Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-09-16
IrresiStiblY Funny.

Nothing could be more irresistibly
funny than the pathetic despair with
which the Republicans appeal to the
Democrats not to make the Presidential
canvass a campaign of calumny. Such
an appeal is sheer impudence, coming
from party which pursued Horace
Greeley, Salmon P. Chase and Charles
Sumner to their graves with fiendish
malignity. The Republican party has
never hesitated to use the most brutal
weapons of political warfare; and this
hypocritical plea for decency results
from the fact that General Garfield g
civilrecord is married by some very ugly
stains, while General Hancock reputa-
ton is as white as the driven snow. If
mud-throwing should be practiced, the
Democrats would have monopoly of
the mud, and the Republicans know it
only too well. Hence those tears.
Moreover, it must not be forgotten
that the Democrats are now merely call
ing attention to the merciless pelting
which General Garfield underwent at
the hands of his own party. before he was
dreamed of as a Presidential candidate.
The leading Republican journals, nota-
bly, the New York Times, most severely
nection with Credit Mobilier. On Sep
TENDER z. 1876, there was a large
meeting of the Republican voters of
General Garfield's Congressional Dis
trict. A long series of resolutions was
adopted, from which we quote the fol-
lowing:
4. ResOlred. That there is no man to-day
officially connected with the Administration
of our National Government against whom
are justly preferred more and graver charges
of corruption than are publicly made and
abundantly sustained against James A. Gar
field, the present Representative of this Con-
gressional District and the nominee of the Re-
publican Convention for reelection.
6. That we especially charge him with vena-
ity and cOwardIce in permitting Benjamin +.
Butler to attach to the Appropriation bill of
salary steal. and in speaking and voting for
that measure upon its final passage. And
charge him with corrupt Disregard of the
that he should vote for its repeal, and with
evading said demand by voting for the Hutch
:. That we further arraign and denounce
him for his corrupt connection with the
Credit-Mobilier; for his false denials thereof
before his constituents; for his perjured de-
NAL thereof before committee of his peers
in Congress- for fraud upon his constituents
in circulating among them pamphlet pur-
porting to set forth the finding of said COM
mittee and the evidence against him, when
i'll fact portions thereof were omitted and
garbled
s. That we further arraign and charge him
with corrupt bribery in selling mis- official in
fluence as Chairman of the Committee on APP
propriations to the lie Golyer pavement ring,
to a:d them in securing contract from the
Board of Public Works of the District of Co
lumba; selling his influence to aid said ring
in imposing upo1 the people of said District a
pavement which is almost worthless at price
three times its cost. rs sworn to by one of the
contractors; selling his influence to aid said
ring in procuring a contract, 10 procure which
it corruptly paid S91 900 "for in1uence;" sell
ing his influence i'll 4 matter that involved no
he was acting as aliwyer: selling his influence
in manner so paipable and clear as to be SO
found and declared by an impart al and COM
petent court upon an issue solemnly tried.
The result of this feeling among the
voters of the Nineteenth Ohio District
is seen in the fact that Hayes led Gar
field by 1869 votes. For our part, we
frankly say that nothing would be more
pleasing than to see the spots removed
from General Garfield's record. 1t is
not pleasant to think the candidate of q
large mass of American voters is cor
rupt. Moreover, even if General Gar
fields character were stainless, we do
not believe he would have any chance
of success against General Hancock.
Meanwhile, the leading Republican Or
gans must either prove that they have
deliberately DETAINED their candidate,
or admit that he is corrupt. 1t is a
horrible choice of evils.-N. o. Times.