The Ottawa free trader., 1884-01-19

1t VA, Henry 3 Payne, the father OF
Oliver H. Fayne, VINO Won tae senatorial
prize in the Ohio Democratic Legislative
caucus on the Slh inst. Oliver was made
secretary o. the Standard Oh Company
through The influence Of the father who is
prominent stockholder in the great mo-
nOpoly; and Il is charged, il Ohio Demo-
cratic circles, that the son used money
freely 10 make his fathers nomination AS
nearly unanimous as possible. II is init
mated further that the expenses Of divers
campaign among Legislators cost him over
100000. Mr. Payne is SAID to be worth
about twenty million dollars, most ot
which is IN Standard Oh Stocks.-HHrcdH
Co. RGpujllcG&.
If the Republican papers keep on they
will soon have Mr. Payne Che weslthiest
man N The world. They started off by
placing his fortune az $2,000,00Q. They
have now go, It up to s20,000,0oO. In ad-
dition they have made hum proprietor Of
tae whole Standard Oil Company, when its
books showihat he never owned dollar OF
It's stock. Verify there IS an awiu! lie out
Isomewhere!'
Then this story about Payne " bis son
Oliver, purchasing his election 10 the |. ;.
Senate with 100000, is no, only hiGeoosly
shameful as o falsehooi, bu: !s supreme!y
cheeky IS coming from The Republicans,
Why, if payncs election even had been
purchased, and The proof was clear, with
what sort Of decency can The Republican
party objec, to his election on that score !!
The worst Republicans could then say OF
Mr. Payne is ,hat be has followed tho tce-
jtions and practices 0: ;ha: party IN !ikt
cases. Who has forgotten the election of
Simon Cameron by the Pennsylvania leg
islaturo when, on the final ballot, Repre-
sentative Boyer arose IN his place and held
up $1,000 that had been paid him by Cam
c.on for his vote, IN! other mom6ers were
pointed out who had received similar and
larger bribes: Yet Cameron's election
was hailed aa a great Republican triumph
and he was welcomed 10 his seat II the
senate by his fellow republicans with open
arms, and recognized as an honorcd party
leader. SO when ingalls, defeated Old
Subsidy Pomeroy for The senate out in
Kansas, the use Of large sums OF mouey
was shamefully notorious, yet the Repuo-
llcan press carefully repressed the agony.
When Sabin, Up in Minnesota bought the
seat in the Senate that Window held, there
was no howl Of lndignatioa-D not even
8 peep OF disapprobation. Neither did the
Republican press lose faith in humanity
when Jones and Sharon purchased seat
IN the Senate; likewise Bowen and Tabor.
The Republican press s.itied lis sorrow
when the Credit Mobiliev rascalities came
out, aud i. ..rned ITS back 20 the wall end
wep. IL silence when Belfnap tg!pped and
fell. Recently when Hunt.ngton's letters
were published, detsiiiDg great Republl-
can Money Kings methods Of dealing with
Congress, the liepubhcan press saw mol
reason 30 lose faith IL ihe popular sysfem
Of government
The simple truth -, as = cJtempGrary
ap,lv remarks, Mr.. Pendleton lost bis
sea; in the Senate because he was IN no.
sense qualified faE leadership; solely be
cause he failed TO attach men 10 has polltI-
cal fortunes; because his aris,oc.atic sGr-
roundings were dislasteful to many demo.
crats; because lie incurred the hostility nt
q powerful newspaper and because ne was
unable 20 protect himself against The or-
ganlzel efsor, to legea, MIN. The story
about corruption originated With h. fol
lower. yhl felt they were force! 70 ez
plain lhelr weakness oE unn a.g-4. grounds,
and II hqs since been repeated By 'lc Re.
pubhca2 pres. tQr partisan reasons My
Payne l. a pJrs ana honorable man uf he
oil school"