The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-04-18

should surrender the flag of reform to any
third party or to the Democracy" The Re-
publican party cannot, of course, surrender
what it never possessed; and the assertion that
it has been the policy of that party to detect
and punish defauters is not sustained by the
facts, when we consider the long list OF public
plunderers who have defrauded the Govern
ment out of millions of dollars, not one out OF
thousand of whom has ever been brought to
justice If the party has never shielded cor
ruption, why the strenuous and persistent eff
forts of Grant and the leaders of the admins
tration party to stfe investigation into the
acts of public officials2 Why the desperate
attempts made to defeat Summers resolution
of inquiry into the sales of arms to the French?
Grant decl AIRED that all the defaulters under
his administration had been vigorously prose-
cuted and punished, and Senator Morton relt-
Grated the statement in the Senate; and when
called upon to prove it could only instance one
case where the Government had prosecuted
and punished an official detaulter. 1t is estab-
lished by tho books of the Treasury Depart
ment that there is no end or limit to the detal-
cation of public officials. A partial aud incom-
plete list of the defaulters under Grants ad-
minstraton has been recently published, CIV
ing the name of each official thief, with the
amount of his r0bberies, and the sum foots up
over S37, 900 900, To which must be added the
yearly sum oil about SS.000,00O of which the
Government is defrauded on pension claims.
But this is an insignificant item compared to
the Observation-Disclosures perpetrated by the Rad
zeal pet-baggers who have been preyiug on
them in that section alone exceeds 500. 100000;
and when the people of the South attempt 10
bring the thieying Radical scouudrels 10 jus
tice, the ku- klux cry is raised aud Grant. un.
der the authority vested in him BY Congress,
sustains his thieying officials by using the mill
tary forces at his command. The assertion
belon is also false as is also the statement that
at broke down the gigantic crimes of Tam
many" The war ON the Tammany ring WAS
inanguratcd aud carried through 10y such Dem
Ocrats a. ex Mayor Havcmryrr, Samuel J. Til.
ton aud Charles O'Conor: and rs 10 the New
York Custom House frauds. it is well known
that the whole force of the Administration was
thrown in the scales to prevent 40 iaves.iga.
ton of that sink OF iniquity; aud such earnest
advocates OF reform as Sumner. Schurz. Trun-
bull. Upton. and others. have not only been de-
nounced in unmcasurrd terms, but they have
been read ont Of the Republican party Tor not
nlorsing the Radical sentiment that Grant
can do no wrong" For daring to expose the
corruption OF the Administration, the whole
vile pack Of whiilris who desperately " cling
to the skirts of power no matter through
what mire they are dragged. bark aud snap at
the heels OF men and statesmen whose shoe
latchcts they are not worthy 10 unloose.
Instead of d" fcrrciiag out and casting of the
untrustworthy. and selecting better men for
public positions" those who prove themselves
the most cousummate scoundrrls are rewarded
with offices of honor and OF public trust. Hol.
den who was imprachcd and convicted of high
crimes and misdcmeauors while Governor of
North Carolina. fled the State to escape the
punishment due his crimes, and was at once
installed rs editor of Grants official organ at
the National Capital, and but short time ago
was nominated by Grant as Minister to Peru
Legate. another blackmailing, corrupt scoun.
drel, is nominated for Governor OF Washington
Territory, and even Lewis. whose bad qualities. |
according tn the Salesman cannot be exag.
gerated lis appointed and confirmed Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of that Territory |
Does our cotemporary call that ferreting out
and casting off the untrustworthy. and select |
ing better men for public positionsl 1t is |
somewhat paradoxical to say the least of it.
Our neighbor may allow his party zeal to blind |
his Judgment, and his attempts to cover up the
robberies and frauds perpetrated by Radical
officials under the eye, If not with the con. |
nivance of the administration, may be to him |
n labor OF love- but it will prove stale and un-
profitable, and will fail to convince any one of
the necessity of granting another lease of pow.
er to the present corrupt administration
it
MORMON CONFERENCE.-THE 42d annual |
conference Of the Mormon Church convened |
in Salt Lake City. April 9th Brigham Young
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