The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-25

Griunell Committee, now withdrawn by the
Tribune from the field. II is Of general noto-
riety that certain members of the Metropoli-
tan Police Commission of this city, who are
known to be intimately connected with there
aforesaid political gamblers, were simply dis
tTacted on the night of the election with a
wild desire to secure the returns of the difs-
rent wards of New York city and OF Brooklyn;
and that in various important towns of the in
terror, where the Republicans had control of
the local returns, the long night wore away in
vain waiting for such tidings from the me.
tropolis as would enable the watchers to ''mak
sioker," and save the Gubernatoral chair for
the contractor who failed to build the Monitor
in time.
These things, we say, are of general noto.
riety. The purity of the ballot and the safety
OF the State demand that the significance of
these things should ba thoroughly sifted and
made clear, not by irresponsible committees
appointed by esponsible clubs aud made up
of notorious political hacks, nor yet by "COn-
gressionsl committees" usurpiug uuoonstitu-
tional powers for unworthy party ends, but
10y the legally established aud appointed au-
thorities. We insist thst this be- done. We
have heard quite enough from weak Though
we'll meaning people in the rural districts of
New York aud in other States about
the Gigantic frauds perpetrated by the
unscrupulou5 party whose stronghOds are
great cities.n The peril of the republic to-
day lies not in the 'sinks aud deus of the
great cities" but in the parlors OF banks, the
saloons OF opulent adventurers in politics, aud
the com uittee-roOms OF tlOurishing "lOyap'
clubs. The cynical audaoity of the corrupt
persons whom the Tribune is now endeavoring
to screen from judicial investig alton behind
Congressional Committee" has been
chilled, it would appear. by the exposure in
nj lup nj the1r oh atura nd thai.
true history. But the permanent interests OF
the country demand that they should be eX-
posed and punished for their share in the evil
political practices OF the present day as well
as made ridiculous by the contrast of their
past conduct with their actual pretensiOns.
Mr.. Moses IL. Grnneil, notwithstanding his
very discreditable connection with the election
frauds OF 1888, is by no means the worst OF
the Republican leaders of whom the Tribune
Is now try ing to cover the retreat.
The personal activity of Mr.. William 4.
Dodge 10 She pefarious political manmuvres
OF 1864 which resulted in enabling him to
GUST a legally elected member Of Congress,
Mr.. Brooks, from his seat, and the willingness
Of the same individual 10 trample upon the
religious prescriptions for which he habitually
PROCESSES an extraordinary reverence in his
anxiety after personal advantage in politics,
bear me ancholy witness to the extent to
which what are called the "respeotable
classes" have been morally gangrened by the
c0ptsgiOn of radicalism. And what pitabe
spectacle is that presented by Mr.. Isaac ii.
Bailey. who, after deliberately stating in
PRINT that he is cognizant of extensive and
atrociOus frauds upon the revenue, the per-
petr&tors of which he declines to name has
the 'front.' of brass to put himself upon CON-
mittee for the ostensible purpose of investi
eating frauds upon the franchise
The first organized attempts ever made in
our history to carry New York by fraudulent
votes were made in the interest and with the
connivance OF men who to-day play con-
spicuous part as leaders of the radical party
and who do not fear to subscribe their names
to passionate and vituperative documents, like
the recent report of the Union League Club,
charging upon the recognized Democratic ma
jority of this city the very practices intro
duced here by themselves and kept up to-day
by the money of the "whisky rings" and ere
venue rings" with which they are politically
connected.
The Tribune and its Congressional Com
mittee" may possibly prevent the judicial arm
from reaching and ohastising these men.
Neither the Tribune nor any congressional
Committee" they may depend upon it, can
save them from the social scourge, from ex-
posure by the independent press, and from the
contempt of honest men OF all parties.