New-York tribune., 1878-10-05
pIr1y talk on 4 WEIGHTY MATTER.

PLrfN TALK on 4 WFIGHTY MATTER.
The Republican party begins its campaign
IN this State in the best of fighting tr1m. The
| Saratoga Convention, in planting the standard
upon the highest ground Of public honor, has
| lifted the whole level of the contest. The
best men seem to be called to the 'front.' as
the best men always are by real emergency
and the high character Of most of the Rcpubli-
can nominees for Congress and the Assem-
hly proves how strongly the purest elements
of the party are stirred. The wisdom Win
which personal differences were ignored at
Saratoga has also bone most promising Irulo
already in the apparent unanlmlty WIN "hlch
the representatives of all shades OF OPINION
IN the party have joined hands IN supporting
the creat opinion which the Republican cam
paign represents-that it is the duty OF a
nation. as of an individual, to be honest.
Right here let us direct attention to sus-
picIon-unfounded. let us hOpe-whlch has
lodged in the minds of some, and which 1t
seems wiser, in the long run, to lace ana IN
vestigate than to ignore. 1t is SAID that, III
certain strongly Republican localities In the
State. where Senator COnkling has good
many enemies rs well as a good many friends,
the strongest desire of the former is not the
success of the Republican State ticket, or,
what is more important gain in Republican
Congressmen and the election Of Republican
Assembly. but the defeat of Senator COnk-
ling's plans for reelection. 1t is even said
that there is a class of Republicans Ill two or
three of the counties where Mr.. COnkling's
opponents are most numerous who are plan
ming to have Democratic Assembly elected
rather than run the risk of seeing Mr.. Conk-
ling succeed i'll a Republican Assembly.
We shall refuse to think this possible until
the figures of the election force us to believe
it, There may be wOuld-be leader here ana
there whose only political capital is an accu-
mutation of anti-COnkling bile, who would
lend himself to such scheme; but that any
number Of Republicans, IN the midst OF such
an emergency, could stOOp to such ucache1y
to CRAFTY malice against an individual,
seems to us too mOnstrOuS for belel.
TIE TRIBUNE is not advocating Mr.. COnkngs
reelection, or the election OF anybody, pre-
ferring to see the votes got before they are
given away. But The TRIBUNE does want to
see at least one Republican from the State OF
Ncw-York in the United States Senate and 1t
feels that it is doing public service III warn
ing sincere Republicans against any man who
talks of betraying the party III order to " get
"even with single member OF 1t. This Is
time to subordinate personal animosltles, as
well as personal ambitious, TO the general
good. The campaign is not for or against
men, but for principles, and against anarchy.
There is one way to give the lie to these
injurious rumors-as We believe them to be.
That is to nominate in good faith the strong
est man in every district and in every dis
trict where there is Republican majority, to
see that 1t is recorded on election day. Let
the candidate be a Conkling man, or Curtis
man, or a Roberts man. as the people of the
district may prefer but let him, at any rate,
be a Republican and get every Republican