The daily gazette., 1878-01-30
JANUARY SO. Is1s

Mr.. WIN. DEAN, in an article in the
Epery Evening and Commercial, accuses
the editor of the GAZETTE of abandoning
Democratic principles, which we had
maintained for twenty years. when we
gave our support to Horace Greeley as a
candidate of the Democratic party for
President. Thisis going long way back to
vent small amount of malice upon the
GAZETTE through Jenkins old CONNER
cal. Mr.. Dean seems to forget that after
he left the party and Joined the straight
OUTS" he called at our office and told MS
that we did exactly right in giving our
support and that of the GAZETTE to the
nominee of the Democratic National
Convention. We needed not to be told
this by Mr. Dean, but we mention the fact
to show the duphcity of Mr.. Deans con-
duct. One of the cardinal principles Of
the Democratic party is the support of
the Democratic candidates after they
have been nominated, and as Mr.. Gree
ley got the vote of two-thirds of the Con-
vention and was declared nominated, we
had no other recourse, as a consistent
party man and Democrat, but to stand by
the win of the majority of our party
We did it with reluctance but we felt
that we were no better than Senators
Bayard and Salisbury, Curtis w. Wright.
Esq, Col. WIN. q. Whiteley and Hon. B.
I. Biggs, and many other gentlemen who
supported the ticket on the stump. Our
course was sanctioned by the whole party.
Even the 400 straight-outs, of which Mr..
Dean was one, said we did right, and
many of them said they only went with
that faction to ring the intractables in it
in to the support of the legislative part
of the ticket We regret that Mr.. Dean
seeks an opportunity now, when we are
fully engaged with more important coE-
troversy, to raise this old question which
we had supposed settled long ago. We
have no time TO waste upon the matter.
WHEN THE VOTE on the silver question
in both Houses of Congress is examined,
and the vast majority in favor of BANDS
bill for the coinage of the old silver dol
Lar of 4l2l grains, and the ability of the
men in its favor is contrasted with those
who voted against it for single gold
standard, it is remarkable that there
should be any question as to the majority
being right. Look at the character and
ability and experience of the AZ Senators
as compared with the q, and three of
these voting against the admitted oppo-
sition of their people in their own States,
leaving only IL, several of whom are old
party hacks, who can scarcely be trusted,
after what has been exposed of the Con-
crosses in which they served az leaders,
Leaving the Senate, turn to House and
examine the vote, 1S9 to 70 the ability,
honor and purity are all on the side of
the majority. The minority is largely
composed of the members of the old
Radical Congress, in which all kinds of
jobbery was rampant. The Credit Mo-
bilier and subsidy men are all among the
gold-grabbers. Jay Gould's Tribune is
always in the market, and that old un-
considerable broker, ever ready to
place money "where it will pay the best, "
might be made to unravel a story as bad
as that which squelched .Ames and Col
fax, perhaps, if they were summoned to
the bar of the House. Those who live
in glass houses should not throw stones
The charge Of "repudiation" and favorine
"dishonest dollar" may yet prove aboom
erang to those who use it so freely if they
are not careful.