New-York tribune., 1883-06-20

r-oicr tba Renublican partv as Star Route party
o,-Please turn your eyes now from New-fork 70
Pennsylvania What apology or explanation,
uny. have you to offer for the Democratic Legisia-
ture OF the Keystone State which at its last SESSION
passed an Appropriation bill that taxes noariy La"
million dollar. more from the public treasury .an
| the Apprupriaton bill prepared by the hepupnoSn
Legislature Of the same State in 1881 caiieu ioi
A.-weu all have got to say on that point Is that
| can scarcely pronounce the words 0'ar ho"''
without bursting into indignant tears.
o-pease turn your eyes now from Pennsylvania
| to Kentucky. Do you argue that prominent Demo
cratic Kentuckians are correct In asserting thab
| the nomination of Proctor Knott for Governor was
nrocured by bribery and false counting 10 the state
| ConyentionY Al will never condone the Star
| Route frauds
o-Please turn your eyes now from Kentucky 60
| Connecticut. What conclusion have you reacheu
IN regard to the evidence that is being presented Dy
we'll known Democrats to establish the TACT thas
| Thomas NJ Waller, the present Democratic 0o'-
ernor OF that State, was nominated last year py
fraudf Al absolutely loathe the star Route
| frauds.
Q-Please turn vour eyes now from Connec'ou'
| TO Virginia Have you noticed that u leading ex-
ponent of the Democracy Of the last-named state
resoluely declines to entertain the proposition tha
coored men are the equal OF white men before tne
law and in the eye of the Constitution Al lose
much sleep every night contemplating the star
| Route frauds.
Q.-And now q few general questions: VIII tile
Democracy have the courage and the good faith 10
take the tariff plank out OF their National PLATFORM
of 1850 and insert it in their National platform Oh
1891 Or does the party intend to Illustrate the
covardce of It's lack OF convictions by dodSing the
issue or by endeayering to hedge upon it'll Al
execrate the Star Route frauds.
O.-Looklng back over the political history OF
this country for the last twenty-five years, can you
mention single issue that the Den mocratic party
| has not been wrong upon; single cause Designed
10 promote the best welfare OF the coantry that IL
| has champloneai What has been its record upon
slavery. emancipation, reconstruction resumption.
| the integrity of tho balOt-box, civil service re-
| form. temperance-has it been crcditable or dis
creditabls does it inspire confidence or dlstrust
Alt inspires it inspires-that is to say-or rather
% let's change the subject and talk about the star
| Route frauds.
| What is the Democratic party going to do In
| the Presidential campaign o; next year wheh the
people ask it to show cause why 1T should be re-
tored to poweri Alt Is going to cry "star
| Route" at the top Of its voice.
Q.-Yes bat suppose the people not being 26-carat
idiots are not enthusiastically satisfied with that
| answer and insist that II must enumeraIe Hs omh
| Affirmative principles, that it must point out It's
own patriotic achievements that itmust exhibit the
fruit meet for repentance Il at it has brought forth
since it was last IN power at Washington, that II
must forecast its owu Affirmative future by the
| light OF lis own Affirmative past--what then I
A. Then the entire party as one man VIII cry yet
louder, Star Route!" "Star Roate u" star
| Route!!!
Q.-You have casually alluded to the Star Route
| frauds AS an intelligent man you know tLat those
frauds were unoarthtd by Republicans; that since
the day they were first brought to light all the
recognized exponents of the Republican party have
ceased not to insist that they should DO Thoroughly
investigated to the end thai the guilty should meet
their deserts; that all the resources of Republican
| Administration have been employed to make good
this party demand Nevertheless ID the exercise OF
shameless partsanship. rendered desperate by the
| prospect Of Democratic defeat In 1884, yo1 fain
would have the people believe that the Republican
party actually condOnes the Star Route frauds, and
| that the verdict of jury of Republicans aud Demo
| Gratis is to be regarded demonstrating that the
| Republican party is totally deprdyed. Can you not
see that while occupying TINS attitude yon are sim
| ply advertising the weak and forlOrn condition to
| which your own party has become reducsdf 40,
| those Star Route frauds.