Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-02
AN UNBLUsHING AvowAL.

lime was tnaC Wnen Cne RepuDllcan
party made its appeals to the people
there were in the forefront of the battle
ard on the hustings such men as James
G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling and host
of others who knew how to sound all
the depths and shadows of our national
politics. A great change has come o'er
the spirit of it's dream. Now it is con-
tent with such marionette statesmen
as Benjamin Harrison and Charley Fos-
ter, the latter Harrison's secretary of
the treasury. Foster is one of those
men who very frequently. when they
open their mouths. put their foot
in it. A short time ago, in
Washington city, he aired his
opinions upon the use OF money in
elections. He graciously informed his
auditors that there were many legiti-
mate uses to which money could be put.
Amongst the rest, were the churches
and saloons. We are obliged to say
that he put the saloons firstin the enum-
Grafton. He said that there were al
ways four or five buns hanging around
these places whose votes could be con-
trolled by the saloon keeper. Conse-
quently, it was an excellent idea to
leave $40, SIS or 500 there, nominally
for the purpose of treating these hang
ers-on, but really for the benefit of the
proprietor. Tie churches were also good
in their way. A little money expended in
that di rection gave good results. In
illustration of this he cited an instance
of the last time he was elected to con-
gress. He did not go himself, but he
sent his partner, who put up 500 in his
(Foster's) name. The Catholic vote
elected him. He added that it was
good thing to remember the Lutherans
and by no means to neglect the Metho-
dists. He next entered into Gisquisi-
ton of the Importance of the German
vote. Influential Germans must be
"sugared" in order that they might
lead over their countrymen to the sup
port of the pap distributor. 1t must
not be supposed that Foster overlooked
the Irish. By no means. He regarded
it as essential that influential Irishmen
should be remembered in the distribu-
ton of the almighty Dollar" And so
he went on enumerating foreign citizens
of all nationalities, nearly, all of whom
must be attended to in the way Of
largesses. He did not even overlook
the farmer, who liked to be hired at a
good round pr ice to bring voters to the
polls.
And this is Mr.. Fosters idea of the
legitimate employment OF money in an
election He is member of Mr.. Har-
rison's cabinet and is cheek by jowl
with the pious Wanamaker. Nothing
could better outline to the American
people the perils that confront them
than such profigate utterances as these,
It is matter of common notoriety that
the election of 1888 was bought by the
$400, 900 corruption fund that was raised
by Matthew Stanley Quay and John
Wanamaker. To this sum Wanamaker
himself contributed $4,000, and he was
the principal collector of the balance.
The pious John belongs to class who
give nothing for nothing. He we'll un-
derstood at the time that he was work
ing for Wanamaker as we'll as for Har-
rison.
We are inclined to think that it would
have been better for the Republican
party and for Harrison if Charley Foster
had kept his mouth shut. The New
York World calls him Harrison's Burch-
ard, and we would not be surprised if
that journal had hit the nail square on
the head. The open parade of methods
of corruption and the unblushing
avowal of participation in prostituting
the voter, will gain man but few fol-
lowers in this day and generation.
Charley should have kept the matter
dark, and in this respect he might very
well have borrowed leaf from the reti-
cent and unscrupulous Quay. The peo-
pie of the United States may as we'll
first as last arouse themselves to the
knowledge that the present campaign is
one of Doodle against patriotism-of
corrupt methods against integrity and
accountability to the Masses