The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-29
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C0mmittse, No. II West Twenty-fourth
stgeet, OF. l6, 1SS4.-To the People Of
uaifea 6tatuE The result of the elections
~ Tuesday Inst in the States Of Ohio and
W.T. Virginia is before you. Ohio
chcse Republican electors in 1853,
1877, 1876 and 1850. West Virginia
schUee Republican, electors in 1858 and
1871, and Democratic electors in 1875 and
loe0 Gar6eld obtained . plurality in
1850 Of 1927 votes. The Republican
candidate in the late election for Secre-
tary Of State wa a gallant soldier and q
reputable man.
Tho vote Of the Republican party in that
election MAS broken down by the weight
~ NJ. Blaine, = iactional seeker after the
Preddsncy. The people then elected .
Democratic majority Of the Congressional
delegation Of the State. We confidently
aspect majority in Ohio for Cleveland
and Hendricks in November. West Viz
ginia has by its splendid and decisive
majority for Democratic Governor at
tho October election already declared its
purpose to give its electoral vote for our
candidates in November. The Blaine
managers employed
EXTRAORDINARY METHODS
in both States. They expended not less
than 1000 in Ohio and more than
100000 in West Virginia in their politi-
cal war. They did not use money only.
They called from every State oficehold-
ers best fitted to do the work at which
they were put. They crowded these two
states with such men. They employed
on political jobs the men engaged in the
postal service Of the United States. They
left tho veterans who saved the life of the
nation without the pay to which they
were entitled, under the pretense ofhav-
ing an insufficient clerical force in the
pension bureau, and then used the Com
missioner Of Pensions and a great num-
Der Of his clerks a. part Of the political
machinery in the late elections in Ohio
and West Virgins. It has been openly
charged. without denial, that the paw
ment Of the vetrans by the Commission
er Of Pensions las been delayed by him
for the purpose of coercing them to vote
for Blaine. These abuses of political
power have been committed under the
overlooking eye Of Mr.. Blaine and with
his sanction. They show the manner in
which If he we're elected public Offices
would be subordlnated to his personal
service and the bounty of the country be
made the means of advancing his person.
a interests They made the marshals
Of the United States and their deputies
who ought to be guardians of the rights
of every citizen Of the United States,
part Of their machine force.
THEY ARMED THEM
and excited them to violence and out
nge. They expect to pay for the wea-
pons and services Of these men out of the
treasury Of the United States. They
made Mr.. Blaine one of their county and
ward workers in Ohio and West Virgin
i, and he entered with zest upon the
familiar duties. They devised. with hin
knowledge, methods Of compelling work.
men to vote as their employers dictated.
They kept him in daily association with
the worst elements of their political Or
eanizati0n. They made him their coun-
selor in every disreputable plan which
they devised to promote his success. He
could not have been stranger to their
purpose to make gains in Cincinnati at
the election on Tuesday last by using
armed deputy marshals and armed ne
eroes to drive voters from the polls. The
methods Of their campaign in Ohio and
West VI, ginia and the share Of theiPcan-
didate in these methods have added to
the opprobrium already resting upon his
name, and have assured his defeat at the
general election in November.
Mr.. Blaine has been member of the
House Of Representatives. Senator in
Congress. and Secretary Of the State of
the United States. He has been accused
oFcoRRuPrLY USING
his influence ~ Speaker and as a MEM
Der Of the House of Representatives for
his individual profit. His misconduct
has been been proved by his own letten.
These have confronted him wherever he
has gone. He attempts no explanation.
The phrases of these letters are 90 well
known that they are by-words on the
streets and jests upon the stage. As
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
or member of that house who would
barter his influence for money or proper.
ty might avail himself of the larger op-
portunities which tho Office and powers
ola Pre-ldent afford. These are not
words dictated by party rancor. They
sum up the judgment Of that indepen-
dent press which is and always will re-
main the bulwark Of good and constitu-
tional government. They express the
convictions Of the leading Republican
journals, and the belief of those distin-
giished Republican statesmen and citi-
Gems whose love of country has forced
them to declare that the nomination of
Mr.. Blaine was one not 6t tU be made.
There is reason for our confidence that
We will
ACHIEVE A VICTORY
10 November. The army of officeholden
engaged for month past in the business
Of manipulating votes in Ohio and West
Virginia must now disband. Each man
# the number must 60 to his own place.
The Commissioner of Pensions and his
bureau clerks cannot be concentrated for
political uses in the November elections
When they are acting individually in
heir several states they will be unable
u do mischief The marshals of the I'm
ted states by reason of the powers which
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