Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-03
GWYER n SEIZURE.

CIV Z AN oCAV0Z.
Mr.. William Gwyer is a genial
and social gentleman with whom
we have always maintained the
most cordial relations. When Mr..
Guyer became the Republican cam
didate for the legislature, the BEE
gave him a hearty support, and,
while his Legislative career did not
fullymeeto our anticipstions, We were
inclined to charge his errors ard
omissions Ito a want Of tact and
discretion, rather than to . want OF
principle. For some months past,
Senator Gwyer has been afflicted
with q species of political monoma-
mia, that made him itch for news
paper notoriety. ~
When Carl Schurz delivered his
famous speech ON national finance
in the q. 8. Senate, Mr.. Gwyer de-
cided to make . bold strike for ma
tional fame by entering into aper-
sonal debate on finance with SohuFa.
A .Tery voluminous letter directed
to Carl Schurz over the signature Of
VIM. Gwyer was presented for pub
LEGATION in the BEE, but this bril-.
liant ;aea was finally abandoned
upon our representation that Schurz
was not q Nebraska Senator,
and hence he would, in all proba'
-bility, pay no attention to such
bombast.
In this connection we admonished
Senator Gwyer to keep out Of the
newspapers if he aspired to a politi'
cal contingency.
In spite of our kind advice MI.
Gwyer seems to have succumbed to
his financial delirium. In an evil
hour he linked his fortunes with The
political bummers who are trying
to delude farmers and mechanics
into the meshes Of the sham In
dustrial coop.
And now the great Nebraski
fnancier takes Carl Schurz snd tn
BEE to task in the following fashion
Who understands best tn
finances Of the country-LOgan ant
Morton, brought up under the age
of Republican institutions, orSchurz
brought up under monarchial ant
dynastic institutions? The two for
mer, staunch supporters of the Re
publican party, the latter an on
shoot of the Republican party, VIII
left 1t in its time of trial, with
Presidential election impending, ant
went over, body and soul, Mood
chasm and ali. to the Democratt
party. Who shall the staunch Repub
iicans follow now?-the seul-inspi-
ring Logan, who is leading on tn
Republican hosts under the banne
of financial reform? or the renegad
Carl Schurz, who lie acting as tn
paid attorney in Congress of The con
! tractionists and bullionists of tn
Eastern States? Hesing, Of Chica
go follows in the wake of Sohur2
and the BEE of this city follows al
ter Hesing. Can the BEE claim :
be an organ of the Republican par
ty, when 1t IL leaving the old Ian
marks and following after strang
gods"
People who seek political elevation
through dark lantern organization
have a natural tendency toward
Know-N othingism. Mr.. GwyeI
whom we believe to be the autho
of these sentiments, is evidently n
exception to this rule.
The idea that Schurz cannot hav
q proper understanding of our ma
tional finances because he was borl
in Germany could only originate ii
a Know-Nothing lodge. How abou
the slavery question, which was tn
vital principle of the Republican
party? When Logan was blowinI
his soul inspiring bugle for James Blu
chanan and the pro-slavery nem
ocracy, Sohurz was an ardent sur
porter of free speech, free press, an
free men.
Have the st. Louis Globe, Ne
York Times, and National Repubt'
can become Democratic organs be
cause they agree with Schurz in hi
financial views?
Was Logan's support of the slav
obligarchy any evidence of his goo
Judgment as q native American
: and was Schurz imbued with RI
publicanism because he was brougt
up under monarchical and dynastl
institutions?
Like Mr.. Gwyer, the BEE wOul
! ask who shall the staunch Republ
cans follow now? Shall they folio
i, George H. Pendleton, the life Ion
Democrat, who not more than 81
years ago originated and advocate
the doctrine of reputation, whic
the bombastic Logan, and th
Omaha KuKlux are trying to pre-
mulgate; or sLall they follow tn
voice of the Republican party as ez
pressed through its regular conven
tions, and through its national plat
form.
Four out of the five State Con
ventions held by Republicans with
in the past thirty days, have pre-
nounced against imitation and in ia
vor of sound currency, based upo1
specie. With three or four exceI
tons, every leading Republican
Journal in the country denounce
and repudiates Pendletonism, jus
as it was denounced and repudiate
by the whole Republican party il
1s6S.
Has il come to this, that a secre
cabal organized and managed b
political bummers who formorl,
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