Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1876 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 1876.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14. The Mot to a delegation from this state to Cincinnati will occupy five hotels there, and the Cincinnati Brmow organs are unhappy about it. The Journal ingeniously remarks that if Blaine drops out, the race will be between Morton and Briatow. The strongest candidate In the field can not be beaten by ignori ng him. Brlstow faced the committee at Washington, but it is said that he would not face the bullets and bombshells at Fort Donelson, but was found missing after the first whizzing of the bullets. "General Fund" will be at Cincinnati and make direct appeal to every member of the convection, s affected ol bloody shirt proclivities, concerning his wrongs, wh'le Morton was governor of Indiana. The General has a loud complaint and he will be heard. t The latest suggestion made to revive the business oi the country is a general European war. It the effete monarchies of the old world have the faintest glimmering of a disposition to enhance the fortunes oi this young republic, one will be gotten up without delay. As they say Schuyler Colfax goes out into his fruit yard every morning, puts his hand np to his ear and listens to see If bis country is calling him, S3 the Indiana public rises every morning and turns it united ear in the direction of the ponder ous Lafayette statesman, in the hope of hearing some explanation oi that Venezuela bond matter. Bat a silence as of the grave greets the expectant tympanum in the one as in the other. If Washburne should by any chance become a candidate, we shall probably hear something of the Washburne family. It will occur to a good many people that if one brother to the president could corrupt the army service on a whole frontier, a fraternal horde scattered through about hall the states In the union would send the country to the dogs before a fcur years' term was half out. This will kill Washburne in advance. lie will die of brothers as Blaine died of bonds and Morton ol oow teed. This time it is brother-in-law Casey. The committee who are investigating federal affairs In Louisiana have uceartted some more damaging facts about him. One witness testifies that in 1S70, when his distillery had been seized by the government, Colonel Casey came to him and offered to protect him from annoying visits from the government officers in consideration of a one-third interest in bis distillery. Casey told the witness that he could control Internal Revenue Collector Steadman, and would do so in his interest for the bribe -aforeeaid. Congressman Sypheralso comes In for his share of the exposures. He bought bis way into Conzress in 1S72. An Infanon Ontrage. Facta developed in the Criminal Court ot this city yesterday are well calculated to alarm every citizen. When the'sworn officers of the law, into whose hands is committed the duty of executing the law, prove recreant to their trust and defeat all the ends of justice by their acts, what security can the people have that peace and order shall continue to prevail? It is well known here, and all over the country, that most shameful and open frauds were committed in the late city election. Prominent citizens, and members of the Republican party, deeded small parcels of land to disreputable characters, who stood at the polls in the character of freeholders, and swore in all who arpeared as Radical voters, and were unknown to the judges cf ths election. In th Ninth ward some alne'.y affidavits were made by one man, in attestation ol the legality of votes offered, many of which Wfre known to be fraudulent and wore challenged. Upon the as sembling of the grand jury of the county tbece flagraut outrages came up for investigation, and indict ments were found against the guilty partus. The evidence ot perjury, of course, lay in the afRJavits made, and which were filed, according to the construction of the law, with the tally pa pers, in theeffice of the city clerk. The cases were so plain, the evidence si con elusive, that great alarm was felt by the parties offending, and but for the vigilance of the officers charged with the duty of securing them they would doubtless have escaped from the city, leaving their few feet of ground behind them. The grand jury, still in session, desiring to do their whole duty and bring to justice all offenders, needed for inspection the affidavits attached to the tally papers of the Ninth ward, and summoned Mr. Wright, the city clerk, to produce them. He paid no attention to the summons, and the grand jury applied to the court, and Mr. Wright was brought before the court for contempt, where he, to ute the language of the News, solemnly and Judiciously swore himself out. The affidavit of Mr. Wright ia published elsewhere, and on its face confesses a dereliction ot duty at which every citizen must be astonished. It confeeses.that he permit ted parties Indicted for infamous crimes to come at will without bis supervision and tamper with and carry off the evi dence of their guilt. We are astounded that a man ot Mr. Wright's rep utatlon and character could have so far tr.ffcd with his sworn duty, as 1 clearly shown in this casp. Tiuiy we bava ome to a pretty pas when lioiiaaU under bail are permitted to

tamper with the records of their crime, and steal away the evidence of their guilt. So

