The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-29
POUND RENOUNCEs BLAINE.
The Ex-Lieutenant Governor of Wis.
cOnsin GENES out for Cleveland.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 27.- Thaddeus c.
Pound, ex-Leutenant Governor of Wis
consin. prominent republican leader In
his party for twenty years. member of
the Legislature in 1864>'6>'7>'9, lieutenant
governor in 1869. member of congress
from his district for three terms, has
written personal letter to General Ed F.
Bryant, of this city, giving his reasons
why he cannot vote for Mr.. Blaine and
why he supports Grover Cleveland. He
abates nothing of his loyalty to the re-
publican party, but AYERS that he is pro-
noting its true purpose and strengthen
ing its future work in voting for Cleve-
land. His conscience rebels against the
action of the republican convention in
nominating Blaine.
Referring to the glorious work achieved
by the party of which he has been a
member so long, he asks: what, then,
does the party owe the country and itself?
| Manifestly the continuance of
| the faithful servant. Common
honesty and decent recogni-
ton of fidelity and wisdom demand it.
Little short of hypocrisy would deny it.
But being denied the alternate should be
a man whose public life is guaranty
that the good work will go on. He should
be the highest and best type of political
integrity, craftsmanship and republican
principles. Mr. Blaine is not such man,
but, in my opinion. embodies most in
American politics that is menacing to
public morals and integrity in government.
With public career, mainly distinguish
ed for sort of clamatory and pugilistic
statecraft he is not the inspiration of a
single valuable policy or the author of an
important statute; but. on the contrary,
has often suggested and supported unwise
and bad, and opposed good legislature.
With record clouded by suspicion and
accusation of jobbery and corruption,
undefended he brings to us personal
antagonisms which have torn and weak
ened our party in the past; invading the
administration of the lamented Garfield
with demands of personal vengeance so
virulent as to intlame the spirit of assassin
alton, and eliminating in the defeat OF
Judge FOlger, and consequent election of
Grover Cleveland governor of the Empire
state. Mr. Blaine's friends justified their
detection which defeated a most excellent
man by the plea of fraud in one proxy at
the state convention. Such excuse pales
to whiteness when compared with the
dishonorsble methods employed to secure
Mr.. Blaines nomination. Here many
delegates were treated as merchandise tC
be bartered for wine, money, or promise
of position. The convention, instead OF
being a deliberative body, was converted
into a bowling pandemonium, over1owet
by the worst elements of Chicago, admit
ted without tickets.
He then refers to the work of saving
Maine in 1880, and asserts that Blaint
could not do it himself and had to call or
} Grant and Conkling to do it. He call
Mr. Blaine Spectator, profiting b,
Speculative stock jobbing and gamblin:
methods OF acquiring wealth"
; These methods, be says have wrough
= ruin, disgrace, and business disasters be
1 yond computation; schooled youth ant
persuaded middle age to avoid honest ant
useful industry made suicide and insanit
' commonplace, unsettled values, place.
y the fruits of honest toll in the power o
s the Goulds and Armours to bear down o
pull up in the markets, as whim or in
;, terests may dictate; methods which re
Gently gave us but an exaggerated illus
e tration of their Ubiquitous consequence
= in the Grant & Ward SIS, 100000 failur
g and robbery"
The letter of acceptance of the Reput
" lican candidate is dissected and the Con
S gressional acts touched upon and show
n to be inconsistent with the candidate
claims now, to the satisfaction of til
. writer. The Republican candidate is fur
L ther Objectionable, says Governor PounC
"for the company he keeps, for tn
# friends he has made. Will the chief pre-
moters of his nomination be his chief az
visers if elected? There's the rub. I nee
mention no names, but will suggest this
e the least Objectionable of his pet supper
, tiers are the Iri6unes supporters of Gree
If ley in 1872, and accuscrs of Blaine
- 1876 and 1880, charging him with briber
and other penitentiary crimes"
n Commenting further on Blaine as q
e Objectionable candidate, the writer
n complimentary in allusiOn to Clevelan
- and says if one half the Republicans b.
IL lieve as he does Cleveland will be electe
p The scandals on both candidates shou
Is be committed to political hyenas. Wi
il fixed determination to vote for Clev
=. land and Hendricks, he nevertheless pr
poses to vote for the Republican stat
u Congressional and county nominees.
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