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TO be Continued. ]
PAYNE AND PENDLETON.
The Lesson of PendietOn's Defeat
rhe Rutc OF ths Rank
and File.

EDITOR OF TIE ~. i . SlN-ST. LOG
ought to know what made Hoadly gov
erhor OF and Payne senator from Ohio.
L do not belong to any Clique Oh
faction, and l am outside the wnirl o.
party politics; but 1 think | can tel.
you the truth.
The democratic party In Ohio is
made up of the best elements OF the
old republican party while it was a
party OF principle and before ii became
Il party of spoils and prejudice, of the
great mass Of the democratic party who
are democrats from conviction, and o!
II lew would-be democratic leaders who
Gull phrase about state rights and free
trade principles.
These would-be leaders have
thorough knowledge of the tricks OF
politics and the modes OF manip-
ulating primaries and controlling
conventions. They fully believe thai
they have Il right to control the demo-
| cratic party audto sell its nominations.
They nave exercised this control with
out much question up to II recent date.
The nomination of Bishop, business
entirely independent of these profess
! siomal politicians, was a protest against
!. leadership which had usually led to
disastrous defeat. The nomination OF
Ewing was loud protest against the
surrender by Bishop to these very poll
ticians after he had been elected, and
the nomination Of Brookwalter, against
their united and bitter opposition, was
q. still more emphatic protest. A
great majority of the democratic party
believe that both of those very able
meu owed their defeat to the treachery
. of the wouid-be leaders.
! The nomination of Hoadly against
their opposition, and his election with
out their support was their complete
and final overthrow. 1t unfortunate
lv carried with it some excellent men
who had been too closely Identified
with them. In every case. when their
manipulations have failed, they have
raised the cry OF fraud aud trickery, a
piece OF impudence unparalleled since
Robin Hood, when hard pressed, head
ed the posse, shouting, "stop thief!"
i That the nominations oi uoadly and
others were not the results OF lnampula
ton, but of popular movement be-
yond the power Of the manipulators
every one known who has been tamil-
lar with TIE views OF the better
class OF democrats for the last few
years.
On the heels of the last and crushing
defeat of the conspirators came the
senatorial election. AS private gen.
ticmen nothing derogatory can be said
ot either Mr.. PendleIon or Mr.. Payne.
Mr. Penti!eton has, how ever, been long
recognized as the leader OF the very
faction just defeated, while Mr.. PAYNE
at f,.
AS statesmen they can only be- conn
i'll sI ,rt congressional career ga ned
the confidence and admiration Of his
I,a.t, aud The respect of the people OF
the country. Mir. Pendleton III his
long pubic career has only been iden
titled with tour propositions, OH all OF
which ne was distinctly wrong.
When the war broke out and money
of some kind must be had. Mr.. PEN
dIeton took the ground that this gov
crnneut was such shadowv affair
that il had not the constitutional power
~ give lis note, while after the war
was over and all thoughtful men coll
sideTed it time to check the wild career
of imitation, he seemed to have conclud-
ed that the principal business of the
same government was to print green
backs. even to the extent OF paying off
the national debt with them. We next
bear ii Pendleton by his proposing TO
seat cabinet officers in congress, ,toenable
them 10 talk about business intrusted TO
them By The president, who is alone
responsible for their action, because in
England 1t ministry responsible direct
ly 10 parliament have seats in that
body TO enable them to explain and
defend their action. Finally, we find
PendIetou covering up the fostering
rottenuess in the public service by u
thin varnish under the sounding nulne
ct 'ciyiI service REFORM"
The fact that Mr.. PAYNE had some
Lively boys, said TO be connected " ilh
the Standard Oil Company, who were
largely instrumental in CARRYING Cleve-
! land, while Cincinnati had TO be car
iiri against Il boiling fendleton ticket,
die! not tend to draw democratic affec-
tons away from Mr.. Payne nor con-
cemtrate them on Mr. Pendleton. The
charge that Mr.. Pavne's election was
! procured by bribery or that he would
accept an election SO procured, 10 sell.
/ sible man of any party believes.
| The Sun may assure the democracy
| OF New York that the recent fermenta-
lions inside the demo cratic party of
Olio tends to publication and improve
mcut, and to make it certain that in
(, 1884 republican rasca!s must go.'
HENRY L. NILES.
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