The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-10-29
RICH AGAINST poOu.


There Is great deal Of solid truth
in the following from late editorial
In Forney's Progress
The men who arc supporting Gen.
Hancock for the Presidency are gen.
orally poor men. Those who oppose
him are nearly in every instance the
eilice holders and the rich. Without
these two influences Hancock would
carry Pennsylvania by $4,000 major
ity; without them he would carry
New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
We are told there IL n great inconven-
ience IN being poor, but In the case o
the example of The conspiracy TO beat
Hancock by corruption fund there
h great danger In being too rich.
Precisely because there Is not enough
money 10 buy whole people so are
there not enough people bise enough
To sell themselves. At least two, and
one estimate declares five, million
dollars will be raised jiy the Office
holders Of the general government ia
defeat the man that saved Pennsylva-
mia from confederate invasion. There
must be truth In this statement II
may judge from the reputed sums
paid 10y the leading Office holders and
capitalists In this quarter. When
twenty or thirty persons give from
s., 600 10 $4,000 each, the fact that
from two 10 three millions are ex-
trIcted from one hundred thousand
Placcmen Mt Washington and else
where is easy 10 believe.
The spectacle Is altogether without
parallel. IN former elections there
was reason in raising some money for
elections. During the war nil parties
gave freely 10 our soldiers, their Wild
ows and orphans. But now the only
effect of this corruption fund Is 10
arouse the hatred of the people,
as the only object of the enormous
subsidy Is TO keep the peoples enc
mics in office and TO defeat the peo-
pies favoriie. have noticed in my
experience during this election the
unwontcd activity OF the poor. The
Democrats, all out OF Office, were new
or 80 active. The working people
pay the expenses OF the Democratic
meetings, and the name OF Hancock
calls thousands 20 his standard. On
tine other hand what Is the comment
on these actions from the placemen
and the rich TO defeat Hancock ? At
n time when hundreds and thousands
of people are struggling for liveli-
hood, what Is the thought prompted
by these heavy sums passed into Re-
publican Golfers ? That these millions
are taken from overfed pIacemen TO
conianinate the people. In proper
tian 60 the fact that there Is not mon
ey enough TO buy the whole people
i the other fact that the Indignation of
thepeopleat such aspectacle will make
thousands OF votes for Hancock. The
nsw corruption fand Is the advertised
fear that Hancock il getting too
strong. The public offer OF hribes ~
the same as 10 say that the people can
he bought. Even the nercenary will
feel this public purchase. But how
will the mechanic take II who Is re-
solved TO, vote for Hancock anyhow
lie will grow more defiant when he
is bid for like chattel. How with
the honest millionaire when he sees
the brazen attempt 20 corrupt ma
ton ? How with the patriot who sees
the Presidency at auction ? All these
practices are new. They come from
the philosophy Of the Credit MobiIier
that brides household of Congress
men, or from tho example of the Dc
Golyer jobber who fees a statesman tG
vote for measure whose only merit
was the fact that it was never intend
ed "a ho otherwise than dishonest,
In word the attempt TO array the
rich against the poor is still more Ger
tain to array the poor against th'
rich.