Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-22

The speech which Mr.. Hendricks deiiv-
cred At Indianapolis a day or two after
his nomination. was productive Of such
good results that be has determined 70
deliver several more speeches during the
campaign. That Mr.. Hendricks hit the
nail squarely on the head. as it were, was
shown BY Mr.. Chambers letter complain
inc that Mr.. Hendricks had not dealt
with him fairly. Mr.. Hendricks,
however. did deal With him fairly
so fairly. that when be replied 70
Mr.. Chambers letter, Mr. Chandler had
nothing more 70 say. Mr.. Hendricks
thinks that the leading issues Of the cam
paign should be administrative reform
and personal integrity in public Office
There is no doubt that these issues viii
Be presented vigorously and persistently
by the Democrats. and that the Republic
cans viii avoid them 10 as great an eX-
tent a. they possibly can. In fact, the
Republicans cannot meet them.
What can they say IN favor
OF administrative ref0rms Have
they not had control OF the government
for almost quarter q q century. and
have not their methods Of administering
the government grown more objection
able year amer year: Is there q Republic
can or a Democrat in the country who
does not know that the standard Of off,
cial integrity has been constantly
lowered. and that the hand Of the
plunderer has found its way into the
Treasury with increasing frequencyy
It Will never be known, perhaps how
much was Illegally taken from the Treas
ury By means OF the star route frauds,
and the looks do not show how many
millions have been stolen in other ways.
/ Now and then the public gets glimpse
Of what is going on when embezziements
/ ike that Of Burnside or frauds ike those
| in the Medical Bureau Of the Navy De-
/ partment. crop out. The occasional
/ gIimpses obtained Of the rottenness only
show how great the rottenness
l in the administration Of the
] government is. In an interview last sat
urday Henry Ward Beecher said: i do
not 90 back on my Republicanism one
iota. but do want TO see a change in the
methods Of the party and this everlasting
/ corruption that is constantly cropping up
/ put out OF the way" Mr.. Beecher voices
the feeling Of thousands Of Republicans.
He knows that the methods Of the Repub-
/ lican party. and the everlasting cOrTup-
ton can't be got rid Of if Blaine is made
| President. Blaine has always worked on
low plane in politics, and If he
were elected President he would continue
70 work on the same plane. The feeling
that the Republican party must be re-
/ buked for nominating a man like Blaine
Is strong throughout the country, and il
Will become much stronger if the Demo
Gratis give the right direction TO the cam
paign. The Republicans viii not dis
cuss the characters Of the candidates,
Of course. because they have moth
ing TO say against Cleveland and
cannot successfully defend Blaine.
The best defense that was ever made for
Blaine with respect 70 the charges in
connection with the Little Rock bonds,
was made by William Walter Phelps just
before the Republican National Conyen-
ton, and that defense the distinguished
Vermont Senator. Edmunds. rendered
ineffective in letter Of less than hall
dozen lines. No. the Republicans viii
I not Join issue with the Democrats on the
questions of administrative reform and
personal integrity in Office if they can
help it. They have nothing TO gain by
discussing such questions. Their only
hope Of success Is in conducting the
campaign on the issues pointed out by
Blaine in his letter of acceptance