The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-03-13
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and analysis of his political career.
The facts contained in the Worlds
statement are sufficient to staftle
every patriotic citizen, and their
truth is not impeached.
A condition that threatens the
safety of the Republic is brought
out with appalling distinctness.
The Republican party returned to
power entrenched behind the allied
eorporate.robbers of the land, and
the man whom it elected for the
second highest office in the gift of
the people, is faithful servant of
the influences that made him His
Inauguration is proof that the will
Of the people has become pnreIias=
able. The fourif;lets summed up in
the review of Mr.. Morton's record,
are terrible arraignment of po-
litical career that is spotted with
corruption XII
The banking firm with which
Mr.. Morton is connected was the
favorite agent of the National Gov
eminent for years preceding 1884.
Il rcaped rich profits from the ma
tionaI business. The senior mem
bers of the firm poured thousands
of dollars into tho pockets of the
Republican campaign managers in
return and hardly missed it.
Chester A. Arthur testified that
sin the dark hours of 1880, when
Hancockts election seemed assured,
Mr.. Levi p. Morton personally
raised fund of s4O0, 600 for cam
paign purposes. How conld this
immense sum have boon used if not
for corruption? 1t bought Indiana
and helped to buy New York. Mr..
Morton's reward for his distinguish
ed services was the second diplomatic
position of the nation, the embassy
20 the French Republic.
Mr.. Morton exhibited distinguish
ed ability in Paris. 1t was in the
line of finance, and resulted to his
personal advantage. AS minister,
he entered into a secret compact
with a great French firm controll-
ing valuable privileges in the Re.
public of Peru. The goods which
he delivered for the share given him
in the enterprise were the friendly
influence and mediation of tho
United States. The facts of the
agreement were revealed by Con-
gressiomal committee of investiga-
ton.
Twice Mr. Morton was a candi-
date for United States Senator and
cases of almost unblushing bribery
were brought home to his agents.
The public Indignation aroused
thereby was to q great extent in
strumental IN his defeat. Z.
The capacity which recommended
Mr.. Morton for position on the
Chicago ticket, was a capacity to
raise a corruption fund. He had
been proven in this and not found
wanting. Senator John james In
gall wrote to one of the delegates
to the convention, advising the
nomination of some man for Vice
President who could control the
Wall street sharks and stock gam
blers. Mr.. Morton was that man.
His services brings now as u reward,
the office which has been adorned
by the noblcst names in American
history.
The review of Mr.. Morton's rec
ord does not complete the arraign-
ment of the Republican party. Its
crimes in the immediate past arc too
great to be overlooked even in the
face of facts like the above. From
the day the presidential campaign
formally opened, until the night of
November sixth, the cry for money
was increasingly raised by Repub-
liean agents, aud responded to III
golden streams. Mr.. Morton's part
III these transactions has not come
out. john WanamalSer, who is re-
warded with the Post Office port
folio raised the largest private con
tribution to the corruption fund,
and public opinion does not limit
the amount of his gift, personally
and by collection, to less than three
hundreds of thousands. The fat
frying circulars, the Dudley letters,
and the confessions of Republican
Journals like the New York Nail
and Express furnish abundant facts
from which to link the chain of
fraud about the Republican party.
The proof is not confined to ma
tional corruption. The arm of
awakened justice could strike in
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