Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-28
DAILY T-INTELLIGtNcER
A sErrsR YrsIu, SENTIMENT.

BETTER PTsIIt SENTIMENT.
The despsrate bat futile eG1rts made
by the Democratic machine 20 espt1rs
the Ohio Legislature by frand, AID thus
to secure a Democratic s1eees>or 70
senator Sherman. have excited the AZ
most indignation Among right thinking
citizens Of both political parties u
Nex York World, the leading Demo
cratic Journal o. the United states. DOE
~. hesitate TO publish all the details O
the attempted frand. nor does It hsai-
tate 10 dsnouDoe the ringsteF- WHO are
responsible for it. Is = clear snoash
that upon John X. Mclean must Fes'
the blame for this Eretohsd political
scandal. II was bis lisgtenAnts VIZ
engins4rsd the frauds ia Cincinnati Ano
Columbus, BY which they hoped 70 80
cure Democratic majority ia The legs
iatare. Although success attended their
efforts ia Cincinnati. they failed IL
other places, and the Legislature remains
Republican on joint ballot, Just as the
people decided it should be.
Tbs WorlF, Columbus correspondent
saws in regard 70 these frauds Inc
Democrats, overwhelmed with shame
and indignation, we're foremost ia De
nouneing tbs crime" And, The Dem
ocrstio party Of Ohio utterly repudiaie
this whole scheme These statements
are probably true. The day has gone
by when respectable citizens could be
relied upon 10 iudorse a crime against
the ballot box and 10 glory IN H. H.
only. their party was benefited By the
fraud. The day has gone by when
bosses and eorruptionists could violate
election laws and stuff ballot boxes With
impunity, relying upon strong party
feeling TO sastain them and protect them
from uunishment. The day has come
when the people demand pare elections
and a fair count. The groSth OF
healthier public sentiment in this re-
spec. has been gradual but steady. The
change within the past fes years has
been great. The spokesman and the boss
have been steadily forced backward by
the growth Of free thought in politics
The awakening of the public conscience
ended their supremacy. The people
have come 10 realize the fact that there
oap be honor and dishonor in politics
As in all things else, and that no man
Who desires to be considered fair and
honorable can condone fraud by which
a man is cheated of his vote any more
than he can oondone fraud by which q
man 10 cheated of his money.
This new and better sentiment 10 not
by any means confined to purists and
theoretical resormers. IL has taken a
Arm hold upon the masses. A vast ma
jority of Republican vsters wsnld rather
see . Democratic candidate fairly elect
ed TO Office than zee Republican can
dida,e elected by fraud; and Democrats
generally would rather have their can
didate fairly beaten than unfairly elect
cd. In the prosecution Of the Chicago
ballot box suffers last wear, aud in that
Of the Cincinnati trioksters now going
on, Democrats and Republicans have
Interested themselves alike. While, az
II happened in both cases, the Demo
cratic party was the beneficiary of the
frauds. respectable Democrats did not
on that account, hesitate TO denounet
them. On the contrary, they united
like good citizens in the measures taken
TO discover the criminals, and brinl
them to Justice.
The man who now sttemp pts 90 carry
an election by frand in any Northern
State. runs the same risk ns the mar
who attempts to steal a pocketbook. II
bis crime il discovered, he cas- expect
jsstiee bat n0t sympathy. He will fnd
his political friends denounoinR hi'
methods ss bitterly as bis politica
enemies.