little attention did Mr. Wright give to the protection of this important evidence, which may have been sufficient to send fifty men to the penitentiary, that he can not remember the names of all the parties who handled it. The evidence of the wholesale perjury at the Ninth ward polls was suffered to be stolen by Mr. Wright through most reckless negligence, the parallel of which we have never beard. What do the citizens of Indianapolis think of this case? It is worthy of serious reflection. What are our courts for? What Is the use of sustaining the forms of law if such things are permitted to continue? This whole affair, from the plotting and planning of the wireworkers of the Republican party of the city down to the close of election day, that culminated in the disgraceful riot which they inaugurated, Is a most damnable outrage upon the public peace, against law and order, violative of the election franchise, a shame and a disgrace to the party that has sustained it. Look at the matter from the beginning. It was determined to poll illegal votes. Men were brought here by tbe car load from different parts ottte state. Men were employed to swear tba' they were voters here. They did it. Tteir crime was exposed, and the criminals wei e indicted. The cases were clear, and escape was impossible. Tbe only recourse was tie destruction of the evidence. This wts secured by tbe negligence of the Republican city clerk ; and now the guilty expect to escape. This ladt outrage was but a part ct the whole plan. It is the most openly imfamous transacticn from beginning to end ever successfully perpetrated against the ballot box. Mr. Wright's position to-day Is one not to be envied. None of tbe prominent actors In this plot that defeated the Democracy at the late election by fraud and violence are to be envied. Tbe end of tbe exposure is not yet. All the evidence is not destroyed. One of the criminals will be tried this morning in the court. It is hoped that tbe guilty parties behind the curtains will be uncovered. Tbe patties who employed these m?n to swear falsely and vote illegally mcst be brought to light. They era conspirators together with tbe open violators who have been indicted. Thoee men who deeded small bits of land to these bribed perjurers are guilty, Arepariicepscriminis, and deserve exposure and public contempt. The dastardly outrages ot tbe Republi can party by which they Becured the lata victory will gradually be brought tc light. Such acts as having tb.9 evidence of tbe frauds spirited away will only bring the greater condemnation upon them in the estimation of all honorable men, and teach them to despise a patty that will triumph by fraud and perjury, rioting aud bloodshed, and then steal the evi dence that convicts them of their crimes. The Caae of Blaine. The way of tbe transgressor is hard. Blaine has found it so, and his case embraces moral features which are appropriate lessons for the times. That Mr. B'aine baa ability no one will deny, and that be has arisen to prominence In bis party by reason ot that ability is also true. Elected again and again to preside over tbe House, he has had the chance, through the power that the po sition conferred, to make for himself many friends and supporters. Year by year be has grown into favor, and his in fluence was likely to carry any measure that he favored. He was lu the regular lice of succession to presidential henoxs. His ability was of the popular cast, so that he baa become a favorite with the masses of tbe party, and so strong has been his hold upon them that against the voice of the politicians and the positive frown of the president, be was, until a few days ago, far in advance of ail b!s competitors. By a manifestation of earnestness and sincerity he had established a reputation above the average Re publican politician. Bat while he has been building up this outside reputation, and has bad his eye upon the prea idency, he has been stealthily bar tering away his character tor pecuniary gain. Secretly be has been favoring the lobbyists, and lining his pockets with gold. If there had never been a 64,000 charge against him; if no 130,000 gift were unexplained; if he had not offered the Pacific railroad franchise to Fisher; still the one single letter published this morning, to Warren Fisher, Jr., concern ing tbe Spencer Rifle Company, will for ever condemn him in the eyes ot all honest men. It confesses that he secured legislation directly in tbe interest of a contracting company of which he was a member. In other words, he used his legislative In fluence to further his private businees. It 1 is utterly corrupt, and no shadow of de fenae can be made for him. This letter reveals the trne character c f the man. Al bis positive statements now dwindle Into Insignificance. It is utterly impossible to justify auch an act with honest and hon orable character. After reading this letter only tbe wilfully blind can longer defend bim. He has really bartered away hi reputation and chances for presidents honors lor pecuniary gain. Mr. Blaine might have gone on In these speculations, and continued to maintain a standing of respectability In tbe country and probably would have been elected president, If a Democratic Congress had not unearthed these general Radical corrup tions. A Republican Congress would have covered things op. But the corruptions have been brought to light, and with the nomination tor tbe presidency just in bis gratp, his real character is exposed, and it can scarcely be doubted that he has added the base crime of perjury to his other

