New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-28
IS ISLANDER TO BE REWARDED3

IS ISLANDER TO BE RED AhDHD'
One thing no political party can Afford No'
even the Republican party can afford TO put us
best man at the mercy of its baseSt. II every
dirty SANDER that malice or greed can invent Is
held by a party sufficient ground for ostracislh'
no matter how many times it may nave peeh
refuted. that party can safely calculate tn"' It"
self-respecting and strong men VIII heoh N'
bonors or share It's work. The men VINO nave
done most for such party, II that sort Oh lhiIs
is tolerated, will presently care least lor IT,
Human nature is so constituted that, aiter IL"
triumpbs of malice over merit, some men come
to care more forthe scalps of slandcrcrs than lof
the success of any ticket the slanderers may
mt IN. Only four years ago the kepuDllcah
marty won the respect ana affection OF thou
sands bv nominating and clcctlng a worthy
man. in spite of the vile stream of scandal by
which mean men tried to destroy him. HAD
the narty nut James A. Garfield under the ban
in 1850. becausc.of these calunnlcs, 1t Is very
likely he would haye lived longer tiail 'he
party. oc..- ell
President Garfcld's Secretary OF state zen
heir. as soon as the President was shot TO '"e
legacy of utilization. The outpounnS OIL iaiae-
hoods did not cease when he retired to prlVale
life. Now that a very large number OF hepuO-
leans. without a leader, organization OF patron
ace. but embracing many Of the WoitiHcSO an"
most bonored men in the country, nave eA-
messed their preference for Nh Blame, the Tor
rent of ncr.onal abuse rises higher. VINO Is
going 70 profit by this business is il supposed
that the American people delight in defamation
enough to reward tl
II twill not do to ask the people to elect Mt
Fdnrnds on the ground that there are stories
that Mr. Blaine "was somehow mixed mp Win
railroads" 1t has been proved false thav MI
Blaine had any interest in any railroad DILL at
the time he acted upon it, But the record
proves that Mr.. Edmunds did vote for the
Burlington and Missouri grant and that he
was at that time the owner of block OF the
bonds made valuable by his vote. Is 1t an
swered that the vote was an honest ana proper
onel Precisely rs honest and as proper as the
thing Mr.. Blaine is falsely said to have DONE
M more and no less II the worst his enemies
ALICE were true, he would stand where the re-
cord places Mr. EdmundS. Does anybody I'M
acine that. with these facts known, the people
a1e going to stamp Mr. Blaine with dishonor,
and elect Mr.. Edmunds President
What other public man is to be brought to the
front. who cannot be assailed? To find
candidate of whom no evil can be said the
party will have to rob the cradle or the grave
Iritis frightened at every falsehood, it may
as well make up its mind to be frightened to
death. The number of honorable statesmen
who have had shares in railroads, or in banks
or in manufacturing companies, is tolerably
large. The public man whO has never cast
vote affecting the prosperity of such enter
prises has yet to be found But those had bet
ter look for him in haste who hope that false
charge against Mr.. Blaine will Be enough to
set hlm aside