The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-19
The Da11es Daily Chronicle.
THURSDAY. MARCH 10, l8s
GOV. MoRroN's WE4KNEsS.

The candidacy of Levi P. Morton,
while it is being pressed with vigor,
does not elicit the enthusiasm through
out the country that rightly is due to a
man whose record has been as good as
that of the New York governor. The
element that is lacking in the Morton
campaign is sincerity. To the unprecju-
diced it looks as if Morton were being
used as means to an end. What that
end may be is known only to the coterie
of politicians who are creating the Nor
ton boom. The New York Tribune, the
most influential Republican paper in
the country, and one which is kept free
from the control of any faction, makes
the following very fair expressions re
garding Morton's candidacy:
''In the echoes that come back to us
from the western and southwestern
states of what may be called the Morton
boom there seems to be a distinct mis-
understanding of Governor Morton's
candidacy. The prevailing apprehension
that Governor Morton represents merely
a Doodle candidacy is entirely wrong.
That a reasonable basis has not been
prepared for it in the uncommon exer-
tions made by active and influential per-
sons, such as Mr.. Anderson and Mr..
Simms and Mr.. Thomas T. Fortune and
ex-Postma aster Van Cott, we are not pre-
pared to deny. But these gentlemen
have been carrying on a canvass for
which they themselves are alone re-
sponsible. We do not permit ourselves
to believe that Governor Morton him
self has advanced dollar to pay either
the ordinary expenses of these gentle
men in going through the West and
Southwest presenting his claims to the
presidential nomination or the extraor-
dinary expenses which are generally
understood to be incurred in that sort of
canvass. We prefer to believe that
whatever has been done IN that regard
has been without consultation with him
and through the overzeal of persons who
are for one reason and another active in
his behalf. The fact remains, however.
that most of the activity in his behalf
has appeared to be due to the interest of
politicians, who, under the appearance
of loyalty and devotion to him, have
concealed Interior personal purposes in
their own behalf.
''And it is this prevalent impression
that has done more than anything else
to let what might be called the Morton
boom drop down to the general level of
all the booms for 'favorite sons.' The
resolution passed by an unanimous vote
of the last state convention, which
named Governor Morton as the candi-
date of the Republican party of the
state of New York for president of the
United States, undoubtedly expressed
the general sense of the Republican
party of the state. With some consider
able exceptions in the matter of his APP
pointments, due rather to his amiabillty
of disposition than to his desire to fur
ther personal ambition, he had made for
at least one year generally satisfactory
administration. He had in several in
stances helped the cause of a good GOV
ernment and municipal reform in way
all his own, but in such a way as was
generally appreciated, and which made
all honest Republicans friendly to the
promotion of his ambition, if such it
was. Since then several things have
happened. Not least was the somewhat
famous dinner given by Mr.. Depew, at
which ex-senator Warner Miller, ex-
Senator Thomas G. Platt, ex-senator
Frank Hiscock and others were present,
where it was agreed to urge upon Gov
ernor Morton his acceptance of the can
didacy which had already been formally
put forth by the state convention. There |