c flenses to shield himself. No wonder be

wished to destroy these letters. The case of Blaine should be a warning. He fell just as Colfax fell tbe latter per haps for a first offense, the former for a whole Congressional career of rottenness, now brought to light. Let politicians take warning. The Pvaalble European Wr. The contradictory character of all recent dispatches from the old world makes all peculations as to the probability of seri ous complications more guess wore. Russia will recognize the new sultan. Russia will await the action of the treaty powers. Tbe Russian army is moving upon the frontier, and when It reaches utb, Servia will commence hostilities. All danger of a breach of the peace by Servia Is removed. Servia is actively pre paring for war, and has 75,000 men under arms. These statements, taken from tbe dispatches of a single day, will illustrate the contradictory and ur. trust worthy character of all accessible informsmatlon. It is probably true that the key to the situation lies now as In 1S54 and 1870, in tbe attitude taken by England. Still it must not be target ten that England's influence in E stern af fairs is far less potert than when Sir Strat ford Cannirg played the devs ex machina n the affairs ol tbe pcrte, and every step ken at Constantinople was dictated from be London loreign office. The. advanced position recently taken by Lord Derby in refusing the assent ot England to the plan of pacification arranged by the other great powers, seemingly indicates a return to tbe traditional eastern policy ot his g-vernment which, if carried out to its legitimate results, would again bring England into collision with Russia. But before jumping to the conclusion that war is inevitable, it must be remembered that the traditional policy is not supported by the traditional strength. France la practically left out of the consideration of tbe Eastern problem since the fall of the empire, and if England fcoes to war to prevent the partition of Turkey, she must do so alone. It is doubt ful if a ministry can be found that will undertake this responsibility. Whatever be tbe fate of tbe Turkish empire, it will probably be accomplished without a gen eral war. Williams or Orth. The temper of tbe people on tbe subject of reform will be tested in tbe election in this state next October. Tbe candidates are before the people. Williams Is a re former. Orth belongs to tbe old regime. and is a fit nominee upon a platform that endorses the rascalities of tbe Grant administration. Williams is in favor of economy and retrenchment. He bas saved the government, by his own efforts, over fifty thousand dollars during the present session of Congress. Orth fa vors extravagance, ne neipea to prosecute unust claims upon the government, he favored continually extravagant appro priations in Congress. Williams is in fa vor of the greenback currency, opposes contraction and vote lor a repeal of the resumption bill. Orth voted for the resumption bill, for he was in Congress at the time of its passage. He is a hard money man, and lavors the policy of contraction. Williams is an honest old farmer, a friend of the people, plain, straightforward and open. Orth Is a trickster, a scheming attorney who defrauded a widow, who dabbles in speculative bonds, secured by his Influence as a legislator. Williams is a true Democrat. Orth is an aristocrat. Williams is tbe friend of the people. Orth is the friend of tbe bondholder and monopolist. Williams has a ong political record unstained, by a single dishonest act. Orth's record is so smirched that the Evansvi le Journal and other pa pers oi the state of his own party will not ask the people to vote lor him. Can the people of this state, in times Ike tbe present, hesitate a moment in cbosing the best man cf the two? The case is a plain one. Partisan Radicals will vote for Orth. The masses ot the people will choose Williams. Tbe Iocirlne of Hate. Tbe Illinois Republican platform is sim ply atrocious in its sentiment toward the South. Such utterances a dozen years after the close ot the war Is a disgrace to our Christian civilization, a libel on hu manitv. Instead of being an evidence of ovaltv and patriotism, it is the worst form of disunion and treasonable Bent! ments. The declaration concerning the policy of conciliation Is worthy of the mendacity of a Logan, a proper transcript of the sentiment ot a Morton. But it can find no response from tbe hearts of men lees malignant than they are. When la this sort of statesmanship to end? No nation upon the face of tbe broad eatth but ours fosters a party that perpet uates internal discord. The accomplisi ments of civil warfare are never cherished as a matter of national glory. Charles Sumner In his battle flag resolution spoke the true doctrine concerning the bloody shirt policy. If the Union is to be p9rserved the doctrine that caused tbe rebellion b 1861 should not be perpetuated. It may te true that It the Southern rebels bad nevir been amnestied the present members f Congress from the South would not have occupied their seats. But if, by the aid f the Southern members, the present Coi gress should accomplish the purging f tbe government and relieve It from tte plundering cormorants that have been robbing tbe people, they will partially, it least, atone for their pact sin, and do more for preserving tbe government than tie Radicals have done in the past ten years. The South Bend city council refused to give $500 to aid in celebrating tbe comicg

Independence Day in that city.

