The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-22
TlLDEN THE "ORGANIZER. "

Inc uCmOCTulC parry 10 hhhiuS, anu
Sill continue TO make, desperate effort
. carry the elections this fall 1t il life
If death struggle with democrats, and they
snow It, Every appliance known TO poll
ici wi be brought to bear in the contest.
Tut first they must inspire hope. Without
hope of success, without seeming TO see,
,ot only its possibil ty, but its probability,
hey know that no determined effort can he
made. that the only result will be utter,
overwhelming defeat. 1t cannot be dis
,llsed that proper degree of confidence
Il as necessary to victory, as over-conf-
lencc is conducive to defeat. Consequent
Y, we see, at present, the whole effort of
he party turned toward inspiring conf
leace in the result. They do this not by
he ende lvor to show that the republican
candidates are unfit for the positions to
which they have been nominated, for their
nlincnt fitness, their entire capacity and
,eFlect integrity is conceded. Not by
lpding up the democratic party as worthy
% be entrdsled with poTer for the whole
record Of the party and of is candidates
demonstrates its utter unworthincse, unfit
less and incipacity. They say that Samuel
J Tilden ia great political " organizer
,li that he will so 4" organize " as to Sc
ere victory.
This ia their argument, and the whole
argu n,nt. We concede that Samuel j.
rilden lie u great political "organizsr.' that
ne ha, b en- accustomed to 'organize' vic
ory, bu it seems 10 us that this is bad
year for" organizsra.' Ii the politics OF
the prese 1t aud the past two years has had
10y Significance i. has been as protest
lgainit tho 1tlden kind of political "orgau-
''izers.' The political organization of the
Gil len kind IL simply machine politics it
5 ne packing of primaries aud nominating
% iyentoos, 10 bring about the nomination
# certain men the crack OF the party
yhip, the enforcing OF party discipline,
be briagilg men up to the polls to vote the
'strai ,ht ticket The securing of elections
w tue votes of repeaters, by the buying of
lie ,tufs; be bringing into plsy OF the old
lie uucra ic m kim Of voting carly and vot-
often and then of making assurance
iOu1ly sure, by counting in candidates re-
,,rdless of the actual number of legal votes
polled.
This country has been protesting against
this kind of politics for two years Massa-
hus3its proios ell when it elected William
iastou, and left Benz amin f. Butler out
# hi, seat in congress. Michigan protest
when it refused to return Il lch Chandler
the senate; Wisconsin by retiring Matt
carpenter 10 private life; and Minnesota
" relieving Alexander II. Ramsey of his
'can national convention not only protest
d, but placed its seal of condemnation on
organizers when II nominated Ruther.
ord 3. Hayes, in preference to James G
i@lne, whose reputation as an "organizer"
vas second only to that of Samuel j. Til
en- over Roscoe Conkling and Oliver p.
loron, in whose behalf primaries were
ontroled by custom house officials and
ne whole army OF olliceholders. 1t was
eft to the democracy to bow to the cor
GAMER az in Connecticut, when Will
lam W. Eaton and William A. Barnum
ere rent to the senate; in Fennsy lvania,
hen William a. Wallace was made SEN
| tor in congress in Missouri, when Cock
ell was preferred to Gail Schurz in New
FORK when a state ticket was crammed
own the Threats of an unwilling state con-
tent on; and finally, at ST. Louis, when
he nomination of SAMUEL j. Tilden was
)-ocu.t ed by the fore, of sheer organza-
ion.
Yes Samuel j. Tilden is great "organ-
izer." For years he ''organized" Tam
lany, so that Tammany could "organize"
ictory. He is remarkable, too, in the
| 'hoice of his tools with which 20 do his
| york. He was organizing victory when
Ne received, in 1876, five thousand dollars
# Tweed'i stolen money with which to
AIRY New York, and when, the same year,
told Tweed not to fail to meet him in
Phila lelphia lie was organizing victory
yhen, in 1868, he suffered A. Oikey Hall
n Tweed to issue the circular" to chair
nen of county committees instructing
hem to send in the country returns early,
lecause there was ian important object to
he attained" and, knowing the frandu.
lent object, did not even raise his voice in
protest. He was organizing victory, when
&c lent the use of his name to Tammany
Hal sn that ballot boxes might be stuffed,
lection returns forged, and Hoffman
| counted in AZ governor. He was endeavor-
ng to organize victory when he consented
- the demand for peace at any price at Chi
| ago. He was organizing victory when he
| dSised the New York democratic state
convention to declare that in the endeavor
resume specie payments there should be
mo step hackw ward" He was organizing
When he dictated TO the st. Louis conven-
| ion the demand tor repeal of the re-
ump,ion act. He was organizing when
IA advertising agency was used to puff up
as virtues and availability at ten cents a
ne. HIS talents for organic ition cumln-
ted when the IT. Louis convention was
'Aptured in his behalf. He is still playing
he role of 'organizer,' but we believe the
people will reb Ike MIN as they rebuked
Butler, aud Blaine, and Co king.
| But Mis- skill as an "organizer" is not
ionfned to politics. He was organizing
When he procu ed the consolidation of the
'alera and Chicago railroad with the chi
ago aud Northwestern railroad, by which
ne of the best managed roads and best pay
ny of northwestern railroads was swallow
d up by bankrupt and almost worthless
corporation, whereby the savings. of years.
| he sole dependence OF the unfortunate