The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-25
Nearing the End.

The general revolt now going on
among the people Of the country
against the present maladministration
OF the government by the Republican
party az we'll as the disreputable meth
oGs resorted to by its managers to prop
the waning fortunes and extend the
present sickly existence of that organ
ization, is beginning to take that hope
full form which gives promise of the
early emancipation of the nation from
the dishonest and demoralizing lnf1u-
ences that are eXerted by the central
power at Washington on the interests
and morals of every section OF the Un-
ion. The nation has been patient in
the gigantic work Of purifying the
public service and the political atmos-
alizlng influences of "profiigate power
and prosperous crime," which grew
out OF and survived the conflict that
was inaugurated in Charleston harbor
in 1861 and eliminated in the restora-
ton of the national authority at APP
pomatox in 1865 but the political in
dications are that both the necessity
aud period for longer forbearance on
the part Of the people in that direction,
has passed. Reform in the public ser
vice under the auspices of the political
party now dominating the nation has
| been demonstrated to be not only i'm
| probable, but in the very nature of
| things, impossible. The villainies of
| Belk nap, Babcock, Porter, ,Oakes Ames
and Mcdonald, when taken in con
nection with the more recent and
high toned peculations of Howgate,
| Brady, Dorsey and John Sherman,
establishes q concatenation of infainies
/ perpetrated by the Republicans, ex-
| tending from the collapse of the rebel
lion down to the present time. Crimes
| of like magnitude have been commit
ted before, but never in all the history
| of this country was the same Difference
paid to public plunderers and the
criminal classes, as that which has
shielded these men from punishment
for their crimes, and given them con-
spicuOus positions in the service OF the
government they have alike dishonor-
ed and robbed.
That strange fatality which illumines
the budding days of modern official
life with hopes that are doomed to go
out in dark ness and dishonor, seems to
be the result of causes grounded in the
practices and tentative governmental
theories established by modern Repub-
|
of action sanctioned by the wisdom
and experience of the founders of the
government. Questionable practices
nave become OF such common occur
renee and attended with so little in
convenience on the part of those who
have resorted to them in order to in
crease the sum Of their worldly pos
sessions, that peculati0n has become
the rule rather than the exception in
the public service of the country.
The following dispatch in regard to
the arrest of Doyle, the bond forger, at
Chicago, sent over the country by the
agent of the Associated Press at Wash
ington, illustrates the indifference
with which the people have become
accustomed to look on these breaches
| Of public trust:
Evidence was produced before the
grand jury yesterday to the effect that
a ST. 900 bond plate had been stolen
from the treasury department, and that
from this plate the bonds captured
with Doyle, at Chicago, were impress
ed. 1t is genuine, and its theft may
involve some prominent officials"
Here is public confession that
the plates from which this forger
struck off the bonds with which he
undertook to flood the country, were
not only genuine, but were actually
obtained from those high in authority
in that department. Who will won
der after this at the facility with which
the difficulties between Pitney and
Sherman were so hastily and unex-
pectedly compromised. Who will
hereafter in the light of these events
wonder that Chief Clerk Power the
chum of Pitney and confidant of Sher-
man, is to be assigned to larger field
of usefulness for the exercise of those
talents which have filled his pockets
and given him prominence in the
councils of his party ?-L st. Paul Globe