New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-25
THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
WHAT REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION HAS DONE
FOR ORANGE COUNTY.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOE W."
DRESS SAYS ABOUT 1T, AND WHAT TAA
VOTERS THINK AND ARE
LIKELY TO DO

VOTERS THINK AND ARE
LIKELY TO DO.
fysoN 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF TIE -. +s>
Goshen, N. Y, Oct 24-This preS'S n,s;rns
county-seat Of Orange County. has "su' .o.ou.
=, distinction It has produced severa. '| 49,
lawyers including Ogden Norman NJ IN
Fulton: Noah Webster taught scnoo. =, .h.
his youth; Charles Bachman. Tue ur.s An
witt trotter Green Mountain MAN. ,,,as ~
the neiQhborhood; Secretary oe"a,u 800 ;n-
only five miles away; and among 'nJ .ho, s+r,dv
s.htsan.s are Assemblyman Greene anu Ii@O sVoiuS
psnMh,;can Henry Bacon. the Democrauc
1879 ~ Congress from the AVh Distric1
~. ,sI,.o. y.minds one Of the best parts Oh
80 r.-,"na The tree-lined avenues are VIDE
H Iii lon, tbere are several handsome churches
-,sh,r . .tone,s throw of Mr. Greenes office.
800 n,avs onoe q week on the village green and
.h.r. n a soldiers' monument opposite the county
hui,dins The habits and interests Of the popula-
son of $500 arc essentially domestic. Few Of
them like Mr.. Bacon. do business in New-York
and use Goshen only as dormitory; but the place
contains many retired workers. who live on their
means. and for whom the present campaign con-
seouently possesses q limited interest. Tho local
merchants have promptly increased the prices Of
articles on which the duty has been raised by
omitted to make a corresponding reduction with
those on which the tariff has been lowered and
their enhanced profits should constitute the best
Of arguments for Republican votes. Mr.. Bacon
confidently anticipates another local majority Of
$50. such as he received in 1883, but this an
tcipation like some Others is uncertain Of realza-
tion The Republicans have been unusually in
dustrious. In one day they have secured regis
tration equal 10 the entire vote Of last
fall and the now ballot law will prob
ably reduce the size Of the "oomph-
mentary" vote which Mr.. Bacon has been
accustomed to look for at his own home, where
a knowledge of his private virtues possibly COM
pensates for his lack of agreeable and engaging
manners and power TO impress the common
people"
ut would be impossible" said Mr. Bacon IN
his letter accepting the nomination, for the vot-
ers of this district to discover single piece Of
legislation OF the last session Of Congress which
tended in any way to advance its interests.
Coming from the pen of a less august parsonage
than Congressional nominee, this statement
might be aptly described as a piece Of cold cheek.
Nobody knows better than MIR. Bacon that within
q small radius of his home are hundreds Of farm
ers, to say nothing Of the manufacturers at New
burg Walden. Middletown and Port Jervis, who
so loudly dccries as an unnecessary burden of
taxation Sensible voters will not agree that
the burden" is unnecessary which prevents Can
ada and Bermuda from hindering the sale of the
onions which are grown extensively in this i'm
mediate neighborhood. Nor will the darymen
object to the duty on milk and other farm prod
ucts which enables them to Withstand Canadian
competition. tariff which places duties on
horses eggs, cheese, milk, onions and other ard
Giles which hundreds OF Orange County voters Gro
exclusively occupied in raising, is not a weapon
to be used against it's authors and the Republican
managers will take pains to see that the misrepre-
sensations of Mr.. Bacon and his friends prop
erly explained. Mr. Bacon, it is clear. took his
cue from the Democratic committees letter Of
notification which contained this unique declara-
ton:
The recent enactment of laws that discriminate
especially against the farming and dairy interests
will soon compel many who have been deluded by
false lights to choose between the grand old
party and the dear old homestead
That reads very pretty, doesn't it ?" exclaimed
q shrewd agriculturist this morning. If Mr..
Bacon had his way. my profits on onions in the
New-York and Philadelphia markets would go
into the pockets of Bermuda neeroe Why, it
seems to me that the farmers only just begin
ming to get justice, and here they are asking us
to throw overheard the men responsible for it.
Considering that Mr.. Bacon has been known
here for many years, while Mr.. Lexow, the Re-
publican candidate, was until recently unbeard
Of the expressions concerning the two men are
sufficiently significant Nobody shouts" for
Mr. Bacon. Nobody has ever heard of his doing
a. unusually cleveI ssneroas or sensible thing.
ton for purely negative virtues, to be sure. is
not without its use, and if an absence of what
Lord BeacoDsiield called "redeelning vices could
1Ioot no lhp
seat.
An unhappy man in Goshen Just n .,!so is As Is
scmbyman Greene PHYSICAL lnhrmlti s.l nave
lie recently took part in the comedy of deolill-
ing q denomination BY reclamation for reelection,
which WAS arranged to gye him h Gha hs Of ap
friends arc careful to explain that bus sponsor;
ship of the Ubiquitous Hudson River bridge bill
was regarded mere as one OF Uncle Georges
Nothing to do The unpretentious exterior Of
the dwelling he rents from Mr.. Bacon is not sug
gestive of great worldly prosperity, though IN ms
tearfully reminded his whildom supporters that
. no appropriation for public Improvements has
Greene would like to see succeed him is Michael
n, Kane. OF Warwick. Clinton w. Wisner, the
Republican candidate, is young Businessman
especially well thought OF ~ Inc t community,
heran lie as an Office boy in New-l York. Two
years ago he became executor Of large estate in
Pennsylvania, He Is now a niiSc'Hl pr, VI renn-
sST .,,o "oal mines The Goshen Democrat"
anu am UNUSUALLY e~ weledited journal whose name be-
lies its principles, speaks of him IN the follow
ing TEL ms .,,,.n. .o,,vs and ;udicious Re-
publican. and he las never been anything else.
Ee belongs to a large and influential family of
Republicans who will DC one with nm In MS
s siHv1s Sanoaiy or socially BY his superior ,uds
ment and his genuine integrity he has 80 won ron
the confidence Of leading business men ne b ana c, fe
60 the direction OF their affairs. He is not
candidate iy bis own seeking but by the earnest earnest
solicitation Of those who saw in hum the equal
II bs Soss tn the Assembly it will not lie Tor
-, ~ Eve " IL ~ ant OF II for himself. but