Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-09-25
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gMalne whereby on the re-
1000, Fisher agreed to deliver
$4,000 of the seven Der cent. and
first mortgage bonds of the road
over and above the bonds given the Coburns
in return for the $l30,0O0. Mr. Schurz read
the contract and said it was part Of the rec.
ords of the Government 1t could be found
there by any one. And there could be found
also memorandum-book in Blaine's own
the bonds And Blaine did not y pay one cent
for those bonds: Now ask me some more
questions said Mr.. SEIZURE. while the audience
the untrnth, knowing it to be the untruth.
and for the purpose of deceiving the House
Of Representatives and 440OU, 600 of people?
How is 1t you call it when a man does thet?
He lied" shouted hundreds of voices.
You see can ask questions too replied
The speaker read another extract from his
reply to HOar, wherein he showed that the
Little Rock u Fort Smith Road received It's
chief aid from the Government, and that con-
sequently it was highly improper for Blaine
to have acquired any interest in it while pre-
siding officer of the body from which the
benefit was acquired. Blaine fhad uttered
another deliberate untruth in regard to that:
He mad dared to stand up in the House and
he thought he had collected all of his CORE
spondence which could COMPROMISE him.
But he was mistaken. Mullfgan had some ey-
idence which he had NOT secured. Blaines
action IN connection with getting possession
of the letters was most hum:liatlng. Either
committee" said Mr. Schurz land ! want to
say now that l defy any one on the Blaine side
to fn s a fe
with the Spencer rifle contract and with the
Northern Pacific, and said that blaine
had used his acquired power unscrupuiously
to advance his own private interests.
To the question if the RePHnliSsan ma majority
ton, Mr.. Schurz said: 1t is only SO much
the worse for his neighbors.' The reelection
of Boss Tweed after he was known to be COR
rllpt cited q parallel case. IOrU
Bacon's offense in receiving presents
from persons having cases S Which came aae be
this corruption and deprived him OF office,
condemned MIN to imprisonment and to the
whose oiiense was even greater, be rewarded
by being elected to the highest office in the
gift Of the American people? lCries of NO"
In all Blaine's public career, Mr. schurz
said, nothing could be found which character
lied him great statesman. If he should
be elected President it would mean that the
people had decided that ''let us be on the
make should be their motto: The opposing
Mr.. Schulz said he was ready to run all the
danger, if such there was, of Democratic
m IN order to ward on fh t ds6 dan
esty typified by Blaine's candidacy. A Demo-
cratic Administration could not be worse than
a flesh wound; Blaines election would be
blood-poisoning. The only question was
whether Cleveland was honest enough to
make his election emphatic enough to be
Schurz said the people of New York knew
Cleveland to be honest. His honesty was the
aggressive kind, which made friends of hon
est men and enemies of scOundrels.
OCleveland, he said, was in favor of civilser-
vice reform. He had favored it in New York
before it had been legislated upon. He had
signed bills when he knew it would take the
pap out of the mouths of some of his own
party. When he had civilservice committee
to appoint he selected men in favor of civil
service. When Blaine had a similar duty to
perform he selected enemies of the reform
and thus killed it. The reform of the civil
service was much safer in the hands of Cleve-
land than in those of Blaine. The Republican
party might have to wait generation before
it found honest a civil-Service
reformer as Cleveland. The opportunity
for the cvilservice reformers TO act had
c ome The Speaker commended Cleve-
land for speaking plainly in regard to prohi-
ton, and denounced Blaine for his quibbling
and lodging. ~ do not say that Cleveland is
my ideal candidate" said Mr.. SchurZ. but
do say that he is the man to emphasize the
protest of the American people against the
corrupt tendencies of the times. That will be
the lessonsot his election, and it will be one
as necessary as that under which slavery
went down. This is the decisive battle for
honest Government and we can not put it off.
If we lose it will mean that publication will
be delayed for a generation. If we win it will
mean that the people want and will have hon.
est government In this latter event the
nomination of Blaine may prove blessing
instead of a curse to our country.