, 1879-07-03
THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY AND TIE So
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a reporter Of Tur Tn1nukz asked l1r.
Al1ouAr1is, Of tho German Nreia Iresse,
"What iB Tho reason tho Germans loave tho
Republican party and vote tile soofnliat
:lckct?" Tho reply Of M1cnAE11s, reported
III TIE ThrnuNz yesterday, was worry extraor-
binary. He aaid tho Germans wcre lcnv-
lug tho Republican party and voting tho So
enlist ticket because ," !" Tho party haa toler-
,atet1 corruption within lta own ra,ka by a.
lowing notorious ewinalera to go froe be-
causo the aforcsaid swindlers GO into the
conventions aud tako a prominent part In
politics; because men like SIDNEY MYEaa, Of
the Beehive Bank, walk about tho streets
uupuuislal; becausa tLera la no law to pun
ist criminals, and the Republican party Is to
blamo for there not being any law; because
tho Republican party Inns made ITO effort to
cure these ills, aud thorefore has shown It.
self to DO in sympathy with criminals and
bank-swiudlcrs.
The EXCUSES which Mr. MIunAELrs puts In
The mouths Of tho Gern,nnH who have left
tho Republican party to join tie sooialiats
whom they have bean Blfted down aro Just
tWus 44u AA51 tAO NFAAAAAc 4*SF nIIH%44Nt
In tho first place, becauso thoro aro bad mon
iu tho Republican party, and. In tho second
n1oco, because there ard bad men outside Of
tho party. 1Io makes tho nopublioan purity
Responsible for all the evil there is lit the
country. Lot us examine the two heads OF
this argument separately.
If these Gorman Socialists have left tho
Republican party because 1t has had hatl
men In its ranks, 1t Is remarkable that they
did not 60 sooner. The bad mou In ot1lce in
| tho Republican pnrty wore most numerous
during GnAN1's two Administrations. Yok
| tho Germans did not secedo then.
Under HaGxs, reform has beon prom.
isea and accomplished. We defy any
man to point to purer Administra.
tion In tho last fifty years than tina.
wlicl, Mr.. HAYES is now carrying on at
Washington. It must DO, then, that tho
Germans nro leaving and going to leave, ac-
eording to MIonAEL1s, because thero woro
bud men In the party many years ago. The
alowness Of Germans TO- got angry Ii pro.
verblnl, but wo cannot bolioys that they are
Just now getting angry about corruptiona
TINT wero luuished years ago. We believe
M1ouAE11s is mistaken on this point. Ho ia
probably also mistaken IN snytng that tho
Gor,napa are outraged because bad men and
swintllers hayo app4arcd in Republican con.
yontions. 4 full proportion Of tho objoc,
tionable characters who havo appeared III
Republican conventions hnve bean Gcrmana.
II tho Germans don't want thom there, Il
will bo easy to stop sending thom. Tho Ro
publican party IL no moro responsible fol
them tlan tho prosont Socialist party In.
Tho second mud main past Of the lt,oaAK
LIE argument for the Socialists IL that thu
Republican party has permitted HYpNx,
MYKRs and D. y. SPENCER to steal tho peo
plo's money, anl llas not provided laws Il
puuisl, them Or enforced such laws as wore II
existence. It would Ia ~ yonslhle to ohRrgt
tlo last eclipse. or tho gfasshoppar plague
or tho famine IN India, or tho financial dis
trsss In Germany, to the Republican party
Tho party cannot bo held responsible for th
thefts un!oss It can DO proved that 1t recon-
,nsnded MYERS mud SPENCER to take tIioi
lepositora' money and invost It fooliahly
We do not know TINT anybody l,as atten1pte
to prove that, or that oven AlouAkLl
would DO foolish enough To assert It serious
ly, or that my stnsibla dermau would 10
lievo it for moment.
Tho statement that tho Republican part.
las not provided laws to punis
bauk.sohbera IN falYalood rhsr
aro such lava. SPENCER know them
aud la zau away aud took refuge |
Germany from them. lie IL living iu Das
lin, alsKra folt the forco OF thom, and
now undur indictment. IIo walks the street
! because 10 has beou bailcd out Of jail. D