The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-30
How wrong-Doers are Punished.

From the Ncw York World:
The Stalwart Commercial Adrertiser ad-
vises us to ''Try, try again. and this is the
statement upon which it bases its advice:
"The World prints list of Republicans
who have been charged with wrong-dolng, but
it fails to note that Republicans in every in
stance punished them. That rather breaks
the force of our esteemed contemporary ar
gument. Try again, and perhaps you may be
able to make a charge that has some weight.
Let US see.
William Window. Secretary of the Treas
ury, is one of the distinguished Republicans
whom we charged with making a fortune while
! holding public positions as a United States
Senator and Secretary of the Treasury. Has
he been punished" by the Republicans !?
| Was he not made prominent candidate tor
| the Republican nomination for President of
the United States and supported through more
than thirty ballots? Is that the way the party
Furnishes its public officers?
John Sherman, who, as Congressman, Sen
ator and Secretary ofthe Treasury heaped up
wealth reaching into millions, is another Re-
publican official charged by us with wrong
doing. Was he not also made a Republican
candidate for the Presidential nomination,
and would he not have carried off the prize
in the fury of the Grant and Blaine death
struggle but for the treachery of Foster and
the cunning of Garfield? Does he not still
sit in the United States Senate? Is he not
still prominent candidate for President? Is
this the punishment which, according to the
Commercial Adcertiser, has in ''every in
stance been inflicted on the culprits we have
arraigned?
Ex-Postmaster- General Creswell, Mr.. Ty-
ner and General Brady, of the Post Office
1ol w. Ec+ Tho
first is the we'll paid President of Washing
ton national bank; the second, powerful
political leader; the third, who has just been
acquitted after laundering, bogus prosecu-
ton, controls the National Administration
organs at Washington, retains his Star-route
plumber and abuses all who refuse to sustain
the Star-route jury's verdict. What terrible
punishment has been inflicted on these men
by the Republican party? -
Then there are Belknap and Robson, the
first whitewashed by a sham impeachment,
the second the "boss'' of the last Congress
and of the last Speaker of the House of Re-
representatives.. Have these been their pun
ishments' inflicted by virtuously indignant
party?
But why confine ourselves to this contracted
list? They were the black sheep of Credit
Mobiler. Was not one of them advanced to
the Presidency? Is not another of them at
the present moment strongly urged as
United States Senator from New Hampshire?
Is not the sleek and smiling ColfaX still a
bright and shining light of Republicanism?
Is not whiskey-ring Babcock in office?
How did Hayes "punish' - the Returning
Board thieves who stole the Presidency for
him? Was not j. Madison Wells made Sur
veyor of the Port of New Orleans? Was not
Jack Wharton made a United States Marshal?
Was not Badger appointed Postmaster and
afterwards Collector of New Orleans? The
visiting statesmen, too, who planned and aided
the theft-what was their punishment? John
NJ Harlan was shamelessly advanced to the
Supreme Court bench. E. w. Stoughton was
made Minister to Russia. John A. kasson
was appointed Minister to Austria. E. F.
Noyes went as Minister to France. Hawley,
Lew Wallace. Storms and the rest all received
their share of public plumber.
Bristow was punished, it is true. But he
was punished by the party of moral ideas be-
cause he was an honest man and an upright
public officer He tried to whip the thieves
from the Treasury Department and he was
scourged out of Office and out of political life
by the Republican leaders, who were dumb
founded at his insolence and presumption.
Perhaps this list of terrible punishments
will satisfy our Republican contemporary. If
not we shall be glad to accommodate the
Commercial AdceIfiSer by trying agar"