, 1880-06-13

| swers given to questions addressed to her 1t wa
thought her husband had committed tn
deed: but the discovery of Williams dead bod
about a mile from the house with the hen
crushed in shapeless 1nnss. and In such VII
that suicide was out of the question: dispcllc
this iden Some trouble existed between tn
unfortunate couple and II colored ncighbo
| named Mcclure, and suspicion points to Nc
Clure's son as tho murderer.
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A REFORM IN POLITICAL. CAMPAIGNING
1t is probable that Gen. Garticld's speec
in which he presented the name of Secretar
Sherman to the Chicago Convention will pas
into the permanent political literature Of thi
country. It was the effort OF calm and dis
interested statesman, appealing to the bette
Judgment Of men who seemed to he carrie'
away by the enthusiasm of the moment. I
may be regarded as prophetic In view of tn
! Conventions ultimate choice. 1t should b
accepted as an outline of the campaign which
Gen. Garfield would have made In behalf 0
his friend, and it should be followed in TIL
same spirit by his own friends in making
campaign for him. Perhaps the most mem
orable passage In that speech Is the follow
| ing:
| Not here, in this brilliant circle where Is, ,00
| men and women are assembled. Is the destiny ot
the Republic to be decrocd. Not mere, where
ing to cast their votes into the urn and deter,
mine the choice Of their party; but by 5,o@oo.oN @
Republican fresIdes, whore tue Thoughtful
| fathers, with wives and children about them,
with the calm thoughts inspired by love of hutno
and love of country. with the history Of the
past, tho hopes OF the future, and the knowledge
| of tho great men who have adorned mud blessed
! our Nation in days gone by,-there God pre-
part's the verdict that shall determine the wis
| dom Of our work Tonight, Not in Chicago. IN
comes between now and November, in the
| silence Of deliberate judgment, will this great
question 10 settled.
Now that the heat Of excitement in the
Convention has been changed into the caioric
Of the atmosphere which cannot be escaped,
political excitants should be avoided and ths
people should be encouraged by newspapers
and leaders to make the campaign with cool,
sober deiberation becoming the choice Of q
Chief Magistrate by Il great Republic. 1t
will be d blessing to this country scarcely
second to the election Of Gen. Garfield it that
election can be brought about without CALI
paign Of slander and a tournament of noise.
The Republican candidate is a publicist Of
just the character to appeal to the uni1npas-
stoned Judgment of a people who seek to
place the Government in charge of q
safe man. He has never been identified with
the managing and intriguing politicians. lie
has never aspired to "poss" any State or
National Convention, nor to whip in any un-
willing constituency to his dictatlon. He
has been and is Il student,-a student in
politics, in literature, in religion, in science,
and in sociology. II has been his lifelong
habit to retire to his family and to his closet
when his public duties had been discharged.
His public speeches have always contributed
valuable informationto to any subje under dis
cussion, and they have been si11guarly and
without exception free from personal reflec-
tons upon his opponents. Hehas never sought
for unworthy motives among those who dif-
fered with him He has been rs charitable
towards others as he has been frank and open
In his own views and utterances. Such r.
man ought to inspire even his opponents
with IN ambition to treat him fairly, and to
beat him, if they can, on the principles he
advocates, and not by slandcr and abuse.
1t seems to be assumed that nomination
for any office, but especially for the highest
Office in the land, is sufficient provocation
and sufficient excuse for leyeling at the
nominee all the offensive epithets of political
slang, and for charging upon him all the
iniquities that are possible to public career.
On the day after Gen. Garticlds nomination
the New York Graphic, an independent
paper, forecast in the following words the
probable repetition of the usual vitupcration
of partisan opposition:
Mr: Garfield will, Of course, from this time
Until November bH target ut which will bn
aimed innumcrsble shafts. He will be assniled
for offcnses Of which he is Innocent; he will be
he will be denounced us one not only not tit 10
govern, hut not lit to live: But this torrent Of
vitcation. i, which has already urgun to How,
HI excellent pntrfot; a sagncious statesman;
practical man Of affairs, and one .sho like Abr:,-
hum hun Lincoln, owes his present commanding
boy u Ohio will be as popular lis the lspltter
Of Illinois, and will probably make Us good
President
But what sense or reason Is there In this
sort Of campaigning, after all? There Is not
an intelligent Democrat in the country who
will not candidly admit to himself tho belief
that Gen. Garfield is as pure man as there
is to-day in public life. lie has always shown
himself responsive to public sentiment, and |
the intimation that he has at any time made
mistake has always been followed BY readi-
ness to look the matter stuarely in the face |
and rectify any error that lie could be shown
to have made. In a public career of twenty |
years he has remained a poor man. His
plain tastes, studious habits, and unprc-
tentious family surroundings have aided
him in the avoidance of all intrigue for
money or place which he has been naturally /
Inclined to avoid. Following Immediately
upon his unexpected nomination for the high
oflice Of President, lie returned to the obscure
College where lie had once been an in
'tructor, took part In its Commence
nent exercises, and conducted himself
IS unconstrainedly, joyously, and boyishly
Is if presiding at the Alumni meeting
we're the most distinguished honor he had
'ver enjoyed or ever expe tied to enjoy. !
There has been and is no harm in such a
nan, and the dignity Of the position for
which he is a candidate at the solicitation Of
lis party, and not by his own efforts, ought
0 protect him against yilihcation and abuse.
The tendency Of the newspaper press and
olitlcians to run into slander during Ma
[onal campaign has been well illustrated In
his city By tile Chicago Times. That journal,
casting Of independence, started out by