The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05

deemed the field and secured Garfields
work soon rewarded by the
gallant knight when opportunity (as
Gar6eld's adviser) was given him by
dealing cowardly blow from ambush
to his old antagonist, Roscoe Conkling.
speculator, enjoying for
tune too great to have been acquired
by honest industry, Legitimate business
enterprise, or his country's service at
$4,000 year, he sympathizes with
and profits by speculative stock -jobbers
and gambling methods of acquiring
which have brought
ruin, disgrace, and business disaster be-
yond computation, schooled youth and
pursuaded middle age to avoid honest
and useful industry, made suicide and
commonplace, unsettled values,
placed the fruits of honest toll in the
power of the Goulds and Armours to
bear down or bull up in the markets as
whim or interest may dictate; methods
which recently gave us but an exager-
ated illustration of their iniquitous
in the Grant d Ward
fifteen million-dollar failure and rob-
berry.
Reference to Blaine's congressional
record relating TO subsi1 lies, class legis-
lation, corporate exactions, &c, will
readily satisfy the honest inquirer of
his uniform support of monopolies and
indifference to the common veal. Lit
tie wonder that he omits in his letter
to refer to or explain the cause of the
great disparity in the distribution of
this marvellous increase of wealth acou-
mulated during the period he chooses
for comparison that he fails to note
the fact that the one-three-hundredth
part of the $4,000, 100000 is held by
one man, while others rank little below,
and his own palatial residence, COM
manding rental of 81, 900 year,
suggesting more than an an average
per capita Of wealth. Little wonder
that he is silent on the subject of inter-
state commerce, the regulation of which
is demanded by all producers and le-
gitimate traders. Great corporate in
terests command non-interference. 1t
was lame defeuse of his devotion to
improved civil service to cite the fact
that during long public service he
only advised the removal of "four per-
sons" The expert observer will con-
clude that the true betterment of the
service demanded the removal of ten
times four. He should have empha-
sized his position by noting the fidelity
with which horde of relatives have
been constantly fed at the public CRIB,
notably the favorite brother Bob, draw
ing pay for another's service. Nor will
the citation of his pacific assurances to
Mexico, quite cover up his South
Bnerican policy and interference to
protect the Landrau guano scheme. The
death of his servant, Hurlburt, whom
he feigned to rebuke, may serve to par
TALLY conceal the true inwardness of
this affair, as did his garbled rendering
of the Mulligan letters first mislead
many charitable people touching the
Little Rock bond job.
The disingenuousness of his letter of
acceptance is further betrayed by its
significant silence touching the events
of the past three years. Bringing
down his historic figures to the present
would have revealed the fiction in.
volved in his statements would have
shown marvellous shrinkage in nomi-
nal values; would have noted the
downfall of business prosperity and
business morals, and would have pic
tured as few can do 80 graphically as he
the furnace fires dying out, the wheels
of factories standing still, wages re.
duced, beggary usurping the place of
labor, bank and business failures, cred.
itors and depositors wantonly defraud-
ed, homes lost, and crookedness in pub
lie affairs. Mr.. Blaine is Objectionable
furthermore for the company he keeps,
for the friends he has made. Will the
chief promoters of his nomination be
his chief advisers, if elected! There's
the rub. need mention no names,
but will suggest that the least Object
ionable OF his pet supporters are the
Iribu,e's supporters of Greely in 1872
and accusers of Blaine in 1876 and
1880, charging him with bribery and
other penitentiary crimes.
With no pronounced issues between
the two great parties, we can safely af-
ford to yield temporary executive con-
troll at this time to an honest man,
though he be a Democrat. And il
grave questions of public policy were
at issue, they cannot be determined by
the executive. This is the prerogative
of congress, the law-making branch
heretofore for a time and now under
Democratic control. 1t is vastly more
important to good govern ment that the
Republican party be restored to su
premacy in congress, than that the ad
ministration of law be intrusted TO AT
unworthy partisan surrounded by bai
counsel. While Mr.. Blaine is known
to be unworthy, Governor Cleveland
has demonstrated his fitness and worth
iness for the position by his fidelity
ability and integrity in the discharg
of his executive duties as mayor O.
Buffalo and governor of the great stat
of New York, and in my opinion
very large majority of intelligent ant
unprejudiced voters believe he shoult
be elected If one-half of the Repub
lican voters who agree in this opinion
have the courage of their conviction
and vote conscientiously he will be tri
umphantly elected. The scandals al
fecting the domestic lives of all candi
dates should be committed to the pc
litical ghouls and hyenas
While it is my fixed purpose to SUI
port Cleveland and Hendricks, it is II
less my determination to support a
fit and worthy nominees of the republ
can party for county, state and cor
gressional positions. Regretting an
deprecating the conditions which con
pei what will be denominated a bolt,
t remain very truly,
THAD. G. POUND.