New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

TRUTHS FOR REPUBLICAN sCRATCHERs.'
WILLIAM o. sToDDARD TELLs WHY. HAvING Al
WAYS SUPPORTED PRESIDENT HAYE. AND FOL
LOWED Mr.. CURTIS. HE SHALL VOTE FOR Mr..
CoRNFLL-rHE WHOLE CASE IL A NUr-sBELL
To the EDITOR Of The TrtouHe
SIR: have written two letters already to The
TRIBUNE on the subject Of scratching Cornell
and torn them up. partly because argument IN such
"A matter seemed unnecessary aud partly because
feared that a mere private individual Ike myself
could do 10 good outside of his own neishborhood.
beg, however, as an original Repblican. an anti
slavery man before the party was founded to give
my reasons for voting for Mr.. Cornell.
If remember rightly. was the only delegate
from Long Island at the Rochester Convention
who worked and voted with Mr Curtis in the
minority. - strong my feeling at that time
that erawled out of a malaria chill to CO. and
did my duty as a delegate when hardly able to
stand. Ny feeling l. strong now, hut shall
vote for Cornell DO not take back one word OF
appreciation OF admiration for the cOur-e OF Presi-
dent Hayes not one word Of strong desire for civil
service reform not word Of hatred for all that i
Objectionable in machine" methods-but ] shall
vote for Mr.. Cornell. and 50 ought every Hayes
hcruhhcau' IN the state of NcW-l 0rk.
/ am not weak enough 20 suppose party can
exist without a machine, a'h"uAh 10 VIII % 20
rum unless also contains those no ore not AFRAID
Of machine Managers. But THIS l. nartIY a time
Tor "A review of tnat question | shall vote Tor
Cornell. sound r. puDiI,1n honest man, VINO VIII
make a good Governor. | need not be- ashamed II
tnat ! shall 90 50. moreover. because. at me
worst cannot bring myself to cast vote, directly
OF indirectly. Tor the Dsuocrltlc machine m pref
errncc 20 tie RcuubIcan machine. There T. a
moral -ulf between them which cannot bridge Oy
a scratch.
Personally. I prefer o. Governor the "romnee'
of Roscoe Cunk tax % flr " proxy of rIi4uel j.
Iilden, 10 t-e sane degree that prefer Coax lng
To- llldru. That IL saying -0ol arll, but tIat =
the choice given Us. here Is DO room IOi lesi' l.
ton.
Further. a due regard tor the National Issres now
AZ STAKE AID tie emeudOus National questions %
th- immediate future. demands Wise .erbedTance
with reference 20 ali minor matters. l NoId follow
ms colonel into battle without musl reference 90
fle flvorifI.m by means Of which La obtained
L.s commission.
Finally. 1 snail vote Tor Cornell because, If with
holding NV vote would defeat llil, there woIld De
nothing done thereby tor the rec'ih aton of
machine methods The price paid would le thrown
into thr Democratic queer, and Tic reform paid
fOl would lee a. Tar away as ever. lAc machue
mus. TO- fought 40 the punlarir- ara MINOR conAeh-
tons fr-i. In never UpIoOt- tite % shoot blld
III an upper limb OF it, l imagine the men who
talh OF scratching not 10 ue II The KIND WAC
end ward meetings and primaries, OF they would
understand the marter better.
/ an out too well aware OF my personal unimpor-
lance but 70 does seem 40 NE thar IL cannot Hud
reason tor scratching Cornell II must le DIN 'lit
lor another man. earnestly nope that every
" Hayes man ~ the state VIII De Wise enough io
help sa-taiu The President by rDu,lng kepui ilcan
minority fpr fur entire ticket
JfOokiy8. Oct. q. 1919. WILLIAM .. ,ToDDAED.