The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-12

! defraud the people Of the Legitimate iiulN o'
! the election OF 1915 II refers TO the ne
4 Golyer aud the Credit Moblier scandals ana
It says Gen. Arthur is a mere creature ~
Conkhng's machine. II.
! The HAYES crowd ut Washington lneiulhb
John sherman thought Chester A; Ar'hu,
/ unfit TO be Collector Of the PORT, anu 'u'n'"
\ him our accordingly. Nov the National ne
publican Convention presents him to the PEG
/ nle AZ a N person TO be Vice. President Of the
/ United States.
The New York Sun says Gen, James A.
4 Garfield at Ohio was n0miuaicd for President
by the Convention ut Chicago on the lhlrly'
sixth ballot. In making this nomination, the
supporters Of Mr. Blaine took the lead, and
the other anti Grant elements in the COnvon
ton promptly followed. The lmperalist
phalanx remained unbroken, and stabbornly
cast three hundred and six votes for Grant
/ down to the very end. Ia considering tins
nomination, we desire first Of all TO thank
/ God for the defeat of Grant and the decisive
overthrow Of the Third. Term conspiracy IL
! Is an event on which the American people ~
I O body may well offer up rciOlcings to Heaven,
| aud tho friends Of liberty and Of the rights OF
! men in all nations under the sun, should JOIN
/ with them in the manifestations Of their
| heartfelt gratitude. But is Gen Garfield
/ such man that patriotic citizens OF the Uni
| ted States eau well and wisely support him
| for presidcnt2 Can the executive authority
I Of the republic be safely intrusted 10 mmY
I These are the que siions which every voter
should now ask, aud we answered cainly and
cmphatically that he is not sucha man. The
character OF General Garfield can be judged
by the following conspicuous facts When,
in 1872, the Credit Mobiier bribery and cor.
ruptiou among members Of Congress we're
first exposed, General Garfield was one among
those accused. lie Immediately Published a
letter expressly and positively denying that
he had any share in IT, Next on Jan, IL,
1873, he appeared before the committee Of
the House Of Representatives., and under oath
declared; III never owned, received, or
agreed to receive aHy stock OF the Credit Mo
blier, or OF The Union Pacific Railroad, oar
any diriiead or prQfts arising from either Of
hem' But on Jan. % next following the
| Hon. Cakes Ames was examined before the
/ same committee, and proved by record evil
denee, partly in Gen. Gariield's own hand.
/ writing, that Gen. Garfield had had stock IN
l the Credit Mobiiier, and that he had received
dividends uereupou Mr. Amrs also testified
| that General Garfield had yisited him suisse
/ quently to the commencement OF the inNest.
Z CATION Of the House, and had eudeaVored 10
[ induce him 10 swear before the committee that
money lhus paid him as dividends had been
| delivered 10 him as a loan; and yet at the very
Z same time that he had endcnyorrd TO procure
/ this false testimony from Mr. Ames, General
Garfield had called upoa Ames to pay him au
l additional sum Of money on account OF the
I Credit Mobiiier, claiming that the dividends
| he had already received had not been as large
[ Us they should have been, A peUurer, and
/ man who aitemps to subont pcriury, is not Tt
I to be President. Oue other important feature
I ia the history OF Gen. Garfield Is his relalea
/ to the De Golycr paving contract One De
I Golyer had made a contract with the Shepherd
Ring inWashiug,on TO pu, down a quantity of
patent pavement Gru. Garfield was Chair
man OF the Committee ga Appropriations N
the House Of Representatives.. la order to
pay for this patent pavement, an appropra
ton was needed from Congress. The sum Of
/ iiye thousand dollars was paid to Gen. Gar
field on behalf OF De Gloyer, and approprin
tons TO Tie amount Of millions Of dollars we're
thereafter granted TO the Washington Ring,
the appropriation for the De CLOVER pave.
mcnt being included thercn These ore some
OF the facts in the public record of James A.
Garfield, now the Republican candidate for
I President Of the United States.
EX'Sccretary Belkuap says Garfield is
the most corrupt maa in America
the EErvHLlCAN PLATFORM
The New York Times, the leading Repul.
liean journal Of the country, Is severe upon
the Chicargo platform. Ii chAmoierikes
several OF il parts Ms Commonplace which
/ will carry no conviction and scarcely attract
attention. 1t says-When the Committee
/ on Resolutions turn from their account Of the
past to consider the present and the future they
I fall, We regret TO say, even further below the
level OF the task assigned them. They fail 10
clearly understand the issues which are actu.
ally involved in the pending contest, and they
appear incapable Of formulating the sentiment
aud conviction OF the party with reference to
them either with accuracy or yigor. They
make not the rcmo,esi reference toany posi-
BILE policy for the future regarding the cdrTen.
cy, either the legal tenders or the silver.
Their allnsion 10 the tariff Is foolish repcti.
ton Of the platform Of 1876, and shows that
they have no conception OF tie change which
has taken place IN the sentiment OF the party
I and the whole country siuce then, or OF tho
dutyand the obligation which present themsel.
YES IA this connection at the present moment,
Ga the other hand, the committee have seen
titto introduce several declarations which in no
wise reilec; the general opinion of the party.
aud which are calculated to excite dissent and
confusion. OF these that against the Chinese
ls' perhaps, the most conspicuous for its maa.
dronness aud its obvious spirit Of buncoulbc.
1t is intended to catch votes on the Pacific
coast butbds Tor sectional votes are not ia or
der IA national platform, and this one adds to
the fault Of nnrrowncss that of ambiguity.
amounting almost to dupliciiy. Another Of
the declarations which do not express the
general sentiment Of the party IS thai in favor
OF an amendment to the Federal Constitution
forbidding appropriations by the several
States IN aid OF seciariAn schools. However
opposed TO such appropriations Republicans
as individuals may be-and they are not en-
urely unanimous even ia lhis--not one in 4
thousand Of the party has even considered
the notion OF iorbidding them in the Federal
Constitution. The proposition is an III con
sidered one; it involves considerations of
great importancej it is not fair expression
Of any conviction Of the patty, and it does not
deserve place in tho national platform.
To the report OF the committee was added
a resolution, proposed fron Massachusetts.
committing thu party unreserYcdly 10 sound
principles Of civil service reform. Ii makes
the strongest plank in the platform and
public opinion will hold the party and its eau
didate strictly to ii.
Ii is a great pity that the National Conyen.
ton Of the Republican party should have pu,
out such a declaration OF principles aud
opinions and purposes which, with the excep.
ton above referred TO, "a so incomplete, 80
weakly framed, and so jumbled with matter,
OF no particular pertinenee or importance.
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