Show THE ne CAUSES the causes that led to the attempted assassination of president garfield are occupying a considerable portion of public attention there is little room to doubt that its origin was the disgraceful squabble between the conkling ding and administration wings of the republican party whether guitteau bo be insane or not his exclamation effect that he was a stalwart denotes that fact had the bitter faction not existed he could not have been carried tarried away with tho the idea of involuntarily per forming a deplorable deed with the view of doing it a service in this connection it may not be amiss to make passing allusion to the nature of tho the operations of tho the political fight that is even now in progress in one of its phases at albany U while the victim of one of its blackest ofis hoota lies at the white house with the lamp of life flickering in him with dread uncertainty in the political arena orthis of this disgusting struggle feelings of the most vindictive description have been exhibited hibi ted and the most vile scandalous and dishonest trickery have been resorted to for the purpose of obtaining the victory charges of bribery have been directly made in that connection whether they bo be well founded or jt makes but little difference if true it is a disreputable showing if false it is not mended for it would introduce the equally dishonest element of perjury for a most unworthy object one of the leading characters of this degrading drama mr air piatt platt has also been accused of the most flagrant immorality in the consideration of these features of a political conflict growing out ofa of a petty cause what more was needed to cap the climax of the repulsive picture it looks as if guitteau had but given the last black daub that completes the hideous I scene to even venture a bare tion of the possibility that there could bo be any direct connection between the leaders of f the anti ad ministration wing of the republican party and the foul deed that haa has placed a blot upon the annals of the nation would be a great wrong such a thin thing is too horrible to admit even of a momentary suspicion but it can scarcely be he denied that it is a consequential result of tho the political contention the leading fea features tures of which have sickened every thoughtful man in the country every creed and faction possesses adherents all the way from moderate to th tho e violently extreme while guitteau was in all likelihood not connected in anyway any way with the stalwart faction tion he caught up the antagonistic spirit of the clique and carried carri edit it to a consummation which every ono one of its members doubtless deeply deplore der r e |