Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1873 — Those Elmira Liberals. [ARTICLE]

Those Elmira Liberals.

The “worthy coadjutors,” late the Liberals, held a convention at Elmira, N, Y., recently, and placed a State ticket in nomination. Exactly what they did this for it is impossible to say. Of course it will get no votes of consequence, and it is doubt til even if all as the hundred men who composed the convention will take the pains to go to the pods and cast their ballots for it. There are said to be a few men in the South who are hoarding up Confederate bonds, hoping one day to realize something on them. In a similar way we find men with inanimate charters in their pockets, or broken bank-bills in their purses, waiting for some lucky event that shall bring their apparently worthless possessions into deipapd. There are professional politicians engaged in something of the same nature. They have once been the officers of an organization of some character; and, in the hope of one day being able to barter the thing away, they I

cling to it and keep it alive, like a worthless execution, by frequent re-issue. In Ohio the Liberals, or their officers, did this, and at last succeeded in trading their principles to the “new party,” getting a place on the ticket in exchange—which was about the lowest price we ever knew paid for a thing of the kind, but was, no doubt, all it was worth. Mr. Cochrane appears to be playing this same game in New York; but, so far, no one has bid anything, and the party is likely to go begging for a purchaser, and, perhaps, be sold at last for as near noticing as the same organization brought in Ohio. Of course appearances must be kept up, and so a ticket is gravely nominated, and the matter heralded to the country. Resolutions were also adopted, and the salary bill comes in for very fierce denunciation. Considering the relative strength of the element which favors it, this was very dangerous work for the New York Liberals. If they turn every body out who voted for the bill, who will they have left to. run the party? Take the Senate, for instance: The Liberals in that body were Schurz, Tipton, Trumbull, Rice, Hamilton of Texas, and, say Alcorn, who rather wishes to be so regarded. Of these, all save one voted for the salary increase; and, with Banks, and the other members of the House, they compose about all there is of the Liberal party, which is made up principally of brigadier generals and no privates. It is apparent that if the New York gentlemen get too boisterous, the turning-out will be done in the other direction. It is said that a London play having been hissed, the manager of the theater summoned his troupe, which, being numerically the strongest, hooted the audience out of the house. It is apparent that something similar will be done in this case, and Mr. Cochrane will find that Trumbull, Banks, Tipton, et al., are in the majority when the turning out. business shall commence in earnest,— Chicago Inter Ocean.