Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-28
In IMPORTANT FLOPPER.
A PROMINENT REPUBLI-
CAN JOURN AL DESERTS
GARFIELD.
And HOSTS the Names Of Han
cock and English, the Glo-
riOuS Leaders Of the Dem
OCrdCy.

The Germantown Commercial which
has heretofore supported CARTEL aud
Arthur, in this weeks issuetakes down
the names of those candidates and
substitutes those of Hancock and Eng-
lish. The editor explains his course rs
follows:
From Garfield to Hancock.
When OH the morning of the l2th Cf
May, 1854, General Hancock hu;led
his eageT forces on JohnSou'3 division
Of Eally' corps, the surp. iSe could not
have been relatively greater than viii
be the announcement we make in TINS
issue Of tie Commercial, that hence
fo:th its columns Will be devoted to
the maintenance Cf the principles en-
unciated to the democratic panty at
Cincinnati, ard impeIaonated in these
glorious leaders, Hancock and English.
We have reached this conclusion
without long and calm consideration.
calculating the odds that are against
US in this republican stronghold. But
after the most patient thought and
thorough examination, we have con-
Cluded that the welfare Of our country.
economy in our public expenditures.
the interests of labor and capital, the
growth Gf our manufacturing estab-
l!ShmentS, and, consequently, the stea
dy employment OF Our people in fact,
all our national, state ard local con-
Germs can best be subServcd and pro-
tCcted by Tie election Of e eneral Win.
field Scott Hancock and the defeat of
james Abraham Garfield.
In arriving at this conclusion, we
have been materially, almost altogether
assisted by the republican party's own
comments, through their newspapers,
aEd their conventions, and by commit
tees Of investigation, in arriving at
the point that GaI field al q Arthur
are entirely untitled for the place to
which they have been nominated. 1t
is hardly necessary that we should en-
umerate the clearly proven charges
that rest on republican authority as
against their own nominees. The
world knows Of them-the world be
lieveS them-and yet we are expected
to remain lin the rank sweat Of their
enseamed bed" and daily with the
proved diShOnor of their candidates.
We prefer to get out from between the
uGclean sheets. We prefer to believe
that the congressional committee of
congress, composed Of Mr.. Garfeld's
own friends. told the truth when they
found him guilty as bribe-taker and
| a wellpaid lobbyist of pavement jobs
in the District of Colombia; we prefer
to believe that President Hayes and
Secretary Sherman were just as truth
full when they denounced Arthur for
his mal-administratiOn of the New
York custom house, and dismissed him
therefrom in disgrace. Since the
! Foundation Of the government, no two
such disreputable candidates, stamped
with dishOnOr and Venality, were pre-
sented for the sulfrages of the Amer.
lean people, and surely it cannot be
| possible that The people Will ever per-
NIT these hitherto pure and exalted
stations to be dishonored by their cleo
! tiOn.
In gratefully saluting General Han
cock, and extending to him and the
principles he represents our humble yet
! earnest support, we feel that we are in
| company of thousands of hitherto de-
voted republicans, scattered all over
this land he so bravely shed his blood
| to save. In gratitude for his great and
meritorious services, acknowledged by
q republican congress, and cOnsecra-
ted by the yearnings of millions of
hearts who want to see him president,
we are for his election with all and
| I'll hn wi, nj have
hitherto unwittingly bestowed on Gar
field. Great as Hancock is asa soldier,
he has shown himself still greater III
! the exercise Of civil functions. Clothed
with The iron power of a military gov
erDor, he did not see "bandittI" Id