Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-14


THE Republican editors OF Ohio. both
metropolitan and provi ncial held 3 solemn
co~nclave at Columbus y esterday, and un-
dsrtook The contrast Of directing the Sen
ate of the United 0tatcs az to II dutissre-
sardine the eligibility 81 Senator Payne.
Roth bodies Of the Ohio Legislature, the
Republican Central COMMITTEES Of the
State, and the Ohio delegation in Congress
had each previously made an unsuccessful
attack in the same dire ction, but nothing
/ daunted the editors conc luded to try their
master hands in a final effort to bulldoze
the great legislative body. Aurat Hal.
stead was the field Marshal Of
the occasion and presumably the
author of the resolutions and the
memorial to the Senate, which are printed
elsewhere in The MINER. Both documents
bear the impress Of bis hand and each
show the inherent weakness OF the attack
ing party. They deal i'm generalties 20 far
as the journalists are concerned, and the
sterotyped phrase 'it is said" il used when
they allege that ON Information and belief
the sum of 1865 900 was taken to Colum-
bus to secure the election of Mr.. Payne.
Had Halstead been in the possession OF
any positive knowledge on the subject there
would have been an absolute and unQuali-
fed accusation inst cad of the evasive and
struggling string OF 8 resolves" and their ap-
pendix OF a lecture. They frankly acknowl-
edge that the State Legislature found it i'm
possible, although its committee ex-
hausted it's ingenuity in the attempt, to
convict any OF the members OF that body
OF bride taking, yet as u forlorn hope they
urge the Senate to d O what they failed to
do. Can it be posi- BILE the editors think
members of the Senate, less scrupulous in
. partizan political contest than are the
members OF the Ohio Legislature. The
tenor OF the docume mt indicates that they
do, and for that reason the document
should be consigned to the oblivion Of the
committee files. As q matter OF
fact there is no foundation for
the scandalous accusations, save that
Mr.. Payne is q very wealthy man
and q Democrat. The first sin is venial
the second mortal ID the creed Of the Ohio
Republican editors. Defeated at the polls,
they and their party are attempting by the
vilest of methods known to the vilest OF
political hangers-oh, to create a sentiment
against their victim. The attack is the
most infamous OF the many infamous
things that marks the history Of Republi-
canism in Ohio, say e and except the great
infamy Of the age the theft of the Presi-
dency. 1t is a desper rate dodge OF desperate
men. They see another defeat staring them
in the face and they vainly hope to ward
off the blow by cry ling ''stop thief" The
voters of the State and Of the country are
neither blind nor idiots. They know that
no stone was left un| turned to make good
the accusations befo the proper bodies
and that the accuse rs ANONYMOUSLY failed.
They know that the move is a persecution
instead OF an honest effort to right q
wrong, and KNOWN, this they will be gov
erned accordingly on election day. The
Republican bosses may imagine they are
furnishing campaign powder, but they will
be fooled. When THE time comes to use it
they will discover that it will not explode.
The Senate dare not be driven into an in
v~estigation for it will OF necessity result in
exoneration, and that in q party
sense will be far wo rse than letting the
matter remain where it is. There was no
money used to elect Mr.. Payne, but if there
had been, think OF the men who would
have to sit in judgment on the crime.
Think OF a jury con posed OF Sherman, Tel |
Ter, Ingalls,, Jones, OF Nevada, Mitchell. OF
Oregon, and Others, gravely Directing to
the uss OF money in a campaign. The
sight would throw Belzebub into ecstacies. |
and make angels weep at the total deprav-
ity and hypocracy Of men in high stations.
If the Republican Senate can afford to be-
gin the investigation Mr.. Payne can surely
stand it, for there is a point beyond which
perjurers lar not 60, and only the rankest
OF Ohio p~erjurers wd uld testify to anything
that would injure either the personal or
political reputation OF the m~uch-abused