radical book-keeping.

Another Protest from General Fund. OPEN LETTER NO. 15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. You recently published in your adver tising columns a brief, but very Important, official paper. Assuming that there is no direct communication between your countng room and your editorial rooms, 1 respectfully commend it to your careful consideration and submit for your inspection tbe following copy: "TREASURY STATEMENT." Statement showing tbe receipts and dis bursements of tbe state treasury, for tbe month of May, and the condition ol tbe gen eral and trust funds at the clcss of busi ness, May 31, 1876. SUMMARY. Balance in treasury May . 1482,253 6) Receipts during the month l,4j4,tt:U 0) (1,887,21? t Disbursements during the mouth. Balance on hand May 1... Sl,l49,.2l 9i BALANCfc.8 BELONGING TO THE VARIOUS FCNDü. To the general fund .$S56,4 97 To common school fuDd... fZi IS To school revenue foi tui tion......... 237,410 44 To college fun.l 2.1 0 (1 lo college fund ioterefl. o44 ; io swamp Iüdu lund...... i.iii w To estates without heirs... 6,2 5 5 j To thiee percent. furjtl..... 32 13 To excess of bids, sinking rund . 2,221 2 51.149,921 99 B. C. Shaw, treasurer oi sUie. E. IIkndkr-cn, auditor oi stats. THE LAW OP THE CASE. The law authorizing the preparation and publication of this paper seems to have es caped tbe attention of your Republican auditors and treasurers of state. Lest you may think that you have made an unau thorized publication at my expense, I quote tbe law for your Information: "öec. y. xne : treasurer oi state snail keep a cash book in the treasury, and shall enter therein, on tbe day when any money is received or moneys paid, in a fair legible band, tbe several amounts rereived, with the number, date and drawee or each draft, and the several amounts paid out, with tbe number, date and payee ot each warrant, speci'ying tbe particular fund tor wmcn eacn amount is received or paid, and shall, at tbe close ot every day, carefully balance tbe book so as to show the exact amount of cash on band: and shall also keep a ledger by double entry, iuto which he shall post from such cash book to the account of tbe several fnnds the various amounts re ceived or paid, and at tbe close of every month shall take atrial balance ot sucu ledger, so as to show the exact cash condition of each fund. And tbe treasurer, with the auditor of state, shall make out, Bign and cause to be published once, in two newspapers of gen eral circulation, at Indianapolis, a state ment of the exact amount ot money in tne state treasury at the close of business on tbe latt day of each and every montb, specifying the amount belonging to each particular fund." A CAREFUL EXAMINATION of the statement published will convince you that it ia exactly in accordance with the law. Those prepared by your Republican treasurers and auditors were not. They were shams, frauds and delusions, of no value to anybody, and their publicatiou occasioned a great and needless expense. You will observe thit I am now In a healthy condition. My credit balance in the treasury at the close of last month was $866.483 97. Under tbe administra tion ot jour agents in tbe treasury, I was a pauper, burdened with grievous debts and charged with extravagant and unlawfnl expenses. Under tbe present ad ministration, I am performing my duties as a fiscal agent ot the state, My net increase during tbe month of May was 544.671 82. During that month I was making large and lawful payments of nee essary expenses Incident to the transaction of tbe business ot tbe state, the support of existing public Institutions penal, refor matory, benevolent and educational and tbe construction ol new and costly edifices lor the comfort of afflicted humanity. You may wonder why I was able, during all this time, when so occupied with tbe Important financial trans actions required of me to make this series of statements, however crude and provocative of your uncontrollable laughter. I have repea'edly told you that I am an artificial person and am invisible 1 labor with tbe assistance of others. I bave neither voice nor hands. I speak with the voices of others, and write with the hand of a friend. Having ALMOST UNLIMITED REVENUES at my command, I am able to employ and lawfully pay an amanuensis. This 1 have done. At the close of business hours, and during tbe silent watches of tbe night, I have dictated to my friend, and he has written. A irieDdiy compositor and a friendly press bave aided mein com muni eating with your unwilling mind. What I have said has met your gibes and jeers. Being unable to comprehend it, you laughed. These communications have been, ot necessity, brief and Imperfect. constituting