Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-31

greater change or puOhc sentiment in the United States than has ever transpired during any previous ad- so far as it relates 10 poli- tical affairs. Two years ago there was clsmor and hurrah against the alleged | corruption of the republican party, and | the cry was made the shibboleth of vic | tory of the democrats. Many conscIen- tious republicans wavered, and through l m uncertainty of the truthfulness of 1 the grave charges. finally concluded that | it would do no harm to pause for time | and take account of stock that the whole l facts might bs laid before the peopls- l By the most insignificant plurality the | democrats were thus enabled to assume l control of national affairs and they then promised the country strange and start l lIng disclosures. The St. Louis Globe Democrat has summed up the results Of thls political freak, and says that during the sixteen months of demo cratic authority "they have inspected all the records and searched every corner and crevice for proofs of Republican corrup- ton and iucompetency, and absolutely nothing has been found to justify the as- sertions upon which they carried the election. In every particular. they have to concede, the business of the Govern
 ment was honestly and carefully trans- acted bY their predecessors. No de- talcstions have been discovered, no money Is missing on any account, no suspicion attaches to any of the books.
 The showing is entirely clean, satisfsc
 tory and creiitable. This is the tes-
 timony, remember, of men who are In- veterately hostile to the Republican
 party and who would be glad 70 convict 1t of any kind of wrong or carelessness. Could any political organization have more complete and conclusive vindica- tion? The slanderers have themselves
 exploded the islanders which served
 them such a good purpose in the last campaign, and the country has their own confession that the stories that they told
 were wholly and shRmefully false. If
 the issue of 1884 were to be tried over
 again this year. with all the conditions unchanged, every accusation that was then made by these men could now be
 retuted by simply calling them Rs wit nesses and demanding the resul: of their thorough and minute investigation of the books and papers in the case. A party thus acquitted of the charges brought against it, and thus commend ed for its capacIty and integrity. may well feel conteuted with its situation and con- fiient as to it's future. IL does not need to go hunting around for new issues or new means of attracting sympathy and
 support. IL has but to be true to itself,
 to its history and its principles, and
 there is nothing for it to fear. The events of the past sixteen months have
 served to emphasize the veraclty Of its
 doctrines and the virtue of its purposes and separations in way that is not 10 be mistaken. By the force of actual.
 practlcnl contrast, the people have been enabled to see how inferior the Demo cratic party IS in every sense. and how
 unw orthy of trust or favor. Not thing
 has been accomplished that was pro- missed by the new Administration. No
 acton hss been taken on any Of the
 great questions which we were assured would be speedily and courageously
 settled. The taxes have not been low
 cred, the tariff has not been readiusted.
 the clvII service has not been improved,
 the public expenses have not been re- l duced. In short, Democratic rule up to
 this tune has been only a succession Of
 failures and blunders, withs degres of
 scandal added that is a national morti-
 fcstion and rep-osch. IL would be an
 insult 10 the intelligence of the Ameri-
 can people 10 doubt that they are tired
 and sick of such Rn experience, and that
 they fully appreciate the necessity Of
 restoring the old order of things Us soon
 as possible. The good work will toe be-
 gun this year ID the election of Re
 publican House; and it will be complet-
 ed two years hence by the election of n
 Republican President The influences
 are already present to produce both of
 these results. IL is not possible for the
 democrats tolregain the ground they have
 lost since Cleveland was insugursted;
 and ihe Republicans will surely not
 fail to take full advantage of opportun-
 ties so plain md SO important"