Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-15


The New York Tribune doesn't Ike the
waT the Republican managers ooHG
/ the campaign. Il thinks nat NJ.
I couIl have been elected II so much d
( camnaian funds had not been e1PenueU
..for torches and wind" II says
me fact i. even in the earlier slAge.
the campaign. there were 100 MaH -
and banners. too much coal-On - -
element. II proportion 70 Ins -
--fe- w~rk for the education OF lls -
55Ia nv the circulation OF capable lOuInas,
- - 5isr-fLutfOn Of documents, ana Q!
-fsSi0narv effort in school district meet
ings. cana in.o
being. nearly thirty years ago, II galneu
e1 RI success BIZ patient and earnest aP-
- ~ ne nublic intelligence. But after
h rad gained the power il began 70 count
700 much upon It's use Of political ma
/ chinerv. upon the control Of Ohces, the
I command Of money ard all the other de-
vices. which. in its youth, the party a
entirely lacked.
During the last Presidential campaign
millions II dollars have been spent IN en-
7 pl0ying brass bands, in hanging cost!
Z banners. in equipping uniformed comPa-
MES and in assembling great numbers o.
them 10 produce powerful spectacular
effects.
This is a ~humiliating confession TO
make. II Is confession that the Repub-
Iican party no longer dared TO face the
people with arguments, and was forced TO
RELY on spectacular effects 70 accomplish
its purposes. II is true that at one time
it represented something that took a firm
hold on the conscience and judgment Of
the people. but that was long ago. Asthe
Tribune hints. il represents nothing now
but the greed for spells. The idea OF It's
doing missionary work in school dis
tricts' is laughable. The men who are
managing the Republican party now are
not composed Of the stuff Of which mis-
s~iOnaries are made.
They are not stirred into activity BY
desire TO see great principles triumph
The motive that moves them is the love Of
power and plumber. What folly would il
have been for such men TO have attempt
ed the sort Of canvass that the Tribune
talks about! Think Of men like Elkins,
CLAYTON. Dorsey, Keifer, n the thOus-
ands Of o~f6ceh0lders facing the honest
farmers and wOrkmen in the school dis
tricts throughout the country,
What could they have DISGUST
cd Not the tariff, because the
protective system IS plainly in the inter
est OF a few great monOpolists. Not the
finances. because 5000 600 900 more thar i:
necessary for the expenses Of the govern.
ment is being taken annually from the
hard earnings Of the people. Not integri
tv in the administrat on Of the govern
ment. because the record Of the Republic
can party is spotted with fraud and cor
ruptiOn. There is nothing that these
missionaries Of the Tribune could have
discussed that would have touched re-
~sDonsiEe chord in the breasts OF the poo
pie.
Instead Of discussing great principles
they would have been forced TO answer
some very embarrassing questions. The
peOple would have wanted TO know about
star route frauds, the wnIsky ring frauds.
Nlr. Blaine's dealings with Fisher, and
many other things thai have sunk deep
in their minds and made them wonder
what has SO changed the Republican
party since the Tribune was a power IL
the country.
No. the Republican managers made the
only kind OF a campaign that they coulc
have made VITA any prospect Of success
Their hope Uas in keeping as far away
from the people as possible and in daz
zling them with spectacular displays ano
deceiving them with d%emagogical utter
ances. and they were shrewd enough 70
know il. The TriJuEe'S vail over the
defeat Of its party viii hardly excite
sympathy even among those WHOM the
defeat chiefly afects-the omceholders.