infuen-
tial republican journals in New York outside
of this city-contains an article in reference
to the canvass, which we print elsewhere,
and which will be read with attention. The
Troy Times speaks for its party in the rural
sections Of the State-for those earnest re-
publicans who believe in the party and have
no feeling so far as politics is concerned but
the triumph Of principles. We print this
article to show that the detection of Mr.. Cur
tbs and the small body of gentlemen about
the Union League who claim to run the re-
publican party does not extend into the rank
and file Of the organization. The effort OF
the enemies of Mr. Conkling is to
show that he has no power in
his own State beyond the machine"
The truth is that he represents the deepest
sense of republican feeling. AS the Troy
Times says eff the republican party has
been in the wrong, then Mr. Conkling has
been in the wrong /; if it has failed, then he
has failed but if it has been right in the
main, if it has not failed, then Mr.. Conkling
has been right and has not failed" This Is
the idea that we have pressed upon those
republicans who argue that some new man
is necessary to purify the party" No re-
publican who has thus far been named for
the Presidency with any chance Of nomi-
nation has failed in his devotion to the Pres
ident. There is not one of them who is not
as much of a Grant man" as Conkling
-, hoe yet no
dent above whisper. Morton has been the
Presidents chief counsellor in the most i'm
portant measures of the administration.
Bristow is Grants Secretary of the Treasury
and must share with the President, whose
orders he obeys, the praise and the blame Of
his Office. If clark horse" should come
first in the race he would have the approval
of Grant and his friends. The republicans
will nominate no man whose election would
be in any way censure of the administra-
ton.
The Chicago Inter Ocean, the republican
paper of Chicago, the one which has kept
itself in sympathy with the wishes of the
leaders Of the Northwest, also supports Mr..
Copkling in an earnest and manly article,
from which we quote. This support from
the Northwest is an answer to the assertion
that our Senator has no outside strength
The North american, of Philadelphia, under
the control of the veteran editor and poll
tician, Morton McMichael, which charged a
few days ago TINT Pennsylvania would never
support Mr.. Conkling on account Of his
opposition to the Centennial, has had its
fire drawn by the statement that comes to us
from well informed circles that the Senator
supported every measure looking to the
success of the Centennial. So that we may
assume that Pennsylvania, under the skilful
leadership of Mr.. Cameron, will not fail to
sustain Mr.. Conkling after the compli-
mentary vote of the State has been given to
Mr.. Hartranft. The Southern States, so far
as they have instructed their delegates,
show desire to vote for Mr. Conkling on
the same ground as Pennsylvania as q
second choice. New England, which was to
have voted for Mr.. Blaine as a unit, goes to
the Convention divided, with its vote scat
tered for Blaine, Bristow and Conkling
The canvass of Mr.. Blaine suffers every day
from Investigations which spring up in
every quarter, and especially from the oppo-
sition of influential newspapers like the
Cincinnati Commercial and Gazette and the
Chicago Tribune These newspapers are
supposed to favor Mr.. Bristow, but we can
not see how their support means anything
but Mr.. Conkling or the ozark horse"
There is no middle course. The Bristow
movement has never been anything more
than q sentiment, like that of Mr.. Bowles
and a few country editors for Charles Francis
Adams. 1t is in the hands of few
saints in Boston and swarm of detectives
all over the country, who think that the
only way to nominate President is to send
all the other leaders of the party to the peni-
Tertiary. We have a movement in New
York which finds expression in call we
print elsewhere, signed by the most respect
able members of the republican party
among them citizens like John Jay, William
+. Dodge, John Jacob Astor, A. A. Low, Jack
son S. Schultz, l.. Z. Norton James Emott,
Joseph H. Choate, j. Pierpoint Morgan,
Alexander Hamilton and others-who may
well be believed when they express desire
for reform" the return of specie payments,
civil service and retrcnchment in all the
public expenses. This call takes the shape
of the Republican Reform Club, which
should, and we trust will, exercise power
full influence upon the party lift does not
fall into the hands of a few political mama
gers like the old Citizens Association,
which began with determination to reform
the city government and fell into the control
of Tweed and Sweeny. The Republican
Reform Club can do more than any other
agency to strengthen and purify republican
ism if its members go to work in the right
way, and, instead Of clamoring for any
one candidate, insist upon platform
which will satisfy the honest sentiment of