Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
Drive she Fraud Lanset Deop.

Drive che Fraud Lancet Deep
81 1t 10 mysteriously hinted that the II
bel salt instituted against the Mornin
News by Ex-Chief Of Police, William
j. Maxwell, when prosecuted will un
cover terrible mess of political col
: Eruption. Ifit does, then 1t will be on
! of the few libel suits that will result i
soNe good. Wherever corruption ex
: lists it ought to be let out, No bod!
either political or physical can b
healthy while it remains covered up ii
the system. But as the lancet is to b.
applied, let 1t be struck in every sor'
spot, and let It's strokes be deep. 1t may
b9 . nanseous sight, but the public
must stand 1t until the body is cleanssd
and the wounds healed. But the hints
come that the wounds, scars and car
buncles upon the body politic are all
of Republican origin and that in this
physical examination after corruption
only Republican sores are to be lanced.
We want no half way measures. The gen
eral impression is that where there is q
Republican boil, there are at least two
Democratic carbuncles. 1t will give
the body politic healthy glow, If only
Republican hoils are to be hunted out
and punctured by Mr.. Maxwell's politi
cal surgeons. This will not do. Attack
ana scatter the big Democratic carbun-
Gle aud the little Republican boils will
cease to exist.
In plain terms it is said that the Re
publicaDs had forged tax reCeip6s and
voted on them at the late election, and
that Peter s. Blake, the col. barber and
late convert to Democracy, is Gognizant
of that fact. 1t is charged also that
other responsible and leading colored
voters will tale unfold that will as
tonish the public when they take tho
witness stand. All right. Democratic
political surgeons use these men. Make |
them tell all they know. Perhaps
there will be no difficulty in getting
them to tell more than they know, for
gam bling den keepers are not the most
Observation-Disclosures that canbe produced
upon the witness stand. However, all
that Mr.. Blake knows, let the people
know. No doubt there are Democrats
who have been made confidep tial keep
,rs of his secret long ago. The revela-
ion will cauEe no great political revul-
ion. Let Gambler Blake, In whom the /,
have reposed no confidence
peak, Let Shockley, the drunken lout,
ell his story. If there are any others
hat know any thing let them be hunted
Ip and put upon the witness stand. S
Dive down deep into the gambling
ellis, the dens of vice and debauchery, | 7
he gin slums of Front and Water
treets, the unlicensed brothels and 4
ring up witnesses to prove fraud upon r
le Republican party. Strike the Ian +
ct deep, no matter who gets hurt. r
But there is generally q defense to ~
very libel suit, and this one will hard g
: be AN exception. There are tester b
Ig plague spots on the Democratic side Y
lat will hardly escape in this whole
lie search after sores. The political L
lrgeons for the defence will hardly
ronounce a cure without locating n
emoCratio sores. Here another class :,
witnesses will be called upon TO u
Ike the stand. How valuable in To- |;
lting the sore spots in the Democratic n
ody poiitio will be the evidence of
lch men as the Democratic tax col. II
ctors, the chief engineer of the Water Z
apartment ; the clerk OF the Board Of L
.ealth, MI. Bareford, keeper of Third
rect bridge Mr.. Sterling, in Booths
gar store ex-Chief OF Police Max ,
ell himself John Dolan, inspector in v
lie Tenth Ward William II. Lee, q u
ERIK in the Railroad department lin:
yalker, the one armed politician of u u
le Fifth Ward, and some fifty others l
hom we might mention. 1t will be Y
'freshing to tally the hundreds of =,
emo Gratis not assessed VINO we're sup =
led with tax receipts and Democratic II
ckets and who voted on election d4v
Id how often some of them voted. We u
g rather pleased at the prospect of n
ncovering sncl a mass of fraud and r
'rruption, and though the sight may l
hioeous and CHASTITY the public will -
doubt gladly bear with it for some +
me II there is any assurance that the is
auds II proven will be eradicated.
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