The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-21

tribute of respect to o man whose convictions
of duty, and whose jealousy of his rights
proved superior to the temptations Of place
and pelf If the incumbents of office through
out the United st ates were upto the Cornell
standard there would be very little occasion
for anxiety concerning the publication of the
civil service.
With all the qualities which ennobe hu-
man nature Mr.. Cornell is abundantly en-
dowed His appearance is commanding, his
bearing dignifed, his countenance prepossess-
ing, and his whole aspect and manner bear the
stamp of refinement and worth. The country
editors, and clergymen and college professors
of Massachusetts and elsewhere, who write es-
says about him seem to be laboring under tho
strange halucinaton that he is sort of moral
monstrosity who has been ground in ''ma-
Chine" until all the goodness has been squeezed
out of him. rank weed that grows only in the
soil of politics. and must be pulled up by the
roots before any wholesome fruit can thrive
there If Mr. Cornell were not infinitely superior
in every commendable trait to the self-conceited
and fiippant censors who have the indecency
to msrepresent and malgn him without pos
sessing the slightest knowledge of his real
character, he never would have been selected
by the Republicans of New York to bear their
ensign to victory in the pending State election.
Their cant and drvel about what they are ac-
customed to call the machine isn't worth a
serious thought But when they libel the great
party which is standing in the fore front of the
battle trying with all its might to place the
Empire State in the great column of Republi-
can Commo nwealths on whose unity of action
ttfta
ing sneaking and contemplate insinuations
against the candidate of its choice, they place
themselves outside the pale of charitable con-
sideration. Ignorance is no excuse for malig-
nifty. They have no right to obtrude upon the
public their opinions upon subjects with which
they are totally unacquainted. We can make
some allowances for our people at home who
are dissatisfied with the action of the majority.
There are often causes for domestic quarrels
| which outside parties cannot understand, and
with which it is indecent for them to interfere.
| If a man goes to Convention year after year,
| and finds himself overruled, and his advice un-
| needed, he is very apt, after a while, to get
cross and sulky, unless he happens to be capa-
BILE of great deal of self-control and is natu-
rally magnanimous and unselfsh. If he nurses
his wrath instead of subduing it, he will grad
ually work himself into notion that his party
associates have made sad mistake i'll reject
ing his counsels. If he wields ready pen and
has types at his disposal he will vent his dis
pleasure in peevish paragraphs. He will for
get to be consistent or logical He will decaim
against the organization he belongs to- and call
| it machine "a terrible term Of reproach in
his mind-with perfect unconsciousness that
ba nd Jof ( baa OH
| it because he was not allowed to run it in his
| own way. He will strenuously maintain that
| his opposition is prompted by the highest con-
sderations of virtue and patriotism He will
not only claim that he is right, but that every
| body who differs with him is hopelessly and will
| fully wrong The Republican party in New
| York, being large and extending over a vast
| expanse of territory, has always had more or
| less of this internal disloyalty to contend
| against. Sometimesit has seemed very formi-
| dable, but it never has amounted to much at
| the polls. Any man who sets up his individu-
| al dictum against the will of the majority is
| pretty sure to find himself alone and lonely be-
| fore great while, no matter how popular he
| may have been when he was true to his order,
| or how ingenious he may be in describing his
| grievances. The people, as general thing, re-
| spect man who is faithful to his political
creed, and dis trust any one who evinces the
| slightest disposition to apostatize from it, no
\ matter how adroitly he may excuse his defec-
| tion.
| My impression is that the little rumpus that
| has been made about Mr.. Cornell will prove an
| advantage rather than u detriment 10 the cause
| this time OF course the loss of a few hundred
! votes of disgruntled ex-Republicans amounts
| to nothing in his case, there being two candi-
| dates pitted against him, but the presence
| of even speck of opposition from persons
| protesting to belong to the party will have the
| effect of bringing cut full vote, and that
| is the best augury of Republican success.
| 1t is too soon as yet to predict what Mr. Kellys
strength may be in the State or even in the
| city. Much will depend upon the local nomi-
nations. The Tamnany Hall Democrats will
undoubtedly place full ticket in the field.
| So will the Republicans. The anti Tammany-
| ties are split up into so many contending fac
| tions that they will have some difficulty in
| framing ticket, and still more in electing it.
| The Robinson Committee have prudently
resolved to have separate boxes from
| which to issue ballots for State Off
| GERS. There are some valuable municipal
| posts to be striven for, the principal ones be-
ing the offices of Sheriff and County Clerk. 1t is
estimated that there will be 100000 votes cast,
| perhaps MORE OF these the Republicans e1-
| pect to get something over third, and IL the
| opposition were about evenly divided there
| would be a chance for their nominees. 1t IS
| such mixed up affair that there are plenty OF
aspirants for positions on all three of the tick
cts. The most moderate calculation l have
heard among Tammany men is that Kelly will
poll %, 900 votes in the city and an equal num-
ber outside of it. His more enthusiastic fol-
lowers predict that he will get thrice as many
from both sources. There will be enough be-
| yond all peradventure to make Robinson's de-
feat an absolute certainty. The city nomina-
tions will be all agreed upon next week, and
| then there will be music in the air. Mr.. Kelly
has suspended his campaigning tour to arrange
the Tammany distribution of places, and the
| Convention is to be held on the I'D inst.
There is danger that we shall lose Congress
| ional seat in Mr.. Potter's old district. Alex
| ander Smith was elected last Fall by the Re-
publicans but died on the night OF the election.
| 1t is a Democratic stronghold and Mr.. Smiths
election was an exceptional triumph. The
Democrats this time have given their nomina-
ton to Waldo Hutchins, who was formerly
Republican and went over to the enemy under
the lead of Greeley in 1872. He is a lawyer and
partner of Augustus Schell, has plenty OF mon
ey. and probably has gone into the canvass
with the intention to win. The District tthe
KID comprises the outskirts of New York and
the whole of the adjoining county OF West
chester not very favorable soil for Republi-
can principles to grow in YARMOUTH
Gleanings from the Mails.
Eighteen boa constructors have just been re-
ceived at the Philadelphia geological garden.
Minneapolis is sending off 5000 barrels of
flour day, and the city has $4,000 inhabit-
ants
With returnin prosperity the Chicago So
cialists appear to be breaking up, and one OF