Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-21
ErFECTS OF SrALWARC METH

ID
In the campaign OF 1850 there was
much disgust among Republicans at the
means employed by their managers. The
u-ndisguised prostitution OF all the civil
Departments Of the General Govern
ment. by making them parts OF the
machine. created a feeling OF alarm that
was not confined to Democratic circles,
The means resorted to for procuring
campaign funds were condemned by
thousands who did not think that a
proper time to show their disapproval by
open revolt. The manner in which vast
sums Of money were expended left no
doubt in any reasonable mind OF extern
sive, systematized corruption.
Indeed, the tone and general bearing
Of the managers was that Of men en-
gagged in corrupt practices and insolently
defiant of public opinion. They snapped
their fingers in the face of Republicans
who protested against their grossness,
feeling confident that the emergency was
sufficiently pressing to compel the dis
senters to smother their disgust and vote
the party ticket. It has never been
seriously denied, nor can it be success
fully denied, that the election of 1880
was bought by the money carried to In
diana in October and the funds dis
bursed in New York City a few weeks
later. The Indiana corruption was deemed
SO good a thing that it was the theme Of
general hilarity in stalwart circles, and
was one of the main sources Of amuse-
ment at the Dorsey banquet.
But ''time at last sets all things even"
Justice Is sure to come to those who
have patience to wait for it. The
emergency which compelled, or which
was deemed sufficient to compel, dis
affected and protesting Republicans to
vote for their party's candidates in 1850
Is not present in 1882. But the Hubbell
committee, unwarned by numerous signs
Of open revolt, taking no note of the in
dignaut protests of the best men and the
most influential journals Of the party,
has intensified the almost brutal coarse
ness OF its repu!sIve manners and meth
DDS. Instead of trying to conciliate the
growingopposition this committee, backed
by the Administration, has deied and
insulted all Republicans who have ven
tured to c~riticise or openly disapprove
its plans and modes of operation. It
has laughed at the conscience Of the
party, and sneered at any manifestation
Of outraged decency. 1t has snapped
the party whip, and has cried "fall in
there" with the bullying air OF a chain
gang boss.
The organs of the committee and of
stalwart Republicanism generally have
taxed their ingenuity to devise means of
exasperating the disconnected. The
vocabularies Of the slums have been
raked for epithets to be hurled at them.
The Pelion of insult has been piled on
the Ossa of injury.
This most i'll advised course of proceed
ure has produced and is producing its
natural, inevitable effects. The men
who, under pressure and under protest,
voted the Republican ticket in 1880, are
not voting that way now. The returns
from Ohio show that in districts where
the liquor question had little bearing,
Republican losses are heavy; in districts
where the anti-stalwart feeling is most
pronounced the Democratic gains foot up
surprisingly. Coarse abuse and the
party lash have not induced the dis
gruntled to vote for their party nomi-
nees.
More than one wise man in the Re-
publican household has predicted the
defeat and ultimate ruin of the party by
the very means which have produced its
present Generalization. The most i'm
perative demand Of the times is for a dis
tinct line of demarkation between the
public service and the party machine.
This demand has been treated with inso-
lent contempt by the faction now domi-
nant. The Ohio election gives a fore
taste only Of the results that must come
from stalwart rough. riding over the con-
v~iotions Of honest men.