Evening journal., 1889-06-21
WILL ThEY RE PIlNlsAEn.

~. ueptSe y. reed, president OF
Dickinson College, preached sermon at
Harrisburg, Pa, which has stirred up
the whole crowd of Pennsylvania poll
ticians and is likely to have some little
attention from the practical statesmen
of Indiana. DR.. Reed paid his compli-
ments first, to those patriots who kept
aloof from primaries aud caucuses and
then complained that these necessary
parts Of political machinery were
not properly run. He said that it
was the duty of every good
citizen to attend to the selection of can
didates. Citizens are not serviceable to
to the state who complain Of what others
have done without first having given,
their advice and assistance to do some.
thing better. The sort of reformer who
contents himself with ugly criticisms on
the manner in which some other man does
what he refuses to do is not valuable to
the state nor influential in the commu-
nifty. He called attention TO the bribery
practiced in the purchase Of votes and to
the fact that in all States there is a
floating vote, 80 called, which is annu-
ally up for sale. He said:
call attention to Indiana. on the
authority of leading politician, who as.
serted that there were from fifteen to
twenty thousand votes always in the
market there to be thrown on one side or
the other according to the extent of the
Doodle in the hands Of the various par
ties. These facts no one denies Politi
cal leaders unbushingly admit them, and
still the people remain silent under this
gigantic wrong. Hardly voice is lifted
in protest.
belong TO great political party
wish IL TO triumph, because in general
believe in its principles. But say un.
hesitatingly that | would rather
thousand times that the party TO which
| belong should be defeated at the polls
year after year than TO see IL 90 into
power through dishonorable means.
II Bishop Potter and Dr. Reed had
made their criticisms before the election
Mr.. Harrison would never have been able
to occupy purchased seat They are as
much to blame as the people whom they
are criticising The facts to which Dr.
Reed refers were just as notorious before
the election as they are now. Quay,
Dudley and Clarkson were at the head OF
the party to which Dr. Reed belongs.
Their characters and meth0ds were
well advertised. The Dudley and
the Foster .ettefs had been y1blshed
Mr.. Wahamaker had raised his $3.50, 0OO
Carnegie had subscribed $100, 900, Morton
had paid in cool 81 900, OOO- These with
many other facts equally notorious would
have made foundation for sermon
from either OF these divines which would
have changed the current Of events. Why
did they fail to preach ..then? Why did
they allow this corruption to proceed un-
checked and unimpeachedl There
were the same facts and the same, yea,
even a greater, call for criticism then
than now. II it is the duty of min
lister and clergyman to speak of these
things now, it was much more his duty
then. he might have checked the evil.
There is no doubt that Bishop Potter
and DR.. Reed are honorable, honest, and
fearless men, but this speaking after the
event. shows that they are under some
thing Of the same fatal spell Of lethargy
and apathy which makes many other good
and respectable men in the Republican
party sit quietly under the leadership of the
worst.'class OF political scoundrels. 1t is not
justifable excuse to say that the Demo
Gratis are as bad. In the first place every
candid and honest man knows that is not
true, for the Democrats have not the
money. But granting that it is true, it
would not be sufficient excuse for de-
cent and honorable Republicans.
The Democrats did not have Quay,
Clarkson and Dudley on their committee
They did not have a candidate for vice
president who made an agreement with
Arkell to subscribe $1,000,000 to the
campaign fund. The Democrats did not
have John Wanamaker with $3.50, 600
and they did not write the Dudley and
Foster letters. More than all these facts
they did not buy Indiana.
Applying all Of these facts to local
affairs, what excuse can respectable Re
publicans Of Wilmington give for Hig-
ginsisms How can they swallow Bach,
Buckingham, Mahaffy, Fisher, Knowles,
Pickles, Maull, and Phillips, and con
done their methods? They can
not do it except by closing their
eyes to all forms of corruption, bribery
and chicanery Whether it is right for
them to do that is question which can
not be put aside. The Morning News,
certainly strong partisan Republican
paper, admits that there are "scoun.
drels" in the party who ought to be
caught and punished. They are
caught; will they be punished or re-
warded2
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