Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-04
THE FALL OF 4 GREAT PARTY.

Observing and thinking men cannot fail
to see that BLAISE's Republican party is not
the party Of 1860, nor even the party o.
1890 When it was repudiated by Gov.
CHASE, GREELEY, Senator TRCNBULL, Gov.
CuRrIS, Gov. BLAIR, Gen. SLocUN, Gen.
PALMER, HoADLY and many others Of that
stamp, when Senator SUMNER, Secretary
SEWARD CASH SCHCRz, DORsHEINER, DIX
and the ike began to look upon its Pohd-
cal methods with suspicion and distrust, the
usefulness of the Republican party became
a thing Of the past.
In 1876 this rump Of the Republican
party had lost the confidence of the coun-
Try and was defeated. Only fraud, per-
iuries and bold defiance of the will Of the
people kept the rump in possession Of the
Government. Not craftsmanship but tricks,
cheats and false returns gave new base to
misruls over the country. Instead Of
the old leaders the HAYEsEs, CHAMBERS,
the RoBEsoSs, the KELLOGGS, the DoRs Is,
the BRADYs came to the front. Their great
triumphs were the stealing Ofthe Presidency
from TILDES and buying it for GARFIEND,
the plumber Of Postoffce funds by the Star
route frauds, the squandering of hundreds
of millions for navy which is an object Of
contempt to every maritime power, frauds
and plundering everywhere and prosecu-
tons for frauds that look more ike collus-
ions with the criminals.
The party has Ostracised CoNELrNG. Its
leaders stabbed FOLGER in the house Of his
friends. The men that prOfted BY the
crimes that placed HAYES in the Executive
chair, and by the corruption of voters and
the terrorism over workingmen which
elected GARFIELD. do not profess to favor
any useful reform or to remove any nation
al burden. They only propose to keep up
high taxation and to accumulate SURPRISES
drawn from the industry, labor and property
of the people to be squandered on party
favorites and jobs. They have reformed
their leadership in New York State by driv
ing out CoNKLISG and FoIGER and adopting
men who may be leaders good enough for
party policy that no longer regards the
public welfare.
ssTheir national leader is BIAISE whose
path to a nomination is marked by shame
lul abuses Of public trusts, who early sdyer-
tised himself to the lobby as open to bids
for sll the favors that he could dispense
from the second place in the Government
and BY his control over legislation. The
inspiration Of his canvass comes from the
cOnfederates Of DORSEY, from the lobby,
from the whole of the eorrup6onist crew
that are preparing to move on Washington,
if BLAINE is elected, and from the money
furnished by railroad "milliOusires. Never
in our whole history were so many "abhor>
rent forces" united in behalf Of any eandi-
date for the Presidency.
A second is LoGAS. BE was nominated
10 catch soldiers votes, and is best known
for his raneorous persecution Of Gen Pos
TER, brother soldier, more worthy and ps-
triotic than himself LOGASs earlier fame
was earned by his gushing loyalty to the
Fugitive Slave law, and his advice to his
neighbOrs to join the Southern srmy-the
army where his heart was, and in which he
would have served. had the Southern Con-
federseY opened with better prospects Of
success
In this canvass the Republican party IS