The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-05-29
OPnN LnrTER sooRINa ARTmun.N
Wayne maoyeagh Sends Bristow Points for
His Address NJ the Arthur Meeting,
PmLADRLPHIA, May 10, 1884.

row night In New York In support OF the
proposition that the political career OF
Chester A, Arthur makea his elevation u
the Presidency by tho votes OF his fellow
citizens more desirable than that, for
instance, OF Senator Edmunda or Senator
Sherman, or any other OF our eminent
public men whose names are frequently
used In connection with that great
office.
Aay0u extorted my admiration AMI sup
port, and Mr.. A tlur'a c0ntemptu0ns
hostility, eight years ago, by your efforts
TO bring the guilty In high places TO
punishment, am sorry TO dad myself
dlIferlng 80 radically from you as TO the
present duty 0f men who care for
rhigheg and purer public life. But my
warm personal regard for you makes me
deairOus that your speech should be u
good speech, evan IN bad cause. |
venture, therefore, TO offer you few
suggeatlOns.
Az the Threshold | ought 70 warn you
that, while nobody enyies MIR. Arthur
the great prl2e-as far beyond his eX'
pectatlons ~ hla deserts-which he drew
sin the lottery OF assassination" yet
nobody has forgotten the pregnant fact
that Gnlteau was tho original Arthur
man, that he killed President Garfield
expressly TO make Mr.. Arthur President
and that he did make him President by
that act for nearly four years. Now, In
View OF this awful tragedy and Its re.
suits, II has always seemed 10 good
many pe0ple--outaldo OF Wall street, OF
cOnrse--that proper sense Of decency,
and OF the fitness Of things, would have
led President Arthur and his friends 10
aee that his true course was 10 be satlB'
fed with the one term thus secured to
him, and not TO challenge his country
men 10 review his political career, and
TO express their opinion OF IT, AZ, how
ever, you propose 10 hold up that career
az worthy OF especial honor, and even OF
thehi h I lllce In the.gft OF the people,
In preference, for example, 10 the pOllll'
cal career OF Senator Elmunda, or OF
Senator Sherman, | will gladly help You
TO few points IN tho line Of your argu'
ment.
Ia3sume that your first words Of Gu
logy Will be devoted 70 what Ia your can
didate's chief political achievement,
ani upon which hia admirers have al
ways rested his title 20 fame-tle build
Ing np and managing OF the Republican
machine" OF the city Of New York IA
ma n the la'es, .nmph OF wlicl at
Albany canse9 tliD hearts Of all true
patriots 10 ilrOb with Joy, for the defeat
OF Mr.. Roosevelt leaves Mr., O'Brlen at
iibarly TO continue those 'd1ala' with
corrupt Democratic politicians which
gave Mr., Arthur his llrst renOwn az II
practical" statesman, As Tho merits
OF this wonderful mechanism are not
general appreciated ~ thHy deserve,
y0Q would 90 we'll 10 explain them In
aome detail, ana yOq eau tiumphantly
ask what "mNchlue' did Senator Ed.
munds or Senator Sherman ever set up
or "bOes.'
Then you viii naturally p9s7, with
glowing words OF prGiso 20 thp nOhlo |
attitude Mr.. Arthur maintained toward |
the civil service orders Of President |
ayes-delying both The Prosilout and
the Secretary Of the Treasury ana re-
fualng either 10 obey their orders or TO |
resign hig Ollee, Y0u Will no doubt In. |
troduce cOpi0ua extracts from the com. !
mission wS'ch Investigated llr, Arthur'S |
administration Of the custom house ana |
found 10 worthy Of such high cOmmen. |
dalton, and robuRe could be neatly ad. |
mlnsterod al thls point TO Mr., ROose.
yoli, the son, by reminding your audi |
eDCe how his h0pUred father was reject. |
Oh with c0ntnmely az Collector OF the |
port, In order TO keep Mr., Arthur In that |
important ollica IN spite of the eX- |
pressed opinion Of both his superior on
GERS ihlt no was an unworthy Official |
aud deserved 10 be turned out
You viii next praise hin for the
prominent part he acted In the effort IN |
1880 TO atlile by packed conventions aud |
tue unit rule the voice OF large ma |
Jorlly or the Republican party against |
u third term Tor anybody, and particu.
larly for ono whose second term had !
been ~ unsatisfactory ~ that Of Gen.
Grant You may, however. feel some
personal delicacy In dwelling upo0 this
part OF your lHy0nteB career, aud, n va,
you eau emily blame Mr. Coukiug for
II, and represent Mr, Arthur as Il re.
former IN disguise.
II at this portion Of your address you
wieh materials Cor \ pathetic and thrill
Ing picture, you will readily dad them
In s0mp OF the well.knOwu Incidents Of
The Chicago Convention four years sgo,
You can tell how every body wGs doter-
mined that Mr. COnkling must be pla
cat0d Qt any cost, and how everybody
begged him not 10 force Mr., Arthur
upon the convention, and how Mr.
C0nkling refused TO consider any other
name, aud. by HIS chiyalrlc devotion to
hia friend, compelled hls nomination
for the Vico.Presideucy. Hut | would
not { In your place, weary the audience
by the details Of Tho grateful return MIR.
Arthur has made for this devotion,
AFTER nll, You must reserve your high
est Hight Of elOquencO for an adequate
description Of that 0Ccasion where your
candidate displayed hls true nobility of
soul, and made his only recorded public
speech. ] need not aay allude 10 the
Dorsey banquet at DelmOnicOs In Feb.
ruary, 1881 Refresh your memory, II
necessary, by readi0g the Nation Of
about that date, aud an extract or two
from its dies Of that period would be- In.
teresting reading for your hearers, Mr.
hthUr'B words upon that occasion do
serve TO DO written on the palms OF the
hands ana worn ~ fr0ntlet between
Tho eyes by every signer OF the call for
your meeting--ii for no other reason
Tor their praise Of tho free use Of SOAP
You con tell your audience, without fear
OF successful contradiction, that IL was
tho 0rst and lat OccOson u our history
When one man publicly praised another
for brihng voters.
Mr. Arthur'a part IN the designations
OF Mr. Conklng and Mr.. platt, and his
conduct ~ Albany until summoned to
washington by tho sound Of Gulteau's
pistol, perhape you had hetter touch
lightly. There are Home "eentImeniar
Republicans IN thla Btate "a In Ohio aud
New York, who don't quite enjoy these
"reminiscences, aud | would not advise
You TO dwell too long upon that mad riot
OF calumny and defamation of tho dead
GarUpld in Whieh for MANY montha tho