, 1877-10-29
x7ny IIo Should J}c Sustained by
tho People.
})ppositjon of the machine" to ANY
Kind of Reform.
An Intelligent Iowa Republican
Sounds tho Alarm.

t1., Constitution antl tho laws, which pro1ntscd !
ouhlic economy an1 d thorough reform of ali |
abuses existing In. our Csvll.scryicc. The J
,latfo1,n ndInittcd, infcrcnttally at least, that
st.,.cs existed which needed correction, and |
this admission amounts to confession that |
The narty had failed to exercise It's power % It
should hare done: that It hail been .}crellct In
outS' a.u -. Sa,,,s. r.r,ho, Ic,.s of
necessary w. 80 A. "n,,ta
1nwcr at inc han"S ol Luz Pcop'e.
,a,snac,l A, a tlc)uston and snarc,--tlcn tho
1trnutlyons, through their representatives. nre
under bonds TO adhefc 70 hs PROVISIONS ~ soot'
phaticay announced Ills determination to
effect - be nst ~ ee m e., he snou be
,nruI sestcl. One Of the eh,cf arguments every.
where urged In faVor ol l'is election wns tha.
rcl1auco could be safely rcposed upun Ills
,lr]re, md that tho public might confidently
arncct p,,u.' from his Administrator spccay anl
complete reformation Of admitted abuses.
Hayes wns elected, mud very soon tsancd m
or,,er intended md we'll calculated ~ put IN
end end to ono of the most cl.rtng abuses. And
1mn'ca'a,e'5 ,"cl, nnu p,o ",' s.,se.' ~ a y.
sotntt Republicans, who tndorsc1, and, perhaps,
assisted in drafting, tho PLATFORM ,ska .,1s
w" s"' '.',.'as sno,, =, .rr.s ,u,,S,e .en,,.
oil poSs'u1o 'nuuen ~, 'ssN ~ 49,; psos p."i.,,
lncnt against 1T They seem to be astontslea
10 find that tho President sl'ould he 50 little
o,r,,o thc,, ,n,,nr ,,non oirho.,y. snI
Us " 'u'ns'ao s"s :A.,a,,,a.,. %o.s,,.a t,,o
they alv eiifaEcu inofc partieu,or!J because tns
hx 2 y .n !. sc'y IN snsivc thc.o tit.intcrc.t.
I'll gentlemen ot 1ho tFMeapal 'neaps nJ ~acn .s
must Of t9aem naVo scSafeu .t, ahu aope ~ Pef,
{Htuatc thGlT y y ~ H'ttus ..",t q.
,Rat Instrument is acssroYea' what Ia to become
'd tlemf f,...u . .... .,.,, .,,,,,
Is undoubtedly tfaa , tnst ,l ,, tneso maca,ne
,aanipnlators a. class aa ,. lot WISH 70 nn.nl
,ots !eS, that la liz he vas s'' not esas{ly q
she same u''!er 81 men ~ thcmsesvss. ner e. they
have tn!kc'l "rcioffn " petotc. lucy aaa necn
u thor9uxly rleansr ihs xn2le r JiVia se5vIcS o,
every ahuse, II they hau scr,ouslJ nfetthken
u. they never iti9ao tne at.stnpt' nescF csch
dreanet oi making y. ~ npasss eonstltu!to ~,
tho ftcft uilstd 9le OK NHtGM sust nstu eaanGo ~
dlK Wcasth ma poWei. lhou9n tney ~ plul,
IT, enough tho unoasness = alia alssatslacs!on OF
large portion VI t!!Saf aepao4eaa 19pp1ti,Gas' pti,,
though u was eviuSn1 , annt ans nSpuo.ean ~
ranks, because VI ttelT lo!t5l oE nlhanses, ot
corruption, we're constantly .cS9tntnK sma.i .l1'
ly degrees, anu behutttally !csf,n Wnatevcf aiso
they ttd, or trico 70 uo, tley nessl oneo tnouHMt
81 s sI hc we9ara o,her o. tao paFty
OF the country. ..,.,,.u
Tie greater talt oI tHo esns we auucl un'leF
haTo grown up to thur hroseiit inonstfous pro-
Il tic duty of thu l'apuIllcans e atamp them
cut, OF, " tAeF con1ees tncIf 'hnoIiLF 70 10 lnss
nt otce abandon tie !dca OF administering INC
Government: u matters n9t 70 tte people now
much Euol ths party has done ID tho past y
entitled 10 all tlGA EfGult lQF lHHEt hIiI WILL
always obtain II. but II Il cannot, IN tine o.
peace, Gtto Tic equntry ~ hGnest, sapaots, anu
economical ADMINISTRATOR; y tsuocs hoa ucaa.
onstratc, and t.at lmmetlintc!y, 'ts apll!ty 10
euro the evils II una pcftllttgI 70 acquire 2
potency that cannot longer hc It must
Inevitably 20 70 tso Wan. WMto tno men
who have, stood bJ the helm % %a1,l
allowed tho party to ar!lt Into
tie pefl!ous haoals o. uttcf ihGoIh.
potency and shameful corruption, Aso extolE!nY
their own virtues and parading thels pretended
economy and amazing patriotism, tho peopie
haye for .years .pust become mora an:l
1uuru shocked and ashamed over lilo mani.
tcs. corruption vi those who haye occupied
most rcsponstllc Positions, nud have demanded
higher ind hotter cIass OF men 10 It'll them.
Thu machine managers naturally oppose An{
sucll gharge. They Understand perfectly wrll
that such . change viii compel their retirement
IL hive emerged. They strovc hard 10 nominate
ouu uf ttrfr own class for President: They
iIarc fortunately failuI. They sought and arc
now seeking tn DtItRin tho MYSTERY uyGf llnYe8,
IL thIs they DO not appcar, ~ yct, to svy uialr
nuy prourcss, Nothing cai, exceed thclr ehaCrIn
mil ujstany ut tmjux that ti.u President, t!esplts
their tfuWus or u,ulles. scea,e resolved to nav \
nropcr rcgurl To Ills uatlI, Tic Consttutiots, ihS
platform, anI tt,o pledges he gayu to observe
iii With lis most scTupuious gpoi laitt. They
arv astvuuIeI si,at ti,s occupant Of tlso Wkito
Iiouso siou!a have tl,e tu'nerlty to act on I'll.
believe ma uH uotit{col Yls,l,u IL cuErvssrd b,
tise wl9 have +! ~ pasty, witty tush .lgnI
;aIi In comprrhendin@ tto man. who syi,icniT
ria upon tf,s llca thsl, however much he uwc,
Au purity, Infinitely ln0ru Is due to the country
We need moi bo eurpri.vi At tInuIuy 40 mu1i,
the political leaders sneesing Ut reform, al,t
.olnH Ill they can 10 make It IN udious full
Arc. They yoeifvratc their own applause, bu
haye no encouraging word for any i11caa
urs calculated 10 promote tho gensra
welfare, unless they ysu Also flul In il aoule
thing which Will advances thvts personal juter
s.t uhs rtssdcnts order uxsitta their bits
1csc Of power, and vii! leave thu people irrs l.