New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-13


| Fifty-scvcn Republican mrmDci- OF the Leg
i,laturo stood ou record in favor OF u,c clcc-
ton of M Dcpcw. at tAc close of last week..
While three of hs friend. were temporarily
absent, 81 votes were cast for him. THIS oc-
cured. too, after all was known that d. now
or probably can bc known Of the alleged ai-
tcmptS To bride. The majority of the Republic
can members. knowing the two men upon whose
vcracity the question of bribery Turns. refuses
to believe Mr. Bradley. aud. meanwhile. take.
| note OF the fact that ia any case There Is not
an iota of evidence. even of the most worth
| less sort, to raise a suspicion that Mr.. Dcpcw
/ had been coEnizaut of any improperly. As 10
him, at least. every charge il absolutely un-
supported. As to a single one of his support
ers, an accusation rests upon the naked and
| intrnsically improbable story of man who
makes himself ont, by his own testimony, to
| be liar and a rascal.
Under these circumstances, what do the
minority of i .oiican members propose To
doR Will thry still scatter their votes, re-
! gardlcss Of the formal decision by a majority
of the partyH Wal they continue TO scratch
about in the CUTTERS of Albany for every morscl
of filth that the vilcst hangers-on Of the lobby
with SANDER the Republican majority and the
| Republican party Is that course which
their constituents will justify
Many of these members return to-day from
visits to their constituents Some of them
have carefully avoided free intercourse with
the people; the few politicians who have a
mortgage on them give voice to the only
public opinion which such members dare 20
hear. Yet they know what the people want.
Others have tried to make the stories of
bribery an excuse for disregarding the wishes
of constituents and they know how that shall
low prctext has been met The members who
return to Albany this day, whatever they may
say, do absolutely know that the great major
ity of their Republican constituents demand {:
|. That the Senatorial contest shall not be left
to cause trouble in the fall election but shall
be terminated by the choice of two Republican
Senators. This end can be- reached only by as
senting TO the choice Of the majority
II. That there shall be an end OF Infamous
mud-thrOwing, to the disgrace of the State
the Legislature, and the party. If there is real
proof TO condemn any member or candidate
let it be promptly brought forward and invcs-
tigated in an honest and manly way, by
committee that is not packed to help
the Democrats. But public opinion clearly
demands that the indecent and disgrace
full evasion Of fair and honest inquiry,
for the purpose of dragging out the basest
ISLANDERS that lobbyists, Democrats, or Ecpub-
lican traitors can cOncoct. shall stop without
delay The short way to stop il is to elect at
once the candidate whose honorable reputation
has been so meanly, foully AID vainly attacked.
III. That Republican members shall stop be-
ing tools of traitors who are trying to destroy
the party. They are sent 10 Albany to do
their duty toward the State, and il is not their
duty to prepare the way for Democratic sue
cess They are sent to repre- ent Republican
constituents, and not to do the bidding Of
any Boss whose wrath at defeat moves him to
try the part of benedict Arnold. If any such
Boss, large or small, is trying to plunge the
State into campaign of scandal and disorgan-