The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
The Great Indictment OF Blaine.

There is not single act in Blaine's po-
litical record. nor n solitary word in his
thirty years of speechifying, that can be
quoted as a reason why the working men of
this country should put in his hands the
tremendous power of the office of President.
For lifetime his name has been on the
public pay rolls; he has been powerful with
his party, a dictator Of its policy, and u
Header in Congress. Within that time he
has seen the growth Of monopoly and ,api-
talism to continental proportions; he has
seen these stalwart giants seizing the coun-
try's resources, the elements of wealth and
welfare, the land, capital, and labor. gain
ing control of all the agencies and forces
of society and Government, and using for
their own ends the machinery Of parties,
politics, legislation, and law. He has seen
the despoilers Of our country towering till
they osershadow the land, so that all
men feel tl'eir blight. He has been famil-
lar with the + operations i'll Congress, and
he has known their workings from the in
side. lie las seen the rise of repulsiye
mass of mil.ionaireism, and alongside of
it repulsiyc mass of seriism; he has seen
wage competition drawing its rivets closer
fastening them around hundreds of thous-
ands of women and children, and bringing
the whole industrial system under n strife
more degrading than chronic war.
Instead Of looking into the world-shak-
ing questions and trying to meet them
instead of using his influence as a politi-
clan and party leader in invoking the
powers that Congress possesses under the
Constitution to take means Of averting the
dangers that have grown up through i9nor
ing them-he has but protitea by the raw
,f fho ,,la he hos hal,.ol m ,pnr
gate.
Craftsmanship! Is this what YOU cali
craftsmanship? Why. man, it is thousand
miles below that demagogy which has
been one of the great impediments in the
| worlds progress.
| lie has had great opportunities of thus
| serving and saving the country amid the
perils that have overtaken it during his
| long political career. He has had the
power again and again of thwarting the
schemes of the peoples enemies while they
were raising the buttresses that now pro-
tect them. But he has never lifted a hand
on that side, and never uttered word of
warning to the country. He has from first
to last stood as the shifty npholder of the
money power, the bank sharks, the land
grabbers, the railroad wreckers, and all the
bandits Of monopoly.
| Inis Is tue great lnaictment oI Jln
Blaine.
Far worse than all his other tattooing il
this; worse than his Wall street gambling
worse than his Mulligan letters: worse than
his land and stock bribery by railroads
worse than his underhanded operations as .
pal of Jay Gould; worse than his defense
of the Tribune rat system: worse than al
the paltry seheming for selfish aggrandize.
ment of Jobber Blaine
He has been false to his opportunities
false to the great principles of American
life. false TO the people on whose payroll
his name has SO long stood.
No workingman, no farmer, no homes
citizen desiring the welfare of his country
should vote for politician who, when tn,
greatest questions were ut issue, performe,
the part of a mercenary in the enemy
ranks.
Better that such men should throw thei
vote to the dogs than they should use it t,
put in his hands the tremendous power o
the office of President.-John .SrintonI
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