It is very gratifying to the editor of
the CHIEF to note the rapid change
which is taking place iu the souti
ments tf that class of the people of
this State who have so long, persist
ently and bitterly denounced Gover
nor Warmoth as the personification of
everything that is bad, the author of
all the ills and misfortunes that have
befallen the Stath and her people, and
S monster whose continuance in pow
er for another term of four years
would bring coi piece ruin and bank
niptry upon the community. This
abuse has been very unjust and un
reasonable, never warranted by the
official course of its victim, having its
origin perhaps solely in the fact of the
Governor's elevation to his high posi
tion through the votes and influence
of the Republican party, to which the
class we speak of was wholly and bit
terlyfopposed. Growing in intensity
with the lapse of time, and from con
stant ntterance coming to be looked
upon as merited and truthful by large
numbers of the people of the State,
this torrent of abuse of his Excellency
may be said to have reached its zen
ith last Winter, about the time of the
visit here of the committee of investi
gation from the National House of
Representatives. Before this commit
tee the combined enemies and tradu
cers of the Governor appeared with
num ims specific charges of official
misdemeanors and corruption, but he
met them all with undeniable evi
dence of their falsity,.and showed his
official record to be spotless. From
this time the " torrent" has been sub
siding, until now it is confined to the
narrow limits of the Kellogg crowd
and a few of the supporters of the
" united State ticket," who represent
the most impracticable elements of
our population, and who, while they
vociferously demand reform in the
administration of the State govern
ment, are working for the continued
prevalence of corruption and are
themselves the only obstacles in the
way of the accomplishment of reform.
