The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-10
CLEVELAND AND GARLAND.

out natural tnaC those ne 1aVorS, and that still
vaster number who hope to be favored with
Office should stand up for him, and proclaim
his excellence in and out of season. To these
two classes of men must be added another in
this instance-those who, professedly Repub-
lican, voted for him, on the ground that he
would prove better man than his opponent
and would do much for civl-service reform.
These latter must apologize for him in order
to save their own consistency. Their pride
compels them to praise him as long as posi-
BILE, in order to justify their action in going to
his aid when it had so long been apparent
that the party he represented was the enemy
of all manner of civil-service reform that
could be construed into an excuse for keeping
Democrats out Of Office 1t is not
strange, then, that the President has
champions among men professedly
honest in their desire for the good of the
country, and who have loudly condemned the
few Republican officials who have proved
recreant to their trusts The question now
is, how long can these men keep up their
words of commentator, and how much can
they stand before beginning to find fault9 To
men not favorably biased by partisan admira-
ton, and not compromised by having been
coddled into voting for him, it has been APP
parent almost from the first that Mr.. Cleve
c.. -
not as genuine as might be expected under
the circumstances His administration,
though but eight months old, has already
been repeatedly disgraced. In some of the
more fragrant instances, like that of the ap-
pointment of Dr. Meiere and the postmaster
at Hazlehurst Miss, the wrongs have been
corrected But many more have remained
unchanged, to the shame Of all the people,
Passing over the dozen or more of minor
Importance, and ignoring the questionable Sc
lection of veteran machine" man like Man
ming, and the scandalous retention of Higgins,
the public attention is directed to the more
than remarkable fact that one of the members
of the Cabinet has in his possession million
and half of bonds of company in imminent
probability Of having its very existence
brought to issue before the Supreme Court.
Attorney general Garland is practically bribed
by the gift of 100000 in bonds. Such a
compromising position would politically kill
any Republican official. It was Democracy
that attempted the moral assassination of Gar
field because it was alleged that he had re-
ceived from some questionable source the sum
of 1929! They rang the changes on this
charge throughout the campaign, and chalked
the figures thatwere to symbolic his political
dishOnor on almost every deadwall and fence
in the land. They could be seen every
where, because Democracy was so ap-
palled at the jdea of such man
being named for high office. The very alb
surdity of such pitiful sum having ever
been been paid or accepted by him defeated
the purpose of those who persistently paraded
| it. 1t was false on its face But it has been
charged, and not in the heat of campaign,
that the present Attorney general has been
| paid 81, 100000 for some reason or other Nor
has it been denied, but rather half confessed
The President knows of the charge. How long
can mugwump and Democrat continue to stand
| as wall between this man and thorough in
vestigation9 And how long will mugwumps
stultify themselves by upholding the Presi-
| dent as man Of immaculate virtue man
who would not, for moment, tolerate an
officia with even the hint of faint upon him?
What have mugwumps and Democrats to say
about the retention of Attorney general Gar
land9