Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-26

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cost Mr.. Henderson much to get OH
this little dab OF "taify" for his polit-
ical compatriots, but many people
would like to know TO just what por-
ton OF that history he refers. III we
remember Alright he was himself at
one time the center OF very dramatic
incident In 81. Louis. We refer to the
time when, in the last days OF Re-
publican administration, he was en-
deayoring to carry out the mandate oil
a Republican President which ran as
TO the public "Let no guilty man
escape" and which sub rosa meant
that the whisky ring thieves were to
be allowed to get off. Mr.. Hender-
son was himself the victim OF this
little administration thimblerig. He
acted like the honest man and able
lawyer which by all accounts he is,
and he paid for his failure to respond
TO the corrupt inspirations emanating
from Washington by being ignomiDi-
ously dismissed from his appointed
task OF conducting the whisky cases
for the government. One swallow
does not make Summer, no more
does one John B. Henderson make
past OF which Republicans should be
proud. OF course, by bodily assum-
ing all the good results Of the war,
and by ignoring the infamous malver-
sations, peculations and mal-adminis-
tration, which have characterized that
party both during and after the war,
highly rose-colored and ideal record
could be made out for the Republican
party. But there is too much torn and
tattered Republican dirty linen hang
ing out on clothes lines stretching
from Washington to every crossroads
of the country to make this metamor-
phosis easily practicable. The people
understand the Republican party
thoroughly, and it is knowledge OF
no superficial kind. II was worn into
them by nearly quarter OF cen
tury OF incessant jobs, unlimited con-
cessions to corporations, spoliatons
Of the public domain, subsidies to all
sorts OF questionable schemes, collu-
sions to defraud the revenue and
cloaked efforts TO warp the very spirit
.oS-eHr republican-democratic form OF
government. The repeated attempts
TO introduce that wholesome rotation
in office which lies at the very basis
of our institutions was defeated by
the unbounded use of power and
money. The nation, enwrapped IN
the deadly grasp of that official
octopus, the Republican party, has
known what il was to feel almost the
throes of suffocation. 1t will be very
unlikely to risk the ordeal again with
out grave cause. There is nothing so
enchanting in the vision of the Bah
cocks, Robesons, Reaches, Dorseys,
Leets, McKees, Hesings, and SO on
od aauseam, that the people
would willingly see them again
entrusted with power. The his
tory OF the Republican party, to
which Mr.. Henderson so compla-
Gently refers, is full OF these unlovely
and unregenerate efligies. Whatever
illusion once enveloped them has
been diupelled forever. The burnt
child breads the fire, and the masses
are not so in love with corrupt
bureaucracy run mad as to be will
ling to turn the treasury over again to
those who despoiled it on such gor-
geous and colossal scale, in order that
high wassail might prevail throughout
the land amongst shoddy few, while
the people ground their teeth in i'm
potent wrath. OF course, we con-
cede that there is better element in
the Republican party, of whom Mr..
Henderson himself is a striking eN-
ample, which Intellectually sought to
hold their corrupt fellow partizans in
check. Almost TO a man these per
sons--as in Mr.. Henderson's own
case--have been driven from public
life, and they have been succeeded
by new men who have nothing in
common with the really epic portion
of the history OF the Republican
party.
Our Republican fellow citizens
and amongst the number Mr.. Hem
derson--are very much troubled over
StHe dissensions which exist in the
Democratic party. In their minds
eye they see Mr.. Cleveland surround
ed by the faces OF hostile Democrats
and are on the alert for the inevitable
disruption which is ahead. We as
sure them that they are borrowing un-
necessary trouble, Democrats may
differ on many points without in any
sense weakening in their common de-
votion TO the true theory of interpret
ing the constitution of the United
States, which is the Democratic theo-
nv. The fact that the masses OF the
Democracy do not hold to Mr.. Cleve-
lands ideas on the so-called civil
Service reform and on silver by no
means supposes that they are uncon-
scious OF the honest and patriotic
purposes and action OF their chosen
chief. The very essence OF Democ-
10 Eha..N,r - ty.lfptInul hAltnfE
and opinions. There is in our party
no talk about "rulers." No slavish
adulation is rendered TO the Chief
Magistrate. He receives IRON Demo-
Gratis the spontaneous respect and
good will due to an honest and able
man, who is the first citizen of the
Republic, and no more. The Demo-
cratic party is organized on that sa-
gacious principle which governs the
oldest Christian church, and which
runs '1n essentials unity in non-es-
sentials liberty; in all things charity"
Mr.. Henderson will wait in vain for
any schism in the party. President
Cleveland, having developed his
views on certain controverted points
through the channel appointed by the
constitution OF the Uniied States, is
the last man to try to force a policy
on the representatives Of the people.
By the way, we abserye that Mr..