Evening journal., 1892-06-10
A PUBLIC SHAME.

Inc aggregation OF olucc'nolutfs,
bosses. and mercenaries gathered at
Minneapolis is the most corrupt large
body Of men which was ever assembled
There have always been buying and
selling, spoils-hunting and spoils-promis-
ing delegates in Republican conventions
since 1864, but never to such an extent
as at Minneapolis to-day. Describing
the condition Of affairs correspondent
of the New York Herald says
The representatives and leaders of tho
great Republican party of the United
States have descended TO the level of
thief catchers and policemen In the
desperate fury of the struggle for power
they are employing detectives TO watch
each other and setting their traps to
catch one another in bribery and cer-
ruption That is the amazing picture
presented by the convention tactics to-
day. Twelve skilled detectives. whose
proper business IS the capture of post
Office burglars and petty mail thieves.
are tracking Delegates from the Credsn-
tials Committee rooms 90 their lodging
| places and from one room In the hotel 10
another. trying 20 get the material evil
dence of what most persons suspect
that is. that the surprising transforma-
tion by which in two hours the commit
tee was changed sfrom Harrison 20 Blaine
was not Effected without the uso Of
money.
This is not matter of politics alone /;
It is public shame it is all the more
shameful and humiliating because IL is
the legitimate fruit OF the fixed policy of
one great party in segregating and con
trolling the votes Of large body of poor.
ignorant and financially. politically aud
morally irresponsible people
The Republican managers in the
Southern States have made it a point TO
control the negro vote. To do that they
have corrupted the negroes. and by reflex
influence, blunted their own con-
sciences and lowered their own standards
Of selfrespect and moral rectitude. From
buying the negroes the white Republicans
have descended. by easy and Infamous
gradations. lower still in the scale ia
selling their own votes
Referring to the change among the
white delegates. in the majority of tho
Committee ON Credentials. from the Har-
risou TO the Blaine interests the same
correspondent tells of a white delegate
who was captured. corralled and fixed.
thus;
The c0mmitteeman-he is a small pol
itician I'm Western state-was very
much charmed by the prospective sd
vantages Then the agents got rapidly
TO business and talked money and IA,
detectives heard what they said The,
heard the committeeman agree 60 votl
on the Blaine side and the price which
was put upon his vote The committeeman
struck for $500, but got somewhat les,
than that; how much my informant Il
moi ready to divulge yet, but Il wa
somewhere iu the neighborhood of 500
The two detectives heard the who'll
negotiation and knew when the none,
was passed over and the deal was com
pleted. Then the committeeman wen
away and the two Blaine agents followel
him TO see that he was not approached
g by the other side.
b This is not the malicious exaggeratioi
of partisan; it is the truthful pietur
+ Of careful observer sent to the conver
y tion TO make accurate and unbiased r,
o ports Of the occurrences there. He saw
e "every southern delegate who is nc
known to be absolutely incorruptible
e under constant surveillance from bot
e sides Prophetic intimations
! this condition Of affairs ha,
s been rife for months. m
c papers Of the two factions in n
F. Republican party have been Jealous
Is each others success in obtaining II
If venal votes of the southern States. an
b. no less man than big Tom Reed ma,
~ a bargain TO speak in Rho,
re Island only on the condition a
to State Convention should not instru
ID their delegates to vote for President Ha
I'd rison That bargain was struck. it's co
ig ditions were complied with, Reed spol
IN in Rhode Island and refused 10 speak
"a Vermont
er Such is a silhouette Of the great T
It's publican National Convention Of 1892;
Of is public shame
Y DO not throw away your suffrage