New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-04
tivity of the State Committee Is indeed re-

freshing.
We publjsh on another page of this paper
list Of the candidates for State and local Offices to
be voted for next Tuesday. Especial attention
IL directed to the names on the Democratic
ticket for Aldermen and members OF the Assem-
bly, from this city. Without going into detaiis,
IL Is safe to say that they are about as pad lou
of candidates as ever had the assurance 10 ask
the support of intelligent and honest VOTERS
To send them to the Common Council chamber
or to Albany. is to help on jobs OF every kind
and TO aid in securing the worst kind OF govern
ment for this city and State. No Republican,
however much he scratches tho State ticket
should vote for these Democratic candidates.
There may be a choice among the Republicans
who are up for the same Offices; but there Is
none among the Democratic nominees.
Mr.. Thurlow Weed improves this opportu-
ntv to free his mind. His letter which we pup
lsh elsewhere in this impression Will not
please either impractical Civil Service Reform
ers or machine men--extremes which nearly
meet. While not agreeing with all MIR. weed
says, we must admit that he strikes some
hard blows which are all the more eHectiVe
coming as they do from man who declares
that he was once boss himself. When MI
Arthur accidentally became President MI
Weed, his old and tried friend, was sure he
would make a model Chief Executive. How deep
his disappointment in the President must 10 Is
plainly set forth in the letter referred TO-
General Arthur says Mr.. Weed, " has been
4" so long accustomed to party manipulations that
"he could not keep his hands off," II Judge
Folger should be defeated, he declares that IL
will be due to the interference OF the ADMIN
istration in State politics. Nothing the letter
says, however, is so striking as the fact that
it Is written at all. AT Mr. Weeds al
vanced age, borne down as he has
been by illness that gave the keenest
alarm to his friends, absolutely bllnd'
and so feeble that for weeks at time
he has been unable to converse with
or receive any one outside his immediate
attendants, the veteran yet retains so Keen ana
patriotic an interest in public affairs and such
familiarity with current politics as to insist on
being propped up in bed while he dictates 10
q stenographer what we elsewhere PRINT
Even in their ashes glow his wonted fires.
If the enthusiasm of any Independent Re-
publicans in Pennsylvania has been chilled by
the hard work of q long canvass, it will
be reused to white heat again by the let
ter from Governor Hoyt to Mr. Barker, which
appears in another column of this paper. The
Governor bravely defends the Independent
movement as an assertion of the inherent
right of every free man to give effect to his
convictions affecting the political welfare Of
the State. 1t is the object of the Machine
to impose the mark Of slavery on voters
an imposition which no self-respect-
ing man will submit to long. There
is urdeniable justification, he declares, IN the
Pennsylvania uprising. The Governor then
defines his own position fully. He had ex-
pected to drift along, giving the Republican
ticket formal support. But when he learned
of the methods of vengeance which were being
cOntrved for those who are now Ill
revolt. and when he reflected upon the
humiliation put upon himself as Chief
Magistrate of the State for resisting Ma
chine purposes, the situation was no
longer to be endured. Self-respect COM
PEELED him openly to espOuse the cause
of the antiCameron men. In stating
his position and experience Governor HOyt
accurately describes the present attitude
and experience of thousands of other
Republicans in Pennsylvania Firm in their
allegiance to the party, they were de-
termined to support the ticket as long as
they could But 1t was not long; for after the
friends of the Administration had secured
the nomination Of their men by the violation
of principle, they conducted their canvass with
OUT Judgment or decency. What they have ac-
comDlicbcd thpv will know on election div
and the news may not be welcome.