The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-07

Mx. Wilson az Iowa Gu the sxposurs Of
Corruption


ROCK T5EAMDs -ILx.xI015
Mr. Wilson az Low en- the exposure OF /
Corruption
IN Sun.J
Politicians who are in any way tainted /
WITH the corruption which has sdecImated /
the active RANKS of the republican rarity in /
the last few years seek every oseasiuu 10 /
denaunce the exposures by which their
Venality has been made known, in sweep
ing charge that no man IN public life il
safe from aeeusatisn Ii that charge
could be made good, or get fixed in the
public mind, the ring eheifs in and out Of
congress, the i1bbefs in Legislation, and
the professional politicians, who i've By
Office and uafreuage. would escape punish
/ 7ent, or at least find place OF refuge IN
# til their quilt eeuld be indfvidualizHd
Il Mr.. James f. w ilsuH OF Iowa, who as a
member of congress aud In other capaei-
ties has been cons pIeuGas IN the councils Ut
his party. a few days agu opened the cam
paign in that state. He took OCCASION to
say that Zone of the worst features Of
EAmeriean politics ID the aadaeioas and
EindIscriminate attacks on public officials.
AMI vet he added, notwithstanding
this. the audaeious cry has been kept up
corruption are the universal rule in re
publican administration CT public affairs.
So constant. persistent, and meEdaeiuuslY
uubtushing has the charge been that MANY
thousands Of we'll meaning people have
Il come co lock unou every man III pubic
Office "A wholly corrupt, and upou every
Imam placed IN nomination as q candidate
| for official station rs a kind of undaVeMped
!, thief who needs but the opportunity to be-
euma as bad as the rest.
Mr.. Wilson practices the very system
- | WHICH he processes 60 Condemn, by the
' general accusation, There are many
IL leaders in the republican party, as there
= ara millions Of men In the ranks, whg
cling 10 tia old ideas and traditions Ia spite
af their BETRAYAL, and against whose lain
tame no irn2utatian has ever been made
land il is a gross wrong to associate them
in any wav With the corrupt crew wht
/ have brought the country to It's preaeuI
| sad condition, and have piled Disgrace up
IN the name at free government
The two terms of urant1sm were GU
long earuiva! of license, fraud. -haddF
sheivgrv. and successful rascallty, 10 ~hici
members of the cabinet, we're a4 pr1ml
. uent actors as the notorious ring chief
who from the outside dictated the poiIe
and divided the plumber OF the Admins
ae trafiou. Yet there were men eannecte
IN With it. aud men who supported IL ID tn
nm. Senate and the House of Representative
from party necessities. whose InteGrIs
=" was never questioned, and AGAINST who's
or personal honor no suspicion was ever u
rsred The thieves and trafheers al
their hackers were Just as well known
TT the country as the personal composition
the Tweed ring was in It's day~ef power.
Il Itll becomes Mr.. Wilson to thru,
!. himself forward as the champion at an a
he legged grievance. and the graruti0us d
fender of men who have not been assaI!e
He knows the guilty perfectly well
name and by character, and they are q
20 be cnnfouuded with the innocent, wi
are above reBroaeh. Mr.. Wilson was Of
of the loyal statesmen who figured
Cakes Ame's diary As favored shareb'sl
er of the Credit MoeIlIer, side hy side VI
Schuyler CoIfax, James i. Garfield,
81 l. Dawes, ". B. Allison, Glennl !
SeofeId. J W. Patterson, John L. Loga
mt VIM. q. Kelly, John l.. Bingham, a
other natahles. OF course he explain
- his connection with that huge eorruptln
. as the rest of them did, but the explain
tien was bad.
- Mr w ilson until recently nei9 the
= vantageous position at government direct
JEFF of the Pacific railroads, which others
least, Who knew how to utilize their Ops
= tunities, turned to profitable accoul
w hiIe in possession OF that trust WI
NAV be said 70 have retained him adEer
lfv to the special interests OF the roads,
received large fees for acting as consel
these same corporations His cGnscler
,xn did not revolt in the least nc the Two c.
: aIcting duties. His retalners reconei
HTy' them without trouble.
,1tad Il was quite natural for DR. W ilson
and defend the fraud IN the W bite Hau
elAe' and consistent with his ideas Of nul
virtue e. applaud the methods By WI
the Presidency vas stolen. HE told the a
. fence the republican party would stand
- thai position toa man regardless ct
viaws its individual members touch
the political course which the present
cusnheat af the Office mas pursued.
Wilson Of Iowa IS al asplrant for polii
distinction. and Is not deficient in abb
But his reputation Is smirehed with Il
tfIscraditabIe jobs, aud he belongs Il
class of patriots who improved ali {
re, opportunities In congress, and wi
US names have not been forgotten by