The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-11-12
THE NEW MANAGER.
Is Mr.. Jay Gould Satisfactory Represent
atiye of the Republican Party?


Boston Advertiser, Nov. T..
The way in what are called the interests
OF the Republican party have been taken
care of for the last two days will no doubt,
fix the attention OF a good many of those
Republicans who gave their support to Mr..
Blaine. For the time being the
great representative of the party is
acting manager, OF course, and for time
Mr.. Secretary Chandler has appeared upon
the sceno. Objection could be raised to
either OF these persons as active agents of a
party which stands for moral ideas and an
honest ballot without implying that the
objector is particularly squeamish or 'fin-
icky," to use the word of a visiting orator
the other day in Faneuil Hall. But the
open appearance of Mr.. Jay Gould, to give
the inspiration and to fix the standard of
proper action at a most critical moment,
passes everything that has yet happened.
We have several times expressed our distrust
of the present management of the Republi-
can party. Here is a concrete case, the
embodiment of the new management in q
single person, and in the most conspicuous
manner posS1b BILE, which we pray our friends
to consider well.
We shall not take up the charges of fraud
ulent practices which have been rife for the
last two days, but shall content ourselves
with inquiriDg whether gentlemen who
have stood by the party nominations this
year think, on the whole, that Mr.. Jay Gould
is a satisfactory, or even a reputable, repre-
sentative of the interests of party which
assumes to be IN peculiar sense the guard
ian of public morals. Mr.. Gould is great
power as railway monopolist, and may be
supposed to have important views as to the
railway management. though he is
generally credited VITA more particular de-
votion to the manipulation of the "Gould
90 oIeD k-oN. l,,E l.
ever heard that Mr.. Gould had any
snch interest in public affairs that he should
be the natural person to take the helm for a
great party in straits? He did, indeed have
some interest of that sort for moment
fifteen years ago; but that was when he was
preparing for the gold speculations which
terminsted on BLACK Friday" and we do
not remember that he has since attracted at
tention as a political student or amateur
statesman.
Mr.. Gould is known to have a special in
terest in the election OF Mr.. Blaine-an in
terest which was once hinted at in some
memorable phrases by Mr.. Edmunds, and
was proved by substantial evidence at the
Delmonieo banquet. But does that make
him satisfactory exponent, protector, and
pilot for the Republican party? 1t is to be
psesumed that he is thus satisfactory for the
candidate, but does the candidate now own
the party, so that he can intrust its good
name, as we'll as his individual fortunes, to
whatever control he chooses or feels bound
to accept.
The men of business, the cooler part of
the community-those who thrive otherwise
than by the trade of politics-reslize that
the present is grave crisis. 1t is a time
when the interests of both candidates and
of both parties may justi6ably be watched
for jealously, and when the coolest, the most
honorable, and especially the most respected
party representatives should have the gaid.
ance of affairs on each side. Are the inter
ests of the Republican party in such hands
at this moment2 Is there one intelligent
Republican who does not feel in his soul
that Mr.. Gould's Intervention this week
necessarily throws doubt upon the fairness
and honesty OF the steps taken? is
there one who does not say to himself that
this presence from Wall street means some
sort of connection between stock gambling
and politics? And is there one who does not
feel that this also means an enormous in
crease of the temptation to "crookedness," !"
which the hope Of political success by itself
offers in plenty2
1t was not by such hands that the Repub-
lican party was piloted through the stormy
scenes in which it won IFS fame. And we do
not believe that its management by such
hands is now witnessed by the mass. even of
these Republicans who followed Mr.. Blaine,
without sense of shame.