The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-20

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The Republican Party Must Go.
The S~tar-routc defendants were Re-
publicans. They were prosecuted BY .
Republican Administration. tried by .
Republican Judge. and acquitted BY =
Republican jury. But the country has
seen greater crimes o only condoned
but approved BY the party which has
held continued possession Of the Gov
eminent for twenty-five years
The scandals u Grantism did not
weaken the hold Of the President on his
party. The Treasury Ring. the Navy
King. the PoSt-ofice Ring. the Army
Ring. the Indian Ring. the Land Ring.
the Pension Ring. the Printing Ring,
the Whisky Ring. the Washington
Rinv. All fourished under Grant. and
some 81 their v~illanic> were traced quite
"a thcd door of the White House itself.
Babcock was indicted. when Private
Secretary of the President. for compile
itv in the Whisky Ring. General
Grant saved him from the ~penitentiary
by direct Executive interference.
Black Friday was one Of the incidents
Of Republican misrnic. Credit Mobilier
was an illustration II il. The Freed
mans Bank Wa robbed and Quilted by
Republican philanthrop's's. who y
tears over the sutlcring~ u the colored
brother and stole the savings ~ his wife
and children. The san Domingo lob
was wh'icwashcd b. conspicuous Re-
publicars. Republicans looted the
NAVY The Emma Mine exposure. the
corrupt Venezuelan Commission. the
fraudulent Mexican claims. the plumber
, Of Indian tribes. the sneculafipn> IN
. pnblic loans. and the collision IN the
! departments with outside thieves swell
4 the Republican record.
/. When 4 Republican Congress passed
|. the salary grab and the hack-pay steal.
they onlr kept time u the quickstcp 81
(. robbery. with Sccor RnbcSon marine
. bard furnishing the music. And after
. indignant public opinion compelled =
retreat from that harcfaced scheme Of
Y spoliation. the doubled salary q the
President was preserved IS = special
compliment 10 Grant.
The iobber~. the ring~ters. the plunfer-
cr-. TIE adventures. and the thieves
\ who invested the White House demanded
4 third term for Grant. The third-term
; conspiracy failed only because the party
\. feared q crushing defeat II the expert.
\, ment was tried.
I, Great corporations are now control
u linz legislation on many matters IN
~ which they are interested. They have
corrupted and packed courts. and they
i. keep Republican scntinel@ posted along
u the avenues leading % AT the depart
N mcntS.
\ Repeated investigations have shown
n that the great ledger~ a the treasury
have becp mutilated. that balances ~
4 volving many millions "a dollars hav'
~ been forced. that crasures and inter
\. polated figures exist hy thousands. an'
that book IL account rave disappeared
= The Presidency was stolen n 1915
~ and some III the bencficiarics Of tina
- crime are most CONSPICUOUS in pretend
- ing 10 deplore the failure o. Justice ~ ~
Star-r0ute eases.
The party that applauded the Grea
Fraud which carried Hayes into n
White House and sherman into n
10 Treasury. and appropriated al the pro
M cecds Of the crime, did not scruple, lou
e, years later. 20 support > candidate who's
on whole public career was stained vii
lat jobbbery.
Is. The men who committed the crime
". in this long catalogue. Or their creature
Ell and representatives, are still In oiiic'
ing They hold the fort. and resist All intrs
DIV sion. They know how TO- turn asid
ed dangerous investigation. They SCUM
CO the alarm at the first approach "a q
in enemy. They mount guard by day ~
mt by night over the records. They kno
how the Navy Department was firs
70 four times within q few weeks.