Year: 1876

THE statement of the Standard tnat
wo are making an effort to bully the
Democratic party, is as Tar from 'he
truth As the many other statements
which that journal has made about 'h's


rsner Our education and ASSOCIATIONS
d. ,ot fl, IL for political bully. We are
,,lwsvs ready to maintain our positions
nv reason, a statement of facts and due
r.,srd TO common journalistic decency,
and when these arguments fail to
convince, we are then ready to yield
the field to those who prefer indulging IN
less reputable kind of warfare,
Our article OF yesterday on Saturday
convention, which had the effect OF start
inc our twilight Republican cotemporary
AS champion of the Court House ring to
tree climbing, making the exposure more
distinct the further it climbed, was not
insured by the Executive Committee, or
oay member thereof, or by any one eise'
hu, WAS written, as all of our editorial
matter is, by the editor Of TINS paper,
and for which he alone is responsible
not having any brother or droppers-in
,o relieve us Of editorial duty. AS we
are not the champion of any candidate
we decline to discuss the probabilities OF
their success. but will only add that II
Mr. Goopr Is satisfied with the set up
delegation OF Saturday, the other candi'
dates can very well afford to be.


We have TO favorite candidates and
have sad nothing in the interest OF any
one u, ,hrn. but have discussed this mat
ter from u higher standpoint. The ques-
,ion fur the 'mocrat,c party Is not
whether ,hi. or that candidate has had his
interest promoted, but it is simply, have
the time. honored usages Of the party
been adhered to, or has fraud been
prscticed in the name of Democracy.


One man does not compose n party,
nor does the success of n party depend
upon the promotion of an individual


There are higher considerations than
these. and it is better that one or all
the Candidates should be tunk, than
that the bright name and untar-
nished purity of the party should have a
stain cast upon it by endorsing what is
known and confessed to be an outrageous
swindle, and u violation of every princi
pie of Democratic organization. For
these reasons as Democratic journal We
denounced and repadiated the proceed
ings of Saturdays assemblage, which
hardly rose TO the dignity of an old field
school boys debating society. In this
position We are sustained by the intelli-
gent Democracy OF Ohio county, the
true, tried and unhinching Democrats
who do not desire to subserve
personalal ends at the expense of the
party. A call from the in
dignant and outraged members OF
the party who desire to preserve
its purity for another meeting
Is sufficient evidence of this fact
But in addition TO that, a
gentleman who was engaged in Saturday
afternoons proceedings, and who was
one of the prominent orators, called at our
ssnctum last evening and voluntarily and
frankly told us that We were entirely cor
rect in our position, that they had done
wrong and expressed regret at the course
pursued by them, and seemed to think
that he and some of his youthful COM
panlons might yet profit by tarry al
Jericho. Ifs fair, open and properly
conducted convention leaves the result
in the interest of the same candidates We
shall give as hearty support to then
ss any one. II was not the success o
individuals, but the outrageous manne'
by which the success was attained tha
We protest against. A fair and square
deal will give no cause for complaint