Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-30

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MONDAY EVENING. NAY 30. lssl.
Relsrn by immoral Aethsds.
The Neso Era being convicted OF
for |" reform" with allies whom
it at different times denounced rs the
enemies Of reform, undertakes to furnish
the /" distinction between our lits) hrst
and last battle with the bosses, +" and de-
clares that il has, sslived and labored in
vain" II it is not very gratifying dis
tinction to the public asw well - to ITSELF
The public generally has long In
clined to the opinion that the Nesc
Era has lived and labored in vain
for reform-and 1t is not surprised
greatly to find that this ID 20 plainly
manifested now - to be self-contessed
by the journal itself. Wepublish in full
elsewhere what it has to say, and surely
hereafter no question oan be raised as to
the standing of the Ne,c Era as an organ
of genuine reform.
Its claim, briefly stated, is that it &C.
cepted the alliance of each disreputable
''boss" to defeat the other that in its
first union, with Boss NcMellen, it
thought it was strong enough tail to
wag the dog; that it found its mistake
when the dog would have its own way
and do all manner Of bad things. Then
it went in with the other dog, Boss Sen
senig and its distinction, as nearly as
we can make it out, is that this is . good
dog now, since the tail has SO prevailed
over him as to make him support only
the best and most pious candidates for
Offices, who wouldn't take an illegal fee
or do an illegal thing to save their lives.
What sumner or rather what a
Whistler .t...
That editor does whistle with SO be-
nign an air that you would almost give
him certificate Of good character If you
found him in your chicken coop. Just
think how prettily he says that if the
men he supported ever cheat anybody, he
" will be prompt to withdraw their
certificates of good character - Yes !!
he does.
But he wasn't very prompt when Boss
McMellen and the other candidates he
favored in the FIRST victory" charged
illegal fees and were very naughty as he
now says they were. They were naughty
for nearly two years, out Of their term Of
three, before the Ne,c Era got in its
prompt withdrawal of their certificates.
And then, how very pleasant it is to
see, in this very hot weather, this frigid
editor sitting on his rolling iceberg and
holding forth upon his prOmptitude in
withdrawing certificates of character
from evil dOers when he admits that he
was in alliance with the two head
devils, and never once while
the union lasted did he breathe
a word against the fame of his partner !!
He couldn't. you know, he was so busy
exposing the other fellow It is not too
late for its readers to remember how
calmly unconscious the New Era has
been of any wrong doing in the election
or in the count On the part of Levi and
his friends, but every man in the county
knows that his methods were chuck full
of guile, and his practices every whit as
bad as those of the castaway Elias.
The frigidity of this polar navigator
of the Ner Era craft enables him to say
that there were two objections to his
plan of uniting himself with one enemy
of reform to beat another one being the
liability to be cheated and the other
that 80 in morals it might not pass cur
rent" but it was good generalship!
See this leader in a battle TO. reform
ADMITS that his methods might not pass
current in morals Did we not accord
ingly truly say that the reform for which
he was fighting was not reform ? Who
needs to have this further demonstra-
ted?
Or that this leader was apO0r general,
as we'll as an immoral one, who admits
being cheated once by his evil ally, and
with whose second wicked associate true
reform stands as much chance as cat
in a celebrated place without means of
defence.
Its Benedlcltc.
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