Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-03
lanraster f,ltelllge1lrer.
FRIDAY EVENING. SEPT. 3, 1880.
A DANGEROUS Friend.

A Dangerous Friend.
General Grant has written from Colo
RADIO under date of August twelfth, to
his henchman, John A. Logan, to tell
him that he is coming East in the latter
part of this month, and that " he will
gladly attend any meeting intended to
further the success of Garfield and Ar
thur. He concludes with the following
remarkable declaration:
"I agree with you that it will not do to
bc beaten now. We should never be beaten
until every man who counts or represents
those who count in the enumeration to
give representation in the electoral college,
can cast his vote just as he plcases and can
have it counted just as he cast it."
That is 4 very true statement, but a
very strange one to come from General
Grant if he is the friend of Garfield and
Arthur that he claims to he. We have
read the language he uses with a steady
endeavOr to understand it, and we take
it to be a very clear announcement that
the party General Grant belongs to, which
he says is the party of Garfield and Arthur,
"should not he beaten until every man.
"can cast his vote just rs he pleases and
can have it counted just as he cast it.. -
If it does not say this it says nothing and
with this statement we agree. 1t is just
what we have been saying to Mr.. Logan
and his political friends for Il long time.
The Republican party has lived rs long
as it has, just because of the ability of
its managers to prevent the decision of
elections by an honest count of every
vote cast. Everybody knows this, and
the men who have done it do not deny
their work while they enjoy its fruit.
FranknesS in the declaration of their in
iquity is quite caremarkablc feature in the
character of many of the managing Re
publican politicians. This has been es-
pecially conspicuous in this state where
this breed of dogs has been produced of
the highest quality. There was Mackey,
who charmed while he shocked the peo-
pie he talked to with the Opcnness of his
ayOwals of corrupt methods of work.
lie made no secret of the fact that he
worked upon the one idea that every man
was 10 he bought, and that the sole
question i'm considering the possibility of
any scheme was the provision of sufli.
cient money. Kcmble, when he followed
after Mackcy, attempted to wear his man.
tie and initiated his sincerity; but it
failed to work with him and he has gone
out into utter darkness.
Gen. Grant, in coming along with his
frank :vowal that the Republican party
should never lose power until it loses its
ability to manipulate the peoples ballots.
initiates the examples of those distin.
guiSllcd leaders; but We confess that VIC
do not see what he expects to gain by
such Il publication if his rarty's game
and the ground of its hope. 1t is bold
but surely not wise. We doubt whether
the general will bc welcomed by his fel-
low Republicans,o on his coming trip East,
mt "any meeting intended to further the
success of the ticket headed by Garfield
and Arthur His talk is too free and
his ivOwals too frank to make him use
full ut such meetings. 1t will bc very
pleasant to hear him say that it will not
do to he beaten but the temper of the
people is not s;lch us to make it safe to
say that i free ballot and 4 fair count
must be prevented to save the Republi-
can party from defeat. We expect that
the general will he asked to tarry awhile
i'm Colorado; in that wilderness it may do
for him to avow his idea of the right way
to carry the election.
TIE registration is now closed and the
tax duplicatesarc in the hands of the COL
lectors. Every voter should see to it for
himself that his tax is duly paid. Octo-
bcr :. is the last date to attend to this in
time to qualify for the coming presiden-
tial election, but there should he no need
less delay. The earlier it is attended to
the better.
Natur,lizations also can bc effected up
to October >, to enable the naturalized
alien to vote for president; and those who
are entitled to it, or who know and are
interested in others entitled to citizen
ship, should give their attention to this
important matter.
Itmay happen that some person duly
qualified to bc registered, has been left
off wiilfully or carelessly by the assessor
of his district, though the voter complied
with all the legal requirements. In such
cases the law provides u remedy. 1t
should he taken advantage of before Oc-
tObcr >. The voter can make oath to
his grievance, and upon presentation of
the matter to the court, it is bound to
take cOgnizlnce of it, to cite the com
plainant and assessor to appear before it,
and if the complaint is well founded, the
registry will be corrected accordingly.
TIE E.camiacr of yesterday says:
The effort of the INTELLIGENCER has
been quietly directed towards smuggling
on the ticket some one as 4 candidate who
would do the bidding of the enemies Of
Senator Wallace.
The Ecdmincr knows that it says what
it is not true. The INTELLIGENCER has
no further concern i'm the Democratic
nomination for the Legislature from this
city than to see that it is Of 4 man who
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