The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

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The Grant boom j. in imminent peril
III losing Its momentum before the
meeting If the National Republican
Con- cntion. Intelligent Republican
opinion Is setting strongly against the
Third Term. and IL il more than likely
that Senator Cameron and the rest Of
the Grant managers will find a great
deal Of trouble in carrying out theis
well laid plans. To begin with. the
German element in the Republican
party is in open rebellion against the
Third-Term idea. II j. believed that
not one ia ten Of those German Ameri-
4 who have hitherto belonged 70 the
Republican party will vote for Grant
should he be nominated by their party.
The uncompromising hostility Of Carl
Schurz to the recollection Of Grant Is
well understood and his opinions are
potential with a large class Of German
citizens. The other day the Hon.
Sirismund Kaufman. a distinguished
German Republican. Of New York city,
published a letter in which he declared
that "a Third Term il At once q
dangerous excess ot reward n
a dangerous confession Of weakness"
..Such a confession continues Mr..
Kaufman. .will not be made with
out It's inevitable sequence, and we
shall have a king in fact long before we
have one in name. IL we must have .
strong man and a strong Government.
let rs return TO Bismarck and his iron
rule This is the language OF a man
who was the Republican candidate Tor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of New York IN
1870, and who supported Grant Tor
President il 1868 and 1872. The anti
Conkling Republicans of New York.
under the lead Of George William Cur
It's. also are organizing in opposition
10 the Third Term. These constitute .
powerful factor in the politics OF that
State. Conkling's candidate for Gov
|, ernor. Cornell, lost the vote Of this ele-
/ ment at the late election, and its defec-
/. ton would have insured his defeat by
j an immense majority had not the Dem
/ ocraric vote been divided between two
! candidates. Robinson and Kelly. some
3 Of the able,t Republican journals are
/ also speaking out in most empiiauc
: stvle against the Third Term The
4 Cincinnati Commercial. the Springfield
Z (Mass.) Republican and the fhiiadei-
2 phia Ercning Telegraph are no'apie
4 among these. The last named = an
i editorial the other day on the subject
2 Of Grantism which ought TO be read ~
! every voter in the Union. We make
e the following extract;
8 at is the truth or history that the Govern
mant was never SO debauched by political cor
Is n1pfion as during the time he was fle-inent'
!, IL = part ~ the truth Of history that the counr
i Try Mas never; except IN tine q Mar, 70 - M Nj
/ torical truth that political scandals were new
y. ar before or since 80 rife. andpaft OF the sams
, historical truth that the faults and crimes q
j. n,sr cnxrrr1mcnf were neyertrforc or since =
m conspicuous. II was an era 81 pciitica mus
!, ticc. OF political h.underS- 81 poiitical corrup
L fion. of giff-taking. bribe taking ncpotlsm. =
le uslrpation. OF constituiional methods So asiu'
and personal methods set up n tnelr pla.e
Inc men who made that Admnlstr aiiun w
e. shame OF the country that il was are the me
n who came in General Grants train. on the ~
instant-rhe Babcocks- the Beiknaps, "
= Rohesons. the Lamesons. M ,rsH 3 Il N ~
air. they come 10 shape the new Admlnistrs
=. ton as they had shaped the old. - ~ ~
~ wonder that the great soldier. whom me p
"a ME honnrcd for his soldiery dceis- and wn
wanted 10 forget forever bis civil record, wa
" received 80 coldly BY them when iney recns
10 had 20 lily tlled. and when they saw about nl
- again the same rapacious crowd OF pnntlci
~ adventurersl II the great nsalio, ~ w ,n vres
success: II did that. and. despite al me envI
of ia authors 10 the contrary, u has snow
that the leaders OF Tue htluVHt.n - M
do no more suicidal thing than % INSIST UPS
the nomination OF General Grant LOT the Uni
term. The voice OF the people mas oeen ia
its upon that question. and lis voice - putentlai
~ An opposition 80 earnest ana Slgo
~ Gus cannot fail 10 make \ profound II
~ preston on the minds Of delegates
~ the Republican National Convention
- We grant that il is not likely III
m either the Pennsylvania or the Ne
me York delegation to Chicago Will pc !
flucnced to any appreciable extent
such arguments a. are employed IN Y
article above quoted. The creatur
,h. who are made delegates to Republics
I'm conventions by Conkling and Camer'
understand no logic except their m
ter,' Will. Beside theyare usually ps
sons who want nothing better than I
~ revival az that licentious rule VIM
rave the country during the Admin
~. fration of Grant a S~aturnalian no
her political corruption. But the repl
~ sentatives Of the party in other STATE
,e;r especially in the West. Will pause =
a. consider before they give their apparo'
10 candidate whose record VIII I
nee the Republican party on the deiens
,llv from the very hour OF his nominati'
Ii NAV be that these too will be sell
-. with the fetichism which seems to p:
III made slaves Of the Republicans Of =
~. York and PENNSYLVANIA. We can o.
Re- wait and see.-Harrtsturg (fu-)
\ as triot.