New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-24
THE REPUBLIC4NS AT SARATOGA

The State Convention of New \ ork Repub-
licans which meets at Saratoga tomorrow
ought to be able to nominate ticket Whlch
will win in November. Nor in affirming this
do we underestimate the strength of our OPP
ponents. The Democracy at present controls
the executive Offices which are to be filled; it
has carried the State for several successive
years it is under the leadership of David b.
Hil politician, alike adroit and INSCRIPTIONS
who will not hesitate to employ all the power
and patronage Of his office to promote ms
party'S canvass it can count upon the support
of the rum power and big rum power cor
ruption fund. But to recognize all this is by
no means to warrant the assertion that the
Democrats are invulnerable. Far from it.
Indeed, it is strange if the intelligent voters
have not had enough of llillSm by this
time What has the Democratic party accom-
pGshed under HilIs leadership, upon which 1t
is prepared to go to the people this fall? Look
at his own record. The simple fact that he
has come TO be known as "Whskey'S Gov
elnor' is a sufficient commentary upon the pre-
vailing spirit of his administration. He has
fought all the reforms which the people have
most at heart, steadily catering to the worst
influences. Look at the record of the Demo
cratic legislative minority. Democratic law
makers have been so many stumbllng-blocks
in the path of such wholesome and necessary
legislation as that relating to the ballot and to
high license Like Hill they have been the
slaves OF the saloons and the bosses. Look at
the record of the Democratic State officials.
The two most important of these, the Controller
and the AttOrneyG General, have performed
their duties in so unsatisfactory manner that
even Democrats are protesting against their
denomination on the ground that they have
become too heavy load for the party to carry
In word, representatives of the Democracy
have been tried and found wanting in all three
departments of government The more the
voters examine the Democratic record the bet
ter it will be for the other side.
And so, we repeat, the Saratoga Convention
ought to name the winning ticket. The aim
of most electors, whatever their political bias,
is so TO vote as to secure good and progressive
government. These men must have become
convinced that it is useless to look for practical
reform under a party which Hill dominates.
Hence Republicans have right to expect that
in the approaching campaign they will have
the assistance of that large number of reputable
Democrats who said amen when Hill was Kissed
at the Cleveland dinner The Governor may
manage to prevent this element from obtain
ing a hearing at the Democratic Convention.
but he cannot control its action at the ballot
box. That the Republicans will poll their full
vote in November is attested by the fact that
to-day finds them united and earnest. Unlike
their friends the enemy, they have record
which makes the best of campaign documents
The Republican majority at Albany has been
faithful to its trusts. 1t has pursued wise
and generous canal policy. 1t has solved the
prison problem in a manner which protects the
public interests and keeps the cOnvicts at work
without doing injustice to free labor. IT has
fostered our cOmmon-SchoOl system and pro-
vided for the compulsory education Of truants
1t has met the best expectations of the level
headed friends of temperance. 1t has passed
a good political Balot-RefOrm measure. 1t
has been neither niggardly nor extravagant in
its appropriation of the public money.
The Republican Convention may well take
a hopeful view of the situation. Let it go
ahead and place a strong and popular ticket in
the field and adopt a platform in which the
party principles shall find adequate expression
The time is ripe for Republican restoration
at the State capital.