The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-14
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST BLAINE.


William Curtis, master and man, did not sup
port Mr. Blaine because Mr.. Blaine did not
give the Harpers the publication of his book,
Twenty Years in Congress" See Mr.. Har-
per's letter to William Walter Phelps. They
were too good to support Blaine.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who openly con-
fessed himself an adulterer, by saying that if
all men in New York who had violated the
seventh commandment voted for Cleveland,
eve" would elect him, was too good to sup
port Mr.. Blaine.
Samuel Bowles, jr., of the Springfield
Republican, chip off the old block,
whose father publicly accused a prom
inent public man of dishonesty, and then
privately wrote him that his heart and his
house were open to him as of old, and that he
was compelled to abuse him in print as mat
ter of business, was too good to support Mr..
Blaine.
dred millionaire, who said of his management
of his railroad property, 'the public be
damned" gave $780, 900 to the Democratic
corruption fund. He was too good to support
Mr.. Blaine
Mr.. Carl Sehurz who was charged by Hon,
George w. Julian with being the tool of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company while
Secretary of the INTERIOR and who accepted a
position with large salary from the president
Of the company he Rad favored by certifying
to false statement concerning the acceptance
of a section Of road, was too good to support
Mr. Blaine.
The editor of New York newspaper who
made his money by a whisky speculation
when a clerk of congressional committee
was too good to support Mr.. Blaine.
The men who wreck railroads, who, fatten off
enormous fees as lawyers, eating up estates
which are unfortunate enough to be thrown
into court; court officers who pocket thou
ands of dollars for few minutes work as
lawyers" were too good to support Mr..
Blaine.
Men who eat up the substance of banks,
leaving mourning depositors and betrayed
conidants, were too good to support Mr..
Blaine
Men who had been given certificates of
character by juries of their peers that would
ruin forever anybody else than a 'lawyer,
were too good to support Mr.. Blaine.
All the pharisees, all the ''holier-t than thou
hypocrites, all who had a sore head or raw
back all those VIII ose petty natures were in
revolt against man whose genius and ability
made him great despite their malicious envy
and back biting were too good to support Mr..
Blaine.
The list might be extended indefinitely.
Mr.. Blaine had to contend, in addition to the
entire Democratic party, made up of the
solid South, which now rejoices over
'the supremacy of those whose hands
bore the Southern flag" and OF
the copperheads of the North, led by Thomas
A. Hendricks, who eight years ago, George
William Curtis said should never be elected
to preside over government he did his best
to destroy. That against such "a conspiracy
for plumber and spoils," aided by the Phari-
sees hypocrites, the envious, the lit
tle-souled great men, the devourers
of widows houses, the malcontents,
the Adullamites of all sorts, conditions
and circumstances, backed up by the filthiest
scandals and libels that ever disgraced cam
paign, Mr. Blaine should be defeated by plu-
rality of less than thousand votes is, and
will always remain, marvel in political his
tory-the greatest tribute to mans popu-
lar strength, moral courage ard consummate
leadership the world has ever seen. Only a
mind and heart small and mean enough to be
too good to support him can see in the result