The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
The Grand OH pArty,s Conscience.

The St. Louis Globe has wholesome
and interesting article entitled I. Mis-
placed Confidence It IS on the tend
ency of the times. The question:
"Whom can we. .trust?" it says. is
heard on every hand" ITO betray
trust has always been justly regarded
as an almost objectionable sin. .sNo
one can tell how far-reaching the effects
may be.'' 1.-The Hebrew Scriptures
are nowhere more impressive than in
their denunciations of the violators Of
trusts 1t even assumes the role of q
Hebrew prophet. and declares that ssthe
average man becomes year by year not
more but less trustw orthy. That is the
whole case in a sentence. Facts OF
common observation do not accord with
the theory that the world is getting
better and better, and gradually grow
ing into the millennium. Humanityi is not
becoming more and more loyable. On
the contrary, the oft-repeated inquiry:
Who can be trtistedP suggests to the
thoughtful mind the probability that
st. Paul knew what he was talking of
when he said that the end of the Christ
tian dispensation would be chacterized
by sgTievous times by lovers of self,
lovers of money and by traitors. y
In the face of all this. which every in
telligent person knows to be true. the
Globe and many other representatives
of the Republican party proposes to
make Mr.. Blaine President of the United
States, to hold up as an example to the
youth Of this country a man self-eon-
victed Of an attempt to betray for mon
ey his public trust as Speaker of the
House. .ftI.ssi ~
Nor has the Globe the excuse that it
does not believe the evidence which Mr..
Blaine furnished in his own hand-writ-
| ing, over his own signature. Like
| thousands of Republicans before, his
nomination it has expressed its belief IN
his guilt. It said: sMr. Blaine is an
nnclean man and the people will mot
have him. He stands self-canvicted Of
prostituting the high Offices he has held
to build up a private fortune; cs eohab-
iting with corruption for dishonest monr
ey. His record would damn him.
/ 1t was only echoing what was said
and believed by many Republicans or
/ gans and orators; but such is the de-
moralization wrought by party Warfare
that although its columns now admit
that the betrayal of trusts is making the
American people a kissing and by
! word, it, ike many other Republicans,
is actively urging the election to the
Presidency of a imam self-conyicted Of
prostitut.ng the high offices he has held
to build up private fortune. :
Another instanceoof this blindness
wrought by partisanship is tod by oor-
| respondent of the Boston Herald, who,
/ the other day, met on the streets of
| that city the author of many books
i written for the moral instruction Of
young readers. The author expressed
/ great surprise at the correspondents 8
saying he should not vote the Repub-
lican ticket this year, because he did
not think n1r.. Blaine would pass mus
ter tried by any high moral standard in
/ politics. The author was very inpa-
tient over the charges against Blaine
and said that the time was wasted in
ticking about them. The conversation
then turned to a new book by the au-
thor soon to appear. He handed the
/ adyan sheets to the correspondent,
who took them home and read them.
He found in them one whole chapter
devoted to hold ng up to scorn and con-
tempt an orthodox deacon for the of
tense of attempting to sell shares in y
joint stock company, while at the same
time he had accepted gratuity, unbe-
known to the public, from the directors
of the company to secure his interest in
the enterprise. The deacon had not
lied about it either.
Yet this author was supporting for
| the Presidency man who had just
! done that thing, adding to it the sof-
tense of offering his official influence foi
sale and crowning all by deliberate and