The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-27
Three Must and Shall Be a Change.

For the past ten years the people
have wanted to change the Admins
tration: For that length of time they
have been weary of Republican mis-
rule and desirous of getting rid Of 1t.
Why have they been unable to do so?
In 1872 the Democrats committed
the blunder of noitiinating Horace
Greeley for President. AT chat time
the country would gladly have released
itself from Grantism, but the opposi-
ton was speedily seen to be farcical.
The election was carried by the Repub-
licans by default. The popular vete
for Grant was 3,597, 600, and for
Greeley 1854, 900. The Democrats re-
Trained from voting. This is shown by
Which the opposition to Republicanism
ional election of 1S74-the Democrats
elected nearly two-thirds of the men1-
bsrs of the House of Representatives.
After 1872 esrae the Congress onal
elections of 1874, 1876, 1873. 1880 and
1882 and the Presidential elections of
1876 and 1880.
In all of these the people expressed
thsif discrimination that the Republic
ans should yield ZIP the power they had
welded SO long. and that there should
be a change.
In 1874 the people elected a Demo-
cratic House of Representatives. 1t
was all they could then do towards a
change.
In 1876 the people elected Mr.. Til
den President over Haves by q popular
majority of 25O,OOo. They then as they
supposed, secured a change.
In 1876 the people also elected DEM
ocratic House of Representatives to sup
port their Democratic President.
Mr.. Ti!den was cheated out of the
0ffiee-the Presidency was stolen for
Hayes, and the will of the people was
defeated.
In 1878, on the heels of the Presi-
dental fraud, the people again elected
Democratic House of Representatives.
They determined that there should be a
change.
Then came 1880, when the Republic.
ans purchased the Presidency they had
stolen four years before and defeated
General Hancock and the will of tie
| people by the power of ''crisp and new
two dollar and five-dollar bills, which
fell like shower from heaven
In 1882 the people once more swept
away the Republican spoilsmen and
elected Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives They again demanded 8
change.
What will the people do in 1SS4i
They will set the stamp of reprobation
on the party which has confessed to the
purchase of the Presidency in 1884
which assassinated Garfield, which has
protected official dishonesty, continued
to plunder the Treasury through bogus
prosecutions, and kept all its public
thieves out of the penitentiary. The
people will again demand a change, as
they did in 1874, in 1876. in 1873 and il
1S32-as they would have done in 1885,
but for tie heavenly shower from thu
| Star-route clouds. The question is, car
they get the change they want?
VIII the oligarchy maintain its pre-
scriptive right to office growing out O
long possession and again defy the pop
ular willP Having stolen power in 81
and purchased power in 1880, will they
peaceably yield power in 1SS4P Do W.
still enjoy republican form of Gov
ernment?
Every citizen of the United States il
interested in deciding now and foreve
whether the people rue, or whether til,
Republican party rules and shall indefi
nitely continue itself in Office. Ever,
citizen is interested in un't'ng with thu
Democrats in the cry: "There must ant
shall be a change. IN. 7. World.