, 1876-06-10

Company, as 1t scon1s almost certain, to give
him 2Gt 900 cash for what wns notorioualy
not worth Gf,ooO cents, although ha tic-
clnrnH In one Of his 1etters that he paid out
that money in forty-eight houra thereafter.
The recossl Of all this, in hlr. BIAlSEs own
handwriting, these pcrsonal rirals of Mr.
blame hnvo mado public. It il. imn,ateral
how they tecamo public or through whose
agency. These letters aro NIL Str. 1'LA1SE's-
hts own record of his own operations NJ a
jobbcr in contracts, in railroai legislation
and in wildcat SECURITIES, and of his recuni-
nry obligations to tho pociGo lalilroad COM
pany.
In this the record Of Tnformcr? OF n
man to purify tho Administration, to cxter-
minnie Congressional corruption, anl To raise
tho standard Of ro'itcnl and official morality?
TuE Tn1nuSE Inns objected to periling tho
,ra.sy triumph by tho nomination of candi-
date thus loasled down and inpcaclled, not
by Confetlcratcs OF Democrats, bnt by Rcpub-
licans who arc also aspiranta for the presi.
dcnry. The TRIBUNE Objects to nomipa-
ton which will bo accepted by the country
~ tlsayowa Of oil purpose Of reform. It
objects to forcing the party, unnecessarily,
into Il tlvo months campaign Which will bo
exclusively defensive one. MAnT1s VAN
NunEs, in 1910, was defeated in defensive
campaign; 1fESnY CtAr, in 1914, for six
mouths defended his record, IN presented in
lis letters, and WAS defeated. Gen. CAss
defended his N1onoIsox letter and his River
and IIarbor letter Ia lals, aud was defeated
DouoLAs WAS put on tho defensive in 1860
md defeated, and also SEYMOUR in 1868, and
GREELEY iu 1872, and oil went down. But
neither Of thcse had such n record to be de-
fcnded as il furnished by DLArNE'a own lot
ters against himself.
Unfortunately tiero is not a speech, nor
vote, nor a letter of Mr.. DIA1xEts on record
that iu the rcmotcss senEe can DO tortured
into favoring reform, abolishing ,1sclcas Of
ticos, reducing expenditures, purifying tho
civil service, or emitting OF any Of tho abuses
which have stunk in tho nostrils Of tic poo
pie.
TIFF CHICAGO TRIBUNE Inns been compelled
to publish all this record, not to injuro blr.
BLAINE, but as ourront aud tetcgraphio news
mud rs 1nattcr which the public should uu-
derstaud~ It has pointed out to tho Rcpub-
1icans the supreme folly of nominating
candidate whose personal record will SUPER
Hede the record of tho Republican party, and
will have 10 be defended for i've months be-
fore tho scrutinizing tribunal Of q people
who demand as President man who IL by
principle aud practice Rofosnler II Mr..
1}LA1NE be nominated, then will begin tho
long, tedious, and notwithstanding work OF
explaining and defending that scoro Of lot
tcrH, several Of which have not yct seen the
light, md defending long record Of votes
for subsidies to mo nopolies and question:
bio legislation Of other kinds. If before that
campaign be ended the poop1o shall weary Of
tho disgusting repetition, aud ut tho October
elections in Ohio and Indiana shall resent
such q nomination an1 such record, md in
November shall elect Democratic President,
aud Democratic Senate and House, aud de-
liver to the same party tho control Of three
tourths Of all tho stato Governments, We in-
sist TINT no Republican shall hold this paper
responsible for tho folly which invited such
4 disaster by the nomination Of such can-
tlidate.