but a mere outline of the sub ject which I am about to leave with von. They were given to you at your special in stance and request, but without charge. : now submit another brief outline, whether or not It contains charges, you may judge, The Democratic auditor oi state, in leaving to his Republican successor tbe responsible office which be had held, showed in nis report ior the year ending October 31, 1864, that tnere was a balance remaining in the treasury at that date of 11,241,883 67, and that there was doe tbe trust funds f 790,372 76, leaving tbe sum of Riol 515 si la tbe general fund after providing tor the entire aggregate of tbe balance due the SEVERAL TRUST FUNDS. In substantially this condition he and his associates in tbe treasury department left me, and yoor "men of '65" took me. In 1865 tbe war ended. Military service should have glyen place to civil service, pure and simple. Unfortunately it did not Fr ten years I struggled to free myself from tne contusion into wmcn i was thrown by Republican incompetency, ignorance, unsKUiiuiness, bad precedents and bad practices. While your agents to whom 1 was entrusted were un able to deal fairly by me, and did not recognize me, except as a scape-goat to bear erf their sins, they unconsciously left foo - prlnts by which their tortuous course was marked. The report of your auditor o Btate for the year ending October 31, 1373, assumes In a "statement " to show "the relative position of the general fund to the

various trust funds in the treasorv from October 31, 1858 to October 31, 1873." It does not show what it purports to show.

ie in jr. oi inestimable value, it was omitted the next year! It may be Interred from that statement, and it is true, that my balance at tbe beginning of 1865 was about 2454,515 91. At tbe end of that fiscal year and tte two immediately succeeding overdrafts ara shown, as follows: October 31, 1 "65 , 77.74 46 October 81,181 lll,fi M October 1, 1S67 M.3W 2ti Your total overdraft during your first yar of civil service was necessarily J932,264 37 in excess of my revenues. During the succeeding three years tbe statement assumes to show an excess or net Increase of my revenues, as follows: Oc'oberSl,)8fi8 ?262 881 73 October 31, 18 uh,x2 3 October 31, 187. 272.2S 72 THESE AMOUNTS ARE UNTBUE, as may be easily shown. You naturally fly to the conclusion that during the suc ceeding two years ot Democratic adminis tration the same follies and de lusions were psrpztra'ed. In this you would err. Notwithstanding the evil precedents and chaotic confessions prevailing in the department wben turned over to them, those faithful offi cials labored zealously and without the assistance of a R?publican relorm trovernor to t fleet a change tor the better. lr.ey effected valuable reforms durine their briet term and left to mv credit, as showed by the reports of your Republican auditor who succeeded th m, a balance ot moretban half a million dollars. L'kethe stone which the man rolled unhill and which immediately rolled back again, the treasury system" leu into confusion as soon as they left it and your men took it in nana, it was left to the gentlemen whose names are attached to tbe state ment first quoted above to place tbe system on its proper basis, restore to myself and my companions our lawful rights and revenues, and to administer tbe affairs ot the department in a safe and business-like manner, in strict accordance with the constitution and tbe laws. Their Republican prede cessors preached reform. They have practiced it, as I can sf6ly attest. In tbe last report of your auditor ot state, be makes tbe last statement by a Republican purporting to be what it la not) as fol lows: CONDITION OF THE FUNDS. There was remaining In the treasury povemoer 1. 1873 (4?) 1244.203 78 me luuowing Daiances are aue irom iae general fund: Totbesurplusrevenuefund.J 2,007 52 To tbe real estates without To the three per cent. fund.. 32 13 16,552 50 fWvl l m a . m mere is aue 10 me general iuuu : Fiom Ihecollfp land S 1 9VI 33 From the swamp land fund 829 to r rom me common scnooi Iund.... 10,291 94 13,075 07 1250,726 35 Compare tbe Republican with tbe Demo crauc fciaiemeni and tell me which com plies with the law and which does net. Who was THE BETTEB FACTOR IN THE CIVIL SERVICE ot the state? Why was the showing of the account of " common school revenue for tuition" omitted frointbat report? Was it because tbe semi annual payment of in terest ((117,143 49) bad not been made on tbe eld " non-negotiable bonds" In Octo ber? Why dia the three per cent, futd appear but $32 13? Had any of its revenues be n diverted? When tbe letter of submission purported to show the condi tion of tbe several funds, did