The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-06
Democratic PrOfiigacy.

The argus charges Republicans with
slanderous assaults upon eminent Democrats !;
and makes the charge regardless of the fact
that it has not withdrawn its false and ma
lcious accusation against Secretary Bristow.
How stand these "eminent Democrats Of
Mr. Pendleton who jewed the children of
whom he was guardian and the railway of
which he was president, it undertakes no de-
fence. Of Mr.. Eldredge, who is up to his
neck in the district pool, it undertakes no de-
fence. OF Governor Allen. whose reputa-
ton is smirched by certain real estate opera
tions, it undertakes no defence. Of the
North Carolinian who sold himself for twen-
ty dollars, it undertakes no defence. Of Mr..
Randall, implicated in the Philadelphia ma
Vy-yard ring, it undertakes no defence. Of
Coffee-pot Wallace, accused of forging nat
uralization papers, it undertakes no defense.
Of Senator Bogy, who got himself into the
Senate by buying votes at five hundred dol
lars apiece, it undertakes no defense. OF
Schumacher of Brooklyn, who has half-mil-
lion dollars of Pacific Mail corruption fund
in his pocket, it undertakes no defense. The
charges against these men, one and all, have
not been disproved. Evidently it cannot be
these which the argus describes as malicious.
How about the others? Mr. Hendricks has
been charged by the Cincinnati Gazette with
swindling the stockholders of tie water
company at Indianapolis. That charge has
been met by shuffling denial, and the Ca
zette reiterates it with more emphasis than
before. The innocence Of Mr.. Hendricks is
yet to be proven. Gov. Tilden has been
charged with wrong doing in connection
with the reorganization of the st. Louis and
Alton railroad. The report by which it is
sought to exculpate him is made by the men
who are under Indictment with him for the
same embezzlement, and the John P. Sinnot
upon whose testimony his friends rely, is the
man whom he recently appointed marine
judge in violation of law and precedent.
Suit has been brought against him for hun
dred thousand dollars, piece of information
which the argus carefully eliminates from its
telegraphic columns. The innocence of Mr..
Tiden is yet to be proven. Hester Clymer
has been accused of being a dishonest
investigator and liar, and the accusa-
ton has foundation in fact. His conduct
of the Belknap investigation was conducted
in partisan spirit, with an evident desire to
shield Democratic cuprits, and in his seat in
the House he affirmed falsehood, and when
convicted took refuge in the calling of foul
names. The innocence of Mr.. Clymer has
yet to be proven. Messrs. Ransom and
Vance have been accused of corrupt transac-
tions in regard to the North Carolina SEN
atorship. Although there is strong suspicion
of trade, the direct proof is wanting, and
as the accused men are not Northern Demo-
Gratis there is fair presumption of their in
nocence. As for Mr.. Thurman the charge
against him is not pressed, and in all proba-
bility it is false and slanderous. 1t is matter
for congratulation that one "eminent Dem
ocrat" out OF many accused OF dishonesty is
not smirched. But one good man cannot
save Sodom.
The argus assumes TO be indignant when
Democratic politicians are assailed but its
columns reek daily with foul abuse of Repub-
licans of high repute. A paper which
charges, as it did Wednesday, that the ap-
propriations for heating and lighting custom
houses and post-offices throughout the coun-
try were used as corruption fund to carry
New Hampshire is guilty of a vile and un-
provoked slander, and can with no grace or
consistency accuse others of malicious
charges.