Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-04-28

II SENATOR Confiinx. CAmeroa and
Logan. acting q Agents e TIE Rspubli-
can party, had aDpruarAedl Senator
Malone in open Seussa. and hnxyziDed
with HIM for his vote and his p2edge -
transfer his faction In Virginia 20 tho
Republicnn pastyS and IL IN oonclu-
sion OF that 6afTsin, Senator Cameroa
had drawn his cheek for elOD, 900 pxya-
bic TO the order d william Malone.
tie country. SpunlA haze lkakkn the
troshle 90 get excited. and ~ suspect
thai MI the Senstors openly concerned
in the trade would have been promptly
expelled by "a ConstitufionAf ma ori-
tyr. p ,utfi 81 Eni'irss yf.usfus
But il such . ogrRsiu NJ bsen thus
openly msde,- -xnd-thus brzsenly
Haunted in the fsee 1cfshe SsaAfe and
people Of the AdsS1Afsa q al the
propneties of the plsee. nd ths occas-
ion had been thus i1soleBtly outraged
If decency lad been discarded. honor
ignored and undisguised ce0fruption
boldly set upas II itwae tn rue and
pattern of Sena1eriAll csnduok-n al
this had been done, and, ,uith - much
indifference % pubic opinion q II tho
thing bought had been = red herring o.
. pound OF mutton chops. SSAei usnsac-
ton would have teen identical. in its
moral elements, With Whist has actually
happened fusA gV-YiTb hrs
= Or. If differing - N In ~ moral ~
poets. the public purehase os The Sena-
tor and payment for, him in cash would
have been less reprehensible than the
vile scheme that Wa shopted< For the
criminal who does his work uPsn1y and
i'm daylight il Q less dangsruus 0ublio
enemy than the n,idnighs maraadsr.
And the man who corrupts . public
official with his own money "a less dis
honest than the sccundrei Who 0ses the
honors and emolrneukD Of che pnblic
services rs q fund vhersUitA N bnibe Of
fcials TO betray their trust a...n,.,
1t is the intention of this Journal 10
put this loathsome thing before the
country in its true colors. nothing ex-
tenuatfng nor setting down szight in
malice. 1t Is not with the eyes Of .
partisan that we view, il. il is II com
paratively little moment that the Den
ocrafic party Is m 3 minority IN the
Senate. Upon the whole We are rather
pleased than otherwise that the Democ-
racy are freed from responsibility and
put in post on to make capital out a
the mistakes or sins of the opposirscu.
But we csnpof be Indifferent 10 tho
damping disgraeel which this unexam-
pied corrgption has brought o. the Sen
ate and the country For the first time
in our history q Constitutional major
ity" has been secured by q gross. vul-
gar bargain and sale. For the first
time in our history the .United States
Senate has become the fheater of, and
Senators hare become the actors in. .
drama that can only be fifly described
by this one word-infamous.a 1911
Where is the traditional dignity Of
the Senate o Senate controlled by tho
terms of vile trade. thai an amateur
base ball club would blush TO be sus-
pecfed Of?
who. hereafter. can cherish an ambi-
ton to be chosen 10 D seat In che Amer
lean Senate Senate .readjustedr by
As vulgar q sample Of -sickening couup-
ton as was ever attempted by the low .
est ward politicians in the Sums of New
York. Philadeiphis or New Orieanss-
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