The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-31
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tice, that innate love of liberty, that deter
mination that the right shall prevail that is
entertained by the great mass of the people,
the present struggle in which the administra-
ton is engaged would be viewed with alarm.
While the leaders of the party i'll power are
engaged in a deadly strife for the control of
a few subordinate offices, and ill so doing are
| digging the political grave Of the Republican
party, the people are looking on apparently
unconcerned, but really are taking the liveli-
est Interest i'll the proceeding. The contest
now going on is one not calculated TO inspire
them with confidence in the craftsmanship
of the administration. There is no visible
evidence that the men in power are indu-
enced by great and lofty aims to promote t9e
public good. On the contrary it is plainly ap-
parent they are giving their time and d~evotins
their talents to the ignoble work of rewardine
their friends aud Furnishing their enemies i'll
order to prolong their political life.
There is no vital principle involved in the
walfare in which the factions of the dominant
party have entered. So far as the general
prosperity of the country is concerned, it
makes no difference whether the stalwarts or
the half breeds rule in the republican camp.
The fight new going on is one for the possess
sion Of spoi!s alone, and no matter how it
may terminate, the interests of the country
will not be advanced, but may be materially
injured, for no country can remain politically
healthy that is governed by a party whose
snlp ~, iS tho ooura r9izpnapt of its 1aaHarS
These leaders stand ready to prostitute the
government and sell its favors to those who
| will pay for them. And not only will they
do this, but they will bring the whole power
of the administration to bear upon a promi-
nent member of its party to force him to
obey their behests. While the exercise of
such powers is an utter subversion Of the
principles of our government, it must be con-
coded that it is. at present and has been for
the past few years freely INDUCED in.
The history of the Republican party fur
nishes incontestlble proofs of this fact. One
departn-en. Of the government is engaged in
uuearthing one of. the most s%tupenduous
frauds ever perpetrated upon the people.
That department. has been reeking with cor
ruption for years. 1t has been undert the con
troll Of men who have used the opportunities
which their positions afforded them to enrich
themselves and their favorites, who in turn
have paid over a part Of their ill-gotten gains
to be used by campaign committees to per-
petuate the power of the party that shielded
them Or winked at their populations. The
SPOTS system or systematic Uhieving from the
government has been carefully cultured; in
fact, it has been reduced to a science under
the administrations Of the Republican
party. The thoroughly posted read
er of the developments now being
made in the Postoflice department must be
struck by the evidences of the almost sublime
ingenuity possessed by Brady, Dorsey ct al
in manipulating the grand schemes of plum
dering The government in which they have
been engaged. Their mode of procedure in.
cluded the careful attention. to every detail
from the filling ont of a blank to the pur-
chase of a straw bidder. With equal facility
they could procure a embarrassing report
fromssan investigating committee or close a
Presidents mouth by contributing funds for
his election. They were masters of the sci
cnce of addition, Division and Silence"
the three essentia elements in the spells SIS
tenn.
Again the head Of another department of
the general government has clothed himself
with the attributes of a congress and is now
engaged in ~refunding certain matured and
maturing bonds of the United States.
Dlsregarding al law and precedent
he has become a law unto himself. He has,
in effect, passed a rcfunding bill Of his owu,
and. no matter how valuable or disastrous his
act may ultimately prove to the country, the
next Congress is found to notice the gentle
man in a manner that may result in his i'm
parchment and possibly in loss to the holders
of his 81 per cents. 1t has been broadly in
timated that the Secretary is in collision with
a syndicate of bankers in New York city who
have granted him a proprietary interest );
in the So 800, 900, which sum they make il
parting with their SIS and SIS for WINDOWS 81
per cent. substitutes over and above that
which they would make by being forced to
give them up under a 3 per cent. funding bill
which the next Congress will undoubtedly
pass as the last one did. Mr.. Window is not
regarded in all quarters as above reproach,
and how far he has yielded to the prevailing
greed for the spells of Office may not be as
certalned until another James succeeds him
or the administration passes into the hands of
the Democratic party.
In the meantime this great parry, embrac
ing over halfthe voters of the republic, stands
arrayed against the warning factions of its pc.
litical enemy and as far as lies IN its power
extending its aid in choking off the vampires
who are sucking the life blood of The nation.