National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-12
The Democratic Fight Against Payne.


suspected Of Partially toward any wing or
faction in the democratic party. IL, there
fore, is disposed to accept its proper and
natural position as u disinterostod umpire in
tho fierce warfare now going on between the
Payne and Pendleton factions in Ohio, and
their respective hackers and sympathizers
outside Of that state. AS we understand the
case, Mr.. John Mclean, who, besides being
himself is likewise the son ofhis distinguished
father got disguised with Mr.. Pendleton.
1t matters not how or why. Accordingly
Cincinnati Enquirer, and floored him In the
nominating convention of Hamilton county
Tho story of Pehdleton is briefly told. lie
raised his voice. Tor civil service reform. His
party would not have 1t. lie died. Enter
Payne. Now, Henry b. Payne is a man for
whom more than eighty men voted at tho
too, without any aid from his own state, his
delegation having failed him, after the ar
rangoment seemed to have been made for him
to receive its vote. The master hand Of
Tildon was in the work, and the story goes
that his desire to nominate Payne was only
defeated by tho hating course of Judge
Hoadly.
Mr.. Payne is an eminent citizen, man Of
the wisdom that comes of experience and o
democrat Of the very strictest sect. For
what purpose he would have tariff we
know not, but, like all other democrats, We
presume he is for tariff for votes only. As
patriarch in his party, he is entitled to
many of its irreverent editors. He is to be a
senator for six years, if he shall be elected
and live SO long. All the democratic papers
which now boot at him would do we'll to
reflect that they must all be loud in their
praises of him after he is sworn in as a
senator. They say he is a Standard Oil
man and that his seat in the senate
was bought. This should of course be
investigated. Indeed, that work ought to be
commenced at once before the election of Mr..
Payne. to the senate. If votes for Mr.. Payne
were bought, they were bought of democratic
members Of the Ohio legislature, and those
who say there was buying can, of course,
name the men who sold their votes. In
clination and opportunity coTd at least be
proven. The act itself is seldom seen.
1t has not been usual for the democratic
party to go into these spasms of virtue over
its own performances, and when there is a
concerted outbreak, as there is against Mr.,
Payne, it generally has more purpose than is
apparent. 1t is beginning to be suspected
that the willy Tilden has Mr. Paynes nomi-
nation for the presidency in view, as he
had in 1850. The senatorial election
in Ohio has given him a
tremendous boom. Something had to be
done to stay it. Hence the fierce onset
against him. 1t is undoubtedly true that hi
was the candidate Of tho Standard Oil com.
pany, and there may have been fabrication
in the caucus; but it is more than probable
that much of the apparent indignation at this
in democratic quarters is the fear that wher
Ohio presents his name for the presidential
nomination at the national convention New
York will make him the nominee. ThiI
would disturb Carlisle. Morrison, Hewitt
Mcdonald, and, last though not least, Mr.
Pendleton himself. Whatever may DO the
motive of democratic assaults upon Mr.. Payne
we shall view with delight any tendency OF
his party to examine itself conscientiously
and to send its strong men sprawling to the
ground for whatever cause.