Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-12
The View York Republicans.

The New York Republicans.
The nomina ton of Mr.. A. b. Cornell for
governor of New York by the Republicans of
that State in their convention last week was as
good an illustration of the one man power in
pc litics as is often seen. 1t is not pretended
hat Mr.. Cornell Las any special fitness for
the position TO which he has been nominated
or that he was the spontaneous choice of any
considerable proportion of the Republicans
of the State, but he was Mr. Conkling's
imam, Mr.. Conkling carries the Republi-
can machine in New York in his pocket, and
therefore it was n foregone conclusion that
Mr.. Cornell should be nominated. As the
New York Herald tersely put it on the day
following the convention, Mr.. Conkling said,
in effect, to the assembled delegates; IF l
have done anything in the past which offend
ed any of you, freely forgive you. If l
have said anything that am sorry for, am
glad of it. Let us now proceed to the nom
nation of Mr.. Cornell" That Mr.. Cornell is
specially unfit TO be governor of New York.
no one undertakes to say. The one objec-
tionable point in his nomination is the fact
that it was carrying personal dictation into the
politics of great State at time when such
an animus would have been better left out of
sight While he held the offices of surveyor
of the port and naval officer of New York,
Mr.. Cornelps course was such as to bring him
into distinct antagonism with the civil service
reform policy of the administration, and he
was removed by Mr.. Hayes despite the fight
made by Mr.. Conkling to retain him in his
Io- ~
Conkling owes the President a spite, and he
took this method to get even, and show the
Administration and the country that his glory
has not departed from him. This We believe
to be the whole matter in nut she'll The
mistake made was in not leaving Mr. Conk-
ling to have his quarrels and his spite by him
self, and nominating some suitable man who
stands dstinctively for clean and honorable
methods in politics, and who would have Gre
ated a positive enthusiasm among his sup
porters. The present indications are, how
ever, that the better element in the Republi-
can party in New York will quietly refuse to
be affronted by this operation of Mr.. Conk-
ling, and that there will be a strong pull to-
gether to secure victory in the coming cleo
ton.
The platform adopted by the convention,
in substance, emphasizes the principle that
the republic is a nation, and the national gov
eminent has the right to protect its own life
and regulate its own elections The Demo
cratic doctrine of State sovereignty is de-
nounced as the mother of secession and multi
hcation. Free and pure elections are declared
TO be essential to the safety of the republic,
and the course of the Democratic party in en-
couraging rfle-clubs at the South and repeat
ers at the North is denounced as a conspira-
cy against the suffrage. The responsibility
for the extra session of Congress is charged
upon the Democrats, and the attention of the
country is directed to the partisan purposes
and revolutionary methods of the Democratic
majority. The attempted dictaton TO the
President by Congress by the refusal of nee
essary supplies is characterized as revolution,
aud the attempt in the same way TO prevent
tho execution of existing laws, as nullif-
cation, The position of the Republican par
ty with reference to thedefence of the ballot
box is defined and the uneasiness of the
Democrats concerning "bAyonets" at the
polls is contrasted with their easy tolerance
of the shotgun policy. President Hayes and
the Republicans in Congress are commended
for their resistance TO the revolutionary
schemes of the Democrats The Democratic
threat to repeal the war Legislation is held up
ms source of danger, and the unpatriotic
treatment of Union soldiers by Congress in
turning them out Of offse, and displacing
them by ex-Confederates is referred TO- Spe-
Gle resumption is declared the browning
achievement of the Republican party, and
the necessity of keeping the currency on a
par with the monetary standard of the COM
mercial world is insisted on. In State affairs,
the platform describes what the the Republi-
can party accomplished in the reduction of
taxation rebukes Governor Robinson for his
veto of the bill appointing a commission on
tax revision, asserts the right of the State to
regulate the mOneyed and transportation cor
porations so as to secure Just and impartial
treatment of all interested, and expresses a
hope that the legislative inquiry into this sub
ject, which is now in progress, will furnish
the facts which will guide to all needed &C
ton.