Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-11

The End Appr0acheth.

|: does not require tie eye OF ii
lynx to sc through the gaaIv lab re
now covering the corrupt AMI fast
discomposins body OF the once
great ami powerful Republican, pan
tv. 1t has sub.erved all the good
for which it, most dcvuut alyoc;:tc
ever Claimed that i: was created.
Corruption III high, a. well a low
placed; frauds upon the \ttlonal
Treasury 10y its favorite partI7anN;
its stalwart whisky rings and It's
star route frauds, TO say nothing OF
its stupendous land grab rings, have
been fosteled, lr)u,l-hcd and cuuited
these many years 10y that party, AMI
their demoraiiZIng and mcXcnsab.e
methods of conducting the nations
affairs, have become udious to the
leople. 1t Is not necessary to re-
count any of the many criminal acts
of the Administration done III the
name of the Republican party.
They crop out and overlie all the
good acts of the organization. The
Grant dynasty was the hydra headed
power which subverted the acts of
alleged honest men into a INDUSTRIOUS
horde of hybrid thieves. The oper-
atoms of the whisky ring were winked
at by Grant and the Government
officers. Those subOrdinateS who
desired to prosecute these fragrant
outrages, in order to make a show
ing of honesty, were handicapped
and restrained by the boss then
wilding the Presidential power.
When the national thieves fell out,
the forces were devided, Conkling
took New York, Don Cameron siezed
Pennsylvania, and John Logan fell
heir to Illinois. Other States in
herited bosses, and the National
curse of corruption and base politl-
cal intrigue was transfused into the
veins of the shysters of the several
States. But the better part OF that
party, surfeited with the manifold
misdeeds of their leaders, with shame
and confusion of counteuance, stand
aloof from the manipulations of
willfully corrupt leaders, ana utter
ly refuse to obey the lash of the
bosses any longer.
Boss Logan and Senator Cullom,
who hold the political reins in Illi-
nois, are fixing up for the election
of Oslesby to the gubernational
chair. They find things rather
squally, but. as usual with polit
ical quacks, they think they have
in him remedy against defeat.
They say to the free and independ-
ent voter, you must take him with
out protest or grimace. We do not
propose to consult the patient-the
Republican party-until after they
have taken the dose. Logan and
Cullom are old-time tricksters, and
they forget that the old moss-back
"reminiscences of their party do not
reflect the methods of the genera
ton. There have been times in this
country when all leader had to do
was to Pull the string when all the
jacks would kick up their heels. bu'
that time has been buried in the
dark and gloomy past history of that
party. If there bosses will only
take a stroll through the we'll. filled
graveyards of politics, they will find
many little boards labeled ga
Boss" with but few flowers of kind
remembrance blooming upon the
mounds. On some they will find
the names Of men who have sounded
the party tocsin and fixed up
States all over the north. Look at
these mounds, Republican bosses,
and
View the spot where, by-and-bye,
Your remains n.ust surely lie.
But the scepter of power has passed
from the leaders and the masses of
that party will not longer obey the be-
hests, of thieves aud dishonest leader rs
The State of Maine will elect Garter
Harrison its next Governor, as sure
as November comes. The laundering
peal from New York, last Fall, with
nearly 100000 majority against the
Republican candidate for Governor,
fairly struck the very foundations OF
Republican power.
The fiat has gone forth; the PEG.
pie are chating at the bits, like the
warehouses of the Revolution, for a
radiance of the venal and corrupt
government of the party control
ling the destinies of our nation.
The long-suffering people have been
ground under the corrupt and un-
scrupulous party long enough, and
the death-warrant has been signed.
The Democratic watch.fires are blaz-
ing upon the hilltops, and soon
their brilliant light will blaze all over
the nation, and with vigorous will
the people will elect a Democratic
Presidentin 1854.