The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-07-28
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JSs sadSheo Win Wnhb tue ot"tes"ese
has had to say about the Star Route
ring. Inasmuch as the Statesman in
the outset attributed the failure Of the
Star Route prosecutions to the govern.
ment,' we simply desired our cotem-
pofary TO explain to US and to its read
ers, why il was that the government
was failing to use ''even moderate exer.
tions to convict" these conspirators.
We gave our views on the subject, show
ing that the present administration was
so much indebted TO Dorsey and the
ring for its exaltation to power. that
the government" would indeed be un-
grateful not to extend a helping hand
to them in this their time of danger.
The Statesmaa by not denying these
charges, has admitted them--in other
words, il has set up plea of confession
aud avoidance, and intimates that
Dorsey would long since have been de.
posed but for the fact that he "has not
been doing anything as the Secretary
of the National Republican Central
Committee since the charges we're pre-
ferred against him." If the Statesman
aud the party of which it is the mouth.
piece did not desire to shield Dorsey
from q just punishment, we insist upon
It, that the initiatory step toward the
vindicatioE of the Law would be 10 de-
prive him of the honors that have been
conferred upon him. It is no excuse
fer the Statesman and the Republican
party to say that since Dersey's arraign-
ment there has been no meeting of the
National Committee (of which Dor.
sey is Secretary and no work for it TO
do. There Is work for it to do that
demands Immediate attention. That
work is demanded by the honest men
Of both parties. Let the Committee
set itself to work to dethrone Dorsey
and show willingness to punish the
derelict of its own number ere it un-
dertakes to steer the popular vote in
the election of 3 President
The National Committee can be
called together in very short order in
this age of telegraphs and railroads, and
the State uaan knows il, and it would
be called together in q very few hours
we're the existence of the Republican
party in peril.
The Stdtesnlan thinks that We have
"no better grounds for condemning the
President and others for their praise OF
Dorsey before he was ever charged OF
being guilty of any wrong" than it
would have had for attaching disgrace
to those who lionized Boss Tweed in
his pAlmy days. The Statesman is
mistaken IN saying tha: We condemned
the President and others for praising
Dorsey before his enormous swindling
Operations became generally known. Il
was in accordance with the methods Of
bossism and machine rule to fawn and
fatter Dorsey for the result of his trip
to Indiana with his ill-gotten gains Ii
was natural for Arthur the prince Of
Staiwarts, to hail him as the savior Of
the Republican party, and the States-
man is but following in the wake of
those who lionized Dorsey before his
downfall. However much such .
course Is to be deprecated, it does no
good to condemn. But ~e do con-
denim the course of the government in
not prosecuting Dorsey and his crowd
now that he Is known to be thief,
and We do condemn the party which
retains him in Office after what has
been and is being developed notSith-
standing the smothering process.
The Statesman must remember that
when Boss Tweed's speculations be-
came known through Democratic in
vestigatiOns, be was dropped like hot
cake by his quondum friends of the
Democratic faith, and Notwithstanding
the efforts made BY the parties to his
many crimes to save him from punish
ment, he was prosecuted by Democrat
ic officials to the bitter end, and died
IN felon's cell. If the Statesmaa and
the "gosermmenf will do as we'll with
the Star Route thieves, We will say
amen. But we fear that the Star
Route prosecutions will end in smoke,
and Dorsey will be whitewashed and
baptized anew as the savior of his party. |
The StatesusGn struck the right key
In the start in its attack upon tie |
government for failure to use even
moderate exertions to prosecute" the
Star Route rag. When we joined in
with the Statesman ard asked for mere |
light on the subject, we at once rubbed
the hair the wrong way, and are now
getting some of the most discordant
sounds from that Journal it has ever
been our fate to listen to. The States
man has exhausted itse'f in its Efforts
to shift from the true position it had
In the start and now com en back at us