The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-07-22
REPUDIATING GRANT.

al OF henderson,, Dyer, BlulOru WILSON, al
u other efficient prosecutors Of the whisky rims
Z and had thrown his arms around BabcocH
u and pardoned eight convicted Milwaukee an
" indianapolis whisky thieves?
1t well becomes the republican party nov
. to howl over Jewell and Yaryan-and CT
= reform" after their disgracetul action a
IS Cincinnati, AS the Springfield isepubheaI
p poiptedlv remarks: "Bristow was the onl.
% pubic servant of all others who had conspicu
. ously earned his promotion. Uncer Grant
q in cabinet containing q Belknap and
70 Robson he had madehis name the synonym
y of reform. He had shown himself possessed
of a not too common quality OF public hon
esty--the ugly sort that hurts thieves ant
makes enemies and brings.things TO pass. lie
had done the work the people wanted done II
the way they wanted it done. There was nc
f doubt about the meaning of his candidature
as there would have been no doubt about the
meaning of his nomination. He was rejected
simply because of his work"
Where was the ell.Yaryan Indignation
in that? Or did the convention, which reject.
ing Bristow "for his work." put at the head
of their ticket another man tinctured with
Bristowismy BY no means. AS the State
Register says, "thcy followed John A. Logan's
advice-that mo man who talk. about reform
has any business in the republican party
Hayes having never said word about reform
in all his lite, was with the utmost propricty
nominated by body that had just cut Bris
lows political throat on account of his reform
procivites, and was determined upon hav-
ing nothing savoring of Bristowism in Its
creed or candidates" And now this party
pretends to repudiate Grant tor removing
Je well and Yaryan on account Of their Bris.
towlsm!
Again, how can the republican party sepa-
rate itself from Grant or rid themselves Of
the responsibility Of his administrations war
upon Its honest officers on account Of their
"Brstowism,' and at the same time make a
member of Grants cabinet, Zach Chandler
chairman of their national executive commit
tee, appointed by the same convention TINT
nominated Hayes. He has not said word
nor done an act to signify dlsapproval Of the
presidents singular conduct; he must, there.
fore, be taken as approving it, We have,
then, the spectacle of the chairman of the
executive committee of the republican party |
approving, or, at least, acquiescing in the
wholesale removal of the Brlstow men from
office, while it is claimed the party ilssp-
proves these acts
In a word, it is folly to talk OF honesty and
reform in connection with the republican
party. Those who want reform in the ad-
minlstration can only vote for Tilden and
Hendricks. Never was there greater hum.
bug than is contained in the idea that the |
leading Republicans have any intention Of
ordering a general house cleaning in the
event of triumph in November. Why
should they wait for an extension of their
lease of power before beginning work so
imperativcly needed? Why have they wait
ed until now before even talking about it,
A Republican administration has held the
reins Of government during all the four
years of war and eleven years of peace, and
in all that period there has not been q single
act looking toward reform-except Bristows
attack upon the whisky ring for which he
was kicked out of the cabinet and beaten at
Cincinnati Never has a party had more or
better opportunities to execute its good in
'entlons. The trouble is it has none Did
not the Republican platform of 1872 solemn.
y guarantee civil service reform: Did not ,
he Republican candidate nominated on that
platform distinctly and emphatically endorse :
his reform? What did 1t all amount 10 after ,
he election? Ask Mr.. George William Cur
is, the exchairman of the civil service com.
mission. Ask Avery and Mcdonald In the
)enitentiary, Bclknap and Babcock waiting
rial for high crimes and miSdemeanors, and q,
he rest OF the convicted and uncOnvlctcd Off.
,ial thieves who have bled the public purse
ince Grant entered upon his second term
Every vote for the Cincinnati ticket Is an en-.
Iorsement of the policy of robbery and cor.
upton that the Cincinnati platform fails to {
Condemn. =.
THAT BARL OF GREENBACKs.-Th ST. y
.ouis GloJe,Democrdt, whose editor happens :
D languish in Jail as Il convicted whisky. n
heif, started the story that when John Nor. :
issey came 10 st. Louis to attend the demo .
ratio national convention, he boosted that o
&c had a barrel of greenbacks' to expend in y
recurring TIlden's nomination. Morrissey #
) hardly fool enough to have said such 4,
ming even in joke, certainly not irreclaimable r.