The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-19
. The Doomed Gang.


The Republican party which has
robbed the country for nearly quarter
of q century. ard which has raised up
gang o. Loid plunderers and dirty
tricksters, is 1T last about To run lis
craft in the whirlpool of destruction.
There Is a feeling of uneaS ness among
the most blatant members of the party,
and all who have their eyes open see
defeat written over the length and
breadth of the great corruption party.
Reform was the cry in 1876 and Reform
elected Samuel j. Tilden. Unfortunate
" for the people, the Democrats were
not allowed TO seat their President, but
the spirit of reform will not SsEt, snd
now more than ever that sil5 viii
make itself felt.
There is not a man in the Republican
party who represents ANYTHING like re-
form. We do no tknow who the Dem
ocratS will nominate, but we are con-
tident of one thing, that whoever the
candidate may be, he will be a strong
man-a man that will in every sense
represent the people. And above all
he will be pure man and one that Will
command the high respect of the whole
country.
In 1882 there was q great political
upheaval. States that were known as
Republican strongholdS gave Democrat
ic maioritieS. 1t was a tremendous
Democratic tidal wave, victory for the
people. The press and the people read
lily explained the upheaval by pointing
to the desperate methods of the Stall
wart Republicans; and every one saw
that the people meant TO rebuke boss
ism. That very wear Mahene was VIC
toriOus in Virginia, but everywhere else
Boss rule was overthrown. And as the
Democrats swept the country in 1882,
so they bid fair to sweep out Republican
corruption in this year of our Lord 1884.
The Republicans had much iniquity to
answer for in 1882, but snce then the
Star-route cases have been added to
their foul record, and those terrible
scandals. covered up by the grand old
party" should alone be sufficient to de-
feat any partisan gang. The old idea,
held by few, that the Republican par
ty fOstered business enterprise, and kept
Wall street in equilibrium. has been ex
ploded this year. The fallacy believed
in BY timid business men that a change
OF party in the administration would
deraage trade. is now having startling
setback. For could Democratic Ad-
ministration make business any more
unsettled and depressed than it is? This
is question that thousands of tnan-
ciers and manufacturers who have here
tOfore voted the Republican ticket for
the sake of 'eXpediency" are asking;
and the answer is in favor of the De-
mocracy.
The truth is, no party that has set
such an ugly example in morality as the
Republican party could have other than
an unhealthy effect on the public inter-
eSts of the country. With gang of
thieves under the shadow of the White
House; with corruption in every de-
partment of the Government; with
treachery rewarded where it should be
punished, the present Administration
has made record that no party could
carry.
There is an easy remedy for the cor
ruptiOn of the times, and that remedy
is clearly seen by the business men Of
the country and the masses. The DeDs-
ocratic party will reform the Govern
ment; VIII reform business; will reform
public morals.
The Republican gang is surely
doomed. -Ktchm0nd state.