Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-15
lNeALLs ON euRcHARp.
Kansas' Sarcastic Senator Writes Him
SELF Down = Xyillful As

Kansas Sarcastic senator Writes Him
self Down n Yiilfui ASS
There is something bordering on the
pitiful TO hear u man of intelligence,
as Senator Ingalls, undoubtedly is, talk
ing of Blaine's being cheated out Of
the Presidency in 1884. Yet this is
what he claims in an interview with
our Washington correspondent 1.-The
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 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 connected.
openly boast of it"
As to the election having been
stolen by ballot-box stuffing and brib-
cry in New York. the allegation shows
silly ignorance of the conduct of cleo
tons IN New York. Baliot-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
l. I.
lican 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 a wilIful ass.
The story that Burchard's speech was
cunningly devised trick of the Demo-
Gratis was invented by somebody who
tisan stupidity. 1t was a hoax never
intended to win the credence of sane
minds The utterance of those now
famous words, Rum, Romanism 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 a
plot concocted to confound Blaine's
Irish canvass.
On this point, however, there is no
room for conjecture. Dr. Burchard
has himself told the story of how he
came to utter the famous ALTERATION.
He was asked if his speech at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel was a carefully
prepared effort, and replied: " En-
phatically it was not. / did not make
up my mind until the very last mo-
ment to attend the reception in ques-
ticn. l do not seek publicity of this
or any other kind. 1 certainly did not
expect to be nominated for chairman.
AS entered the room. however. some
body nominated me to the chair and
1 was elected by reclamation. The
speech made. which only occupied
some three or four minutes, was en-
tirely spontaneous. l said exactly
what came to me. The ALTERATION
was framed on the impulse of the mo-
ment"
This is conclusive, even if all the
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 a Blaine Re
publican. the meeting which elected
him chairman was compo- ed of Blaine
Republican ministers, it was partisan
campaign assemblage in furtherance
of Blaine's candidacy, and the acct
dental spokesman of the occasion
merely uttered what he thought was
the gist of all Republican attacks on
the Democratic party. That is the
fact about the dishonest and knavish
trick of which Senator ingalls, pirates.
Chicago NeI0S (IY1d.).
AS 1T SHOULD BE.