Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
IS BLACK.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS GUILTY OF
FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.
Men Who Were Loudest in Their De-
nunciation of the Democratic
Party as Dishonest Shown Up
in Their True CoIors.

The Republican party has always
claimed to be the party of great moral
ideas. It's orators and newspaper or
gans' chief stock in trade has been to
charge dishonesty against the Demo-
cratic party. 1t is well to see how
the dishonesty shoe fits the Republican
party. In its National Honor CAM
paign of 1885, says the Buffalo
Times, "the Republican managers col
lected a SIG, 0O0,0 900 corruption fund
from corporations and individuals,
who were ven then breaking and de-
flying the laws of the country, and
with that enormous fund bought the
presidency. But the charge that the
Democratic party was dishonest was
frequently heard.
Andrews, the Detroit banker, in
1896, charged that the Democratic
candidate was a dishonest leader of
dishonest men. We know now that
at that very time he was an embez-
1ler for $ 1900, 900.
'Bigelow, the Milwaukee banker, in
1900 pleaded for the election of the
Republican national ticket in the in
terest of honesty and to save the bust
ness interests of the country from the
dishonest methods of the Democratic
party. We know now that at that very
time he was a defaulter for $3,000,-
900.
David E. Sherrick, for a number
of years has been putting in his time
denouncing Democrats and charging
dishonesty against Democratic lead
ers and Democratic theories. He was
the state treasurer of Indiana, elected
upon a Republican ticket. He, too,
fell a victim to the corruption influ-
ences of graft. He was taken from
the Office of secretary of state to the
Indiana ~penitentiary.
Newton Dougherty, of Peoria, ILL.,,
was another distinguished Republican,
active in Republican politics in his
state; a man of national reputation
and standing; president of two banks.
He commenced in 1896 to denounce
the dishonesty of the Democratic plat
form and the dishonesty of Democrat
ic candidates. He vas the treasurer
OF the National Educational associa-
ton, and numerous other educational
organizations. His career of useful
ness has been very recently brought
to a sudden termination. Upon his
own confession of guilt he is serving
now a sentence in the great prison at
Joliet, ILL.,, an embezzler for more than
a million dollars. We know now that
long before the campaign of 1896 he
was stealing the funds committed to
his charge.
I'm Illinois an interesting contest
for the United States senate is being
waged by two distinguished Repub-
licans. One Of them, in order to give
standing to his campaign, selected as
his campaign manager in that great
state a distinguished Republican lead
er-Simmons, Of Peoria, a preacher
and a banker who had spent his time
for years preaching from the pulpit
the doctrines of the Republican party.
He missed no opportunity in 1896 to
talk about the dishonesty of the Dem
ocratic platform. This gentleman was
the president also of two banks and
was prominently active in the interest
of widows and orphans. He is not
serving a term in the penitentiary,
but he only escaped it by committing
suicide when confronted with the evil
dence of his ENLIGHTENMENT and other
crimes.
1.-THE failure of the Enterprise Ma
tional bank, Of Allegheny, Pa, is fresh
in the minds of all of us; the men who
embezzled it's funds were leaders of
the Republican party in that state. T.
Lee Clark, it's cashier, was an elder in
the church. He is not serving a term
In the Pennsylvania state prison; he
escaped it by committing suicide. The
men who were responsible for the
failure of this bank and assisted in
stealing its funds were all of them
men who have spent years Of their
years Of their life in denouncing the
Democratic platform of 1896 as adj
vocating dishonest doctrines; they
were all of them champions, and ar
dent champions, of the system of pro-
tective graft, and all of them fell VIC
Tins to its communicating influences.
John R. Walsh, of Chicago, while
masquerading as a Democrat and de-
nouncing at the same time the plat
form of 1896, and all other Democratic
platforms since then, vas engaged in
the business Of violating the law and
disappointing the funds of his
bank. He finally threw off the mask
and proclaimed that he was, and al.
ways had beSn, a Republican, and
soon afterward the evidence of his
violation of the law became apparent,
and the Republican party is now pro-
tecting him from the penalties pre-
scribed by tho laws he has violated.
"The late Senator Mitchell, of Ore
gon, chief of a band Of government
1and thieves. and two convicted Re-