National Republican., 1881-07-05
THE ASSASSIN AND THE PEOPLE,
what IL said or" CIews ''-Runsorss scented
by nIen OF Common sense.

what IL Said or" Clews"-Runsors scented
by Mon OF Common sense.
Chief of the Secret Service Brooks says
Of the prisoner, duiteau: 1--WE have him INST
enough"
But" said The REPUBLICAN,, "you are at work
now following out olews, heart"
"Yes, have taken up every clew and suggestion
that has come to me, and find nothing in any Of
them2"
"Then your beliofis that Guiteau had no accom-.
plices9n
"That is my belief In other words, there has
been nothing presented to me or found by my
officers to indicate that any one but himself was
concerned In the act"
"Tben do you regard him as crazyY
al don't know about that believe that what
ever his motive was, he was alone in the plot-ho
was alone In the deed. l have only this to say
that II there are any clcws to be had anywhere
should have them"
dispatch TO the New York Herald from here
says "Thc rumor that Guitcau is one Of a num-
Der Of conspiraors is secuted by every man Of com
mon sense And yet this idea is steadily kept in
the foreground by those who are gentlemen aid
by those who are not, all of whom claim to
represent the administration The public Journals
declare that detectives from New York have been
brought down here to aid in unfolding some i'm
aginary plot which Is TO implicate some person or
persons whose identity the public Is permitted TO
guess at All this is hardly fair or honorable busi-
ness, and yet unfortunately, there are men here
who stoop to 1t.
The tone of portion OF the press in referring to
the crime that has so startled the country and
the world is severely condemned by men
Of all parties here. The journals re-
ferrcd to are those which in their editorial COM
monts are endeav0rng to impress upon
the public mind that the attempted assassination
has political significance. The Wild extrnva-
giant view taken by the Louisville Courier. journal
is laughed at and ridculed by even the most cx-
trome Democrats aud the bittercst opponents Of
what is called stalwartsm, and Mr.. Blaine is par
ticularly incensed and indignant that IN attempt
should be made TO create such an impression, and
so are oil tho other members of the Cabinet, with
possibly one exception. Nothing is so easy as to
construct theory In cases Of this kind, and, rs may
be naturally expected, the theory makers are ut
the present time numerous, ingenious, and fertile
in resources. Unfortunately for the honor of the
country the good name ofrepublican institutions
and the repute OF public men, there is one branch
of the Government that is somewhat too ready TO
listen TO the malicious whisperings insinuations,
and beliefs of a class Of men who for their own
purposes, are endeavoring to find in this horrible
| and atrocious crime means to advance their own
interests This class OF people stop at nothing and
dom scruple TO prefer the graves charges against
men eminent In public life. They argue that the esp
sassin must have had confoderates, and that his
act, so far from being that of disappointed
applicant for Office, without money and with
out friends, who had been brooding over
his fancied wrongs for weeks, was tho
inspiration and conception of band oi
conspirators. Mysterious illusions are made to the
starroute investigations and prosecutions, to tho
contest at Albany, and to other events Of like
character, the object being to make, as Mr. Blaine
said last night situation that is bad enough al.
ready infinitely more and more dangerous.