Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
SENATOR HOAR.
The Massachusetts, United States
Senator Makes a very Forcible
Reply to Carl Schurz in De.
Tense of Mr.. Blaine.

WORCESTER, Mass, August 27.-The
Spy publishes letter from United States
Serato' George f. Hoar to q young
friend, IN which he answers at some
lengththe charges made by Carl Schurz
in his tecent speech against Dir. Blaine.
Senate Hoar concludes his letter as TO-
lows:
Dir. Bchurz further says that the eiel-
ton o Mr. Blaine will be a declaration
By TIT American people that honesty
will ta no longer one OF the require
ments Of government. | think Mr..
SchuR is entirely mistaken here, also.
1t wi be a declaration on the part Of the
American people that they do not ag,ee
with him in his estimate of Mr.. Blaine.
1t VIII be declaration that they dc not
find il Mr.. Blaine's conduct and letters
whatlDlr. Schurz thinks he finds there.
1t vii be a declaration that they %gree
with Dr. Clarke when he paid Mr.. Blaine
his glowing tribute of admiration and
honoI when all these facts were fresh
and ftlnlliar. twill be declaration that
they agree with Mr.. Curtis, who declared
that M. Blaine's vindication Of the prin-
cIpal charge against HIM was triumphant.
1t Will b9 a declaration that they agree
with MI Blaines neighbOr5 Of his own
district md of his own state, with the
representatives OF vast majority of
the republicans of the country, who
have thee times, since all these charges
were made, declared for him as their
candidate for the presidency. 1t will be
q declartion that they agree with the
governoc and the Legislature Of Maine
when tLey twice in succession made
hi II
that they agree with Garfield when he
made Inn secretary of state, and with
the almost half democratic senate when
they, without an instant's hesita ton,
confirmsd him for that high office.
Mr.. Sthurz says "the friends of Mr..
Blaine say his offenses have been con-
doned." They say no such thing. They
sayhe las been triumphantly acquitted
They find him not guilty Of these foul
and injurious charges. They say that
in this complicated matter these re-
peated tokens Of public confidence and
affection ought to outweigh million
tines the breath Of rumor and of SLAM
de2 or even the possibility of an adverse
Interpretation of the meaning of q sim
gb phrase. He says that our answer is
Only the cry of party. [ think him mis-
taken in this also. Your party. is but
tie instrument by which free men exc
cite their will. BUTT differs from other
list uments in this. 1t is an indispens-
able instrument. 1t is an instrum ent
made up of men, and, practically, Of all
tie men who wish to accomplish the
things you wish to accomplish and deem
vital to the prosperity. honor and glory
q your country. It is an instru ment
Iself possessing intelligence, Judgment
conscience, purpose, will
A majority of that party must neces-
arily determine its plan Of battle, and
The commander under whom it will
light. And when you separate yourself
from, the party whose principles and
purposes are yours, you etfectually
abandon those principles and purposes.
You might as well y, when the army
Of The Union was about to engage the
enemy at Gettysburg or Lookout Noun
tain or Five Forks, that you didn't APP
prove the plan of battle or didn't like
the general, and that, for that day only,
you would go over to the enemy, or fight
at another place. You cannot do it
without being a deserter. No matter
whether you dislike Grant Or Meade or
Sheridan. The battle on which the hope
Of the Union and humanity hangs is to
be fought there on the lines they form.
No man knows this better than Grover
CleFeland. Il am chosen" he says, 'to
represent the plans, purposes and policy
OF the democratic party" Ii elected,
he will do it. James q. Blaine Is Sc
lected to execute the plans, purposes
And he will do it. You may not like
ftoG Cra11oTo1 tho o11tb "
OF the republican party has selected.
But you fight on the democratic side,
with the democratic party against the
republican, on everything on which
those two parties differ, if you vote for
Cleveland. II you elect Cleveland you
abandon further hope Of ciyil-servico
reform for this generation. You take
the side Of free trade against protection.
YOU bid farewell for lifetime to honest
elections in the South You suffer the
great Mormon cancer to spread over the
beast Of the republic. There is but one
thing on which Grover Cleveland has
Enthusiastically planted himself. That is
that, if elected he will be party instru-
nent. What he said in his speech of ac-
ceptance he echoes in his letter. In that
feeble document which, as compared
with Mr.. Blaine's is as mole-hill to the
Allegheny Mountains, he declares that
when " the party has outlined its policy
and declared its principles, nothing more
is required of the candidate than the
suggestion of certain well-known truths"
Is he for protection? Nobody knows.
Does he wish to put down Mormonism?
Nobody knows. Is he in favor of repeal
ing the tenure Of office law? Nobody
knows. There is not a single question
at issue before the people in regard to
which you have any warrant OF his ac-
ton. except in his avowed purpose to
carry out the will Of his party.
Mr.. Shurtz further says that if any
body heteafter charges that the opposi-
ton to Mr.. Blaine is free-trade move
ment it will be lie. Hitherto it may
have been a mistake. But since he has
reminded you that they were ready to
support Mr.. Edmunds, you will lie If
you repeat the statement. Well, it IS
true they favored the nomination OF Mr..
Edmunds. who is protectiOnist. But
1t is not true that every newspaper aud
every prominent man who has come out
anainS4 Rlai0a Ioav17or tho rom blIc1n