The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-10-01

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by a reduction of taxation, and has
in bis messages indicated material
notifications in the tariff which
would accomplish this desirable 2b-
ject. Mr.. Blaine, on the contrary,
has in no public utteranco of his
declared himself in harmony with
the views on this subject promul-
gated by the President and advo-
Gated by Senator Hoar and other
leaders of the party, but has shown
himself, on the other hand, the pro
mulgator and defender of a scheme
to perpetuate the taxes, ami to dis
tribute the consequent continuing
surplus among the States. Governor
Cleveland, however, shows that the
inevitable change Of administration
would be far less radical in case of
his election than in the success of
his opponent, as in a recent mes
sage he records his emphatic pros
test against the policy which use
lessly aceumulates millions of un-
necessary surplus in the public
treasury, and is thus far more in
harmony with the great lights and
leaders of the Republican party on
this question than is the candidate
for the presidency. " -'i'
Upon the issue of civil service re
form, Mr.. Blaine, in his whole life,
Is at variance with all the better
element of his party, whilst the
democratic candidate in his letter
of acceptance enunciates his views
in 10 ambiguous or uncertain terms,
"the selection and retention of sub
erdinates in government employ
ment," says he, should depend on
their aseertained fitness and the
value of their services" In. his adj
miuistration of tho affairs of the
great State of New York he has app
piled this principle to1the higher
grades of officials and has steadfast-
ly refused to remove honest, COM
petent and faithful public servants.
On the other hand Mr.. Blaine,
whilst secretary of state, demon
strated to the disgust of the coun-
try, his. belief in the rightfulness Of
using the power of appointment to
reward his partisans and supporters
within the Republican ranks, and
to punish not only his enemies but
his lukewarm adherents. it needs
no prophet to foretell, that nave in.
exceptional cases, Mr.. Arthur's APP
pointees, in the event of Blaine's
election, must give way to the spec
ial henchmen of the plumcd
knight" in the forays, sieges and
contests that eliminated in his tri-
umph last summer in Chicago:
"The democratic candidate" re-
Gently wrote an eminent divine,
possesses in a high degree the vir-
tues necessary to man in execu-
tive Office; integrity, trutbfulness,
disinterestedness, tenacity of will
and practical wisdom; Mr.. Blaine
on the other hand has plenty of
will but his integrity is more than
suspected" ''He has, in a word"
contlpues the same writer, precise
ly those vices of mind and character
that prevent the most brilliant dem.
ogogism from rising to the plane of
wise craftsmanship" The purpose,
the animating purpose of any Dem
ocratic President and especially of
Governor Cleveland, would be to
discover, and likewise to reform the
abuses which an undisturbed lease
of power by one party for twenty
four years has both engendered and
fostered. Who can doubt that the
wish, the hope, and the object of
Mr.. Blanc would be to conceal
these abuses, lest their discovery
should damage his party and to per-
petuate them tor the satisfying of
his adherents-who follow the lead
and participate in the practices of
such masters in the science of polit-
zeal knavery as Belknap, Dorsey,
Secor Robson, Babcock, Keifer,
Brady, ct i'd genus Onane, who are
enrolled upon the, roster of his
lie himself lodged, and
ran away from an investigation into
his own conduct as member of the
House and saved himself from con-
dign punishment by laying hold of
the horns of tho altar OF tae Senate;
the star-route frauds or any
other corruption has ever been dis
covered, much less condemned by |
him, whilst it is almost certain that
Bosler, the partner of Dorsey, in
star-route infamy escaped the Just
punishment of his crimes, through |
The influence of his personal and
powerful friend, Blaine of Maine.
Mystery and cencealinentT says
Governor Cleveland, "cover tricks
md betrayal" Slippery, tricky,
Jim Blaine To elect him
means to perpetuate every abuse,
o protect rpeculation. to conceal
public fraud To elect Grover
Cleveland, means to let no guilty
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