The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-04
POLITICAL.
GROVER CLEVELAND TESTED ~
SCHIIZ'S STANDARD.
blaine ANA the irish. Americans Morals in
P"litics-Some Things Important for
People to Know Before They
Cast Their I;alIntS
Frou tie Tolc,Io Hl.ni..

sumption that the latter gentleman i
corrupt and dishonest. Taking this 70
granted. he argues That the election 0
lIr. Blaine would mean that the peoyl'
of tine United states care nothing 70
honesty; that it would be saying to thu
young men Of the country that dishon
e,ty is a yenial 0ilensc, and no bar to po
liticaI advancement; that, to use Schurz':
own words, u, would mean that he is ii
to serve as a model that what Mr
Blaine has done every man in the tcpub
lie may do will impuniJy.'
MIR. SchuIz's conclusions would be
valid had he proved his charges against
Blaine, instead Of simply assuming then
to be true. Had tie question arisen i'll 9
court Of law, enti;,ly outside Of politics
there could not be found jury that
would leave tie box even to debate the
question OF guilt The whole Mulligar
letter business is an infamous perversior
OF private correspondence, first used ioi
5lackiaaiiing purposes by James Mulli,
gan, and, failing this, given into tie
hands o! Blaine enemies to DO him harm.
But there are grave matters Brought
ZIP against GroyeI Clevcland-not mere
charges, for they are admitted to be true
by himself and 10y bis political and per-
so.Ial friends. o. this one matter of
honesty, Cleveland is an admitted spec
uiator. When sheriff Of Erie county, lie
took advantage OF the law OF the State,
which gives sheriha 50 per day for at
tending upon Court, III making up his fee
Till. He took the Court calendars,
counted all the days the three Courts
were in session. and charged them at So
day for each Court, In this way he
credited himself with SOB days attend
ancc in one year, understanding the
Vacations, and stole -, $50 out of the
pockets Of Tie taxpayers.
This is hut onc instance. The super
visors had tIo&ble with every account
that he presented during bis term of Of
flee for personal service. E:cry one was
either extravagantly large or else unlIw
ful. Cleveland has beer con the make
ever si' &c he entered public life. Every
opportunity that the shcriif's office gave,
be utilized in obtaining all the money he
could from the public treasury. His
greed OF gain WAS 50 great that lie hanged
Two men, instead of hiring some other
person 10 do the disagreeable task-aud
oyercharged the county $lG0 for perform
ing the revolving operation.
Nor is C!cy,laud's dishonesty confined
to the one matter Of securing money for
himself. The removal of Sheriff David
son and Commissioner Thompson, o!
New York City, was demanded by the
Legislature, for malfcaSance in office
The one for misappropriating fees, the
other for violating the law relative to
contracts, and 50 robbing the city of
thousands of dollars. He has kept both
these Scoundrels III office, in disregard OF
the Legislature demand ana their own
admitted guilt. He approved the swind-
ling claim for extra work on the State
Capitol, work that had never been per-
formed. the biz for hici had been We
toed by his two official predecessors, one
Democrat, the other Republican. lie
Signed She General Railroad Act, which
put tie City OF New York completely al
The mercy Of the ring of thieves and ras-
Gals who are BOW seeking to obtain a
franchise for Il street railway on Broad
way, al which gives the Board of Al
dc.men uA}im.tld power il such eases.
y dishonest man himself, he is IN SYM
patby 18th such men everywhere. Is it
consistent i'll Mr.. Schurz to condemn
Blaine v without proof, and uphold Clcve-
iand as al honest man, III the face ot ad-
mitted official dishonesty sympathy with
thieves, auu the use OF lis official power
III behalf ot dishonest men aud their
schemes: Il Cleveland now utilities every
opportunity ioT filing Lis pockets and
those Of public pinnderers, is it not pro6-
able that lie would continue to do SO il
elevated to the Presidency: There is not
one point of NJ. : .Aurz' 5 liJolcd recital
OF the woes that would come upon Us
t.on tie election of dishonest and cor
lnyt nan 10 fhe Presidency, that docs
DOT I'll Nr. Cleveland.
Bat there Is another phase OF Cievc-
Lands character lie is an acisupN lodged
HJertint; he has been a scducer q
women, the enemy Of virtue, and the
companion oI lariots. He is drinking
man, who spends ! night whenever he
wills with boon companions, with wine,
women aud ,irLs. Ia Buffalo he freed
himself from the restraints OF private
house or even OF 4 hotel, by lodging il
rooms on the third tloor cf a business
block, which b c could at viii turn into a
harem. or use for the drunken orgies of
himself and his diosolute companions Of
both sexes, without fear Of disturbance.
He is a moral lepcr.
w idI NDuit The CIetjlbii 10 tiit itSi-
dency OF tins foe of parity, this lubeltin
and truukari, mean? Ii would mean the
triumph Of the brother over home; it
would mean that the people of the | nited
States care nothing for chastity and tenn
rerance; il would be saying to the young
men OF the country that tie transgres-
sion Of the Seventh Commandment Is a
venial oilense and that immortality, Iech-
cry and drunkenness are no bars to po-
litcal advancement: it would mean TO
adopt Schurz' 5 phrase that Cleveland SIS
fit to serve as model that what
Cleveland has done, every man III the Re-
public may do with mpunity.'
Elaine and the Irish Americans.
In their anxiety TO damage Mr.. Blaine
with Irish American voters, the Demo
Gratis are using the insolvency case as
weapon, assuming that he was entitled
to the protection of the United States
Government, ana then arguing that
Blaine, as Secretary of the State, did no:
fulhll his duty of protecting an Ameri-
can citizen uuiJsCIy confined in a foreign