it tneak truly ? Do the monthly statements coveric g forty pages (347 to 287) find any authority in law or reason? Does the "statement showing tbe settlements witn county treasurers," etc., covering one hundred and forty pages, have any possible and logical connection witb "a general state ment ot the receipts." etc.. tor the vear? I bave about finished my vain effort to give you information. With your leave, I will now lorn TO THE VOTERS OF INDIANAS ad is cones oi letters la but an outline sketch ot the hislxry of tbe treasury department of tbe state of Indiana under Republican administration. A fit comparison work has been recently published with the fol lowing title: S A FETT BOOK-KEEPING: Being a complete exposition of book keepers' "frauds, how committed, how dis covered, how prevented," etc., etc Cin cmnati: Robert Clark & Co.. 1875. These modest treatises, together with the official reports of the department, will sfljrd you material tor careful ani thoughtful study. My arduous duties in your service will occupy my time during bankine hours. When at leisure, and when called upon by any respectable tax-payer of the state, 1 will cheerfully a Hard any further lniormauon in my possession, it any practical reformer shall discover any iunner aouse ot law and good precedents yet lackin? la the treasury department of tbe fcta'e, and shall signify to me his need or assistance, a win De nis zsaious co adjutor. General Fund. Indianapolis, June 6, 1876. CURRENT COMMENT. NARROWING DOWN TO HENDRICKS. Frankfort Crescent. Tho contest for tbe Democratic presiden tial nomination is narrowing down between Hendricks and Tilden. Tilden' friends are so over-doing the matter that they are utterly ruining hia chances for tne nomination. Hendricks' mends are taking It more moderate and will go into tbe convention at St. Louis with a real, ana not a roroed strengtn. THE ORGAN. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. We can't help admiring the persistency of Morton's Indianapolis organ. Tester day it published the patriotic addreas sent to Wilmington, North Carolina, on tbe 30th ultimo, to be read in the presidential Interests of tbe great war governor. Tbe Journal made tbe mistake of printing tbe document on one of Its Inside page, where travelers seldom wander. Such an address published legibly on an outside page, witb attractive head-lines, would Btir the coun try. BFECULATIVR DARK HORSES. N.Y. Herald. The power of Mr. Blaine will be given to Washburne. With this power Wash borne becomes the leading candidate of tbe Republican party. Tbe only Influence his friends have to tear is that of the Jay Goulds and Tom Scotts, who will bave no presi dent wbo is not amendable to railway die ta.ion. Oa this point the record of Wash

burne is belter tbn that of any candidate

iu nomination, aal the power of the railway men. ot those wbo look for land fobssubsidies and so on, is very great. It may destroy Washburne to build up Uayts or tome third man. on the thnrv tfcat it t better to have a probable fne than ona whose enmity is like that ol Wash hum a proclaimed and violent. In the mntlm New York stands liks a stone wall behind Koscoe Uonkllrjg. The Empire Btate bas nailed theConkling banner to tbe mast. It remains to be 6een whether so much de votion will be rewarded with the victory it deserves. ' AN IMPOSSIBLE CANDIDATE. N.Y. Times. In another column a well-informed cor respondent pres9nts an outline ot the public life of ex-Governor Morg in, and recom mends bim aj a presidential candidate wbcs9 claims may be fitly pressed upon the attention of the assembled delegates at Cincinnati. There is certainly no candidal wbo can be named whose services to tha coun ry, to tbe sta'e, and to bis pirty. make a better showing than those of Edwin D. Morgan. lie assisted at tbe birth of the Republican party, and bis name is associated witn none of the adminis trative Bcanda's, the reckless partisanship, or the low standard of public duty which can be urged es objections to others who bave been pressing their claims for the nomination. Ex-Govtroor Mor gan is a candid&te to wbce record hia party can point witb just pride, and with whom they could make an aggressive and, we beliave, a successful campaign. When ro mary pretensions sre beintr made about tbe ability ot tbl or tbe other candidate to carry New York state, we think no one will dispute the ability of the r&epuDiican paity to perform that feat under the leadership of Edwin D. Morgan. WASHBURUE TO THE FRONT. LNew York Bun. The practical exclusion of Mr. Blaine from the list of Republican candidates for president has, we learn, turned tbe tide of discussion in the Republican party in certain localities, and especially