Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-28
Millions Against Votes.

Millions Against Votes.
The Republican party has been in a
minority, North and South, since 1874,
when the tidal wave of that year swept
away a majority OF one hundred in the
House of Representatives. Three times
successfully, in 1874, in 1876 and in
1873, the Democrats carried the popular
branch of Congress, and last year they
gained the Senate In 1876 Mr.. Tilden
had popular majority of one million
of white and black votes, over quar-
ter of a million of white votes alone, and
a majority of thirty-seven in the Elect
oral Colleges.
In the local elections of 1873 and 1879
the Republicans had a majority in but
fourteen of the Twenty-Five Northern
States, which aggregated 126, 447. and
they were in a minority of 16S, S37 in
the other eight of those States. In the
present House of Representatives forty
four Republicans, or about one-third of
their whole number, are minority men,
bers.
It's thus shown by all these great
and decisive tests, extending over a
period of six years, that the party now
OH trial before the country has been and
still is in minority. By foul fraud,
backed by money and by the regular
army, this party got possession of pow
er in 1876 against the popular will, as
confessed by the chief beneficiary of
that iniquity the day after the election.
The power thus UNANIMOUSLY acquired
has been openly used to intimidate. to
bride, and to buy off those elements of
opposition that could be reached in no
other way. Casting aside even the
10 n oh 81, .oL,
they have hitherto sought to cover
Fraudulent Administration, the whole
force of officeholders. and all the in
t1uences that the immense Government
al patronage can in any way reach, are
now enlisted in desperate effort to
elect the corrupt candidate whose cast
ing vote in the Electoral Commission
put Hayes in the White House.
They know well that a large ma jority
of the people of the United States,
North as well as South, are opposed to
the rotten rule of the Republican party,
to its prodigality. to its plundering prac-
| tees, and to its defiance OF all COnsti-
tutional restraints when political OBJ
| ject is to be served. How, then, do
they propose to overcome this admitted
majority?
| The answer to that question is to be
found in the recent action of Il powerful
| combination of men in New York, Phil
| adelphia, Boston, and other large cities,
some of whose fortunes have been
made by disgraceful favoritism at Wash
ington.
| We find no fault with those who
choose to contribute to the proper eX-
penses of carrying on a Presidential
campaign. As our politics are now
managed, this has become a costly
business to both sides, and the cost is
increased where third party engages
in the business. To bear this outlay,
and to plant seed il doubtful States,
the Republican managers assessed all
the officeholderS two per cent on their
salaries, and demanded much larger
sum from those above the average
grade. 1t is estimated that from this
assessment and the usual sources of
supply a round million of dollars was
raised to start with. That part of
this fund was foolishly invested is GER
tain, and that another part of it had to
be unexpectedly applied to Vermont
and Maine is well known.
The magnificent Jewell sought to APP
pail and to astound his adversary by the
display of unlimited resources. He
succeeded in getting rid of a good deal
of money without alarming anybody,
and when he got to the bottom of his
pile the recruits to Hancock from the
Republican side could be counted by
scores in every school district north of
the Potomac. With an empty ex-
chequer and a shattered plan at the
close of the campaign, the leaders are
confronted with the prospect of a crush
ing defeat
They cannot appeal with any hope to
voters whom they have so often deceiv-
ed and betrayed. They have no policy
to fall back upon to attract confidence.
Their moth-eaten issues are Rebel
Claims and the Solid South. In this
extremity wealth comes to the front
and proposes to buy the election. There
is no concealment about the intention.
sums instantly" In Philadelphia the
Union League and secret society
headed by John Welsh, which was ex-
posed by disguised Republican. have |
put up many tens of thousands for
Indiana and Ohio. Here in New York !
Hamilton Fish and other well-known
men, behind whom stand Jay Gould !
and his set of spectators. have formal |
ly met together at the Union League |
and resolved to contribute a large sum
for the approaching elections. In Bos-
ton the movement has been conducted |
with more caution but with equal zeal. /
These men do not reflect that they |
are doing very unwise thing in thus |
combining to help Garfield by money !
alone. knowing as they do that he has /
no hold on the people, and no claims I
on the Presidency, from being Il venal .
jobber.
The broad question now upon us is +
whether money or votes shall decide /
the Presidency. We have the votes; /
the Republicans, who got in by fraud
and force in 1876. propose to get in by .
barefaced bribery in 1880. But they F..
are doomed to failure in this unholy at
tcmpt.-M ]. San.
Grants Assault Upon Hancock.