The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-21
NEW FORK sT.tTE POLTTICs.
Democratic Of the Rural Districts on the Great
Fraud.

UTICA, Feb 9O.-Thc great MAS Of the
people in central and western York have
not itadow " doubt that Hayes was placed in
the Presidential oil ~ by fraudulent contriv-
anccs and that some of his close and conflden-
tial advisers in the Republican party did, with
his knowledge. participate in these 'ontriv-
anros. N,vorthclesa. tho compncrnry with
which some Of the Democratic lenders in this
suction ~ :he Stt' stand the Great Fraud that
cheated Tillcn " the Presidency is rather sur
pr sing They nrc wont 10 say in IN oir-hand
sort Of way, on. yes. Hayes was counted in {:
but what can YOU do about ~" A To feeling
any udixnat on ut this crime against repre-
sentative government. they display no emotion
Of that kind.
Reports that secm to he we'll founded assure
us that Senator X rnnn sets his face against all
agitation Of the fraud issue. or any movement
that shall either reopen or tend to d sturb the
ancstion " IInvcss title That this is the opin-
ion Of Chief Judge Church. Mr.. Beach, the Soc
retnry OF stat Mr.. Purcell. editor 81 the Ro III
.atnr Union. and Chairman Of the Democratic
Stlte Comm iue". and pretty murh all that class
Of Democrats. is known TO everybody who keeps
his eyes open. The more pulling part OF the
problem is to ascertain the cause of this frccz-
ing Indifference To- 30 importn Mt subject
Think II possible to solve this problem, These
g ntlemen were all really opposed to Mr.. Til
dens nomination to the Presidency. Indeed,
some Of them were violently hostile TO il and
on" OF the most prominent OF tnpm sun IN"
other day that TilAcn's nomination was n sad
mistake ih'n-that he WIS ala INST rcpcntngt the
iuni"r1and that he believed re fraud agitn-
ton tended In that direction and. therefore. he
s1ouli frown upon tn" agitation. A Drmocrnttc
OH ial in the Slnte Government gave another
rpnson He snd he WIS for Hendricks pa tho
nominee for the Presidency in 1876. and was
now NOR" eager Tor MS onlinntion IN losuthHn
~ was Yen; ana NJ naaed MN o ony ,ner r.:
nois" about fraud, and so am ]. and 40 ar" u
the supporters OF Hendricks. - far ns know
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toned. The type OF Democrats in this Stiit" ~
whom I am referring are in II certa n sense
Hayes men. You Will rrcollect that when Mr..
Elliot G. Cowd n tthcn in the Assembly, gave his
great r"crpt on at Albany last srrinH To Mr.
Waw w. Ey9rs o as eSin s"ry Sr'n 2 'n n
state Big"low. and some others declined to at
I nj. brcnusr they wer" unwilling to even sc"m
| to lend n sanction to the validity OF Evar- 3
| title, which the terms Of the invitation implied.
| But on that occasion Chief Judge Church ut;
tended the reception. and. by request, placc,l
| with him. thus giving II sort OF obiter initrei I.
extra-ludic9l snn"tion To me tllr ~ Hayes.
| 10 know TINT this precise point was Intended tn
| be- made by this procerdi M; and. mor"oyrr,
| that this point was aimed straight at Tildcn,
| and WIS shHrpened for the very purpose OF
| sticking in his fi'sh. From thnt time onward
| till now all the Democrats OF the wcll-d"iln 1t
md clearly understood strip" which Sanford L.
| Cnurch represents hav" discount"nnnced every
thing that would have Il tendency to produce Il
| the title of rutherford B Hayes.
| Another reason, springing from the same
| root. may b. given for this cnort To soothe, oI
| rather to smother the indignat on of the ma
lpr.ty of the Demo 'racy OF the rural districts al
Ia" great cheat OF twelve months ago. \ uOr.
| on of tho party have not yet pu te broken tho
| s .uthern yoke which they used to wear hefprl
| ti' civil war They see that prominent Southern
| Demo rats Hcnd1n" the con- pirar, =. the frauds
| the bargains whereby Hayes reached the Whit
| HOUSE. and that they accept fayor- al h = hands
| Tor ;h"ir fri nds. They say; Don't let "a.
| or ni our Southern brotArcn-lliN. Gordon
| Hampton. Burhr. Nichols. and the rret-'pi
| they will heip ms in tho next Demo ratio Nj
tsouai Conv' ntiln. and we must rely ou them.
| Then. too toll un.y IN open secret whom snl
tnut II * understood thnt goodiv share of th"s'
| Democrats are toy aid oi the South in that Con
Vrnt,on. irving to hiich one OF turir lead r. e
the tnil oi the Hendricks a. ne Il candi date fo
thu Nr-'-Prrslirn " IN 1850. We shall learl
more of TINS ere long.
In Il word. this luuec from The path 81 duty b.
! Drmorratir leaders III this sc,tlun al the stat
hs.s y, ry s'rious.y dnmoraliz Il tie purty. An,
II j. every day be ON ~ mpr' and more np
. parent tnni II In" H"pu llirnn- follow th" pat
| marked out for them hy thr II chester CouVen
tion in Stpi"uh"r tt"y VIII soon control TIA
rulitiOs ot y " rk and WI ..r'-' IT, govern
| mont from fhc nnllds nl tho Democrats 100 Mn
first upHprtuu Is. At thc pr. NJ nom ~ III
! Rauutl.,Hn- ar. flr ialcnl ol tee Demo rate u
d"nouu f.u.. fi' frauds of n" lr F. 'nn'il con
I"si and N'i,, -oud grounds for shy ~ Ma
GOV. S''yWDur a. a rool dYsll d.-,urth.d 40 60
turn otlair- are taking.