New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-17
"HrNT TIE R1SCALS DOWNn

| "HtNI me HISC5LO DVUN'
ii is folly to say that one party Is all pure and
the other all vicious. Most of the voters III
each party want good government. If a candl-
| date is put up by the people, as Mr.. Elaine was
| in an extraordinary degree we may be certain
that they believe him honest and competent
! But there is no such evidence of the peoples be-
! lief, when a convention Is controlled by tTckery
and rings The Withholding of Mr. Tilden'S
| letter enabled tools of Manning, Thompson,
| Davidson and Mclaughlin to put UP Mr.. Clcve-
! land The result shows the wisdom OF trusting
! the people. Mr.. Cleveland proves TO be most
unworthy man, who consents to accept nOlnl-
| nation at the hands of dishonest officials "A re-
ward for shielding them from punishment. Mr..
| Blaine proves to be statesman whose ideas
win political opponents by the thousands, and
Of whom the yurcst and most honored Of his as
Sociatcs in Congress for many years ;Gcn like
Dawes and Hoar, llaWley ana Kelley-declare
that there is not in public life to-day man
those public and private character has been
more pure. 1t is a sufficient proof of the Sln@u-
lar worth of his character that in spite OF
deluge of defamation which would drown al
most any other man, lie grows stronger with the
people daily.
and most frequent from scoundres. "Tilden and
Reform" was the cry of the men who almost seized
the Presidency by shooting their political OPP
poncnts. and then tried to steal it by sending
climber DISPATCHES and buying electors. Ham
cock and Reform was the cry of those who de-
famed President Garfield for months, and then
rcsortcd to the Morcy forgery, bribcd Witnesses
10 pcriure themselves and loaded the wires
tl,n pf md
stupid letter vas not forged The very same
men. branded already with iniamy, are mgnag-
inc the work for " Cleveland and RciorfiS' In
due time, if this goes on, men who call them
selves reformers will expect TO be recognized
as forgcrs pcriurcrs, vote-buycrs and assasSlnS
1t is a question which every good citizen must
put to himself, whether he can with a clear con-
science help such men to succeed. Can he be-
licvc that Cleveland, if he were an honest man,
woud consent to take nomination or an cleo
ton from such hands Can he persuade him
self that good or pure government would come
from party managed by men who instlgate
assassination, but escape hanging; who instl-
gate bribery and cry fraud " if they fail who
inStigate forgery and perjury, and by dlnt OF
lodging the States Prison when it takes in their
TOOLS are accounted the best OF all managers
for another "Ieform" movement What
matters whether man is Republican, Demo
crat. or an Independent-muSt he not confess
to his own conscience that it is helping and re-
warding the mcanest and the blackest crimes to
aid such party management by his vote
An indignant letter by General Garfield
nearly four years ago, after sending the base
forgery to the detectives, closed "Hunt the
rascals down." They have been hunted down.
They are caught in the act of trying to seize the
Presidency again, with the cry, "Cleveland and
Reform" Some, little more stupid i'll their
hypocrisy than the rest, think it fine to repeat
often, Turn the rascals out" If every crime
ever charged against any Republican had been
committed, three things would outweigh them
all : the cipher dispatch conspiracy to steal the
Presidency the Morcy forgery, with the per-
jurcs committed to support it and the nOmi-
nation of a Governor for the Presidency as a
reward for shielding official plunderers.