New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-02
HOW MICH IS "TOO uUCHp,

Judge Hoadly is in peculiar and rmharras-
! sing position, and we must do him the justice TO
say that he appreciates the fact. Let us re-
| hearse, briefly, the steps by which he reached
| it. Governor Foster was reported as saying
that Judge HOady had admitted being put to
an expense of $4,000 to get his nomination.
The latter then teegraphed the Governor,
demand the authority for this statement, and
"denounce it ~ false in whole and in part.n
The Governor responded, saying that his in :.
fOrmant claimed to have had the admission
from Judge HOadly himself but adding that
the mans name could not be given without
his consent. WHAT was Judge Hoadly's re-
sDonseR q repeat, the state .nent is false in
GALL its parts. Now produce your informant,
and let me confront him." This was exactly
what Governor Foster FASTENED to do. He sent
to Jndge Hoadly, and gave to the newspapers,
a letter from Democrat, well-knOwn CORE
spondent of the leading Democratic newspaper
of Ohio and the West, who narrated a CONVEX
saton had by HIM with Judge Hoadly, in which
the latter complained that Mr.. Mclean. the
editor and proprietor of the newspaper in
question, had by opposing his nomination made
it cost bin too much money; and when the
correspondent remarked that he had heard that
it had cost him $50, 900, Judge Hoadly said
well, that is too much for any one to spend
{" for the Office, to say nothing of the nomi-
nation"
Here was everything that the Democratic can
didate for Governor had asked. lie had been
"confronted with Governor Fosters inform
ant" The man wrote over his own name
His statement was definite and clear. What
did Judge HOadly do when thus confronted N
Herald correspondent reports him as saying,
/" | have nothing to add to my correspondence
" with Mr. Foster. Ny object is sufficiently ac-
"complished by the disclosure Of the name of hiA
" informant" So, so Judge Hoadly's last tele-
gram to Governor Foster ended with a demand
to be allowed TO confront" the Governors in
fOrmant When the informant stands out in
br pad daylight, and wait to see him con-
fronted," Judge Hoadly sneaks away, saying,
L" have nothing to add to my correspondence
with Mr.. Foster" and runs OIL to Alabama to
make speech. There are times and cases in
which silence and good character are the best
answer IT, personal charges. But Judge Hoadly
demanded an investigation. He clamored to
be allowed to confront" his accuser. The
issue was Of his own making-nOt another's.
And when the Indictment and the evidence had
DteU put III, nt Shy udNC HOluluR VI Huu.
We do not believe the people of Ohio will
chouse rs their Governor a man who after
raising An issue as to his own character, sinks
out of it in this cowardly way. 1t is a confess
sion of guilt.
There is one point on which the public would
like to be further informed. Judge Hoady
comedies, apparently, that his nomination cost
him too much money" and admits his belief
that even the Office is not worth 500, 000 much
less the nomination. The question of int est
is how much be thinks they are worthwhile |
exact figure. He knows just what the nOmina-
ton cost him, and says frankly il was too |
much" If he would let the public know Just |
how much it was, and how much lie thinks |
would have been not too much" but Just |
enough, We can decide whether his Judgment Is |
as sound OH this point as it was when he |
thought Cronin could perform all the functions |
of an electoral college and comprise within
himself not only one elector but two vacancies. |
Judge Hoadly's affiliations have besn with that |
school of new and living Democracy" whose |
chief achievement it was 10 smte the rock of |
large bank account with the wand of cipher
telegram, when the living waters gushed forth.
The tariff of that school Of Democracy, it will |
be remembered, fixed $4,000 as the price of an
electoral vote in Oregon, rose to $50, 900 for q
vote in Florida, and TO $4,000 for canvass
ing board in another State. These figures in
dictate that Judge Hoadly is right in thinking
$4,000 too much to pay to be Governor Of
Ohio, although that ofir is sometimes regarded
as stepping-stone to the Presidency. Mean
time he can tell US exactly what he thinks q