Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-02-22
The Great Regoym Ca,nna,eu.


The only defense of the Oregon tele-
grams which we have Yet heard from
any Democratic source. co,ues ia the
,orm oil feeble attack upon senator
hltcnell because he q Iles them cut in
;uiaii ostcnes instead OF giving Us the
wnoie collection at once, arranged in
their proper chronological order. We
an appreciate the difficulty of getting
'ogether out of the mass of messages
surrendered by the telegraph company
'ii those that are pertinent to the pres
.nt investigation, and we understand
mat the translation of the cipher may
oe work oi. some little time. Never
-heiess the imratience of Mr.. Tilden's
agents TO Know the full extent of the
evidence against them ia quite natural,
ma we join iu the request that the
senators in charge of il will bring il
out as last as they can. AS for the ar
fangenent ofthe dispatches, that must
'e more or less a matter of conjecture,
ind the public Or the newspap pers can
ittend to IL as well as the com nittee.
The tragmeots of correspondence prin-
LED the other day were furnished To the
press hsp-haz1rd, without any attempt
70 place them in their obvious order.
Whatever light, however, may be
thrown upon the Oregon transaction
oy disclosures yet to.coIne, the bottom
tact Is already established beyond q
doubt, that MIR. Tilden's two agents
in Oregon, Patrick and Senator Kelly,
| telegraphed to Gramercy Park for
money to ''buy Republican elector''
10 act with Cronin, and that Mr.. Til.
dens & nephew agreed To pay the sum
demanded, and even little more, pro.
rided the obligation were made .con.
'IngeDt en- the result in March,
whether any part Of the money after.
ward sent fron Gramercy Park to Pat
rick and Kelly was intended for this
purchase is a question not material t.
the charge now brought against the
| TIlden managers on the strength -o
this correspondence charge that Mr.
Tilden or Mr.. TildeD's nephew and
confidential agent actuSlly did enter
into negotiations for the out-and out
purchase OF one of the Oregon electors
From that charge there seems to be nt
escape unless it can be proved that the
telegrams exhibited to the committee
are bold forgeries. +.
| What are we to think then of tht
amazing inpudeDce OF the Democratic
statesmen who WITH bribes in theil
hands and perjuries on their lips ,choss
10 fight this campaign sgainst ths
| frauds of the Republican party?
What are we TO think OF Mr.. TiIden
who begged us TO Contemplate in hin
the incarnation Of honesty and reform
when his own house was a hotbed o
corruption? What are We to think o
the Candidate who proposed to put al
end to political i'm morality by buyin,
MS way into the Presidency, and VIII,
qualities himself for the rurlfication o
rolitics by attempting cheat Of Tn,
most outrageous and villainous charac
ter? III Mr.. Tilden was aware of " ha
was done in his name and behalf, it i,
difficult to characterize his nauseou.
duplicity in strong enough language.
| In the face of these disclosures pray
let US hear no more complaints that tn,
Electoral Com mission refuses to go be
hind the returns, and that Mr. Haye
is to be awarded the Presidency on s
mere technicsIity. Let us have rt
more pretense that Tilden was the rea
choice of the people, and is kept out %
his own by a narrow and partisan in
fterpretation of doubtful rules. Th,
Democrats have disqualified them
selves to demonstrate against the arbi
trary action or returning boards. or t,
| feign horror at the stories of Littleielo
and Maddox. They themselves stanG
convicted of an offense quite as bad a.
tiie worst they havealleged against tht
opposite party, and the disgrace of theil
action is aggravated By hypocrisy en-
tirely without parallel in our receD
political history. If the Oregon case il
sample Of Democratic reform thu
country willsprefer Republican abuses
rhe American people have a heart,
contempt for shams.-N. Y. Tribune.