The Portland daily press., 1876-09-05

event confirmed his statement. The fact is,
they were all captains and lieutenants. There
were no private soldiers among them. Since
then they have grayitated to one or the other of
the two parties, and become fading memory
of New York politics. Their fate confirms the
correctness of the opinion expressed by Vice
President Wilson four years ago, that the fore.
most leader in the party might 60 over to the
enemy's camp, and he couldn't take hundred
of his men with him.
John Kelley's somewhat contemptuous re-
marks about the Liberals have called forth
oensorious criticism. He took occasion to quail
ify them afterward. Mr.. Kelley is positive
man, but there is frankness and sincerity in
his nature that is in refreshing contrast with
the proverbial assimilation of politicians OF
his SCHOOL The delegate who put Mr.. Dor
sheimer in nomination made the blundr OF
describing him as descendant OF the race
whence Martin Luther sprapg, and of attrlbut-
ing to him the nature and qualities of the great
foe OF pspacy. This was almost as bad as the
mistake made once upon time by certain
Massachusetts Democrats, who, desiring to
celebrate some political occurrence by feast
in which a roasted OK was prominent Wand,
selected Friday as the time for the festivity,
forgetting entirely that niue tenths of the par
ty in that commonwealth were prohibited from
eating meat on that day of the week.
1t the Democrats resolve to keep Gov. Sey-
mour in the field, nolens volenS, there will be
another reason for anticipating full vote.
Each of the candidates will be sara to bring
out his respective party support The one is
not more popular with the Democrats than the
other Is with the Republicans. Both are gen
tlemen of eminent personal worth and of more
than average capacity.
Gov. Tilden has been credited with having
ordered and announced that his campaign
should be an aggressive one 1t was very good
recommendation from his standpoint, but not
90 easy of execution as he imagined. The Re-
publicaus have the advantage of him, that
there is nothing they need apologize for and no
end of things that they can successfully attack
And yet confess / was wholly unprepared for
the revelation. of the Times in respect of his
income returns. L presume if anybody had
been asked to estimate Gov. Tiden's income
during the years when that tax was imposed,
he would have said that 100000 was certainly
within bounds. How on earth he could have
figured his taxable receipts down to $7,118 in
any year, is in itself an incomprehensible puz
zle. The allegation puts him on the defensive
and demands an explanation. If the charge
had originated in any other of our morning pa.
pers except the Times, it might have passed fol
campaign SANDER. But that journal has
earned for itself an exceptional reputation, BY
never asserting anything derogatory to thu
character Of a public man without having
grounds for believing that it is in the right
1t is fallible of course, but never willfully un
just. That so grave an accusation should have
remained unanswered for so great length of
time is surprising on the hypothesis that any
satisfactory version of the case is possible.
The araignment is specific in terms and minute
in detail. 1t is to be hoped that the defense
will be equally complete, but it cannot be de.
MED that the delay in furnishing it is an unfor'
tunate circumstance. Mr.. Tilden has troops
OF friends who are his political opponents. AL
of these, am sure, will be glad to see him re-
lieved Of the imputation of having withheld
from the government in the time of its heaviest
peril, the contribution which he was bound by
law to make to help in maintaining its exis
tence. Unless his vindication is absold to-, nc
loyal citizen ought to vote for him.
YARMOUTH.