Middletown transcript., 1876-04-22

Chairman Of the impeachment managers
on the part of the House of Represen-
tatives, Hon. Scott Lord. Representa-
tive from the Twenty third Congress
sional district Oneida county, of New
York. Mr.. Lord is portly, fine look
ing gentleman Of about fifty-six- His
hair is gray, and rather thin. He wears
no beard; but moustache of moderate
size surmounts his mouth, and gives
him distingue appearance When he
rises 10 his seat, one cannot but be re-
minded of Fernando Wood. of New
Yord, whom he somewhat resembles.
To speaking. Mr. Lord is deliberate in
manner, and, while never affected, is
always digni6ed and precise in his Ian
guage. He is a practising lawyer Of
Utica, and, for seven years, occupied a
seat on the bench, as Judge of Living
ston county. That, assisted by his able
brother managers, all good lawyers, he
will handle the present case skilfully,
there is no reason to doubt
NEW YORK IN THE NEXT ELECTION
In every Presidential election there
has been some State, or group of States,
on whose electoral votes success seemed
to hang. In days past. Ohio and Penn
sylvania have each, at certain periods,
occupied this enviable and com nanding
position. At present, every indication
seems to point to the Empire State as
the one in which a majority will be
most useful to the election of a candi-
date, and most certain to insure the
defeat of his opponent The New York
Sun of late date has the following
short. pointed editorial bearing on the
subject The Suns views are sound,
and. while it perhaps recommends the
selection of the aristocratic and subser-
Went New York Senator, because it
thinks him likely to be an easy oppo-
nent for the Democracy to beat, yet,
what is said of his State cannot be
gainsaid. Here is the paragraph:
There is one argument in favor of Mr.
Conkling's nomination which his supporters
have not urged with adequate zeal. 1t is just
sixty years since the party opposed to the
Democracy selected its Presidential candidate
from the State of New York. In 1916, the
Federalists ran Rufus King, of this State as
a sort of forlorn hope against James Monroe,
but without the slightest expectation of elect
ing him. In the long period which has since
ntervened, and during which the Federalists
passed away and the Whig party arose, and,
after an illustrious career, disappeared, and
the Republican party was formed and finally
came into power and has ruled the country
for sixteen years, the Presidential candidate
of the anti-Democratic party has never been
a citizen of New York. And get, all through
this euentful epoch in the history Of the nation,
NeD York has been, IN eUery particular, the fore
most State in the Union, and, at nearly ecery
Presidential election her rote has decided the con-
test.
The italics are mine, and will serve
to call the readers attention more en-
phatically to the fact, that New York
has, for half century, had the casting
and decisive vote in every presidential
election. In view of these facts. it
would be we'll for the St. Louis conven-
ton, while selecting man of pure and
irreproachable personal charater (and
none other can be elected. in the pre-
sent temper of the people, } to see to it
that be can carry the Empire State
The South will be solid for any good
candidate, and the very fact of securing
New York will send such dismay
through the ranks Of the enemy, as will
render victory comparatively easy Of
achievement.