New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-14
4 SAMPLE DEMOCRATiC ARRAIGNNENT.

Il N1NBLL
A Democratic platform Is never considered
complete until somebody is airaIGned : and
therefore after the pattern Convention III Iren-
ton recently had resolved itself on both sides OF
the tariff question, it set about the fabrication OF
the regulation arraignment" plank. The
matter of the Indictment was that the State
had been robbed of $4,000 by deiaultng
Republican Treasurer ut one time, and or
$40, 900 at another by the failure OF two banks
where a second Republican Treasurer had ut
his own discretion deposited the public funds
1t is true that years ago there was deialca-
ton by a New-Jersey State Treasurer, but 1t
is also true that his bOndSmen restored the full
amount with interest, so that the state never
suffered the loss of a dime. 1t is again true
that the banks failed as alleged in the ," ar
"ragnment," but one OF them Is National
bank, an institution hateful to Democratic
iiuanciers, but an institution where every de-
Dositor. the State included, is amply secured.
The other was State bank, which has already
paid the State large percentage OF Its de-
posit and which ultimately will pay every de-
ppsitor IN full Of all demands, and have con-
siderable surplus 70 divide among stockholders.
PERHAPS il is not surprising that "A Demo
cratic Convention should deliberately lie i'll a
formal GcivCrance; but just why such astute
leaders as the Ncw-Jerscy State House Ring
should f0Ice Il Convention to hold up its right
hand and swear to such a silly lie Is not APP
parent. 1t may have been intended TO divert
attention from their own maadmlEis;raton,
but It will have q contrary eject. 1t is direct
challenge to Republicans which they VIII be
swift 10 accept 10 20 before the people and
demqnd Judgment upon the relative honesty
and efficiency displayed by the opposing parties
in their administration OF public trusts. The
talent displayed by the Secretary Of State in
interpreting laws which affect the emolumcnts
of his Office, the genius of the clerks OF the
Supreme Court ana of the Court Of Chanccry
for absorbing fees, and the skill with which
all three of these high-pIiccd officials cvadc the
statute which makes it their duty to tell how
much they p0cliet-all this Is partially appre
clatcd by the voters of the state. But a great
deal of useful information on these points will
he disseminated duiing the canvass, and every
body will understand how state House official
can afford To subscribe $4,000 to elect Il
Governor pledged TO rcappoint him, and make
money 10y the investment great deal will
also be learned about the investment of the
sinking fund and the school fund. The people
ought to know why So many good Democrats
have been accommodated with loans, and why
so much interest has been delaulted, and how
much has been made bv Attorneys-General
out Of foreclosures. Then there are the lunatic
osvlums. which will compare III extravaganza
with any similar institutions in the world, and
the State Prison, where discipline Is syno-
nvm for torture. All these are matters which
Republicans will delight TO explain, until the
Democrats will regret that they embarked in
the arraignmcnt business.
One Republican official of New -Jersey proved
recreant, and although the state suffered no
loss the crime cannot be excused. But III
Warren County scvcnty-fOnr indictments for
public stealing were found by single Grand
Jury, and every man arraigned was a Demo
crat. Democratic FreehOlders stole Somerset
County poor and then stole the county books
and vouchers TO cover up their theft. Dem
ocratic Treasurer of Middlcscx is In State
prison. and another only escaped on a techni-
cality How Hudson County has been robbed by
Democratic officials the circular Issued by the
friends of Mr.. Ludlow, the Democratic
candidate at the late Convention, fully
SETS forth ana all these are samples
of the kind of home rule" which prevails
IN every county where there is Democratic
ring. MI Ludlow is the candidate of the
State House conspirators. HIS election means
another term for all of them, and the reappont-
ment of the gcntlc-ninded and swect-tempered
Mott, SO that he can continue to WOO the States
conyicts back to the paths OF virtue by the
sgmpathetc use of the paddle and stIctcher
In this enterprise the New-Jersey Democrats
seem to have made rather unfortunate start,
and this arrangement" is only one OF their
blunders.
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