The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-14

archists may prudently keep silent
HON. JOSEPH e. MCDONALD AND THE
TARIFF COMMISSION.
A Washington special says ex Senator Mcdonald,
of this state sstrongy recommended by his friends
for the vacancy on the Tariff Commission. caused
by the declinaton of Phelps. of Missouri. and that
moderate protectionist,, The latter statement
is not true. Mr. Mcdonald is strongly free trade,
and has not drop OF protection blood i1 his po-
some good friend of General Garfield should take
pains 10 inform the President that Mr.. McDonalds
abuse Of General Garfield on account of the So
called Morey letter was in the highest degree in
decent and vindictive. and General Garfield was
greatly outraged by Mr.. McDonald's course in
this regard. President Arthur can hardly afford
to appoint to Office Democrat who was conspicn-
Gus for his abuse of General Garfeld.-Indianapo-
lis Times.
For grotesque partisanism, hatulent ma
Lightly and idiotic reasoning, TIE foregoing
from the Times is entitled 20 a blue ribbon.
Once for all let it be remembered that Re-
publicans we're the original denunciators of
James A. Garfield. Let it be remembered
that the POLAND COMMITTEE was REPUB-
LIcAN COMMITTEE. Let it be remembered
that the ORGANIZATION in Mr.. Garfeld's own
Congressional District, which denounced
him without stint, which piled upon
most defamatory character, which
covered his name with obloquy and
loaded him down with calumny, was
a Republican organization in which no
Democrat had a voice, and let it be remem-
bered that the Cincinnati Commercial, Re
publican organ, sought to defeat Mr.. Gar
fields nomination for President by charg
ing him with transactions calculated
to sink his name to fathomless depths of ig-
nominy; and still further let it be. remem-
bered that when Guiteau's deadly bullet
had subjected Mr.. Garfield to eighty days of
untold agony, and finally left him, a mass of
skin and bones and pus, dead on his cooling
board, the Indianapolis Journal declared
that Arthur had taken his place "by the act
of God" 1t was Republicans who maligned
Garfield, if he were maligned.
1t was Republicans who pulled
down the black cap over his face and who
gibbeted him before the world as bad
man. If the Times denies it we pledge our
selves to produce the record. Hon. Joseph
E. Mcdonald never in his life said such
things of James A. Garfield as were said by
the Poland Committee. Mr.. Mcdonald
never denounced James A. Garfield IN Ian
guage such as his own Republican neigh
bors employed to forever blacken his char
acter Mr.. Mcdonald never charged
him with such vile corruptions as did the
Cincinnati Commercial and other Republic
an organs, whose utterances are on record
Does the Times desire to have Republican
testimony brought forward upon the sub
ject? If it does it can be accommodated to
the extent of any demand it may make. AS
for the Morey letter, to this day it is not
known who wrote it. 1t had the appearance
of Garfeld's chirography, and it sounded
like Garfield. At any rate, Mr.. Mcdonald
was neither indecent nor vindictive in what
he said about the matter. Mr.. Mcdonald is
never indecent or vindictive. He has no
such traits of character. They are peculiar
to Blaine and Conkling, Star Route thief
Dorsey and Don Cameron, Grant and Chi
teau, Such were the men who fashioned
the bloody chasm out of which Guiteau, the
assassin, crawled when Jas. A. Garfield, in the
majesty of his manhood, was shot down to
harmonic the Republican factions. Joseph
E. Mcdonald is as far above such men as
the fixed stars are above lightning bugs.
Again the Times says tits not true that Mr..
McDonaldis "a strong revenue reformer and
moderate protectionist." We say that it is
absolutely true, and we would scarcely
b H. H.
it to be true. We do not know
that Mr.. Mcdonald would like to have a
place on the Tariff Commission but this
We know, that in all regards, In breadth of
thought, in a noble sense of justice, in capa-
bilities familiarity with the subject, and in
all else that goes to make up statesman, no
man named for the Commission compares
with him. Mr.. Mcdonald would give char
acter and dignity to the Commission, and
the people would have a representative
whose integrity could never be wined and
dined out of him. But the bizarre feature
of the Times article which we have repro
duced is found in its tail end, where it init
mates that Arthur, for the distinguished re-
gard he entertains for Garfeld's memory,
will hardly appoint so great foe
to the dead President as Mr.
Mcdonald. This is huge joke,
colossal within, a ridiculous vagary, a
mental kink. Has Arthur ever shown any
regard whatever for Garfield? If so, will
the Times say when, where, how, in what
instance? Was il in his deep devotion to
Conkling? in his ceaseless raid upon half
breeds Pshaw! Out upon such nonsense.
The Tariff Commission will be composed of
protectionists and the representatives of
monopolies. Arthur will doubtless take
care of his friends, but the Times, therefore,
is under no obligations to exhibit its ash
nary qualities when referring to Mr.. Joseph
+. Mcdonald.
We once again repeat shat unless the next Leg
istature agree to these a. 3endments they can not
be submitted to the people. The state Constitu-
Is n So gO