Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-29
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FRIDAY .EvENINe. OCT. 20, 1880.
Discharged Cook.

dangerous to swap horses while crossing
Il stream, in displacing Mr.. Joel Cook
from their ticket but probably they will
have good reason to think less highly of
their wisdom after the election.
The notable thing about Mr.. Cook S
withdrawal is that it was cot caused by
any suspicion of his lack of fitness for the
Office Of controller, nor by any charge
against his integrity. The fact is that
he would have made an excellent officer.
being Il man Of fine intelligence and un-
suliied character. To withdraw a can
didate whom it believes to he unfit would
bea very honest thing for party to do,
however unwise; but to take from
the ticket Il candidate who would make
Il good official. is justified neither in
honor or sense.
Mr.. Cook retircs at the request Of the
party leaders for the assigned reason that
:. speech he made seventeen years ago is
distastefml to his Republican supporters.
Ii WIS Il political speech made during
war times, assailins the administration
and the management of the war. 1t was
Il damned spot" in Cooks record
which would not out. The voters would
moi forgive it and Cook had to go. If
he had stolen anything or committed
per iury, or cheated at an election, or
been guilty of bribery or any other of the
fashionable Republican offences, it would
not have caused the Republican mama
gers a moments ulie;isincss. They would
not have feared that their disguised
voters would otherwise bestOw their bal
lots. But TO have offended against the
party seventeen years back was a diff
fereEt matter entirely; I, Republican
candidate must have ii straight and clear
party record to poll the full party
vote: that is better than virtue,
honesty and intelligence. This is
the lesson Of Mr. Cool, ) forced
withdrawal. TheIuestion with the Re
publican voter is not - is he honest, is he
capable as some old fool once said it
should h" with the voters Of this repub-
lie ii is enough that he is Il reliable par
tisan. Upon this idea OF the Republi-
can voter its managers are conducting
tEis campnign. The presidential canli-
date offered for Republican support is
deeply tainted with hainOlls 0fIenses and
with Il record f"r uGscrupulOuS larti-
sanShip as his sole recommendation. The
party spiri: of the Republican voters is
confidently expected, t. sustain him be-
cause of his party fcalty in spite of his
his moral iurpittde. Probably it will.
No doubt the Republican managers
know their people. But surely they do
not know timma!l. There must he some
whose party spirit yields to patriotism
and is Sulslue,l by honor.
The revelation which Mr.. Cook 5 with
drawal 50 plainly exposes to the Repu!i-
lican voters OF Philadelphia ought to
induce ALI Of them to vote against his
Successor who have any self respect, and
who desire to rebuke their attempted
domination by the three low politicians,
McManes. Leeds ana Rowan, who have
undertaken TO hess their party. The
fact that when he went to bed on Tues
day night Cock had not conceived the
Thought of surrendering his candidacy
and that before the close of the next day he
been ordered to withdraw or provide the
money needed to buy The votes that
would elect him, ought not to present
state OF affairs pleasant for decent Re-
plIiic;,ns to coi.temp!a The result of
the manu.llvrr must he disastrous to the
corrupt and shallow fellows who con-
c+ive;i il. 1t cannot br that such braZen
manipulation will not ie resented by
euDugl. rcs;".rtahl" Republicans to make
it al,nrtive.
The Tw" Candidates cn C"Olie Labor.
Both til" Republican candidates for
president are now strongly committed to
the policy Of supplying capitalists with
cheap Chinese labor. Garfield. who is
running for the term MrgiDning March
1. lssl, has made his position clear. not
only 10y th" Mercy letter, but 10y his
votes on the anti-Chinese bill. which was
vetocl l,y his friend Hayes. Grant, who
is running for the term beginning March
!, lSS5, and for all other terms during
hi; natural life, in accordance with the
treaty "f Mentor, never allowed the
slightest misappreliension rs to his opin-
ions in favor OF the Chinese. Since his
tour in the East he has developed Il sort
of Oriental craze. Hesaw the full! value of
cOo!ir labor to the American money
powr: in lis coming conflicts with
American labor. and he did not hesitate
for Il moment on which side to throw the
whole force of his influence. The work.
inymcn may us well understand now as
again what capitalists mean by the
= strong government " they seek to es
tablis'I. Senator Sharon says uneQuivO-
cally that it means - ''grape and canister"
for them when they associate together
to market their labor to the best advan-
tage. 1t means the empire, with large !
standing armies, to overawe the people,
when they resist the eXactions of the
money power, whicll'it is intended to set |
over them or grumbie at the competition |
,f cheap imported labor.
GARFIELD'S letter to MOrey on the |
Chinese question is so Garfieldish in
style that any one acquainted with his
writings would recognize it without a
signature. 1t has all the marks of his
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