The daily gazette., 1880-08-17

places among themselves and will con-
tinue 10 do SO until their party is de-
feated. The people saw this s'ate of
affairs in 1875 and elected Tilden to get
rid of these office-holding factions, in
order after four years in 1880, an OPP
portunity could be given TO another
class of Republicans to get into office
should the Democrats not be successful. /.
But the Office holders, led on by Grant
aud the Shermans, seized the army and
navy and putting it in battle array at
Washington, swore that they would
count in and inaugurate Hayes by
force. Seeing this the Democrats in the
House and Senate became fearful of
another civil war; and rather than see
the country again disturbed permitted
these conspirators to hold the offices an-
other term. In November the reasons
that prevailed in 1915 for defeating the
Republican factions will be increased
by the addition of the great fraud
of the "Rspe of the Presidency" aud
the popular majority for Hancock and
English will be double that given 10
Tilden in 1876.
In addition to other reasons for not
voting for Garfield, he is held to have
practiced new style Of Tweejjsm in
the sale of his influence in Congress.
II Garfield is elected il will be regarded
all over the country as an evidence Of
approval of this kind of thing, and then
1t may be cited as an example and as an
excuSe for the sale of influence fcr cor
rupt legislation and large appropriations
and extravagant contracts to favorites in
all the legislatures and City Councils in
the country,
In proof of the fact that Garfield will
not get the votes of honest Republicans
we cite the following article and en-
phatic language furnishing solid reasons
for not voting for him, by an able Massa-
chusetts Republican journal, the NeWton
Republican, of Aug. 18th:
MAKING THE BEST OF IT'S there
any good reason why Republican voters
who believe in honest practices and the
selection OF clean men for adminisle ring
the governm ent, should support one man
who has been guilty OF brlbe-taklng
when they have refused to support
another equally corrupt.
The better portion OF the Republican
party were opposed to the nomin atlou of
James g. Blaine, because of the very
strong evidence of his guilt in receiving
a briSe from tie Credit Mobiie-. Is it
consistent for this portion of the party to
look with any mole favor upon James
A. Garfield, against whom the evidence
is just as strong that he too was guilty
of like ofiences Hardly day passes
that we do noe hear some good na'iirpd
epublican-oItentimes prominent busi-
ness msn-express himself as being dis
satisfied with the ticket, but that "we
ought t. make the best of it," and we
respectfully ask these gentlemen if thty
would be willing to act on the same
principle when employing bookkeeper
whom they know to be dshonesr, to
take charge of their cash? OF course the
answer would be in the negative.
If the honest voters of the country
men who desire the prosperity and
happiness of the whole people, regard
less Of fparty-really want TO "make the
best" Of the situation, it seems to us that
there are but two ways by which they
can act col scientiously, viz: either to
cast their votes for Hancock, or to vote
for some Republican stateman with a
clean record, like Edmunds, or what
will be better, perhaps, "make the best
it" by not voting at all.