Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-30
- Daily IntelIIeencer.


Nlnco the election b over virtue has
rnes 70 sssert itself; and there Is loud
nnnoiation by all parties OF bribery and
xuption In elections. Judge Gresham
- that the Pharisees are particularly
paouous in their outburst Of lamenta-
~ over the degeneacy OF the
81 that they came red.handed
- active participation In the
Hohase Of votes, crying aloud in public
49, that these things must not be,
~ they had just done and Of which
Z v aSe about to enjoy the profit. It is
~ singular spectacle by any means.
& - world hes always shown 1t and the
s~oods and the towns have always been
Io1l II such people. But It 10 seldom that
10y exhibit themselves 90 clearly In
llne1e DR.. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde duality.
1e = not Ill, Of course-or even many
Z ohoss who denounce bribery In elections
y - ere themselves chief actors in It. 1t
r because that really honest people abhor
tnch conduct that the dishonest, who
ygoctice It, pretend to hate it and attempt
Y n cover their rottenness with q false sp.
/ 1eoRance Of goodness. When they steal,
1ksy cry stop thief; and there Is hardly
~ political partisan to-day who Is
80 accusing his fellow Of fraud.
People will be confused for awhile
Jrobably in determining who the really
guilty are. And they will be helped to .
ND conclusion that the Republican
! loaders are not the lambs by finding them
= possession Of the prey. A vigorous
sps6e. sas sprung up on the Repnbli.
tx since the election, accusing the
we're Its, especially In the Southern
ss, sno OF seeking 10 steal the seats Of
Uuly elected Republican representatives;
Z - obvious object being to call off atten-
tSon from their own infamous conduct in
y purchasing the electoral vote of New
York and Indiana.
That these states were 30 won is not
4 disputed. 1t is conspicuous feature Of
the denunciation Of election bribery that
= b not doubted on any hand that it has
been practiced and that it has accom-
plished the election of the Republican
eandidate for president. Though this be
nct, 1t is eQuallya fact that there exists
70 practicable means Of iudicially un.
4 eovering the crime and defeating its
& wrong. We settle down to the con.
I oDlousness that presidential election has
8 hosn purchased and that we cannot help
e.
nWe can only talk and talking every ont
=. The Episcopal Bishop Coke, OF West
sEn New York, denounces the carrying
of elections with money, of which he de
'a clares both parties to be guilty; and
+ doubtless they are; but the Republican,
are away ahead of the Democrats in tn,
nnconscionsble practice of the game, q.
veil ~ In the accumulation of money
with which to play It; as the result
~ shows. The Democratic conscience and
Z 1egard for appearances is not in such
Il ocndition that, in nominating q
a ehurch elder for the presidency, 1t selects
& > chairman..of the committee appointed
70 elect him, who is only noted for hii
oishonest and conscienceless practices ir
1 irving his political aims and standing BY
1lssIde, TO provide him money a merchant
Wh0 ID Christian exhorter, and con.
Gpicuous only otherwise as money
sntherer. Truly there is strange ming
Ing here; and abundant opportunity fol
Judge Gresham's observation that the
Pharisee stands upon the highway.