The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-24


A Newspaper Orgss Iwists Tho Prsse-
dents Kiadiy Trlbuts 60 TIE Nsmory
- 11is Predecessor ~ once late -
| UneonscIous 6ndorssment - the 10
| publican rnrty.
The warm expressions Of esteem and
admiration for tho late President Ar
thur which have appeared in Demo-
cratic and Republican newspapers
alike. or have fallen from the lips Of
preachers and statesmen. without re-
ard TO politics. testify to the broad.
el,erouz kindly spirit that fills tho
Anne rican heart IN the presence Of
death. There IL not public man
around whose bier words might not
81 dropped or memories evoked that
would iar on the hearts Of tho
mourncrs. There j. not even . per-
sonal friend or relative at whose death
some unpleasant "reminiscences might
not be recalled from the past. Bat, by
common consent. all such unpleasant
thoughts are banished on the day q
mourning. and only the virtues and
noble qualities Of the deceased are re-
membered. When General Grant died
and from every Democratic paper
throughout the land came the most
| touching and beautiful tributes. when
the Nation was in mourning and the
| South seemed to be rs deeply affected
as the North, did any Of those papers
recall the days Of reconstruction and
the saturnalia Of peculation in Wash
ington during the Presidential Admin
istrations Of the great soldier? NO;
they spoke only Of that part OF his
career that will shine with undimin-
ished lustcr on the pages Of history
when the Shepherds, Belknaps. Bah
cocks and Robcsons will be forgotten
In the same manner the many grand
and ennobling traits Of President Ar
thurs character have been put forward
in bold relief. as they deserved. and no
illusions were made to any political
episodes which might disturb the har-
mony OF grief. 1t remained for the
New York Tribune, q paper to whose
blind. stupid partisanship nothing Is
sacred, to profane the occasion OF the
funeral Of President Arthur, and desc
crate the sanctity Of the especial day OF
mourning. by . fling at President
Cleveland and the Democratic party
! over the remains Of the lamented Re-
publican leader. It would seem rs Il
The term "ghoulish glec" was partic-
ularly adapted to this case. The elo-
quent tribute paid by President Cleve-
y land to the memory Of the deceased IN
. his admirable proclamation Is eagerly
: seized by the ghoulish Tribune for tho
Z purpose Of partisan capital II seeks
y to distort the expression The performed
1 the duties Of his Office with dignity and
= ability" SO as to make certificate o.
! character for the Republican party IN
}. general and TO cloak the rascallties q
O Republican officials for years past Il
J. has the hardihood to say the followin g
!, dent cleyelsnds Supporters telling when the,
= asserted. in 1874 that the public service wa
le honcycombed with fraud and rotten from
z s when thew so declared that Prssdeni Arthur
\ suffered the Governpent 70 be robbed q
csanSsr ana a s 81 4
- in the conduct OF the interior Department
in Were they telling the truth when they charge
:, tered Tor the benefit OF bankers and rich q
y orators. and that the people were swindle
Ia Were they telling the truth when they sflrme
4. that these and other departments ~ Wes
" ingfon were crowded with worthless penslo
IL the rascals filled public places. and that a
~ rights and interests Of the people were not
rs ~ cise President cleveland has uttered cor
~ Elementary words which he knew to Be- untru
- According to the Tribune's code (
~ ethics. no expression of esteem for III
81 dead Is permissible without being a
Y, tended with plain. unvarnished state
II ment OF the shortcomings Of every on
~ officially connected with the person |
=" whose memory the expression Is o
fcred as attribute. Pursuing this theor.
n. ii would have been necessary for Pre-
=" ident Cleveland. on the occasion Of Il
II death Of General Grant, TO have quail
IL I. fled his remarks by illusions to q
4. carpet-bag governments Of the Sout
no during the DAYS Of reconstruction.
~ Babcock, Bclknap and Robson. to q
- Credit Mobilier and District Of Colur
~ bia frauds and other subjects of iii
~ unpleasant nature. What would q
~ American people have thought Of Il
~, application OF the Tribunc's theor,
~ Such despicable attempt (
~ ~ the part Of the Tribune
~ whitewash the rascals Of its par
~ at the grave Of an illustrious citizs
:, - must cause 4 feeling Of disgust Al
~ contempt in the breast Of every Anne
~ ~ lean. What President Cleveland
~ supporters asserted in 1884 has be-
80 found not only true. but only fai
80 estimate Of 70 real condition Of affair
The opening Of the books has opcn'
the eyes Of the American people 10 I
shameless character Of Republic;
government The books showed III
che when the present Administration we
au- into power there were nearly DC. OO'
let 600 deficiencies due the Govemme
a. under Republican rule, that millio
an were squandered in the Navy DepaI
ment without giving the country
tie navy. that the public domain "
OIL wasted on corporations and favorit'
nav that the treasury was being drained
,plc all sorts Of rascalS from deputy ms
and shals to colossal rings, and that {
Pension Office was made an elcctio
- ccring bureau. The shameful story b
- been told before In those columns he
v ~ the public service, under Republic
~. ~ administration. was honeycombed vi
'ne fraud and rotten from end to end.
NV But because President Clcvelal
W.. paid graceful tribute to the memo
ara- Of his immediate predecessor, the I
nv bunc would have Il that he testified