New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-08
arrnma rnE WRoNG pOcUMENTS.

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SENDING THE WRO6G DOCUMENTS.
Mr.. Ewing. the gentleman who Is now en-
gagged in the somewhat dlscoula2lhH employ
mont of running for Governor OF Ohio, on the
Democratic ticket, has just had an unpleasant
illustration Of tho practical application OF Ms
poIifical theories What Mr. Ewing believes
in most thoroughly, aud advocates most ear
Mostly. is the creed of the new National Green
buck Labor 1--WE believe those are all the
names il has given itself up 10 date) party
That party opposes pretty much everything
that has the sanction Of precedent ana author
itv, or that time has tested. and experience
proved 1t especially opposes everything
in the nature of what 1t calls " arlstoc-
"racy," whether based on birth, intellect
wealth or political position. 1t IS the great
leveller of all distinctions In its view there
is no reason why one man should not nave Is
much money as another, ana 80 1t goes for an
issue of money by Government for the pur-
nose Of evening up.' One man Is just as
much called upon TO work with his hands as
another. 40 capital should be diilused and la
Dor made universal. One man Is just as COM
petent M another to make laws and adj
minister government 30 the disposition
70 restrict the exercise of those tunc-
tions to persons Of education and IN
telligenco is rebuked by the promotion
of the unsklled and inexperienced, who @re
natural fnanciers and intuitive political econo-
niets Mr.. Ewing, in short, il leader OF the
marty which proposes 10 treat the human
family as though there were no proper dis
tinctions OF condition among them; no real
differences in quality and capacity; and which
holds that all determinations II favor OF
birth education, training, experience, prop
erty rights, etc, are mischlevOus and wrong,
and should be done away with.
His party-and by that we mean the organ
ization which calls itself by the compound
name. but is really Democratic, and the other
organization as well. which calls itself Dem
ocratic, but adopts all the principles OF the
lone-tailed kite-nyers-haye been trying in
various ways to put their notions into practi-
cal operation for the past two or three years.
We had I'm consequence, the curious showcase
If nroposed experiments in financial legisa-
ton, which The tribune lately gathered and
put on exhibition from the records of the
extra session Of Congress. Some queer econ
omizing experiments which nobody could I'M
dersand, and a corps Of experts could not
unravel, and the only result of which
is q crop of deficiency bills, were another
result. An extra session which was un-
necessary, forced on by men who did
not know what they wanted, nor how
TO get what they thought they wanted,
and which finally closed leaving them worse
off than when they started, may also be
scored to this account. Then We bad door
keepers who could not keep door, and anna
teur investigators who were always discover
ing the wrong thing aud catching the wrong
man, and in every department where they
had the chance to carry ont their notions,
bungling and laundering and all sorts of
ipcapacity and Incompetence. The dwelling
policy has beenl very thoroughly tined. The
party that tried to make capital against its
opponents, upon the ground that they
did not make intelligence, but party
service. the test for official position,
seized its first opportunity for carrying
ont its principles, to curry favor with tho
"workers." by abolishing the test of inteli-
gence absolutely, and making appointments
SOLELY Oh the ground of party service. This
ran on well enough for Is time Mr.. Ewing
might have observed that it caused public
scandal, but SO long as il dld not affect his
personal fortunes, he regarded it with COM
posture. Recent experience has brought the
matter more closely home to him. BY this
time he begins to see that the putting down
of the arstocracy of reading and writing is
fraught with serious personal as we'll as pub
lie consequences.
Some of the noble army Of messengers and
folders and pastors and mailing clerks who
have been given positions under Demo
cratic Congress In accordance with the new
doctrine. have been sending of documents to
Ohio under Mr. Ewing's frank, this being the
service for which they are paid by tho Gov
eminent. Mr.. Ewing desired. Of course, that
they should circulate the speeches of himself
and his Democratic and hte-hying friends.
That was the direction given them. But the
orders we're not understood. They knew in a
general way that they were to send docu-
ments into Ohio. To select Democratic docu-
ments involved the necessity if not OF read
ing them through, at least of spelling out the
title-p page, and this WAS laborious. They had