Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-22
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
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Every name upon the democratic
state ticket seems to have been selected
with especial reference to tho fitness Of
each candidate for the duties Of the
place; and the ticket II thus IN marked
contrast 70 the republican state ticket, In
which Inequalities OF the several caudi-
dates are conspicuOusly irrelevant to
their intended trusts. For instance. on
the democratic side the secretaryship
OF state Is offered to publicist and
scholar who will NOT be forced, like Cen
eral Cara person whose '.recordn 10
purely military-to hand over his duties
70 deputy. The democratic candidate
tor comptroller is gentleman little
known IN the politlcs Of the stats, but
who has been thoroughly trained A. .
private banker to b8 what the COMP
,rOilar of this state should be-the state
banker-whiIe hia opponent 10 SIMPLY o.
local machine politician and .. speCulAr
tor In politics who as chairman OF the
committee on commetce and Navigation
0f the senate became particularly well
known to the Albany lobby. The demo-
cratic candidate for treasurer is man
Of business who. while he has been an
active democrat, is inino sense . trading
politician like his competitor, General
Hustled, who as harb0r- master OF this
port and as peripatetic assembIyman
during twelve years has earned repu.
tation precisely the reverse OF the repu.
tation which state treasurer should
bring to his Office, For attofney.gon-
eral the republicans, named an obscure
country lawyer little known to the
bench and bar outside Of three northern
counties. He Is now opposed by one Of
the leading lawyers of the state whose
personal and professional standing ena-
bled him 'nino years ago TO capture q
republican senatorial district, changing
minority of nearly five Thousand into
majority OF nearly q thousand, and
who by almost unanimous consent Of its
citizens has been the law officer OF the
city of Troy tor nearly ten years. And
for state engineer Horatio Seymour's
trained deputy in that office, after has
chiefs refusal to be, 0 candidate, has
been nominated against Silas Seymour,
once before 'know-nothing" incum-
bent of that Office, and of whom, white
he was running, the Albany Evening
Journal said: HE was dismissed from
the service of the Erie railroad for al
he was subsequently connected, disSep.
utably, with the Erie canal lettings Of
1867. II what Is alleged against this
know nothing candidate for state eugin.
eer by the officers of the railroad be
true, added to what .isI known to ba true
in his organization OF the mammoth
companies that were to pay him com.
missions for canal contracts In 1850, he
is OF all men the most unfit to be IN.
trusted with the expenditure OF millions
OF state money"
That the state ticket was made up
without reference to 'sslates" is sufti-
ciently shown by the fact that two OF the
candidates were named, although rival
| candidates were strongly urged, the one
by Mr.. Herman and the other by Mr..
Potter, the candidates of the party
last winter for the two senatOrships.
The descent from Herman and Potter to
Miller and Lapham is scarcely moro
abrupt than from the democratic candi.
dates for state offices to their republican
competitors. The same iact is shown
by the choice OF one of Mr.. Kelly's
former associates In state politics to
preside over the convention. and by the
choice to head the ticket OF candidate
who has always been relied apon by
tTammany rs sympathizer with that or.
ganization. In every particular, there.
fore, from the exclusion of t'halls" to
the cho ice of ticket. the convention
has vindlcated itself as convention Of
the democratic masses, and its action has
been remarkably Tree from the faint of
.bossism"