The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
TRUTHS!

We propose IN THIS campaign W
pursue a very different course in re-
gard to our political opponents, than
We ever have heretofore. Usually
these occasions we would quote
from Democratic papers against OPP
position candidates, but these "De-
mo- Confederate" journals have be-
come so unreliable that we will aban-
don them entirely, and turn our scis-
sors to 'sloil" sheets only, for evil
dence of the standing and character
of their candidates. There can be
no dispute then, for the journals in
the interest of this "God and moral
ity party" cannot lie-at least they
claim not-and would not publish q
word against a public man that they
did not believe to be strictly true.
We don't like "mud singing" either
lit is q mean business, that "Demo-
Confederate papers are much ad-
dicted to, and that is another reason
why we will not clip from them what
they may say about the unfitness of
our opposition candidate for Presi-
dent. We like nice, smooth, clean
reading, that tells plain facts and
truths, without any verbiage about
it, and we fail to find that in any of
our "Demo-C Confederate exchanges.
1t is confined entirely to those pub.
lished in the interest Of the "God
and morality" party, and we clip
from them exclusively. The first
one we turn to is the Eaton Register,
of April II, 1873. Would any body.
charge it with lying about its own
candidate for President? Well, hard
ly. Here is what it said:
"H. B. V's. picture of the salary.
grabbers, in the Cincinnati GAZHTrE, as
midnight robbers, could not be improy-
ed on"
Gen. Garfield was a salary grab
ber-he supported and voted for the
bill. The Congressional Globe set
ties that beyond dispute. Nice pic
ture, amt it? The next one we quote
from is the New York Tribune. Of
course its loyalty cannot be ques!
toned: ~
from the New York Tribune, Feb. 10. 1851
james A. Garfield, of Ohio, had ten
shares; never paid a dollar; received
1929, which, after the investigation be-
gan, he was anxious to have considered
as a loan from Mr.. Cakes Ames to him
self.
Well, the wickedness of all of it Is
that these men betrayed the trust of the
people, deceived their constituents, and
by evasions and falsehoods confessed
the transaction to be disgraceful. .
From the New York Tribune, Feb. &c, 1871
MI. Ames establishes very clearly the
point that he was not alone in this of
fence. IF HE Is TO BE FOR
BRIBERY, THE MEN WHO WE'RE BRIBED
SHOULD GO WITH HIM.
How will that do for estate lingo2'
Then take this scrap from another
reliable Republican journal:
lFrom the New York Times, Feb. 10. 1871
Messrs. Kelley and Garfield present
a most distressing figure. Their par.
ticipation in the Credit Mobilier affair
is complicated by the most unfortunate
contradictions of testimony. q
And still another:
From the Utica Heaald, Feb. 20. 1881
The Poland Committees have report.
+ ed the results of their Investigations in.
t to the Credit Mobilier charges. The re.
port is unanimous, and therefore no
) partisan. 1t may be withdrawing
: but we leave this for the reader to de
eide. 1t appears to US fair, candid ant
: just. The Committee find that Kelley
f upon the solicitation and represents
ton of Ames, took ten shares of Credi
: Mobilier stock and held them until thu
dividends paid for them, and also tina
he received 1929 in dividends; and tina
the facts in Garfield's case are essenti
ally the same as those in Kelley's. -
Republicans are not only in favor o
, the expulsion of Ames and Brooks, bu
l of severely censuring, if not expelling
i Kelley and Garfield.
~ NY VIZ IAN PAbAAO AAA@
would favor a severe reprimand, If no
r the expulsion, of Kelley and Garfield
We close for the present week viii
the following:
~ Troy IN. W Times, Feb. %, 1873.
If Congress keeps on to the end a
\ it has been going for two or three days
j.. its termination will be welcomed b.
hosts of people throughout the countr,
as a benediction. Last night whel
only l57 members were present in tn
House, MT. Garfield called up the Civi
Appropriation bill, and recommended
an amendment concerning the salarie
Of public officers. Ellis III. Robert
u vainly ~endeavored to postpone action
s But the m%ercenary fellows on the lool
a who had doubtless gone there to stea
$1,000 each from the people of the Uni
y ted States, Knocked him with derisior
He, however, made the pious Credi
Mobilier Garfield, wriggle and squir1
like a skinned eel. Efghty-one me
q voted under. the convenient cover G
tellers, SO that there is no tell-tale ye
or nay list, to pay themselves $500
y for a term of service that will clos
l. next week. For q mar who stand
upon trial for past misdemeanors, an
begs the merciful indulgence of tn
d people, the conduct of Garfield in tn
q business is strangely imprudent in
Z personal sense.
=, We could fill the whole side of GU
paper with just such Republica
opinion of Garfield, but we intend t
administer the medicine in sma
doses. 1t will last longer, and d
= more good. 1t is the most admirs
BILE reading we ever found in ReTut
. lican journals, and it does us goo