Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1884 — THE KING OF CORRUPTION. [ARTICLE]

THE KING OF CORRUPTION.

A Straightforward Declaration Against Blaine by lowa Independent Republicans. The Independent Republicans of lowa have issued a strong appeal to voters, in which they say: "The period of the dominance of the Republican party 'is ineffaceably glorious in our national annals; but while loyal men at home were contributing of their substance and earnings, and the gallant soldiers of the Republic were

courting imprisonment tn rebel starvation pens, permanent ill-health and even death on the battle-field to preserve the nation’s life, the growing servility of various corrupt men found those unsettled and anxious years a fruitful opportunity for making merchandise of their country’s needs—in effect, feathering their own nests out of the national treasury, while private soldiers were imperiling their lives -under Southern skies. These men, acting mainly in the shelter of the Republican party, for many years have shamed our country in the eyes of decent observers the world over by the abuse of the public places they have held, which they have made the means of enriching themselves and their followers and sycophants at the expense of national honor and the earnings of the people. Exposure after exposure has been made, and the evil still exists. Believing that James G. Blaine, whose corrupt public career has not been successfully defended by his supporters, represents the worst element of demagogy and venality known in American politics, and that his elevation to the Presidency will further lower the standard of public morals and oven the doors to political corruption hitherto closed, that monopolies will oppress the public still more, and that a premium will by his election be put upon place-hunt-ing for dishonorable ends, we ask the Republican voters of lowa, on the 4th of November next, to cast their ballots for other than Republican electors, to show by effective protest that misrule must stop and arrant knavery hide its head for at least a little season."