The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-07-11
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man VINO makes Annual Nlslta W III
The country towns, villages and b am
let's, for the purpose of selling on the
streets to unsophisticated purchasers a
kind of soap with such puri.
flying and cleansing qualities that it will
even remove tho stain from the hlem-
ished character Of an individual who
has not the moral courage to withstand
the willy Establishments of the Evil |
one. Neither do we have in contem-
plation him who travels from farm
house to farm house, and from hamlet
to hamlet, gathering up refuse wood
ashes and scraps of the great American
hog for the purpose of converting them
into soap, thus earning an honest live
lihood and setting an example worthy
of imitation by all ''cumberers ef the
ground" No, the term "soap man"
here used is an euphonious term pecu-
liar only to the vocabulary Of Republi-
can politics. The ''soap man" of whom
We speak was introduced to the public,
as such, in the early days of the year
1881 at Delmonico's Restaurant in New
York City, by no less parsonage than
Chester A. Arthur, accidental president
of the Uoited States. At this eating
and drinking house in February, 1881,
were collected together such choice
spirits as Conkling, Gtaet, Bsecher,
Arthur, Dorsey and other chosen lead
ers of the Republican party to'iubilate"
and "eonviviate" over the result Of the
election of Garfield. There, in the
magnificent parlors of tho Dslnonico,
such as oriental princes are wont TO oc-
cnpy, was Conkliug with his curly bang,
and his turkey gobbler strut. There
was Grant with his inevitable cigar.
There was Bsecher with thoughts Of
Theodore Tilton still lingering lightly
in his mind, hut not wildly enough to
make believe that the reverend gentle
men was on the ragged edge of despair.
There was Dorsey flush with the lau els
of the Garfield victory, victory liter
ally purchased with almost countless
numbers of two dollar greenbaeks
There, too. was Arthur expecting soon
to enter upon the full fruition OF the
victory so corruptly wrung from the
people. Il was on this occasion tha,
speech making was very literally in-
dulged in. Arthur was making his
speech, when some one in the audience
asked how Indiana had been carried,
when he replied that bis very dear
friend, Dorsey, knew all about the
msans employed. Hs unblushingly
declared thai "soap," (greenbacks,l wa
the means that overcome the will OF
the people of Indiana and elected Car
field and Arthur. Here, these uen, In
the presence of newspaper reporters,
unabashed and without shame, openly
bOasted and gloated over the victory oil
corruption, over honesty aud decency.
Here, was made known the fact that
vast sums of money were literally and
directly used to purchase victory az the
polls. Now. again, the boas st IS made
openly aud publicly by Blaine's friends
that they can get ell the money they
want. Can it be that the star reuters,
who swindled the government out oi
millions, and then spent it iaVi hly "a
buy Garlielo's election, and who now
have charge of Bl4ins's campaign, have
again been swiudling the government
o 1t of other millions under Arthur, and
now stands ready to furnish all the
'fsoap" necessary to carry BIains's cam
paign to a successful! termination
Is it drawing upon the Imagination
to suppose that these star route pFacti-
ces have obtained under Arthur when
they were carried on right under the
nose of Hayes Aud Dorsey was the
man who spent the vast sums contri-
buted by the star router5 to elect Gar
field, and it is now pertinsnt inquiry
who will be the disbursing olicer-the
"soap man" of Blaine's campaign 1t
is . sad commentary upon public morals
to contemplate the immense power
which money Is made to exert in con-
trolling elections. But who will be
Blaine's "sosp manl' We predict that
it will be Steve Elkins, the great star
router.