Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-03

The letter OF Secretary Folger, accepting the re-
publican nomination for governor OF New York, is
characteristic Of the man. 1t Is an honest and
earnest effort to place himself right before the
people. though the peculiar circumstances which
surrounded him called for letter of unusual
length ana character. He considers himself the
choice OF the republican party OF the state. ex-
pressed in the usual manner, and Is not beholden
TO any other power; and in that sense he dissmsseS
factiOnal clamor tor his withdrawal. Ir elected
he promises to be ''the chief magistrate of the
whole people, unmove1 by the appeals of faction,
unswerved by the appliances of private interests,
acknowledging no claim of partisanship, but work.
ing supremacy for the commonwealth" What
strength this letter may add TO the ticket remains
yet to be wholly developed. The situation is evil
IDENTIFY perplexing TO many honest people, and the
withdrawal of Mr.. Hepburn Congres5man-at-
large-a man OF strong character and cOnvic-
tons-is calculated to add to one OF the chief OBJ
jectiOns. which many republicans are making to
the way In which the entire ticket was chosen
The story comes from Massachusetts that the
republican party there is In such condition OF
apathy that 1t will be aroused by the election OF
Ben Butler as governor, unless the party Orsanzl-
t0n does some lively work during the next four
weeks. Bishop, the republican nominee for COVER
nor, Is said 10 be man OF high character but
chilly Charles Francis Adams, and 1t is hard to
put any enthusiasm into his canvass On the
other hand. while Bishop is too 1cily good to be
popular candidate, the republican candidate for
lieutenant governor (Ames) Is not quite good
enough. The Ames Co., of which he is a member,
has, 1t Is charged been stealing the trade mark of
"COllnS Co." for the sale of shOvels an inferior
quality; and the Springfield Republican, and other
Massachusetts, papers are making furious raid
upon his candidacy this score. Then, again,
the fact that every candidate on the republican
state ticket is prohibitiOnist being uSed by the
democrats to the republican disadvantage amongst
the liquor dealers aud consumers; very much after
the style Of the campaign OF Ohio. Again, the re-
publicenS are not getting any material aid from
the Boston custom house, this year, as Collector
Worthington had the active assistance OF Gen.
Butler In behalf OF his confirmation, which was OPP
posed by the men who nominated Bishop.
But it Is not likely that all these influe noes will
go very far towards electing Butler. Most likely
the story Is repetition OF the Butler that is
raised whenever he is in the field. to induce the
''slk-stockng" republicans to contribute freely to
save the high-toned old gubernatorIal chair OF the
Bay state from the dscredlt OF his occupancy.
The opponents OF Secretary Foger as candidate
for the governorship OF New York have so far con-
nned themselves, in the main. to attacks upon his
supporters, hurting charges of bogus proxies and
OF fraud generally at their heads But, as might
have been anticipated, these assaults were merely
preliminary to a direct movement against the can
didate himself. Some prOspector for evil VINO has
been raking over the Secretary's antecedents
makes the bold charge that Folger is but an alias
for the original, reprehensible name OF PIOulger,
and that the second Pfoulger in this country was
bad poet on Martha'5 Vineyard Publication Of
the alleged bad poetry in the Foger or Pfoulger
family, as democratic campaign document, is
next In order
Tomorrow, October 4, Georgia will vote for state
officers and legislature. Alexander H. Stephens
Is the democratic candidate for governor, and the
republicans will vote for Gen. Lucius j. Gartrell
independent democrat Stephens will unioubt-
edly be elected by a heavy majority, as his cam
vaso has SHOWN him to be the popular idol In
Georgia The legislature to be elected will choose
Senator to I'LL the unexpired term OF Senator
Hill, and also one for the succeeding full term
commencing March, 1888. The vote OF the state
for President in 1880 was: Garheli 81 0S6; Han
cock, 1O2, 40 In the last legislature there were