Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-21
A Man TO BE Rejected.

A Man TO BE Rejected.
The Philadelphia Times publishes a
long list of cases in which Thomas J.
Davis, Republican candidate for district
attorney in this county, is charged with
having appropriated to his OWL use
moneys collected in his professional ca
pacity. The statement of these cases the
IT.ncs says it has from a Republican of
this county and it vouches for the truth
of the particulars given, which are srls-
tanned in large measure 10y the records OF
cur courts. AS to the correctness of this
statement in all its details we cannot
certify. Very many cases of dereliction
are reported and of some Of them we
know nothing. With the facts in others
the public here has long been more or less
familiar: and there can he no question
OF the substantial truth Of the allegl-
ton made that Mr.. Davis has repeatedly
misappropriatcd moneys professionally
received. 1t does not matter much
whether every item Of OtfenSe that is
charged against him is s:,bsOiutely true and
justly colored. There is large enough
balance of fact 20 condemn him.
We have not taken hold ourselves OF
these allegations against Mr.. Davis for
several reasons. We have felt that the
duty OF digging up this dirty mass OF
matter against Il lawyer who waS ell
tlorscl by the bench and bar of Lancas-
ter. notwithstanding his malpractice
was perfectly well known tOall the men,
berS, did not devolve peculiarly upon us.
Mr.. Davis las not only been held in the
embrace OF Il court which claimed to be
50 careful of its honor as to disbar us for
simply charging that it was led by polit-
ical prejudice to permit the attorneys at
its bar to abuse its processes, but he has
been lna,,e the candidate for public pros
ecutGr by the Republican party, which
has 50 heavy Il majority in Lancaster
county as to render it entirely hopeless
that Il Democratic newspaper could per-
s,a,!e 4 majority of the voters to reject
Nh Davis ut the polls, it matters not
what have been his oiIenses. Our eNpe-
rience is that the Republican voters Will
swallow anything labeled Republican,
however putresccnt, in preference to
anything Democratic, however pure.
We knew that we would vainly expose
Mr.. Davi>S rnltenness {: our charges
would be represented 10 be malignant
partisan falsehoc,l,. Nor had we any
disposition TO pull the chestnuts out OF
the fire for such weak-kneed Republicans
as recognized Davis's untitncss for tie
place for which he is his party'S caEdi-
date. but feared to oppose him because
he is that candidate.
1! ought not 10 b.. hard to PERSUADE
tn. Republicans of Lancaster county
that q man who g;smbles away his client
moneys j., not the man to be district at
to:ne,. Yet it is certain that this per-
sl,asion, if il shall accomplish anything,
must come from Republican lips. If
there are enough, Republican leaders in
the county with decency and courage to
tell their people to vote against the party
candidate, they may save their party the
Opproirill;n Of his election. The c:ndi-
date Of the Democratic party is capable
and reputable. The question for the Re-
pmblicanS of the county t. decide is which
they will have. For the credit of the
county ai,l uf their party they ought to
reject Davis. They have the whole re-
spomSiLi!i:y. None of the shame of the
elevat ION TO office of SD unfit nl;ll us
Davis is shown to be can, of course, rest
outside tl.r Republican party.
Mir Garfield his declared in Il let
ter of last January that employers ''have
ii righ! to bay Labor where they Cal. get
it the cheapest :" which is true; but lie
WAS not prepared 10 say that Chinese
immigration which was to provide this
cheap laEGr sliCuld be prohibited
until . our great manufacturing and
Corporate interests are considered in the
matter of labor This WAS written i'm
a'etar tr:t:e Employers Union ut Lynn,
Massachusetts. which was endeavOring
to have workmen's strikes made I; GRIM
inal offence and until they had things
was not prepared TO declare against Chi
nese cheap labor. These utterances
upon the Part OF Il presidential cam
didate seeking labor Votes will not be
at all healthy for him: and it is not sur
prising that We have IA telegram from
Mr.. Garfield :, home denying his author
ship of them. lie is entitled to- a sus-
pension If opinion until he produces evil
dence that lie is falsely charged. This
will lie needed. for the original letter in
Ills Own handwriting is said to be in the
possession of 4 New York journal.
THE Republican demonstration to-day
must have lccn disappointment to its
projectors since it did hot come up to
the great .,aralrs of the past. This |
county. with its eIornous Republican
vote, is Away able to pour out Il great |
ln;s. Of people. and when they do not |
come the spirit is certainly wanting. |
The display to-day would have been
cre,litable to a county will, smaller re-
sources of men and money, but for the
great county of Lancaster it did not de-
clare any great weight OF Republican en-
thusiasm. Fora candidate whom his
party onlv know to lis discredit they
did ALT could be expected of them.
IL they had had Blaine or Grant the
demonstration to-day would have been