The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-03-23

sue Ia his ease, msrely show him y
a. the shrevd and clever politlOiA
We Ia Illinois know him 10 be-
mans character is determined b
an the elements that euier into Il
composition. and no. BY a part 9
I them Just because a man is kin
10 his family. loyal 10 his friends
or outwardly pious.is no reason VIII
ne should pose as martyr or Rain
and seek justification for ilagran
attractions Of either statutory o
moral law. Behind such PhaI
isaic mask Of hypoogley many IN
worthy public men have sought t
disscmble, even IN the face OF In
terminating evidence against them
Lorimer's speeches In his own be
half la the Senate were character
istic examples OF this sort Of sub
terfuge
One of your Vermont daillos
short time ago tried TO add 10 Lori
mer's coat OF whitewash by utter
" editorially an extenuatlng pane
syric OF amiable persiflage. A Chi
ago newspaper comment upon part
of this editorial was that II sucl
stuff could be put over" In Ner
mont, then the traditional shrewd
less OF the vermonter ia thing OF
ne past. and there is a new haryes'
ipe for the gold brick man and the
hell game artist" Within the linn
ts OF this letter the editorial above
eferred 10 cannot be cited and an
.lyzed as fully as 1t ought to be
Jut two excerpts. which viii serve
AZ specimens Of the whole. and
which richly illustrate the genera
.haraeter OF reaetionary methods
md doctrine, must be noticed.
III Ills tLorimer's) capacity
or loyalty makes II difficult TO-
i'm to believe III OF his friends,
md renders him an easy prey
signing wire pullers and political
.rieksters."
This is pure unadulterated Pie
.istic piffle, and an insult TO Yer
nont intelligence. We know so well
Shat 'an easy prey TO designing
sire puliers and political tricksters
ave been our notrious "Dosses" "
Jur Tweeds, Quays, platts. Crok
,rs, Coxes, Ruefs. Miserable victims
Il Of them 10 the wiles of then
nemles. Lorimere is just as bline
orsooth, TO intrigues against him,
dst as wistfully trustful and sim.
,le as have been all others of his
,,ripe whose names are written In
ne nations Hall OF Shame,
cd 1T has happened before
.ow that money has been used In
.enatorial elections where the par
les most ardently desiring the cleo
ION OF certain man have used II
Improperly, but always with such
ecrecy and clrcumspection that the
andidate remained In total ignor.
nee OF the fact.
Partly true. alas: and partly un
rue, also alas. Corruption has ell
cted Senators, we know. But we
re constrained to be incredulous
yhen we are asked to believe that
i. Senator can be chosen by the
.se Of money and at the same time
20 entirely free from any suspicion
a his own mind OF what ID going
n. Senatorial candidates are Of
.ourse not 30 brazen as to be look
az on when the legislative Dlsppen-
,ator flashes the wad. They; have
lnough discretion at least to turn
heir backs, and therefore saw
.othing OF the kind" But pub
ic disclaimer OF knowledge Of bri-
,ery is at once self-condemnation;
,rdinary intelligence repudiates the
.tatement with contempt. Lorimer's
lenial OF knowledge Of Venality IL
iis election would almost sayor OF
Jathos II our common sense, our
common instincts did not brand II
Immediately as piece Of sancti-
nonious buncombe. No one but
Joor old Tlllman, now doddeding
wreck OF senile emotionalism, wept
when Lorimer told to the Senate the
.weet. mushy story of his virtuous
ife.and alluded 80 feelingly to his
iarly friends "Hinky Dink." Abb
ahams and Broderick, men whose
.ames are a by-word and kissing
O all who know what these names
,tand for in Chicago politics. There
vas never a word to explain the
patent tainted vote that
,arried him to Washington. nothing
to the Springfield cor
upton except his pusillanimous den
al OF being conizant Of 1t. And
tho believed that denial? Lorimer's
obby Of faithful henchmen9 The |
nifty but crafty Bailey The lum-
,ereing Burrows? The vacillatng
;ullom? The people Of Illinois?
In the above quoted editorial
here seems to be a covert apology |
or Legislature bribery. or at least
N attitude OF indifference towards
t, an though 1t were an inevitable |
that had TO be winked at.
)ur fathers have taught US, and we
til believe, In spite OF the fact
hat legislators here and there have
heir price and regard the axiom as
8 an innocuous platitude, thai
Without the purity OF the ballot
nd the honesty OF elections this
epublic cannot live
The writer would not fsin con
lude that this doctrine is no Longer
Vermont ideal. at any rate 10 the
lajority OF Vermont men.
yerInonts Vote In The Senate.
And what OF Vermonts share in
t. tt.4..If1a,ka-H9 Have 1