The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1871-11-17
purlilc alton of Parties

NesuItS anu not PROFESSIONS are
the tests of progress in politica! pu-
ri6cation CT parties. Tweed. the
Tammany swindler beats O'Dona-
van Rosa. Thomas Q. Fields, a rad
zeal thief, like Tweed, under arrest,
and out on $500, 900 bail, beats the
pure democrat Horatio Seymour
Austin, the Minnesota bribe-taker
is elected governor Ivy as much ma
jori.y as though he had been without
the faint of corruption. Every re-
publican senator in New York bu t
one, { Francis s. Thayer, Of Troy)
voted for Tweed's charter. All
have been reelected but Thayer
whose place is filed by Isaac V.
Barker, who as mem Der of assembly
voted for this charter.
The list Of m e bers chosen to the
Legislature by the republicans Of
New York shows that the following
accomplices Of Tweed at the price
$1,000, 900 are returned:-Norris
Winslow of Jefferson, William b.
Woodin of Cayuga, Geo. Bowen of
Genesee, Loren L. Lewis of Erie,
James Wood Of Livingston, Isaac
V. Baker, Jr. of Washington, in the
Senate, and Thos. P. Alvord OF On u.
ondaga, Matthew p. Bemus, of Cha
tauqua, VIM. NJ. Fly of Broome,
James w. Hustled of Westch hester,
and Gustavus sniper of Onondaga,
in the Assembly.
In the contest for the publication
Of local government in New York
City, conducted by the Democracy
against the accused Of their own
party, has resulted in the partial
overthrow of Tammany in the city,
and tho election Of its radical sc-
completes and bribed advocates
throughout the state.
1t however shows to the people that
the democratic party dare ndcrtake
in earnest, wedding GU. corruption
in it's own ranks, aud it may result in
leading honest people to try AND fer
ret out and punish corruption in the
more prolific hunting grou nd of a re-
publican administration. Tammany,
the alleged visible head of democra-
cy in New York has been dethrone d
and decapitatatcd by the dcmocra-
cy. Dare republioanism attempt
the same experiment with it's more
corrupt . nd visible head President
Grant? Dare it enter into rigid
Investigation Of the corruptions in
its own party? And are there no
causes for it to do SO, when the pee
ulations. the dcfa1cations, the thctts
and robberies Of the present federal
administration exceed all the thefts,
robberics, svindlcs aud defalcations
of all and every other admin istra-
tion. State and Federal.
Passing over the unworthy men,
bers Of the republican party to Its
head, does Grant himself need no
Investigation? In addition to his
shameful nepotism, has be not like
Tammany. made himself rich at the
public cost and been paid for servi
ces never rendered? s. .a.ar..
For the sake of decency, if not
for the public good, would it not be
we'll for the republican party to
commence "to purge this party of
robbers" if they dare apply the
knife to SO corrupt an organization?
Descending from the visible head
-Grant-to the lower memb ers, we
find evidences of Tammany frauds
arming radicals in every state or
county where it ha. had, as in Iowa,
. continued lease of power and pat
ronage. Public contracts awarded
to partizan favorites, monies paid
out of the treasury without the war
rant or shadow Of authority Of law,
constitute large per cent of the in
debtedncss Of this county and large
proportion Of the expenditures Of the
state. Tkoso aonics in this county
have been voted to officials direct or
to expend. An upright judge like
Larned of Albany or Barnard Of New
York would probe this festered body
to the core. .a -
TIE NEW YORK OBSERVER