Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-10

Gn0RpB ". GROVES, Ptncader.
SHERIFF,
fRAE G. STIpHAM, Wilmington.
OORuNER,
CHARLIE L. SPARKS. WILMINGTON.
Brag ana Franc.
For downright misrepresent ation, a
mild name for something else, the New
York Herald takes the cake. While
other Democratic free trade papers have
practically admitted the certainty Of
Blaine's election, the Herald SAYS he is
only certain of Maine, Vermont, Min
nesota, Colorado and Kansas, in all
twenty EIGHT electoral votes. Iowa,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois are
doubtful " States, while Indiana is
safely Democratic. New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, and Pennsylvania, it
says, are as likely to 60 for Cleveland a.
for Blaine, and New York, Connecticut
and New Jersey are without hope. If
these declarations are true it will be .
surprise 70 the Republicans and not a
few Democrats as well This is the
nrst time in the progress Of the cam
paign that Pennsylvania has been con-
sidered anything like doubtful State
by anybody who pretends to know any
thing about the political situation, and
she preposterous claim Of the Herald
that Pennsylvania is even approaching
the doubtful point, will throw discredit
over all IL has said about the other
States and indeed over all its actions
during the whole campaign.
But next the Herald proceeds to give
che reason for this great rush Of States
for Cleveland. We are not surprised
at the hearty laugh the readers Of the
REPUBLICAN will enjoy when they
read that it is the straightforward
simr,e and stubborn honesty of Cleve-
lands character that tells upon the
voters" and furthermore q" he is the
man needed in the White House to
purify our politics and to resist and put
down corruption in high places. Let
che Herald take the plate along with
the cake. Shades of Washington .
Only think Of man denounced by a
leading New York Democrat, who in
dignantly refused to allow his name to
be on the electoral ticket for him, as a
moral leper," being held up before
the country as . model reform candi-
date. A man who by his siuuous arts
seduced high minded, virtuous woman
under promise Of marriage, and instead
of performing his promise, sent the
woman, who should have been his wife,
70 an insane asylum and his illegitimate
offspring TO the poor This is the
man lauded to the heavens as model
reformer. Nothing more is needed te
show how despicably low the Demo
Gratis OF the Herald type have brough,
the campaign.
Perish the thought that there SHOULD
be any possibility of such a mans cleo
zion 70 the Presidency. How humila
sing 1t is TO morality aud common de.
cency that such man is a candidat,
Cor the highest position in the gift o
an enlightened people.
Yes, but il is his "honesty as vel
thai tells IN favor OF his popularity W,
ARE told by the Herald. His honesty
is akin TO his morality it exists il
microscopical particles. Is a maj
thoroughly honest who would charg,
what he paid his carrier boys for New
Years addresses to the county of which
he was Sheriff Only think of elect
ing a man President who would 81
down in the White House and char z
up against the government what h
paid his paper boy and ask Congress Il
foot the bill. Oh, yes, Cleveland ha
no small, mercenary, grovsling mind
Cleveland is very honest man, in
deed he is in the eyes of the Herald
but somehow it took $1,000 more I
run the County of Erie while he wa
Sheriff, than it took for his predeces
sors in the same Office. That tn
county supervisors did not pay thi
bill for this honest man was n
fault OF Cleveland's. He is a very uf
right, moral, honest man, but he SCENE
TO know how to make 1863 days attend
Ance at Court out of a single calenda
year at % per day, That there was
technical flaw in the law which Clev,
land took ad vantage of to make th
exoroitant years showing, hardly prove
the hardheaded honesty Of Cleveland
A man may be Sheriff and have to pc
form the disagreeable duty of excel
ting criminals and still be an hone,
man, bu, the EXTREMITY honest mann,
IN which Cleveland executed tw
criminals, when he was Sheriff co
the County Of Erie $3.50 for each, 81!
more than was provided by law. 81
then il is worth something to the eau
of honesty, and good morals and 7
form 10 be hung by such an homes
moral civil reformer as Grow
Cleveland.
But Cieveland's downright homes
and civil service morality appears
his moral and honest efforts to secu
the Democratic nomination for d
Presidency. He didn't want the a
OF Iammany, simply because he h;
shown such an intense hatred for &
irish that he couldn't get it. The
were other political wire pulle
STEPPED over head and shoulders
corruption and Cleveland went
them. Hubert o. Thompson is Coz
missioner of Highways, and there
Sheriff Davidson, both men who d
pense large political patronage, wi
. servants under them who come VIII
y they say come and 60 when they s.
60. They have not got the Irish pl
dx OF Nc to their names and thai ST..
Cleveland.
IL smatters not that Cleveland