The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-15

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until o'clock the next morning before ef-
fecting an election of town representative.
Upon the heels of our victory, we find the
| Massachusetts, state convention placing
Benjamin f. Butler, the representative of
=" Butlerism," on the republican state COM
mittee. Then came tho Maine election,
with her glorious majority, carrying with
1t the almost positive assurance that she
but prefgured the result in the nation-and
what follows A republican convention,
for the seventh Massachusetts district, by
a vote of oighty-four out of one hundred
and six, dominates for congress Benjamin
+. Butler, man who has nothing in com
mon with the republican party, save that
he, too, was true TO the Union during the
rebellion and fought vallantly in its cause
a man opposed to the resumption of specie
payments; man opposed to civil service
reform; n man who urges bayonet rule in
the south; man whose whole political
record is disreputab!c; man who, on &C
count OF his record and his political her
csies, was rejected by the people two years
ago. VIII such nominations win OF repel
votes from Hayes?
Upon the heels of this, comes the report
and it comes from the National Re-
publican, the kitchen organ of the admins
tration-that Zach Chandler has taken Carl
Schurz 10 task for "apeaking disrcspect-
fully Of the administration, in the course
of his speech urging western voters to sup
port Hayes and Wheeler as means of OBJ
tanning civil service reform. 1t is difficult
TO understand how that subject can be in
diligently discussed without some refer
ence 10 the civil service under Grant; but,
perhaps, Chandler knows. And it is fur
Their stated, on the same authority, that the
order has goue forth that Schurz's appoint
mcnt must be cancelled unless he will
agree to forcgo his arraignment OF Grants
civil service. We do not place very much
credit in the report, withstanding the
semi-otiicial source from which it comes,
and we only allude to it as showing how
papers view the matter, and how little they,
and those who they represent, have in CON-
mon with the mass of the republican party.
viii such a course, if it has been taken, or
the foreshadowing of such a course by
journals high in the confidence Of the ad-
mnistration, win or repel votes from
Hayes?
OF the same character are the efforts
which have been made-madc too, by So
called republican newspapers in Rutland
lind and in Nermont-to show that Cover
nor Hayes is thoroughly in accord with
General Graut, and that he has written
letter to the president explaining that his
letter OF acceptance was not intended as an
arraignment of Inc administration - in
other wordr, apologzug for the tone of
tue letter of acceptance--and stating that
the letter was "warm in eulogy" of the
president as "oivi leader We hardly
think that any one will be found to believe
such stuff, but the effort on the pant of GER
tain so-called republicans, 10 make people
believe it, shows where they stand on the
question of civil service reform. Will
the endeavor to convince people that Hayes
is such believer in "Gran,ism,' win or
repel votes from him?
We may say here, and we presume the
fact will be conceded, that the democratic
party, of itself, has not votes enough to
elect president. If one is elected at all,
it will be by the aid of the liberal, the indie
pendent, and what is now the doubtful,
vote. All Of the performances of the
| Townsends, the Buffers and the Chambers
and their followers will not convince US
| that the election Of Governor Hayes would
restore that wing Of the party to power
But, unfortunately, Others will only see it
in that light. We, perhaps, had rather
trust the Buffers and the Chambers than
the Seymours and the Potters, but all are
not like us. This demand for civil service
reform, fora 'clesn departure from Grant
''ism," and "Butlcrism" is so urgent, that
it people are once convinced that they can
not have il with the continued supremacy
Of the republican party, they, hoping
against hope, may conclude to risk a
change. We feel that there would be no
hope for reform of any kind with the de-
mocracy, but all will net and do not go
feel. And every blunder Of the kind we
have referred to will serve to create dis
trust. A quiet submission to such grave
mistakes will be taken as evidence that the
control of the party is relapsing into the
hands of the bummers. Outspoken, bold
protests will serve to show that the bum
mers cannot capture the party without
struggle and the result of such struggle
cannot be doubtful. Let 1t be understood
that the party is not to be Captured by
"bummers, and we win the doubtful vote,
and with it success is certain. 1t is the
duty, then, Of republicans topro;est against
these blunders, TO repudiate the action of
these bummers, and, for one, we propose
TO do it.
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The Difference.
The promptitude with which Gov. Hayes
met the charge that he had made false re-