Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-30
THE VOICE UF BUSINESS.
pEnANu,sa mH. sLa,Sr,s prrnAr
Beoisring THAT aecsuss Of 6is Psovsd ms
none,ty Bo 10 Uo~ottby of the support
ot the ftopis at the P.lIa

veoisrius rhst uecsuse Of I'll. Proved III.
none,ty Bo 10 Unwotthy of the support
at the people at the Polls.
An addnss from the merchants to the
public was Issued in New York ON We'd
uesday by the executive committee of the
Cleveland and Hendricks of tho dOwutown
exchanges aud other places of business.
The exchanges represented by the
sigucrs OF the address arc the Produce,
Maritime, Stock, Cotton, Petroleum,
Coffee, Mining Stock and National Petro.
leum, Merchants and Traders, Builders
aud Distillers' Wine aud Spirit exchanges.
The other organizations siguiuy the ad.
dress are the Wholesale Dry Goods Mer-
chants club, the West Side olnb, Jewell
lsrs' association, Hardware Merchants
| club, Stock Clerk association, Leaf
Tobacco Merchants club, Insurance Mems
club, Coal Trade Association, Lawyers
association, Wholesale Leather Merchants
| club, Wholesale Boot ana Shoe Merchants
club, Printers and Publishers aud Paper
Dealers association and Merchants Down
town club. The address is as follows:
TO The PUBLIC.
| " To shield the people from the corrupt.
ing intluencs OF dishonesty in Official life
this address is made. Above the party
ties or platforms we bold the honest
administration of our government. The
dsmol aliziug effects OF corruption in Oil
cial station are alarmiugly apparent in the
body polite and are slowly bunting the
seuse of honor IN business life. Official
integrity seems no longer az indispensable
requisite of office The greed Of gain aud
mslversation i'll office, but partly exposed
to the public eye, has been too often the
impulse controlling ths administration
of the various departments oi
our government. The standard o.
public morals has become debased
and so deeply has the Generalization
struck that We even SOC the honorec
general and former president of the nation
victimized by the prevalence OF loose aGC
dishonest financial methods. Sacred tru ST
1 no longer exert dttined hold on the con
sciences of men, and in all positions, from
the president 10 the messenger, our mon
eyed corporations have shown to u start.tu!
degree the absence Of honor in those place,
. 10 positions of responsibility. Forgsr,
, and theft, with far reaching aud disastrun
9 consequences, have been discoverei in tn
, management OF private as well ss publ
trusts wheIe the highest integrity VA
J looked for aud the utmost CJutdeuc
G bestowed,
b These are not exagGerstions, uufortu
Q nately, as every business map kuogs, fC
q they are too true, aud are overwhs!m IL
4 US with shame aud dismay. Serious as q
u this is, IS it not still more serious thi
G with a taint upon his character FOR truth
|, fuluess aud honesty James G.. Blaine, th
e present candidate of the Republican part,
Is to day personally seeks of tho paople Ii
most honorable position in their gift
"In noble words the charter of cu
y largest commercial organization rtcites
{, | . The purpDss of this exchange shall be I
IT inculcate just aud equi able principles
ie trade, and provide for arbitration of a
Ie disputes and misunderstanding. Ii Nj
Blaine's transactions wer subjected TO q
s. clear analysis of business methods, IT Ia
y case were presented for arbitration,
d provided for in our commercial urganiza
I, tiops, and the merits thereof 10 be sinpl
10 determined on the evidence furnished
his own hand, will anyone doubt tue col
70 demnstion that would ioloYr OF
:. transactions as business men, merchants
" are done on honor, We demand that OF
i national affairs bo conducted on the sax
e, principle.
t. ave therefore earnestly app al to o.
fellow citizsns, irrespective OF party Rthlt
tions, to preserve the highee: office in q
gift of the people from the tsint of CORFU
he tion by bestowiug it upon oue whose pu
st lIc record shows him TO be worthy Of ths
Sc confidence. The rugged integrity, CAP
,ir biiity and untiring industry with whit
o. Governor Cleveland has administered I
or important and trying duties of governor
K the Empire state, qualifications that q
a. conspicuously required in the chief mag
as trate of the nation at this particular tim
d control us in advocating and IN urgi
IN upon you heimportance OF his elsction