New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-19

either Virginia or the District of Columbia,
DISTINGUISHES him and renders him ineligible.
1t is a crime too, which Republicans hold
in special detestation. Will they pass 1t
over in silencei viii they disregard
the law and reward its vioator
Is it said that they have no official knowledge
of the circumstance, and in the absence of Grim
inal proceedings against him in the courts have
no right to take cognizance of the transaction
Clubbing. The facts are notorious. He Will
not deny them. The party cannot upon any
such plea, escape the responsibility Oh vioiae-
ing its own wholesome traditions, OF wlnklng
at and rewarding crime.
Again: If tie Republican party has any dis
tnctive belief OF doctrine, it is in favor OF hon
est money and settled principles in finance If
it has any policy, it is the policy of adminstra-
tive reform as initiated by the Garfield Adj
ministration and illustrated in the pros
ecution of the Star Route frauds; if it
has a deep-seated sentiment of loyalty
and affection, it is for the memory OF
its dead leader. But the candidate of the Re-
publican Senators ut the last session for Sec
rotary of the Senate-and as he claims the con-
tinuing candidates. Mr.. George G. GOrham.
And who is he A man who is so out of re-
lations with the party en- the leading question
of finance that at the last State election before
the Presidential in California he was on the
stump against the Republicans, and in support
of a party that upon the financial, and indeed
almost every other question, was totally OPP
posed TO them. man who as editor of
Washington newspaper has steadfastly de-
Tended the Star Route frauds, opposed investi-
CATION, snecred at the prosecution, and grossly
maligned the heads of the Departments en-
gagged in feTeting out the frauds and
bringing the rogues to justice. man
who from the first act of the Garfield
Administration to the hour of the Presidents
assassination covered the President with tho
most malignant abuse, aSperSing his motives,
traducing his character, and rehashing in
nomiually Republican newspaper the stale
SANDERS of the campaign. And man who
was shameless enough in the very agOnles of
that long struggle to discount the Presidents
death and chuclde over the immunity to fraud
which would come with the change Of admin
istrltion. Is this the kind of man for whose
elevation the scant margin of Republican power
in the Senate is to be used What sort of
comment would that be on Republican pro-
fcssions of devotion to honest finance, honest
administration, honest anything, or to the
memory of their dead leadcrl
But they say these two men must be car
rie because the balance of power, Senator
Malone. of Virginia, demands it. IL is he who
ties these heavy dead weights to the party. Is
this indeed 500 And is this Mr.. Mahone's
price for-for-what We really do not know
The largeness of the price is plain, bat we fail
to see any adequate consideration. There has
been some talk about bargain and sale in this
matter, but all "a though the Republicans were
buying Malone. Isn't there some mistake
about it2 Isn't Malone buying the party2
And isn't he getting it very cheap On the
whole, would it not be well, before any further
steps are taken in this transaction, for Rcpub-
Leans to consider all the circumstances and
decide whether this is for them purchase or
col