at Washington. toward Elihu R. Washburne, ot Illinois. In one es sential respect Mr. Washburne la the strongest candidate the Republicans can nominate; be bas tbe longest record as an opponent of jobs and special legislation, lie was azain&t monopolies when it was fashionable to be for them and unpopular to oppose them. As a Representative in Congress many yeara ago, he made such a record as is at tbe present time calculated to give a candidate lrcmea&urable strength, although, at tbe time. It sub jected bim to odium. He was a reformer when talk ot reform was not so acceptable as It is now. Mr. Washburne may not be put in tbe field by tbe Cincinnati convention, but If be were be would be a very formidable candidate There was one accusrtion against Mr. Washburne that ten tboutand dollars were paid improperly In Paris from the Transcontinental railway funds, and that bis action there was Influenced thereby; but, if true, it is at variance with tbe gen eral tenor of his life, and it la to be hoped be can deny it more squarely than be bas yet done. If be can, be should do it Im mediately. The growth of feeling at Washington in favor of Mr. Washburne in tne last few days is said to have been unpreoedentedly rapid. BLAINE'S COUP D'ETAT. fHartford Courant. Mr. Blaine bas made his la'est explana tion, and probably his last. Giving him the benefit of everything that he claims. and admitting that be ia proven guilty of nothing criminal nor perhaps dishonorable, It nevertheless remains thai be is as effectually removed from tbe list of possible presidential candidates ss is Thomas A. Scott, or Aquila Adams, cr Mr. Mulligan, or Schuyler Collax. We cannot but believe that Mr. Blaine himself recognizes this fact, and that his eflort of yesterday wai designed for otter purposes than to help his campaign. He avoids tbe pitfall which entrapped Mr. Colfax and so many others In tbe Credit Mobil ier exposure, and sseing that his connection witb certain speculative enterprises has been discovered, be puts on a bold front and makes the best of it, and attempts to explain and defend his action. In this be has acted very wisely and shrewdly, and it will dou bless prevent hia sharing the fate of the Credit Mobilier statesman who attempted to prevaricate and quibble, and bad not tbe courage to admit tbe truth. Mr. Blaine will retain a large share of public support and confidence from nis course In this respect, and bis public life is by no means ended, but it is doubtless evident to him, as to everybody else, that be is no longer in tbe neld as a presideLtl&l candidate. It Is not necessary to believe that there wai anything dishonest iu bis stock transact. or s. Probably there was not. But it Ia a shock to the country to know that be was in the busluess, feecretly, and while be was supposed to be engaged entirely in the highest affairs of state. He chose to be a Block brcker, and must find his reward in the consciousness cf bis profit?. His nomination for the presidency is impossible. BLAINE, THE BURDEN. N. Y. Times Quite as certain is it that tbe party is not in a humor to tolerate a nomination which will put it perpetually on tbe defensive throughout, the campaign. There are well defined issues between tbe two parties their antecedents, their principle?, their purposes; and consider .ions of justice and expediency render desirable a contest conducted with reference to these issues only, as far as possible. It will not be possible, however, on either side, to eliminate personalities from the controversy. Antagonistic elements are at work on both sides, and tbe relative strength of sood or evil will be indicated by the respective nominations. What the Republicans have to guard against is a nomination that shall entail upon them a constant necessity for explanation, apologj or defense as regards the candidate individually or as a party man. "No questionable record" can be assumed without absorbing energies that should be more beneficially employed. The mere tact that pretexts may be found fordamaging imputations should be enough to disqualify a candidate, however eligible in other respects. To Insure success In tbe campaign, tbe campaign Itself must be aggressive from tbe start. About its result, if conducted with ordinary sagacity and courage, we have no doubt, so vulnerable are tbe Democracy at every point, so feeble and povertystricken in the matter of policy, so incapable of making even a decent show ot resistance when compelled to stand and fight. But tbe old Tennessee politician la right in the counsel be gives. To wage effective warfare, the Republican party must refuse to encumber itself with superficial burdens or to occupy a position that ia not im-pregnible.