The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-10
ssReform" With q Great &.
From Harper,s WeekIy.l


Reform is beautiful word from Demo.
cratic lips. During the campaignthe Dem
ocrats failed to tell the country precisely
what would be done il they succeeded, hut
wemfght'a li be sure that they would take
care of "RefOrm.'' The Republicans were
very bad people. Mr.. Fernando Wood was
constrsinsd to say il, and regard for truth
Spinola, Kelly, and others no longer to con.
ceal the fact. Honesty, humanity, and Ito
erty, but especially honesty. left . stricken
country no resource but ssTilden and Re-
form. The Democratic party was kind
OF constellation of Reform or q prodi-
gious comet, Of which Mr.. Tildep was the
nucleus, and Messrs. Wood, Randall, Cox,
far-shining tail. Wells, of Louisiana, &C.
cording to the gospel Of ''Tilden and Re.
form, - is too great a knave to be mention.
ed patiently. But Cronin, of Oregon, is
the hope of ssReform.' "Reform'' re.
quires above all things 'sthe will of the
people. 'sthe face Of the returns, - and
ian honest COUNT Murders, maimings,
whippiDgs. burnings, and general terror
and intimidation are things of naught to
t'Reform, - but ''the will of the people'
ana s'the face OF the returns" are indispsn-
sable. -. -.
:, In Louisiana there were forty political
murders in one parish; there was intimida-
before said, as Turkish barbaritfes In Bull
garia; and because the vote Of parishes so
terrOrized and cOereed was thrown out by
the Returning BOardA3 proceeding unde.
niably lawful, whatever else may be said of
1.-THE Democrats shrieked as II '1Reform''
were slain: 1t is confessedly . question
whether there was Tree: and faif election
lima or Florida; but, because ''the face of
the returns' il not admitted to he conclu-
sive, the friends of "Tilden and Reform''
refuse to be comforted. Now in Oregon
there was no question whatever that the
election was perfectly free and fair, and
that the face of the returbs' elected the
Republicans as indisputably as in New York
it elected the Democrats. But not ore Of
the Republicans SO elected mas been return.
ed, and the friends Of ssTilden and Re.
form" are not in the least discsmposed.
Later developments and testimony reveal
a still larger z in reform. It appears
that on the day before Grover gave the Ger.
two associates, nephew and agent Of Mr..
Tilden went to bank of which that gentle.
man is director and large stakeholder, and
procured check for eight thousand dollars
in favor of well known firm in Oregon.
This nephew had no account ut the bank,
and had deposited no collateral, but on the
evening Of the day before the check was
drawn and the performance took place, Mr..
W. L. Scott, of the Democratic National
Committee, told the Cashier that he would
''bsck' the nephew to the amount of TWEEN.
ty thousand dollars. Here is 'sReform'
with the largest possible 3, and the most
painful anxiety for honesty and purity, and
above all, for ''the face of the feturns' and
the majesty Of the expressed will of the PEG.
pie. The solemn appeal to be just and fear
not comes with immense weight from those
who are so bent upon "Reform' that il
they can not drag their candidate into Office
by respecting s'the face Of the returns'' in
Louisiana, they will try to do It by rejecting
''the face Of the returns" In Oregon.