Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-09

& n n Interesting for the philosopher to
~ bow far away from Themselves some
onlnent Republican placemen are
r9ing the jewel Of consistency. They
= 6se been put to some very severe straits
~ tho nomination of Blaine aud Logan.
4 cnat0r Edmunds stands conspicuous
1n0ng the party chiefs for the mainte.
\ onoe Of his self.respect In not stumping
\ Is tho man whom he declared In the
0nlcn Pacific legislation In Congress
i ~ Jay Goulds hired attorney. There
~ time when the New York Tribune
toSed to its own satisfaction that Blaine
< Ms one of the most corrupt of public
,nen. The evidence IS the same to-day
~ It was when that paper reached its
nS1t conclusion. Perhaps 1t considers
That there are statutes OF Limitation that
forbid the inquiry into the crooked acts
0f = public man after he becomes the
party candidate for office. But the people
do not so consider. They are showing a
wonderful desire to get at the real truth
'of the Mulligan letters and Mr.. Blaine's
connection with the Hooking Valley
mines. Their investigations have re-
suited in wide spread revolt which will
aeat Grover Cleveland in the White
House.
Another model OF consistency is Mr..
James F. Joy, Of Michigan, who told a
story of Blaine's yenality at dinner
table, but found it convenient to deny 1t
when the latter was selected TO lead the
party hosts. He swallowed his words to
theextent ofspeaking in praise of Blaine
~ the Chicago convention, task which
be acknowledged was by no means pleas
ing.
nv The eternal fitness Of things, however,
u not much marrei by these displays.
Blaine and Logan are models Of in
consistency. In fact, the former seems
very closely related to Beelzebub.
Senator Logan told Philadelphia au-
dience Wednesday evening that ''nearly
forty years prior to the advent Of the
Republican party, poverty and sQualor
had followed as the results of Demo-
cratic tariff legislation" During the
time of the alleged poverty and
squalor." Mr.. Logan was an en-
thusiastic Democrat. Did he stay in
the party, believing its principles to be
wrong 7 IL he would announce to his
Republican audiences, the reasons that
impelled his desertion of the Democratic
ranks, he would gain some footing Of
consistency with intelligent men. This,
/ however seems farthest from his puI-
pose in his campaign utterances. He
will not admit that the Democratic
party possesses the smallest modicum of
Z good in 1t, though it could not have been
totally bad while he was in affiliation
with il. Listen to the fervid Loganese
eloquence in which Black Jack, as a
Democratic congressman from Illinois,
In 1850. maintained his allegiance to bis
party. 1t is taken from page Sc, part L
of the Congressional Globe, containing
the proceedings of the Thirty sixth Con
Rress . will answer the gentleman.
lHaskin] question. am about % years
Of age. was born Democrat, and al
my life / have learned 10 believe tha,
The Democratic party in national con
vention never does wrong.
Yes. sir, all have to say in reply tc
that, came here as Democrat and l
expect to support a Democrat. l may
have differed with gentlemen upon this
side of the house in reference to issues
that are passed, but God knows that I
differed from the other side from my
childhood, and with that side l will
never affiliate s /, long rs have breath in
my body"
III Senator Logan haH not some more
enduring jewel than consistency con-
cealed about bis person, he would make
very POOR prey for a hghwayman.