Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-29
! Ra.ss.y 1aasau.raae.

4 Kln1ehy 1EasqusRaAe.
Iefhaps In NO conceivable way
oo1id the Republican leaders more
dearly show their absolute lack Of
toal principle than In welcoming
- oNe1R ranks Malone and his
- Friday Rlddlsberger. both
de0bls dyed rspudiators. John
0hoemun and the rest Of the Re-
Sobliean leaders, since II became
I6Qoeent that the grssnback falla.
- vouldsn't win, have posturlxsd
- honest debt payers. State and
HnkiouA1. They were quite ready
6 oDopt the other role II, only, 1t
Wuula pay. Yet now they are
nup1slag 70 their bosom two debt
slpu1ialers Of Virginia. AZ these
tbiloWs viii serve their purpose,
- lnct that they are betraying
~ Oommonwsalth. In which they
ive counts for nothing.
Thus the administration Of Gar.
neld opens with . strong flavor Of
jeSbosy-dlfty, disgusting and un-
ro1lqyod jobbefy. Such. exquisite
Political swells ~ Conkling and
Dawes are not ashamed to take .
hand In the hogging and disrep-
u1AhIe game. One and all. these
oofotllne spoutsrs about the moral
l1eae which ays supposed to per.
msate the Republican party seem
y thlnk that they risk nothing In
piAyine = bold and transparent
eaane Of thlmblerlg, In full view Of
! ~ American people.
We are mot only treated to the
1fAhene-R Riddlsbsrger spectacle. in
~ eAsish light Of day, but . FORM
idAble intrigue on the part of the
oltgolng and the new President to
tlaee Stanley Matthews on the
ouln ~ the Supreme Court
~ the United States, to
selll further degrade that once
oaee august body, is one Of the In
ol1ents Of the opening Of the new
AdmlnistrAtion. The Republican
eseans are full OF denuncia
ttono os the alleged efforts of Judge
0eophen ]. Field to bring abou
The confirmation OF Matthews
They peint to this fact % irrefrag
bic proof Of the extent to which
judxe Field Il sdsvoted to the cor
pesa4ions. With . fatuous blind
ness, which seems incredible ts
men accustomed to logical meth
ohs, they overlook the fact that, i
EIeld 10 thus disgracing himsel
ard his high position, he is sianpl,
ee-epsvating sSith Presi den
Ndvss and President Garfield
beth Of whom are responsible TO
Mathews nomination. Neve,
was . more hagrant and pronounc
a rsdsesie ad absurdans presented
q the Intelligence of the Amerl
ean people than In this attitude o
~ Republican leaders and thei
oe-Adjutors Of the press. 1t is a.
gress an Inconsistency as wa
Hayes's acceptance Of the Presi
dsuey and his sacrifice, at tn
sAms time, Of Packard a. Govern
or Of Louisiana-of Packard VIII
was returned 20 receiving severa
thousand more votes than Hayes
cd ~ that sams illegally consti
tated Rsturning Board which stols
1ee Hayes the nine electoral votel
of Loulsisna, whose possession ad
Nitted Of his being declared Presi
dont.
Another amusing prank OF thu
Republican press 10 their uniform
sd unfaltsriug declaration that
Malone not being Democrat bu
: re-adJ Juster, he is not traitor t.
~ Democratic party. There Is moi
one Of the men, who write In thil
voln who does not know that he II
palteripg with and sacrificing hii
own conscience. Fortunately there
are some Republican editors
owing to their personal relation
With George g. Gorham, who's,
eleotion % Secretary Of the Unitse
6tates Senate through the shame
ful Nshons- Riddlsbsrgsr bargain
nnoftl6ss their amour propr 8
Who feel like telling the truth.
Amsngst these, Ia this case, hon
!. ~ Republican journalists, W
must class the Msssrs. Pixley AM
Bosuck, the hrst Of the Argonau
ard the latter Of the sshoss" paper
flxley .is fairly ebullient with
seornful rspudlation Of the gossa
mor s0phistrles with which the Re
publlean press 10 seeking to scree,
~ traitor Malone. Himself
Republican, and = very influentia
80 q that. and quite the ablee
)oufnAlist on that side on thl
ooaet, be charactsrizes Malone az
pelltlcal Judas IscAriot. Asa dis
4 intersstsd observer. We are com
pelled to admit that there is = 70
mnfkahlA aimllftuda hatwaan M