Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20


that all Republicans unite in claiming the
election Of Hayes in 1910, yet Indiana was
carried by the Democracy In the October
election Of that year. While the prestige
given TO the Republican party by this vic
tory il very great it is by no means sum
Gent 10 discourage the Democracy when
nll III, fact. connected with that election
are closely examined.
Conscious of the moral prestige to be
acquired by such n victory the leaders and .
managers Of the Republican party have .
spared no pains, labor or money TO BRING .
about III. result. II is now conceded :
fact, one that IL not gainsaid or denied, /
that the party III power holding the
national pnrsc strings are able to use III" 7
national treasury 10 au almost unlimited /
extent so many aud various are the
items of expenditure required to move the
complex machinery Of this government
that It is comparatively easy To doctor the
books aud tndivcrt from its proper channel
, funds appropriated for legitimate pnr-
poses. In the financial affairs of an in
diNidual u million Of dollars il an cnor-
nous snm. But in the financial affairs of
"A government il /. not So. When our ma
,inual deb, il rnckonet by billions aud uur
daily cript- Of revenue amount to many
( million, nothing j. m"Ic easy than To ap-
prupriatr Ia u"iirlnu- purposes one two,
l,., . al at,I he
amnu Is when thrown into one State VIII
~ ". IA down the scale ~ To ovrrbalaucr
y ,nud he The popular will were III"
! ... 1T alone to- make the night without
e. -. - the side of the administration all
tl'' aid that the money of the government
~ the hand, Of dishonest administration
eau buy
Now It il alauy. claimed that Indiana
Is doubtful State and being so it is easy
to understand why 80 little is required to
turn. he scale either way. Ii IL once b" al
United that the party controlling the
treasury vail use the government money
III the election then the election may be-
made to go their way.
That such use il made of national funds
is ~ certain rs anything can be that is
not proven IN a court at justice. Such
practices are among the open secrets Of
our political history. w take il that the
result in Indiana ~, brought about in
this way, and that the only thing il proves
is not that Indiana is Republican but that
the Republican pure vas the longest II
WAS like a financial contest between a
Loui.ianan hill farmer and W. II. Wander
Lilt. Til. only benefit which accrucs to
the R,puhlican party from this victory il
the great prestige that it gives that party
by partially checking for the first time the
, Hancock boom.
This victory may change the weak and
wavering Of either party, and may make
uncertain converts Ia the Republican
ranks of thosc men who are never 10 I've
relied on for any party. The effects of the
victory would be fully rouutrrbalancrd Icy
a Democratic victory IN doubtful state
Tomorrow. But thnt class Of men who
are firm III their devotion to the party will
not change whit. They may experience,
a Temporary encouragement not from the
victory itself, hut IN the thought that the
means that secured that victory are = proof
; of the great corruption that like funeral
: pail rushruuds the nation. Bnt their
q pitllntic devotion to country and party
e will hr increased tcniuld and when they
= gtid mp their l"inS for renewed, more lrdu,
u unS and uublrr cXrrtion- il will bo found
70 that their additional enthusiasm will NOR,
:. than compensate Is ia the end for the
e We have Lost. For we may declare il Ia
!, Ice true that when the national struggl,
+. COMES on no more millions can lee stolen
Il for Indiana. While II IL n fact, a. We
O.. wrote III the beginning. that IN matters ni
). national finance a few hundred {. ousaud
or even n million il "a small matter, there
Is limit To the steal There /, point be-
yond which IT Is not safe To- 20. An hundred
, Thousand may be- tilched with impunity Ia
D.. carry Ohio and Indiana to-day, but five oI
ten million mny not be stolen III November
H.. tucatry these same States with the addition
=, of Pennsylvania. Illinois, New York. aud
. two or three others. They dare not 60 to
, point when they cannot account for III,
D.. leak that let's out in such prnfnsion the
, gold,i 'ood. We feel. Therefore, that ",
are - in saying that the Republican
patty have in order To secure certain
. amount Of nttstlgc prriormed AN amount