National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-01
Riches and Corruption Control the
Democracy.

Democracy.
The Republican party is friendly to labor
and also just to capital. The Democrats
reduce the wages Of the poor laboring man
by advocating a lower tariff, aud sell their
Offices and honors to the richest or most
| corrupt man who will buy them. In the
state Of New York and in Ohio corrupt
rich men own and control the Democratic
party; not only its active politicians but
| its organization 1t is possible that the
pending investigation by the Ohio legisla-
ture Of the allegations Of Mr.. Donavin, the
Democratic striker, that Senator Henry b.
Payne's election was effected by bribery
| and corruption, may not succeed in bringing
home to Senator Payne the personal cxpen-
| diture of money corruptly. But there is
no doubt at all, in the mind Of any intelli.
gent human being, that Mr.. Payne was
elected senator solely by reason of the ex-
| penditure Of large sums OF money, whether
they were paid out by himself personally,
by his son Oliver II. Payne, by his sou-in-
law William c. Whitney, or by other dis
| bursing agents. His candidacy for senator
was not thought of until after the legisla-
| ture had been chosen. Then a corrupt
| gang who knew that Senator Pendleton's
election had been secured by money used
! against that poor but honest Democrat,
| Allen G. Thurman, conceived the plan of in
| turn getting the senatorship away from
Pendleton and giving it to Payne by sim.
liar use of money. Not one single sensible
argument was used in favor of Payne's
| election; the only reason was his wealth
his money and the money of the Standard
Oil Company.
But it is not alone Senator Payne who
through money holds the Democracy of
Ohio in his grasp; he has coadjutor and
partner in John Il. Mclean, of the Cinciu-
natl Enquirer. Mr.. Mclean Is enormously
rich, and spent money in thousands last
fall in connection with the election OF men,
bers OF the legislature, in order that through
these expenditures he might succeed Sena-
tor Sherman and take his seat in the SEN
ate by the side Of Senator Payne, elevated
by similar means. Fortunately this dis
graceful result, which would have presented
| Ohio In the Senate and to the country with
Henry b. Payne and John Il. Mclean as
its two senators, was avertei. Senator
Sherman was reelected; but as the Repub-
!ican majority on joint ballot In the legisla.
ture, with the fraudulent Democratic sena-
tors and members usprping seats from
Hamilton county, was only three, Mr. Nc
Lean had medtated the destruction of that
slender majority by the use of money, and
possibly might have accomplished It IL the
fraudulent members of the house from
Hamilton county had not been elected be-
fore the time of the senatorial election.
ln such a condition, however, stands the
Democracy of Ohio, which claims to be the
party Of the people, bound hand and foot,
dominated and owned by the Standard Oil
Company, Henry B. Payne, and John r..
Mclean,
Oliver ii. Payne Is not only silent part
ner in the ownership of the Ohio Democ-
racy, but openly belongs to money gang
which owns the New York Democracy. He
and William G. Whitney made contribu.
tion of $l5O,0OO during the presidential can
vass Of 1884, and by reason of that con.
trihution and by reason of nothing
else Mr.. Whitney to-day sits in
the Cabinet of President Cleveland
which, therefore, contains two members
from the state Of New York alone, one an
astute and serviceable politician, the other
with the aid of his brother.in-law, the chiei
contributor to the Democratic campaign
fund Of 1884.
Mr.. August Belmont is one Of the part
ners in the ownership of the Democracy Of
New York. He made large contributions
to the campaign fund.- and in recognition o.
these Mr.. Perry Belmont was made chair
man Of the House committee on foreign re
lations, position for which he is entirel,
untitled, ,displacing Gov. Curtin, war hors
of the modern Democracy, but man with
out money with which to swell the campaign
corruption fund.
We might extend the list and give numer
GUS instances in other states to prove tina
the Democratic party, while pretending Il
be the party Of the people, everywhere
makes itself the prey of any millionaire witt
is willing to pay large sums for the priv
ilege of controlling its offices and its honors
Any longer to call 1t party of the peopl
is absurd. An organization which allow
the money of the Standard OIL Company
Henry b. Payne, Oliver II. Payne, Angus
Belmont, and William G. Whitney to holt
its organizations in the great states of Ohit
and New York, and its whole national ad
ministration, subject to their unrestrainet
will and pleasure, should give up all pre-
tense Of claim to represent the people o
the United States. 1t only represents tn
cash boxes Of It's unprincpled millionaires
This being the Democratic record In part
and this being supplemented by such as
saults on American labor as the proposi
tion to go to Europe for steam engines, tn
Republican party will go to the people II
the congressional elections of this yea
with full confidence that the right will b.
vlndicated by the election Of a Republican
House.
Free Trade with II Vengeance.