The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-10
THE sURoHAao REMARK.
Kansas Sarcastic senator Writes Him.
self Down = WiilfuI Ass.

IhE bOHOU6UD VG"SuNs
kansas Sarcastic senator Writes Him.
self Down wiiifui Ass.
There is something bordering on the
pitiful to hear a man Of intelligence,
as Senator Ingalls, undoubtedly is, talk
ing of Blainc's being cheated out of
the Presidency in 1884 Yet this is
what he claims in an interview with
our Washington correspondent. "Thc
election" he says, "was stolen from
him. Ballot-boxes were stuffed and
thousands Of votes were openly bought
in the streets Of New York. Then
there was that Burchard's speech,
which was essentially q dishonest and
immoral trick, devised and played by
the enemy just on the eve of election
when there was no time to deny or re-
pudiate the words. The Democratic
leaders, by whom it was concoctcd.
openly boast of it."
AS to the election having been
stolen by ballot-box stufling and brib-
cry in New York, the allegation shows
silly ignorance of the conduct of cleo
tions in New York. Ballot-hox stuff
| ing is an almost obsolete form of
knavery in New York under its cleo
ton system, and as for bribery. the
Republicans had ten dollars to one dol
lar compared with the Democrats in
the streets of New York in 1884 The
| millionaires who attended the Blaine
banquet on the eve of the election were
not the scrupulous sort of patriots to
see an election lost for the lack of
votes which could be purchased. No
man knows exactly how much Repub-
iican gold CREASED the palms of Tam :
many FOUNDERS on November 4. 1884,
but it was sufficient 20 nearly offset the
mugwump revolt against Blaine.
But the Stiffness of the bribery charge
made by Senator ingalls, is wisdom
alongside of the absurdity of his refer
ence to the Burchard incident In this
he writes himself down u willful ass.
The story that Burchard's speech was a
cunningly devised trick of the Demo
Gratis was invented by somebody who
wished to test the gullibility of par
tisan stupidity. 1t was hoax never
intended to win the credence of sane
minds. The utterance of those now
famous words, " Rum, Romansm and
Rebellion" was so naturally the child
of the circumstances under which they
were uttered that nobody of any judg
ment ever believed that they were pre-
meditated, much less the result of 0
plot concocted to confound Blaine:
Irish canvass.
On this point, however. there is nc
room for conjecture. DR.. Burchart
has himself told the story of how he
came to utter the famous ALTERATION
He was asked if his speech at tn,
Fifth Avenue Hotel was carefully
prepared effort, and replied: +" En-
phatically it was not. l did not max,
up my mind until the very last mo
ment to attend the reception in ques
ton. do not seek publicity of thi
or any other kind. certainly did no
expect to be nominated for chairman
AS entered the room, however, some
body nominated me to the chair anG
} l was elected by acclamation. Th'
speech made, which only occupied
some three or four minutes, was en-
tirely spontaneous. said exactl.
what came to me- The alliteratiol
| was framed on the impulse of the mo
ment."
This is conclusive, even if all th'
attending circumstances did not utter
) ly preclude the possibility of the allit
; Grafton being job put up by Demo
Gratis to injure the Republican candi
date. DR.. Burchard was Blaine Re
= publican, the meeting which electe,
3 him chairman was composed of Blain
J Republican ministers, it was partisan
campaign assemblage in furtheranc
!, of Blaine's candidacy, and the acci
! dental spokesman of the occasion
' merely uttered what he thought wa
the gist of all Republican attacks o.
the Democratic party. That is tn
fact about the dishonest and knavis
! trick of which Senator Ingalls, pirates
9 Chicago Me,Cs (Ind.).