The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-29
REFORM WITHIN THE PARTY.

John f. Farnsworth's Aurora speech makes
the following admirable points on the noton
that the republican party, by the election of
Hayes, can reform itself:
While the Cincinnati convention was en-
gagged on the Platform il declared strongly
for reform, but they say We will reform with.
ia the party. Now, my friends, | want to
say to you tonight that a party which has
been long in power continuously cannot re-
form. For twOthirds or three-tourths of the
party may be honest men and in favor Of re-
form and yet it cannot reform. 1t has al
ways been so since the world began. 1t has
been so in every state anG in every country.
1t requires a fresh organization. 1t requires
a new dynasty. The nomination Of Bristow
at Cincinnati would have been the Inaugural
ton of new dynasty. For the very reason
he could not be nominated. You could not
nominate a man at Cincinnati who would IN.
augurate reform. II was not IN the power OF
the convention to do il, therefore Mr.. Bris-
tow was crowded out. Gen. Grant, among
the other accidents of his administrations,
got Mr. Brstow into his cabinet. He did
not suppose he was man OF the strength he
proved TO be. do not know how he hap
pened to get him in there. Al the time he
was appointed it was regarded then as an ac-
cident; bat he developed his real strength
and Gen. Grant found after Il little while that
he had an elephant upon his hands; he had
got into his cabinet an earnest, honest man.
| Cheers Mr.. BristOw commenced earnestly
and honestly with the single purpose of at
tending to his own business and the business
of his Office, and To ferret out rascalitles in
the internal revenue bureau of the govern
ment He turned out the detectives that had
been employed there and appointed others.
He appointed new attorney for the treasury
department. He took his men and set them
at work. They very soon developed frauds
and whisky rings He set to work to prose
cute them, and where the district attorneys
were weak and not to be relied upon he EN-.
ployed others. 1t did not take long to run
this train of thievery right straight to the
portals of the white house cheers, right
to the presidents own table, and caught his
most trustworthy and confidential members
of his kitchen cabinet All the power OF the
administration outside OF Brlstow was i'm
mediately set to work TO clear Babcock and
these other men. Cheers, Orders were is.
sued to the district attorneys throughout the
United States that they must not receive the
evidence OF conspirators for the purpose of
convcting officials They must promise no
immunity 10 man who has turned states
CNlNtuNS, i'i 'hC pun ppoC vi lHCui
down and for the purpose OF influencing the
prosecution pending IN 81 Louis reports
came up. to Washington that Bristow must
be turned out OF once, Tor lie was
RAISING THE DEVIL WITH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY
Your Logan was MAD, and he got up there
IN the senate. Brlstow was threatened to be
kicked out. Then there came up from re.
mote districts counter-protest saving, "if
you turn out Bristow, 1t viii make him pres
ident; it won't do at all until after the Gin
cnnati convention; you viii have TO let him
run his race until after the Cincinnati con
vention,' Now we can see how the repub.
liCan party reformed itself; did 1t keep Bris-
tow there? They met IN the Cincinnati con-
venlion and Bristow's name was presented in
the convention for the candidate for the pres.
idency of the United States. After the con.
ventiun adjourned and BristOw was not nom.
mated he was kicked out of the cabinet.
There was not strength enough in the repub
l.can party of the United States to keep Bris.
tow IN the cabinet Now what do you honest
men say, who have been taught to believe
that there was danger OF another war-what
do you think OF the republican party that
has not strength enough to keep an honest
all OF his assistants nave been unCercm0nl0us.