Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-04
The metropolitan Press Almost Unit
in Abusing Him.
GEO. W. CURTIS TAKES A HAND.
The Indications in Ohio Decidedly Fa.
yOrable to the Democrats.
THE SALOON INTEREST AROUSED,
And Determined to Make Fight for
Existence.
The Press On the Letters.

New YORK, Sept. 3.-Following are New
York newspaper comments on the letters
of Folger and Hepburn:
The Tribune: The man on the Saratoga
ticket whom nobody objected to, and with
whose nomination everybody was satisfied
finds the scandals of the convention too
heavy burden and refuses to stand under
them. Hepburn's letter is modest, manly
and consistent. He makes no reflections
upon the convention that nominated him
for congressman at large, but frankly says
circumstances have come to light since
which prevent Republicans from regarding
its action as authoritative. He is unwilling
to hold a nomination under such circum-
stances, and so withdraws. He will stand
all the stronger for this with the great ma
jority of Republicans. Mr.. Folger is not
unwilling to hold a nomination under such
circumstances. He accepts and writes two
or three columns to tell why. A case en-
tirely clear could have been stated in short
er space.
been shorter if Mr.. Folger had not felt it
necessary to attempt to do justice to him
self and to his friends as we'll as he could
in his acceptance of the nomination, which
he admits persons of good standing in
the community" and some holding official
relations with the Republican party, have
urged him to decline. Instead of taking
their sound and honest advice, Mr.. Folger
has chosen to accept the nomination, and
the larger part of his present letter is nat
urally taken up with discussion of the
question whether the receiver is really as
he had taken their advice and declined the
nomination, which, as they saw, as he sees
and as. everyone in the state sees, was
procured for him by most contemplate
fraud and forgery, One wrong necessi-
tates another, and the men who comprised
Mr.. Folger's nomination against the will
of the convention will not stop at trifles to
secure his election against the will of the
voters.
The World: MIR. Folger invites the Re-
publicans of New York to move on to bat
tie to the inspiring strains of the Dead
March in Saul. The three points of state
policy on which Folger dwells most
earnestly and intelligently in remarkable
letters are the necessity of local self-gov-
eminent in our cities, towns and villages;
the Importance of renting to primary
meetings of the people the choice of dele
gates, who are to represent the people in
the organization of political parties, and
the duty of economy in the administration
of our state and local affairs. AS these
three points happen to be cardinal fea-
lures of the Democratic policy which
Grover Cleveland stands pledged to carry
into effect, respectable Republicans may
contemplate with equanimity the gloomy
party prospects which their candidate un-
folds to them.
The Times: Unfortunately not his FOL
ger's) great ability, his high character, his
good intentions, nor even the reasonable
assurance that he would make an excellent
governor in spite of the influences that
have been enlisted in his behalf, his candi-
dacy can suffice to meet one of the chief
objections of those who are dissatisfied.
That is fixed beyond recall in the record of
the past. 1t is not in his power to wipe it
out. The Republicans of the state were
not permitted by untrammelled choice, by
free exercise of delegated power honest
ly and fairly executed, to nominate their
own candidate for governor, and many of
them feel they have principle to vindi-
cate, that is even more important for the
{in,o hoincv hon ho
state and national policy which are urged
in the letter of acceptance.
The Evening Post: Judge Folger's let
ter of acceptance is not cheerful or in
spring document 1t could not we'll be
under the existing circumstances. A man
who feels himself obliged to make an elab-
crate apology to the people for being a
candidate, and who virtually asks them
for suspension of judgment as to the
conscientiousness of his conduct in accept
ing a nomination, cannot be expected to
be entirely free from a certain depression
of spirits when speaking to the public. 1t
is the men, the circumstances and the in
fuences surrounding him that make his
election unacceptable to a large element
in the Republican party and the confess
sion OF his personal feelings with regard to
his candidacy are, therefore, rather calcul-
ated to strengthen than to weaken the OBJ
jections to him.
The Commercial Advertiser: There is
nothing that can be said here that would
add to the strength of Mr.. Folger's state
ments. His dignity, frankness, sincerity
and devotion to Republican principles
speak for themselves. The. duty of
Republicans is plain. It is to elect their
ticket and elect it for reasons that have
been so forcibly stated in the letter of &C
ceptance. There can be no turning back
or aside. The field is before the Republi-
cans, and they will be untrue to themselves
and their great party if they do not win it.
The Ece',ing Telegram :Folger is proba-
bly, wrong in his estimate of the damage
which his party would have incurred by
his rightful declination of this nomina-
ton; evidently wrong in imagining his
party can be benefited by his assertion to
the consummation of acknowledged
wrong.
The Mail and Express: AS might have
been expected of SO brave and honest a
man, he faces without fear and handles
without gloves the convention frauds, that
have been so dishonesty manipulated and