St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-08
POUNDS ARRAIGN MENT.
A Republican Leader Gives Many
Strong Reasons for Referring
Cleveland to Blaine.

found sensation throughout the northwest.
he has Tor years been an unwavering leader
in the Republican party, always supporting
the entire ticket, and has been very promi-
nent in its councils for twenty years. He
was leading member of the state legislature
in 1864, 1866, 1867 and 1869 He was elected
lieutenant governor in 1869, and was in
1876 elected to congress from the Eighth
district, then embracing more than half
the area of Wisconsin. He served three
terms in congress, taking prominent part.
He was chairman of the committe on public
lands in the Forty-seventh congress. At the
end of his third torn he voluntarily retired
from private life to devote himself to public
enterprises. His reputation of Mr.. Blaine
proceeds from no personal grievance or dis
appointment, but from firm conviction
that the Republican nominee is not the man
for the place. Mr.. Pound has thousands of
friends in Wisconsin. He was close friend
of Garfield, and was strongly urged for
cabinet position. Following is Mr.. Pounds
letter:
MILWAUKEE. August 25, 1884.
General Z. D. Bryant, Madison:
My DEAR SIR:-Your favor Of the 23d
inst, asking an expression of my views of
the political situation, is received. So many
friends of varied political basis have adj
dressed NE in person and by letter touching
my attitude on the presidential question
that am constrained to make pretty full
response to your kind inquiry, with permis-
sion to publish the same if you deem it wise
to do so. After much earnest and solicitous
deliberdtion l deem it to be my duty, while
abating naught of loyalty to the Republican
party, but rather to promote and strengthen
it for future good work, to
support the Democratic nominee,
Governor Cleveland, for president at the ap-
preaching election. My judgment disagrees
with, and my conscience rebels against, the
action of the Republican convention in the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine, and without arro-
eating for myself wisdom superior to ma
jority of representative Republicans con-
vened to voice the determination of nv
party, am compelled to obey my own best
judgment and sense Of duty in this single
and extraordinary instance. Being a life
long Republican, and the recipient of many
distinguished honOrs, state and national, it
is due my political associates, so often nv
cordial supporters, and myself, that the rea-
sons for departure from conventional CO.
operation be frankly stated.
No one will deny that the essential worth,
if not the perpetuity of the Republic, depends
upon the maintenance of political and per-
sonal integrity as well as prudence and JUS
tice in its legislative, judicial and admins
tive branches. 1t is true that detection and
correction of crookedness and infidelity in
the executive branch of our government are
most difficult, while long uninterrupted con-
troll is certain to invite abuse of power and
opportunity. The Republican party has en-
joyed nearly twenty-four years of continuous
administrative authority, and while its history
is resplendent with glorious achievements
and haliowed by memories of unrivaled
craftsmanship, patriotism and prowess,
there have ctept into its human machinery
many grieyous abuses and ailments, de-
manding correction and cure, which may or
may not be accomplished by the party in
which they are engendered. Happily, the
work of publication and reform has been
progressing most satisfactorily within our
party under the present chief magistrate, and
with such eminent success as to command
the unexampled approval of the press, the
people and our party, expressed
through State conventions and by
the Republican National Convention
In the extraordinary declaration that
ave believe his eminent services are
entitled to and will receive the hearty appro-
val OF every citizen" What then, does the
party owe the country and itself! Mani
festly, the continuance OF the faithful ser
want. Common. honesty and a decent recog-
milton 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 guarantee that the good
work will go on. He should be the highest
i I. - of -
manship and Republican principles.
Mr.. Blaine is not such man, but, in my
opinion, embodes most in American politics
that is menacing to public morals and in
tegrity in government. With a long public
career, mainly distinguished for sort of
declamatory and pugilistic state craft, he is
not the inspiration of single valuable pol
icy, or the author of an important statute, but
on the contrary, has often suggested and sup
ported unwise and bad and opposed good leg
islation. With a record clouded by suspicion
and accusation of jobbery and corruption un-
defended, he brings to US personal antagon-
isms, which have torn and weakened our party
in the past, invading the administration of the
lamented Garfield with demands of personal
vengeance so virulent as to infame the spirit
of assassination, and eliminating in the de-
feat of Judge Folger and consequent cleo
tion of Grover Cleveland governor of the
empire state. Mr.. Blaine's friends justified
their detection, which defeated q most excel
lent man, by the plea of fraud in one proxy
at the state convention. Such excuse pales
to whitenoss when compared with the dis
honorable methods employed to secure Mr.
Blaine's nomination. Here many delegates
were treated as merchandise, to be bartered
for wine, money or promise of position. The
convention, instead of being deliberative
body, was converted into bowling pande-
monium, overflowed by the worst elements
of Chicago, admitted without tickets.
But returning to the candidate The ac-
knowledged leader of his party at home 1the
Pine Tree prohibition state of Maine), he
registers an ignominious defeat for his state
only four years ago, pending the presidential
campaign, so disheartening to our party's
cause that only the timely and stalwart eff
forts of Grant aud Con king could have re-
deemed the field and secured Garfield's
election-a work soon rewarded by the gal
liant knight when opportunity (as Garfeld's
adviser) was given him by dealing a COW
ardly blow from mbush to his old antagon-
ist, Roscoe Conkhng. Himself speculator.
enjoying a fortune too great to
have been acquired by honest industry, le-
gitimate business enterprise or his country's
service at IS, 600 year, he sympathizes with
and profits by speculative stock jobbing and
gambling methods of acquiring wealth
methods which have wrought ruin, disgrace
and business disaster beyond computation.
schooled youth and persuaded middle age to
avoid honest and useful industry, made sui
eide and insanity commonplace, unsettled
values, placed the fruits of honest toll in the
power of the Goulds and Armours to bear
down or bull up in the markets as whim or
interest may dictate; methods which recently
crave I1s bIf an eYapgerated iIl1sfro4io1 of