The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-10-08
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ie'G ARFIEI.D,s- .0PPONENTs.


u l.publfeans of this District who oppos,
it isthe izresel ectfoa of General Garfield
n among W homo are sBiufgf Old sBel
!, Wade, L. S. -Shernlan. CT. Simohds
= Edward Wade, pheo. Hail, sAbnel
:. Kellogg sSamnel tHRyw ard. d.09W- r
: Howland, and S. S. Burrows in Ash,
: I tabnla county, In Lake county, G. N
. 4 Tuttie, II. K. Dickinson, Z. G.. Hart
I. Il Capt. q gorge e, Paine, i'll. III. HiHe
: Messrs, Field Sc Sweeney, Frank Pane
J. Jr, Gen.gJ. IS. Easement, Seth Mar
! i shall, III. T.. Grey, r.. NJ. Murray, Je-
- rome Palmer, e. e. Jennings, Capt
: j. Burrows, Collins Morse. In
Geauga county, d1.sE f. Durfee, j. Il.
Stevenson, B. b. Woodbury., II. X,
: Smith, the Canfieids-a numerous aud
:, leading family of the county, embrace
> ling a half dozen law yers, bankers, and
! merehants-all o ffWhon nI aoppOse Car
II field with all lneirpew erful influehee,
81 In Trumbull county, l.. e. Jones, Ezra
3. Taylor, Geo. M. Tuttle, Ghas. e.
; Glfdden, John Sttlll, Cspf. s. NJ. Laird
Il Chas. Field, vJadge rYeonians, Milton
: Sutliff, JuDius Dana.sosaa BaA HsfiidRs
1t will, not be denied byaanya enc at
& all acquainted with the lawyers and
kbusiness men of these counties, that
theaabove NAMED Gentlemen are the
leading Representatives. alnens of the
Republican party They are known
aud honored beyond their own State.
{ tM ore than one Of them stands among
4 those atlthe head soI 9 the bar of the
State. Il lGeergeaM M : futile, aofi Yrum-
bulL for protoqnd learning in the sei-l
Il ence of the law, has few, il. any, su-
periors, in the United States. L. S.
Sherman. .sof Astabtila, as All advocate
is uliriValted 3 any where ing sOhio.-A4
judges Milton lSntlifI was aoh the lSa-
4 preme bench of the State for many
1hgears, and has All enViable. reputation
/ notiohfy as a great lawyer but as a
i manVoE singular purity leof character.
+ sgl3wHAr3 THEY SAY soF HIM.o II Bol
The Sls1a Fednespondents says sInl
a short conversation with the Judge
(SutlifD was deeply impressed with
/ the broad and catholic. view he took
/ of our political Situations. 1Hellainert-
ed the efIoFts1that affew hungry poll
I tfcians- were smaking tOsrouse the pas !
sions aud pHejudices. of the, Northern
/ tpeopIe, and to rekindle the shoulder
Ling fires OF Hatred against the people
OF the Soutll,S SO thatsa 4eW miserable
carpet-baggers 5 andsi natiEeg thieves
4 mi ight have renewed. license to plunder 4
1 by Wholesale and retail. One OF his |
/ principal objections to Garfcsd was
The wanu OF moral courage he exhib- |
| ited-in not saying one word inlGon-j
demnationt OF the rule under which
the fairest part of our county is fast |
becoming desert. He once had great I
expectations of Garfield, but after
reading his testimony before. Poland's4 !
Credit Mobiierl Committee and his !
attempted .eXplanations of s his and |,
Ik0ahes Anes conflicting stories he had
to giveshHaaup. .HoTlie Judge was anx- /
ious to, gbeiiexei Garfield finh oeent of
perjurys but after a careful study of !.
the evidence he was compelled to adj
init that there was no possibility of I
vreconei44Ilg aeSaI'ileld's 8 Testimony with
the facts Disclosed by Anes.g sgit al (
AS to- the salary athefb said Judget
Sutli1, 1think Garfield the most cul-l
spable Gf any Ofthose who participated +
IN that disgracetul scandal. One word +
of resolute protest afroms hita would
ve2prayGped the passage ofothe in-,l L
fam olls biuvaalpstead of determined
opposition, he really used. the most /
spotent rguhlenis 10 induce mem bers
TO vote fofsiad When Laii0hohesf man
der would amount To, he took .ex-el h
'ceptions to the term used, and said it
was not Htptuuder" unless the member
who accepted it thought his services
we're not7wOrth the sum. Here, said I
Judge Satlif, was the Chairman of
the COMMITTEES on Appropriations fur /
nishing The most paWeFinl argument /
to Induce neinbers to vote for the /
theft. 5The feason assigned by. Gar I
field for agreeing to the conference .
report was that unless this was done In
an extra session wo9ld be iHeY.table. !
Speaking Of this Judge Shtliff said i
the country WodId have saved money
by having an extra session and WHAT
was of5infnitely greater Importance,
it would have saved the honor of the
American Congress. and the man who
could have done that and failed to dol
Ttlost the grdndest opportunity of his Ii
life. eG % - ,E3ifsaG1taasttf 6flB "a,
ssRabp said the. Judge, ''Garfeld did {
not lose finer opportunity TO immor {
talize- himself than the President did. E
Just a short time previous he had ve- |
toed the bill providing for the pay Fl
mentsof the claim ofsDT. Milton Best, 3,
on the ground that in the then con- {
dition of the public treasury it would /
be iufwises to set a preeedent which i
would inevitably let eina vast multi j
ltude OF similarnseiaimsS The Justice
and merit of the claim Mere moi 4ues-, j
was simply. q, matter Of ex- !
pehiegey. Had he Just applied the {
same pFiHeiiAe to4he salary bill, he
Woultb haYes made himself the most 81
famous mag in theswoGld Butt said
the Judge, shaking his head. t"there !
are few really great men where money /
is invoiVed.st = = 39f SaAz-g aaSt ~
ThesJadgc eeptiuusl 81 'sThe Credit
MohnieF altd tle3 salary ssteals were Is
neither OF them as, bad as the page Il
inent Job. By accepting the $1,000
fee from DeGoIyef and Mcclellan, i
Garfield made-himself fpafttceBS Grim II
infS in all thes menstrous frauds aot (
Boss Shepherds aud the District Ring. !
He Of all men should have kept clear
ofthe Ringas contalnihatlhg Influence. {
Garfield says that this was merely
business with him as lawyer. have II
been q long time at the bar and on. the /
bench, but | never before heard of a !
lawyer being employed to argue the I
meritalef a payement. Parsons, his
coHeagae. lin lihis issdisreputable. bnsi- 5
ness, swears that there was. no ques-s {
tion affectinggth the validity OF the patent {
4itNolNcu lhat 81 was eitnIIy tho !
merits oFthei pavement that they were |
emplovedito discuss before the Board
OF Public AKorks.ii It is well known i
here that Garfield is no lawyer, aud
that he could not command any such
fee in any legitimate legal business 4
beforeE&hes courts. oIt was James A.
Garfield, the Chairman of the Com,
mittee on Appropriations. that was
eiDDloved IN this move, nothing less"
- RLUFF BEN WADE
In speaking of Garneld's record, I,
said, in his emphatic way, that the
last scandals was tlie worst OF alh- 4
There never was a bigger set OF Fl
thieves in office than the members OF
tile Washington King were. They {
had piled up an enormous debt in two !
years. witch the people of'the United +