The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-02-17
TEE ATTseAS AGAINST BLAINE.

administration OF the late president
Garfield has lately changed hands.
Its new management is no less Wig
orous in it's attacks on the plans
adopted by our late deceased presi-
dent President Garfield having
fell a victim to such malignant polit-
ical warfare as the Nat onal Republi-
can is enc of the chief exponents,
under it's. new management it has
turned it's batteries loose on the Hon.
Jas. G.. Blaine who was the. greatest
friend an.l a principal co-worker with
Garfield -jn his governmental plans.
The Natpnal Repub lean is a firm
advocate o. the Grant Conkllng
theories and defender Of the Starr
rorte rlfanipulators.
The people generally believe that
president Garfield entered upon the
discharge of his duties with the firm
purpose Of giving to tins Nation an
honest wisely conducted and pure
administration. Tn order to do SO
under his advice vigorous measures
to purify the mail service and to re-
form tie civil service was instituted
and up to the time of his assassina-
tion such plans were being pushed
with the utmost determination TO
bring about reform i'll these matters.
Guilty parties who had manipulated
thousands of dollars from the gov
ernmcnt treasury were likely soon
to be brought to a speedy punish
ment.
These matters were being so thor
oughly investigated that it brought
about IA feeling of great bitterness on
the part Of the starr route plnnderers
and also by the Grant Conkling
element who were opposed to civil
service reform. This severe opposi-
ton and hatred TO that admlnistra-
ton Wis carried TO such an extent
that it resulted in the death of the
president. That opposition did not
stop at the grave.
Mr. Blaine during all Of this time
was a firm supporter and confi1cn-
tial adviser Of the presidents plans
and cordially approved of them and
hence the same element which pur-
sued our lamcnted president to his
last resting place is still pursuing
Mr.. Blaine with the same persistency
even after he has long since retired
TO private life. The thieves in the
mail service and the offenders in the
elvil service influence has re come eff
overwhelmingly triumphant. The
noise and excitement that once ex-
listed on account of the develop
ments unearthed by the investigation
of the mail service and the prospect
of furnishing the offenders has be-
come almost as quiet as graveyard.
The s,alwarts are being favored
with the patronage which has been
the outgrowth of our system of civil
service in the past, and the prospec,
of purifying these il Irregularities dur
ing the present administration is en-
tirely gone. After the present ad-
ministration if a president should be
elected who has the courage and
honesty to pursue course beneficial
to the country, his hold upon this
lite will probably be as short as
Gar6elds after his Inauguration.
For .ime our government will
no doubt be administered in such al
manner as to invite that great horde
of off ice-seekers to take an aggres
siye part in an active strife for
power.
Mr.. Blaine was the first man
from the Atlantic slope who had the
courage to stand ny in the senate OF
the United States and with his wis
dom and strength oppose the intro
duction of more Chinese to the Pacific
Coast. If the people of the United
States want their government. service
purified and desire to enjoy ali honest
and one which is true
to the interests Of the people they had
better nominate and elect JAS. G,
Blaine to the presidency. But the
misfortune again. is that. honest and
courageous men who are willing to
stand up before the world and pur-
sue a course dictated by their honest
convictions are liable at any time to
drop dead OF become mortally woun-
de5,