, 1880-09-20

men who would honor any community ic
the Uninn-msn Of culture and rvcog-
nized ability--Gov. Ferry, DR.. T. T. Mi
nor and Hon. ]. B. Allen? 1t is sad
commentary on the use to which party
caucus is applied. In conflict between
rivals, the weakest man is used by each
to defeat the other, and the public intcr>
est is sacrificed to personal spite. The
right OF the people cut NO figure in a
nominating Convention. 1t Is not rra
snnnileto believe, that ne in ten Vt those
who voted tor the nomination. Ot Brrnts
care to have him elected, it they have
the interest of the Territory at hrnrt.--
They sell him to defeat hated rivals and
that was the sole purpose Of his nomi
nation.
Two years ago, in common with huns
dred, "t Democrats, ": helped t" swell
tl. majority then given I" Mr.. Br-n,s
against IN ADLER and better man. solely
an the ground "f an objectionable feature
vt the Democratic platform. committing
the candidate to dsrtrin which hal
ever been obnoxiOus H. Democratic prin-
cipl-s. We knew that Brrnts WIS. intrl>
lectually. the smallest specimen Of hu-
mnaity which ever held u seat upon the
floor If Congress. hut greatly overcst,-
mated him when We expected he had
common sense enough not to make
public cxhihir,on oi his assininr preprn.
SITES. aad thus bring contempt upon his
constituents. His fret public eff"r, -.
Delegate was n fcrrihle feeble parti-an
sprrch notable orly f"r vitup~ration Of
the controlling Influence in Congress, and
ignorance Of historical facts. which won
tor him only the contempt of the major;
| ty and the pity Of his party. His next
movement was +" join personal p,lit'-
| cal club hostile tO the Administration.
Between the two he utterly destroyed all
procprct of Mirg able :" accomplish any
thing for his constituents. even if he had
the ability to d" 81. The only suisse
qnrnt matter which has given him any
puhtic not-rirtv. was in snirg n slop-
shop clothes vcndcr for fit on y fifteen
dollar suit Of clothes. He is only known
in Washington as an object If ridicul- or
cont cmpt. which reflects seriously upon
the reputation cf our Territory abroad.
Not single act Of his can br pointed
ont which has been Of the least possible
h nrfit to his constituents, even in the
matter Of Federal appointments, t"r his
influence with the President and the De-
partmrnts Is utterly ignored. To return
l,im :" Congress would i,e endorsing and
cnnsrnting to eur own shame.
The nomination of Mr.. Irving Bal ard
as Psnsecuting Attorney for this District
is reported in the published proceedings
rs unanimous" The Delegates T." the
Convention make different report The
offic" Of Prosecuting Attorney. like that
.! Judge. should he separated as {, r as
possible from party politics. Yet no
man ever more pertinaciouslv sought sn
office through party management and
party agencies than Mr.. Ballard. He was
an ae' i've participant in every caucus and
a Delegate to every Convention to which
he was eligible in the District. forming
combinations with candidn.rs tor her
| Offices, and personally visiting every
county IN this judicial district to "set
up" delegates in his own interest. And
after all this. il We are corsrctly inform-
ed, he was nominated by n bare majority
hy the votes Of proxies which notorious
" mi>rcpresented the known wishes of
the constituency thus represented with
out their consent or endorsement.
The general opinion is that the Con-
vention was fraud and a ;loss betrayal
Of the popular will throughout. and We
believe that the voters at the election will
so pass judgment upon it.
THE News FROM MAINE. The first re-
ports of the Maine election, from both
sides, conceded q Democratic victory.
Blaine attributing the change to bribery
aud corruption. The later dispatch IRON
Mr.. Blaine is that The probabilities are In
favor of the Republican candidate for
Governor. A dispatch says: "The Re
publicans are using the canvassing boards
to the best advantage" That accounts
for it. Canvassing boards are tho last
resort OF defeated party. Failing Of
the popular vote, the canvassing boards