The daily gazette., 1881-05-23

GoRHAM Too HEAVY A LoAD.--The
New York Tribune was very well
pleased to have Gorham made Score
tary of the Senate as long as there
was any show of the Republicans of
that body being able to elect him, at
least it expressed no open opposition.
But when it found that this could not
be done, and that the resignation Of
Messrs. ConlSling and Platt gave other
Republican Senators an opportunity
to express their dissatisfaction at be-
ing required by the party caucus to
vote for Gorhasn, who had only lately
Joined the Republican party, and with
Malone and Riddleberger was selling
himself for office, that paper turned
its batteries upon him and now speaks
Of Gorham as man Of very questiona-
BILE character. But the Tribune can
not charge corruption on Gorham with
out imputing corruption to the Repub-
lican Senators, for without their con-
currence no bargain could have been
made. All the honorable men of that
party are heartily glad to be rid of
Gorham. He is no longer likely to be
elected Secretaryapf the Senate. The
bargain by which he was to be purchas-
ed has proved an utter failure, and the
Democratic Senators deserve thanks
of all honest men for preventing the
consummation of the plot by which
the Stalwart Senators, led by Conkling
and Cameron, hoped to get possession
of the Senate and all the offices con.
nected Herewith to bestow upon their
friends, to the utter exclusion of
Blaine's, Sherman's and Garfield's
friends. The Tribune now says:
"The session was called for execu-
tive business, and such business had
plainly the first claim to the attention
of Senators. Then the public was
not slow to see that the Republicans
had saddled themselves with heavy
load in nominating as their candidate
for Secretary political adventurer
from California who had changed his
politics twice in two years. There
could be no heartiness in a struggle to
put such man as Gorham in office.
While the contest was in progress he
changed the feeling of coldness and
distrust with which he was regarded
by the Republicans of the country
into one of dislike and disgust by his
course as editor of q Washington
owned by Brady, the patron
of the Star Route jobbers. 80 that
when the Republicans at last decided
to drop MIR. Gorham and take UP the
business of the session there was a
general feeling of relief. Public
patience was greatly overstrained- If
there was any purpose at the time of
resuming the contest over the organi-
cation this session with the candidates
or with better ones, it was necessarily
abandoned when Conkling and Platt
broke up the Republican majority by
resigning their seats, leaving the SEN
ate Democratic by majority of two.
In December the Republican Senators
VIII, we may hope, reconstruct their
ticket. Perhaps it will be thought
wise to retain Riddieberger, who
represents the principle of indepen-
dent political action in opposition to
Bourbon rule in the eouth, but there
can be no conceivable reason for hold
ing ON to Gorham. who represents
nothing but his own interests and the
revenges of detected swindlers."
Now, what other inference can be
drawn from the above other than that
Conkling seeing he was about to be
prevented from getting the corrupt
men in office, resigned. But is it not
also true that the other Republican
Senators were willing to aid him In
this, and that Gorham's defeat was
owing to the determination of the
Democrats to prevent the election of
men so utterly corrupt and dlsho honora-
BILE as the Republicans had nominated.
Surely this is 80, and the action of the
Delaware Senators and all the other
Democratic Senators must meet the
approval of all good citizens.