, 1880-05-31
SEATTLE. MONDAY. MAY II. 1880
H>isreput.sble Candidates.

Of party politics of the da: t!nt the most
disrrputable men whose names have 'erh
mentioned in connection with the fres'
d~ncy are the mos, prominent candidates,
acc or ling 10 the testimony of tht lr own
indep.ntle party press, srvera''y "th'
Grant hns hren fi.urativ.ly skinned alive
by many ot the most able and influential
Republican journals in the land. not on
account of opposition to the third term
only. hut touching corrupt practices IN
his Administration, and his personal a'>
fliation and publicly manifested synpa-
thies with croukod whiskey rings and
other notorious government spoliator>.-
O her highly respectable Republican
Journals represent Mr.. Blaine as very
disreputahle character, utterly unworthy
of public confidence The Milwaukee
Sentinel, the leading Republican, paper
of W isconsin, says: 1t is high time tpat
particular attention was given to the
&c OF Mr.. Blaine 1t the managers of
the Grant candiaacy have been defeated
to give place to Mr.. Blaine. the situation
Of the Republican party will l~ ty NO
means improved. II we leave the third
term sentiment out ot the question, lie
situation is much worse. G,n. Grant is
personally clean. Mr.. Blaine Is not On
the contrary, he is about ~ vulnrr'hlr Il
Candidate us could he selected. HIS pc
liiical course has been brilliant, pushing.
aud uncompromisi"yly partisan. N" "n
cai a-s,iI his Rrpublicani>m in strict
party sense. Bus the impression prevails
AMI it is w-l i,un ted. that his ii lrllt,
to the parry is the RESULT OF II sl,ll more
intense fidelity I" his own prrsonal inter
ests. Il Ills p rS"nal inter, sis dictated II
he would he ii raging Drn"crt t,-m"r-
row. TINS Is the estimate " hich N very
Considerable class "t vnlcrs have placed
ON Jam Blaine j is impossible for him
to conceal certain ,ransactlohs "i his in
socks. the history of whh are lying iu
walt to he launcncd forth with full l"rcr
ii the ccasian To use them arises"
Other X, publican .journlI> ot rcputa' le
character, specifically charge john Sher-
MAI with c,rruptly u>in. the patron aye
OF his office in rropitia,ing support Tor the
nonIna,ion tor President. and also III
Specializing III public moneys and credits.
whereby he has accumulated av ry large
fortune i'll very short time, without 9th
er visible resources. II is also matter
OF pul,llc notoriety that John Sherman
was implicated in the Louisiana Z ecti, n
frauds, and held conf lential relations
with 'inr OF the most infamous t 'OS
employed therein, in manner which it
would be impossible to explain upon the
b. pot h, sis ,h.t he was as honest AS II
MAN holding IN, august position OF Pres
idcnt If the Unitt"i States ought to he.
Ths ST. a.e The three lrading Republican,
CANDIDATES, IN the order in which they ale
above namrd; all ,liSlion. 81 ard cuirnp',
acc"r,iing to the uslim"ny of their own
party a>srciat,s, without whose votes
neither of " hnln could he elrc ell 1t the
pnilIcians WHO scseraIly bear rs. im"ny
to the bai character ut these canild"t
wtr.. themselves actuated by hon'st ANA
patriotic motives, tn y would n't s"t.
fol either of them, "r for ATTY O,her ca'n-
didate OF damaged r. putati"n. Th' re- Is
No necessity for doing so. Surely, Mr..
Washl,urne or Mr.. Etlmonds is the peer
of either Oi the Others in all the qualities
and qualifications of craftsmanship, ami
who has ever attempted to impeach the
personal honor and integrity of either o.
theme Ii is II melsn. holy tact, AS true as
gospel, that their very freedom from
scandal initiates against their CHI noes
for nomination: thev bave No "Hessian
guard" to surround them with h 10 OF
glory and a prestige OF success; no or
galriz Il board OF brokers to manufacture
= public sentiment upon which to feat
their stock; no secret club rooms, where
the cards are marked, the dice lOad, d
aud the signs and pass words given to
the stool-pigrans whereby 10 rope in VIC
tins and swear them to "suppOrt the
regular ticket" however the cards are
packed. The devices by which "Ore-
gon flats" are "ped in and pluckcd in
the hell holes of San Francisco are as
reputable as those now in use in the VA
rious club rooms of the contesting candi
dates at Chicago. Machine politics, by