Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-31

the most noted incidents OF the social
life Of the Middle Ages was the Kings
Jester whose business was to make
light OF everything. II is curious fea-
ture OF the ascendaney Of the Republi-
can party in our national afiairs-of q
party which has claimed all the morality
and deccncy--that the leading features
of its control of the National adminisira-
ton has been to beget spirit Of scoAing
Mt anything like a serious regard for
purity in private or public life.
Confronted by scandalous incidents,
like the Leet, Belknap, Robson and
Whisky fraud scandals; confronted later
by the Star Route iniamies, these exem-
plars of the "God and Morality" pro.
grammo stick their tongues in their
cheeks and enact the roll OF the buffocn.
They not only appear like insensate
fools themselves but they assume that
the people are fools, and they insult the
masses by disprizing their intelligence.
The leading precentors in this role Of in.
sulting and outrageous hypocrisy are
men like John Sherman. who have grown
enormously wealthy on salaries OF $1,000
year, and at time when they have
been living at rate of $4,000 per an
mum, with no discoverable source OF
emolument bat their public positions.
Every intelligent man knows that II
thousandth part OF these scandals had
been developed under Democratic ad-
minstration the super calendared pages
of the eclectic monthlies and weeklies
controlled by the "God and Morality
leaders of the Republican party would
have qnivered with a superheated in.
dignation. Yet these same worthless
have seen imperial stretches Of the
public domain alienated by their own
Congresses without thought OF pity for
the masses to whom the public
lands had been dedicated as home
steads. They have seen scandal
Gus subsidies, like that Of 81 900, 900 70
the Pacific Mail in 1872, voted as a mere
incident of q hogging speculative deal
in Wall street; the later developments,
before Congressional committees, show
ing the precise amounts paid to the
SNUG Republican saints for their base
compliance. They have seen all the
scandals OF the Credit Moblier, without
genuine throb Of repud,atory indigna-
tion.
Perhaps we are wrong as to this last
allegation. The New York Tribune and
several other Republican papers under
took to denounce the Credit Mobilier
Their idea was to gain cheap reputa.
tion for purity. Amongst the most ve-
hement denunciators of James A. Gar.
field was this same New York Tribune.
whose columns nbounded in what many
Republicans even regarded as conclusive
evidences OF his guilt. When his name
cane up before the Cincinnati Conven-
tion that powerful Republican organ,
the Cincinnati Commere iai.Gasette, was
scintillant with "reminiscences of Gar
fields Credit Mobilier completely 1t
was suggested that il Garfield were nom
mated for President Belknap ought to
be the Republican nominee for Vice
President.
Yet, Presto! change. Without an
alteration of an iota in the facts, both
the venal and slavish New York Tribune
and Cincinnati Commercial Gasette were
amongst the most vociferous of Gartield's
supporters.
We have aimed to give a salient hint
of the SNUG Republican hypocrisy and
Republican betrayal of the people OF
which we complain. II one were per.
mtted the compass of a magazine article
the record might be made as voluminous
as chapter from the annals of Gibbon.
We contend that the first and leading
national issue is to retire to private life
this band of modern Tartutfes, with
their bureaucratic adherenis. who have
so long been entrenched in power and
emolument in Washington, and who
have become so pampered by long enjoy
inent of office that all they think they
have to do to retain it is to tickle the
people with straws.
Christ once said, "Seek first the King.
dom of Heaven and its Justice, and all
things else shall be added unto ye." We
venture on respectful parody on this
passage, which would ruu, "Expel first
the Republican bureaucrats and their
chicane, and undreampt of good shall be
developed to ye, people of the United
States"
The second great national issue is, if
Mr.. Tilden can be persuaded to accept
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent, to give the American people al,
opportunity to show how they loathe the
great treason to republican institutions
which placed the husband of Mri. Lucy
Hayes in the White House.
Here we have issues enough to con
vulse and energze the honest people OF
a continent even as broad as the United
States. Even though the great fraud Of
1876. through the possible infrm health
of Mr.. Tilden, should not enter into the
Presidential controversy, there is enough
in the interminable frauds which have
characterized Republican ascendancy in
this country 10 make tho lveliest aud
most successful Democratic campaign, ii
they are vigorously exposed, ever chron-
icled in the political annals of the United
States.
GREAT interest is being centered on