The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-13
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be destitute 0f moral sense IN polttlcet
speech and action and yet be an honest
snzn In private life. This faIiacy 10 Grst
cousin 20 shs popular belief that man
who cheats you ycEnorselessly At cards Is
often an honest man In every other reia-
ton OF life. A man is destitute Of moral
sense in politics when he viii steai election
rstuTns, stuff ballot boxes. bribs voters
or ssli his own vote, which. BY The war. il
never his own 10 SELL because the right 10
vote u not private property at all. but
public trust given the voter by society, to
which the voter IL held responsible for the
administration Of his trust A very igno-
rant and stupid man may be deluded
mere a bit Of private property.
which ne has as good a right
70 sell to the highest bidder a. he has q
mining property or a timber claim. but no
man Of even moderate intelligence or med
ioere intellect can trnthfuIiy pretend that
his right TO vote Is . birthrsght which he
can honestly sell for a mess of pottags.
Il Is safe to say. therefore, that the man Of
average intelligence who cheats In politics
Is no more an honest man than the man
who cheats at cards.
The reason why men who cheat in poll
tics or az cards are sometimes CONNER
ciaiiy honest IL because there Is generally
no danger OF punishment In cheating in
politics or at the card table, while man Of
fair intelligence knows that II Is for his
interest to be commercially honest; on his
commercial honesty hangs his credit
and his ability 10 do business to
any extensive advantage. II there
were the same selfish stimulus
TO honesty In politics and at cards as
shere Is to commercial honesty men
would be afraid 20 cheat in politics or at
cards, but there are severe legal, social
aud financial penalties for commercial dis
honesty, while there are practically no
legal penalties, no social or financial suf-
fsring. for trickery in politics or fraud at
the card table. II Is. therefore. trans
parent popular failaey 10 hold that man
l. really honest who cheats In politics and
cards. where be has nothing to fear, and
does not cheat in business. where he has
everything TO fear.
II IL this kind ef daadened moral sense
that encouraged the INSCRIPTIONS leaders
of the Tsmmsny Democracy to nominate
man who had stolen an election return
from public office ia order to steal q
state 10 the highest court of New York
state. Stripped Of all immoral excuse.
the question presented TO the honest
voters Of the empire state was: Shall =
thief be rewarded for his crime by being
elected 10 tho bench 70 Carl sehurx. in
his powerful speech before the German
voters Of New York city. fairly stated the
situation when he said that II MAYNARD
were 20 be placed upon the bench and men
we're 10 come before him for Judgment,
charged with crimes against the ballot
box. they would not be criminals before
the Judge but would be his colleagues. :"
SHAH honest lawyers. /" asked Mr.. sehurs,
''plead before a theft"
The defense OF Maynard was that the
end jnststies the means IN politics; an
answer that il in line with that utter
lack Of moral sense that led ex-senator
Ingalls,. Of Kansas. to declare that purity
In politics i IAN irrideseent dream" and
that politics is war, in which any sort II
craft or gEaad Is iss'iiiahle. SIR. ingalls,
Ia politics put his education. his high in
telligcRee. his bright lntellect behind him
and bowel himself down before the Baai
Of Stree slivsr" and ropaiism in Kansas
In order to secure his reelection 20 the
United States senate, aud MS apos,asy
only secured Ter him the contempt of
crankdnm. Had Mr.. iagalIs followed the
aas OF bis intellect, his intelligence and
bis highest convictions he would today be
triumphant when Pcpuusm and free sil.
yer has worn cut SIS welcome, bat the 4 an.
sas Republicans whp have stuck 20 their
eoayiotisas ia this hattie with Popalism
will never again nominate Mr.. ingalls,: .
thsy will psn their faith to Tag, not 10
weasaereeek pretending to be a Gag.
Rev. DF. W. $. Rainsford. .of 81. George
Episcopal church. is Democrat Ia poll.
tics, has spoken on the stump Tor the
Democratic ticket. ess be preached a
sound sermon in his pulpit before election
on the subject Of practical political duties;
be demanded the preservation in polities
Of the first principles OF truth and hon.
ssty. Tie aFralgned Gov Flower By name
for his sndorsemens of Maynard. and said
that Gov. Flower oaght TO be rebaked hy
essrr moral. 20 say nothing Of every
Christian, teaeher in the state He said:
sWhea tse governor OF the state eoaaes
forward and advocates the election es such
man, who las been proved guilty Of a
great wrong. IL Is IA outrage, and tae fact
kha& 00F. Flower IS member OF she Eris>
caFAl church makes il all the mare I'M
reFtsas taat ,he attention of EpiseopAIiaas
Should bs called 10 tha matter IL IL an
appalling thing that nRder the excitement
81 pending political election So many
nlea. whe ordinarily command resp<ea
ssanld wiaaly 50 before the PEOPLE and
advocate the esersioa OF saca . mAn as
MaNnsFdt IL seems Na aaeniarAhte shame
th@t We e3sE rsgfssn shceld bS told that car
Susies ere ssA3lsad &c protest against evil ia
the abstract. and that wo mass not point
cut and pisl9Fy az immoral. nnFsghseeas
Aea .. tie ast0r associated ssth e. There
- 40 irS%@o1s sog men. Ter the country. Tor
the party, far cor Institutions. Tor PROS.
psr.ty, excspt - sEgsA. Tbs truth sAsil