Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-01
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What the TRIBUTE Can DO.

What the Tribune Can Do.
We felt some curiosity to know what cam
paign SANDER the ''liberals" would invent, after
the credit mobilier falsehoods had been so ex-
posed as to be no longer available. Well, the
next manufactured story came from the New
York Tribune; it was directed against Speaker
Blaine; and it was set forth in the Tribune, at
great length, with an impressive array Of sensa-
tioual headings and capitals. But the Tribune
is not clever at this work; its story was badly
devised, and has come to grief so quickly, that
Mr.. Greeleys lieutenant will, probably, be
advised to leave invention to the Sun, and
conine itself to the business of circula ting
SANDER. It's new story accused Speaker Blaine
Of receiving brides TO the amount of nearly two
million dollars, to use his influence in behalf OF
a railroad in Kansas since known as the "Union
Pacific, Eastern Division" 1t charges that he
was paid in stock, and prints list of names of
men 10 whom stock was awarded, and among
them Mr.. Blaine is made to figure as follows:
Blaine of Maine shares subject to assess
ment, 1900; issued, ST $4,000; shares not
subject, $500; issued, 1926 900.
Blaine OF Maine (right), shares subject to
assessment none; shares not subject, 200; not
issued, Sl0,0 O0"
And Inc Tribune says editorially:
''The speaker is proved to have received 81, 500
of asseSsable stock OF the Union Pacific railroad
Eastern Division, and 1000 unasseSSa6le shares
OF the same Why was the speaker of the house
dabbling in this business? Why receiving
Stoek2'
1t is now shown that all this, SO far as Mir.
Blaine is concerned, was a deliberate and malig-
nant forgery, done in the Tribune office with
hrr, Of la.a Ice
of names which the Tribune pretends to quote
represents that the stock had been distributed
previous to May, 1862; Mr.. Blaine's name is not
on it and never was on it, as other copies of the
list show; the name Of Mr.. Blair was on it,
aud this name the Tribune has transformed into
Blaine, and then entered BlaineS name twice,
whereas the name of Blair was entered but once
and this enormous bribery is said to have taken
place, not only before Mr. Blaine was speaker,
but, also, more than year and half before he
first took his seat in congress. The author OF
this forgery failed TO remember that Mr.. Blaine
never sat in congress previous to December,
1868. As copies Of the list or schedule which
the Tribune pretended to quote were distributed
TO many persons, more than one copy of it can
till be found for examination. Therefore, the
Tribune can not raise doubt in regard TO the
proof Of its forgery. The New York Times,
having secured a copy of the schedule, says:
"The only name on the list which is like that
of Blaine is that of Blair, of Maine, who is set
down rs entitled to two hundred shares of as
sessabe stock, which had not then been issued.
The name Is, or was, clearly and plainly Blair
and has been deliberately altered by the Tribune
to Blaine. The other pretended entry that
Blaine had received 81, 800 assessable and $500
worcestershire shares is also a forgery The
schedule shows no such stock allotted to either
Blaine or Blair. The name OF Blair appears but
once on the schedule, andtbat is in the form we
have stated. ltappears at the top Of the second
page. AT the bottom Of the first page
there is apparently a footing of the
two columns headed assessabe and non
assessabe stock, to show the amount OF
each assigned to all the parties named on that
page and that footing which was made to show
81 800 aSseSSable and. 5000 worcestershire shares
the Tribune falsely states as the amount given
TO Mr.. Blaine 1t does this, relying on the fact
that the first name on the next page is Blair,
and in spite Of the fact that the figures 50, 500
appear on the same line at The bottom Of the
preceding page with that of Bridges" against
whose name, by accident, 10 amount Of stock
Is placed, though the Tribune, to carry out its
forgery, is compelled to assign one hundred
shares to Bridges.
The Tribune not only altered the schedule
Tor the purpose of making false charge against
Mr.. Blaine, but 1t has also deliberately mutat.
edition the purpose of protecting its own agents,
associates and friends. We charge that upon
this schedule there appears the following
Benjamin +. Camp and Others 5000 shares
Sl5y,OOO with the expressive note, "Cut Camp
to the Red This Camp, it will be remembered
was at the time large Tribune stakeholder; he
mad been short time previously Mr.. Greeley's
chosen agent to Albany to secure his election as
senator in 1861 he was also Mr. Greeey's con-
hdential friend, whom he recommended to Mr..
Lincoln for surveyor Of the port, and whose
scaly cotton claim he admits that he tried 10 yet
paid, in order that he might ret from Camp the
money which Camp owed him."
The men who do these things profess to be
''reiormers;" and this is their style of political
"reform." Those who like it will vote with
them. Those who do not believe this method
in politics show that their candidate is fl to
be voted for, will be likely to vote against them.
The success of this method of conducting a po-
litical canvass, would be the success of false
hood and rascality. 1t would debase our poll
tics far beyond anything yet seen in our history,
and give us reform after the manner of Tweed
Co. Relomersl These people have the au-
daciiy to call themselves "reformers"l II they
continue 10 befoul and dishonor the word, ere
form" in this way, it may become necessary to
find some other word to express what has here
tJfore been meant by reform.