The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-06-11
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upun lhe wallis N ibt Capital
tuiIdlng A party with nothing
70 bald i together ba Ne cohesive
power n spila, and beset on ~,
efy eide with conflicting interest,
and personal qu%asfeIa, eahnot long
esIsi under any circumstances
bot when, besides this, IL IL feet.
ihg With corruption and liz leaders
have lost not only The confidence
of each other but oi the rank and
file, and the party organs have set
10 abusing opposite factions and
threatening 70 "bust things" the
end Is IN plain sight. This Is the
condition Of The Republican party
to-day,
II Is not the Conkling quarrel
that Is going To ruin tho party, but
IL IL those conditions that made the
quarrel dangerous, which II has
only aided in uncovcring. The
National Republican, for years the
organ Of the party here, and now
a strong supporter Of Conkling,
has just taken a very significant
position. Its editor, George G.
Gorham, late candidate for Secre-
tary Of the Senate, was Dorsey's
lieutenant in Indiana and helped
TO distribute the enormous fund
with which that State was purch.
ased in October. He now declares
that the Republican party has
come to be the party Of corruption
and monopoly that it 70 longer
represents the people or has any
principle, and that the present
Administration is the creature and
embodiment of the great corpora
ton monopoly power. This is
strange talk to come from a Re-
publican journal but il is the truth.
But for the active influence Of the
corporations and the money con-
tributed by them or their represen-
tatives the party would have been
beaten in the campaign. The
President elected knows what he
owes to these influences. and he
has always leaned toward them.
His first a%ppointee to the Supreme
Bench is a corporation attorney.
The leading member OF his Cabi-
net is a man who has been inves-
tigated by Congress for completely
in jobs, and who is believed to
have prostiuted his former posi-
ton as Speaker Of the House to
the corrupt service of corporations.
Every scheme that has been be-
fore Congress for years has had
the support Of James G. Blaine.
and for the Brazilian steamship
subsidy Of John Roach he was the
especial advocate. We shall hear
more OF this later on.
The star route scandal is hurt
the party quite as much as did
the whiskey ring exposures. The
General and The Attor-
ney-General, ! now learn, are in
dead earnest in their determine
ton to get to the bottom of il. but
among certain others in authority
there is a desire to have the matter
Yet they do not see how
to do it. Even il the President or
Secretary Blaine were disposed to
discontinue the Investigation they
could not well do n, for the tnie
lnwardness Of that course would
be at once apparent. The matter
has gone SO far that il must be all
lowed to take its course. Mean
the local organs OF the ring
are abusing the two Cabinet off,
sers engaged IN the investigation
and the detectives employed By
hem, calling daily upon the Pres
dent to interfere. Tho evidence
$ now so complete that il will be
aid before the grand jury at once
md indictments may be expected
n a few days. The office of the
Sixth Auditor of the Treasury.
trough which the PostoHice nc,
pass, has been cleaned ou,
y the removal Of Auditor Mc-
Drew and Chief Clerk Lilly. so
hat no further distractions. ar
'overing up OF evidence IL to he
encountered there.
There is little news or stir IN
outside Of the senatorial
COMPLICATION in New York. bu, IN
government circles there il
'ood deal Of 0utier and excite
nent. Reports Of numerous chan.
res in the different Department.
re in circulation and there hasl
to be little doubt that 4 mum.
Ter Of heads win shortly fall. Blu.
eau officers and chiefs who hav.I