The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-06-22
WHAT Is 1nE MATER.

strong desire being manifested 10 learn
the cause of this remarkable disaifection.
The New York Sun which is loce ed in
the midst of one of the most prominently
disaffected districts, says: The grounds
of objection resolve themselves mainly
into the assertion that Mr.. Blaine is
personally n corrupt man. "As Speaker
Of the House Of Representatives" says
the New York Times, "he bartered his
official influence for private gain" The
Brooklyn Union speaks of "his venali-
ty." MIR. Blaine" says the Saturday
Evening Gazette. Of Boston, "is man
whose integrity in private life has been
successfully assailed." The semi-relig-
ious, semi-political Independent has
mo heart to so into Mr.. Blaine's private
record. We regard it," adds the Inde-
pendent, ''as not that of man fit to be
the candidate Of the Republican party"
Another religious contemporary, the
Baptist Weekly, remarks: Caesars
wife should he above suspicion, and
man who aspires to the Presidential
chair should be above the charges which
dishonor the official life of Mr.. Blnine."
The expressions OF individual opinion
correspond to the uttcrances of the dis
satisfied newspapers. We find the be-
lief in Mr.. Blaine's personal dishonesty
presented with every degree of candor,
from the declaration of Daniel IL. Cham
berlnin, the head of the gang who plum
dered South Carolina, that 'to ask sup
port for such n candidate is an insult TO
any honest man or Republican," to the
blunt assertion of the fellow who was
put out Of the New York Custom House
for calling Mr. Blaine thief.
The boiling Republicans say that they
cannot support Mr.. Blaine because he is
corrupt man. As the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat put the case, few days be-
fore the Convention, "he is an unclean
man, and the people will not have him.
He stands self convicted Of prostituting
the high Offices he has held to bnild up
pAiNhNC ioAhhhCt VI NOhaNlhAhB WIN COL-
ruption for disl' nest money"
II the Rer .olican opposition to Mr..
Blaine pr ,ecds from a sincere belief
that he is u. fit to be President, and
from the gle desire to promote the
cause of honest Government by repudi-
ating candidate OF proved dishonesty,
the movement is highly creditable to the
newspapers and the men who are It's
leaders. Is that the case?
Four years ago, every one Of the news
papers from which we have quoted un-
favorable opinions respecting James g.
Blaine's personal integrity, supported
James A. Garfield for President Of the
United States. Many other Republican
journals that now decline to lift finger
for Blaine were Jealous advocates of
Garfield. Some of them, in accepting
the nomination Of the Ohio man, were
forced to swallow utterances OF their own
respecting the candidate OF 1880 quite
as positive and damnatory as anything
ever said about the candidate OF 1884.
What n season OF humiliation, of retrac-
ton, OF self-stultifcation that was for
the Republican press! Yet, without any
conspicuous exception that We now recall,
the newspapers that had judged Garfield
and condemned him on the record eyi-
dence of his personal dishonesty, tum-
b!ed over each other in their cagerness
to shield and defend the convict as soon
as an accident had made him the candi-
date Of the party. The Garfield of the
Poland committees report and of the
De Golycr investigation was immediate
ly replaced for campaign purposes, and
since then for historical display, by an.
other Garfield of very different moral
complexion. 1t has been proved that
such transportation is not impossible
why is it not undertaken for the benefit
OF Blainc?"
That is exactly what il Puzzlirg us
why this discrimination against Mr.
Blaine? Can it bc possible that his
nomination was merely concession
with the unavowed object Of cficrtually
squelching the aspirations OF thnt rccre.
ant stalwnrt. Chester A. Arthur. and
that, having served as the instrument OF
chastisemcnt, the Old Guard have nc
further interest in him? The claim on
the part Of tho Pccksniflian journals
above mentioned. that Mr.. Blaine
record Is too nauseous dose for them to
swallow, is entirely too gnuzy to blind
the most innocent OF the Horse Marines,
aud some other solution OF these sulks
must be sought.
The British War Office and Admiralty
continue preparations for the cOutcm.
plated expedition to Khartoum. A re.
port is current that Wolsey advises push.
ing the campaign via suakin or Masso-
way, instead Of 10y the way Of the Nile,
The Admiralty has applied TO the steam,
ship companies for names and Tonnage al
vessels TO transport service. The August
drafts oi engineer officers and men for
tue transport cOmmissariat service will