Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-11

only the timely and stalwart efforts of
Grant and Conkling could have redeemed
theteld and secured Garfeld's election
work soon rewarded by the gallant
knight when opportunity (as Garfeld's
adviser was given him by dealing a
cowardly blow from ambush to his old
antagonist, Roscoe Conkling. Himself
a speculator, enjoying fortune too
great to have been acquired by honest
industry, legitimate business enterprise,
or his country's service at So, 900 year,
he sympathizes with and profits by spec
ulative stock-jobbing and gambling
methods of acquiring wealth-methods
which have wrought ruin, disgrace and
business disaster beyond computation,
schooled youth and persuaded middle
age to avoid honest and useful industry,
made suicide and insanity commonplace,
unsettled values, placed the fruits of
honest toll in the power OF the Goulds
and Armours to bear down or bull up
in the markets as whim or interest may
dictate; methods which recently gave us
but an exaggerated illustration of their.
iniquitous consequences in the Grant &
Ward ffteen-million-dollar failure and
robbery.
Reference to Blaine's congressional re;
cord relating to subsidies, class legisla-
tion, corporate exactions, etc, will
readily satisfy the honest inquirer of his
uniform support of monopolies and indif-
ference to the common veal. Little
wonder that he omits in his letter to re-
fer to or explain the cause of the great
disparity in the distribution of this mar
velous increase Of wealth accumulated
during the period he chooses for compar-
ison; that he fails to note the fact that
the one three -hundredth part of the $44,
900, 600, 900 is held by one man, while
others rank little below, and his own pa
latial residence, commanding rental of
S11, 900 year, suggesting more than an
average per capita of wealth Little
wonder that he is silent on the subject of
inter State commerce, the regulation of
which is demanded by all producers and
legitimate traders. Great corporate in
terests command non-interference. 1t
was lame defense of his devotion to i'm
proved civil service to cite the fact that
during a prolonged public service he only
advised the removal of 'sfour persons.
The expert observer will conclude that
the true betterment of the service de-
manded the removal of ten times four.
He should have emphasized his position
by noting the fidelity with which horde
of relatives have been constantly fed at
the public crib, notably the fayorite
brother Bob, drawing pay for another's
service. Nor will the citation of his pa
cific assurances to Mexico quite cover up
his South American policy and interfer-
ence to project the Landrau guano
scheme. The death of his servant, Hurl-
but, whom he feigned to rebuke, may
serve to partially conceal the true in
wardness of this affair, as did his garbled
rendering of the Mulligan letters first
mislead many charitable people touching
the Little Rock bond job.
The disingenuousness of his letter of
acceptance is further betrayed by its sig
ni6cant silence touching the events Of
the past three years. Bringing down his
historic figures to the present would have
revealed the fiction involved in his
statements; would have shown a marvel
Gus shrinkage in nominal values; would
have noted the downfall of business
prosperity and business morals, and
would have pictured as few can do so
graphically as he the furnace fires dying
out, the wheels of factories standing
still, wages reduced, beggary usurping
the place of labor, bank and business
failures, creditors and depositors wanton
ly defrauded, homes lost and crooked
ness in public affairs. Mr.. Blaine is OBJ
iectionable furthermore for the company
he keeps, for the friends he has made.
VIII the chief promoters of his nomina-
tion be his chief advisors if electeda
names, but will suggest that the least OBJ
jectionable Of his pet supporters are the
1ri5une's supporters of Greely in 1879
and accusers of Blaine in 1876 and 1880,
charging him with bribery and other
penitentiary crimes.
With no pronounced issues between
the two great parties, we can safely af-
ford to yield temporary executive con-
troll at this time to an honest man, though
he be Democrat And if grave ques-
tions of public policy were at issue, they
cannot be determined BY the Executive
This is the prerogative of Congress, the
lawmaking branch, heretofore for time
and now under Democratic control. 1t
is vastly more important to good gov
ernment that the Republican party be
restored to supremacy in Congress than
that the administration of law be in
trusted to an unworthy partisan sur
rounded by bad counsel. While Mr..
Blaine is known to be unworthy, Gov
ernor Cleveland has demonstrated his