Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-15

hood did lots of questionable work ia
"upholding the honor of the nation"
in 1895, and his appointment to good
looting position in the Havana Post
office was by way of reward for his
patriotism In that year of Indiana pa
triots. He is the business successor
and former business associate Of the
late headsman in the Postofice de-
partment, and the present Secretary
of the Republican National Committee.
He knows many of the devious ins and
outs Of the campaign of four years ago,
and Is man who can not safely be
thrown down ON the eve of an impor-
tant election.
Rathbone figured prominently in the
purchase by Mark Hanna of the United
States Senatorship, at Columbus, in
the winter of 1893. Not the least of |
his important services In that shame.
full transaction was his acting the part
of chaperone to Col. Boyd in his trip to
Cincinnati to buy the vote of represen-
tative Otis. The part which Rathbone
played In that performance was hum.
BILE enough--dndeed 1t was quite nasty.
When the detectives had Boyd back in
Columbus, and on his way to sure con-
viction, Rathbonc mounted the box of
the cab with the coachman and
directed tho latter to drive about,
hithcr and yon, with his boodling pas
senger until his pursuers lost him in
the streets, and nothing was heard
from him till he turned up mt Montreal
far out of the jurisdiction Of the inves-
tigating committee Of the Ohio Senate,
some weeks later.
For this dirty service the President
OF the United States saw At to reward
Mr.. Rathbone by appointing him to
lucrative position In the Havana Post
Office at salary which was finally
fixed, according to Inspector Bristows s
report, at $4,000 year, and IN which
he continued to draw per diem fee Of
SIS IL day, and furnished his house and
trapplngs after the style of an eastern
prince,--and all at the expense of our
poor Cuban proteges, whom we had
rescued from Spanish brigands. 1t
was bad enough to unload such men as
Neely and Ratbbone upon our helpless
wards, but to pay Mark Hanna's
} Doodle obligations out Of their already
slender and overburdened revenues,
was but adding disgrace to robbery.
These men, therefore, are possessors
! of political secrets which the present
administration cannot afford to have
divulged during the tendency of this
campaign. For this reason we do not
! hesitate to prophecy clean through to
the end as to just what will be done
with them. Nothing will be done with
them. Upon one pretext or another,
there will be delays, and adjournments
and continuances, and motions, and
orders, and appeals, and what not OF
legal jugglcry, untll after election.
Then, In far Off Cuba, remote from
the restraining and wholesome power
of public opinion, among people long
used TO being plundcred by officials,
the transaction will either be smother
cd, or dealt with as Eagan was, that is
by n nominal punishment but real
reward and promotion.
II II Is said that none of this shame.
full piece of history touches Mr.. Me-
kinley personally, we answer that
Mr.. Mckinley knew he was rewardng
men for the dirtlest kind of political
work, and, knowing this, he also
knew, must have known, as man of
: discernment, in advance the whole
dirty outcome.
We suppose the Central Ohio Con.
ference Of the Methodist church omit.
ted this particular transaction from
the liberal coat of whltewash which
they administered TO their candidate
the other day. II should have been in
cluded In the list Of Rum, Romanism,