St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-04

which Tor the time Twas submitting to the
popular judgment.
From the dinner table Blaine went 10 re-
view a grand torch light procession. which
he did from the balcony Of the hotel. To-
morrow ne will go home to Augusta, leaving
Boston $3.50 a. IN.
An Incisive Letter from Hon. Matthew
Hale.
Hon Matthew Hale, OF Albany, y. Y.
life long Republican and brother of Judge
Henry Hale, of st. Paul, being unable to at
tend a Cleveland meeting sent an incisive
letter. He was the Republican candidate
for judge of the supreme court last year.
The following is the letter;
Il regret that necessary absence from
town will prevent my compliance with your
invitation. The right and duty of Ameri.
can citizens to discuss the fitness of candi-
date for the highest office in the country
cannot well be denied. Americans ought
never 10 surrender their own judgment to
an assembly of politicians, though constitute
ing a national convention. This truth was
never more fifty spoken than by Gen. Gar.
field in his speech nominating John Sher.
man at the convention of 1880. Not here
said this eloquent leader, where / see the
enthusiastic faces of $50 delegates waiting tG
l
choice of the Republic, but 0y 1000, 600 OF
Republican fresides, where the thoughtful
voters, with wives and children about them,
with the calm thought inspired by love OF
home aud country, with the history of
the past, the hopes Of the future, and
reverence for the great men who have
adorned and blessed our nation in DAYS gone
/ by burning in their hearts, there God pre-
parcs the verdict which will determine the
wisdom of our work tonight. Not in Chi
/ cago in the heat of June, but at the ballot
boxes of the Republic after the silence Of
| deliberate judgment, will this question be
settled"
''In these glowing words did our late la
mented president recognize the duty on the
| part of the Republicans to repudiate the can
| didate Of the convention whenever deliberate
| judgment should come in conflict with the
mandates OF party. For myself after long
/ elaboration and with great reluctance, be-
| cause having given my first vote at a presi-
| Dental election for Gen. Fremont in 1856,
and having voted for every Republican can
| didate for that great office since, l would
much prefer to continue to support the party
of my first choice; because many esteemed
| friends with whom / have heretofore been
associated are now zealously supporting the
Republican candidate; because l thoroughly
| appreciate the traits which make Mr.. Blaine
! so attractive and agreeable To those " no
know him socially; because from education
from association, from conviction, and, per-
haps, something from prejudice, l am not
an admirer of the Democratic party. These
and other considerations, led me to think at
first that would support the Republican
| nominees.
''But / have watched carefully the devel-
opments as to Mr.. Blaine as the canvass has
I nv, cod h,r~a aoI = ,I, tla
called "Mulligan letters'' of the first batch,
but the second installment OF the same, in
Guiding the certificate of his own good char
acter, written by Mr.. Blaine, but not signed
| by Mr.. Fisher; the letter to Mr.. Bundy about
blocking Valley''-the letter inclosing S25,-
600 for the Hope Furnace enterprise-and
the supplementary letter of Mr.. Blaine, again
yOuching for the accurate truth OF the epistle
to Bundy, and the epistle to Sanborn encour.
aging him to smile at the prospect of profit
of 500 per cent. on Little Rock bonds |
have also read the labored defense put
forth from time to time by his in
genious apologists-judges, senators, pro-
fessors and doctors of divinity. ! have read
Mr. Blaine's apology for Virginia reputation
and his wild and most demOralizing as well
as unconstitutional, project for dividing
among the states the revenues obtained by
federal taxation. / have read his stump
speeches in Ohio looked in vain for appeals
to any nObler sentiment than the love of
: money, ana have observed the paus. bic in
geuuity with which he has persuaded the
people to see an issue where none exists.
have recalled his course as speaker when
called upon to act on the subject of civil SER
vice reform. have remembered his cater
ing to the imitation craze and the silver
heresy; to the anti-Chinese preiu lice, to
almost every unsound doctrine, in every
quarter, which seemed likely TO command
votes. l have read his speech excusing him
self for lodging the vote on prohibition in his
own state. All this reading and reflection have
impressed upon me the conviction that this
sO-ealled ''Piumed Knight is false knight
-untruthful, deceit(ul aud unsound-
utterly and conspicuously unfit to hold the
great Office flied by one ''who could not tell
a lie,h and in more recent times by one
whom the people respected as "Honest Old
Abe" l cannot conceive greater misfor-
tune to our country than the election to the
presidency Of such a man. 1t is SAID by his
followers that he is sure to be elected aud
that the waving torches, beating drums, and
sounding trumpets are heralding his tri-
umph. This may be so. But if the thought
full voters at their fresides will read think,
and comprehend, these armies with banners
viii not prevail. The silent votes falling in
the ballot boxes in November will prove
weapons mightier than the shouts of thought
less partisans and the glowing light of fam
ing torches.
sit has long been seen by observing men
that the greatest danger to our government
is from political corruption. The obtaining
I of Office by money, and the use of political
positions as a means to make fortunes, are
now threatening, more than anything else,
the integrity and stability of our institutions.
We are becoming more and more every
day land where wealth accU
mulates and men decay. Infinitely Hora
important than any question of tariff or Of
, material growth is the question, ''Shall office
be held as a trust for the benefit of the whole
, people or as a means of acquiring wealth fol
r the ofiieehoder and his friendsl''
, "Upon this question we see James g.
: Blaine and Grover Cleveland ranged on OPP
) posite sides. We in Albany know how faith
2 fully and firmly Mr. Cleveland as governor
Of this state has maintained the right side of
? this question. We who have witnessed his
2 quiet and transformations life here and hil
7 constant devotion TO the duties Of his Office
t know how vile are the SANDERS which the
5 'baser sort of his enemies are iddustriousIy
D sowing broadcast through the land. Though
D we who are Republicans regret that he is q
1 Democrat, we rejoice to know that he is an
honest and independent man. As such we
! much prefer him TO one, who, though gifted
e with 'money-takin' arts with which the
peoples hearts he steals awa', , is the repre-
sentative to-day of all that is most corrupt,
ing and dangerous in our politics."
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