Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-28
TO THE DEMOCRACY.
NATIONAL COMMITTEES SPEAKS.
Cieveisnd's Election Means Good Govern'
ment; that or blaine Means Bsd-fne
Powers OF Marshais aud supervisors Clear

Powers or Tiarshais aud supervisors clear
" Defined.
i'', telegraph to the Dispateh'i
NEW YoRK, October e7.--The foliowiug
address has been made public ny Tue
National Democratic Committee:
New YoRK, October 2'h.
To the People of me United States:
There Is only one great issue involved IN
this campaign. The question Is wne.nc,
the country shall be governed honestly ana
wisely or corruptly. The e'ecnon OF
Grover Cleveland M President ana Tnomas
A.. Hendricks AZ yice-I'resident Will in
sure good government. The election OF
james G.. Blline President and John a.
Logan Vice-President viii insure bad
government. Blaine would not be
prrcr President tan he WAS as
Speaker and member OF the House OF
Representatives. You are burdened with
unnecessary taxes. One hundred millions
OF money not needed TO defray the proper
charges OF the Government are annually
taken from the people OF the United States
and kept IN the Treasury. The withdrawal
Of this enormous amount from circulation
has bampered your commerce, depressed
your trade, and impoverished your labor.
Blaine aided in the needless and reckless
accumulation OF this unnecessary surplus.
He Is responsible for the mischief IL has
occasioned. He cannet be trusted with its
disbursement. The methods which he has
employed in this campaign prove con-
cIusiyely that the administration OF the
government Of the country ought not TO be
placed in his hands. A candidate capable
OF using improper means IN increase his
chances OF election u the presidency
would not. il elected. discharge the duties
Of that office honestly. Blaine personally
supervised the preparations made by his
managers for their work IN the State elec-
ton il Ohio on the 14th OF October. II Is
expressly provided by existing statute Of
the United States that no man shall be APP
pointed deputy marshal unless he il a
qualified voter OF the city, town, county,
parish, election district, or voting precinct
i'm which his duties are to be performed.
IL Is certainly the plain intent OF the Fed
eral law that deputies empowered to eX-
ecute the duties OF marshal Of the United
States should be reputable men, leading
decent lives and enjoying the conf
dence of the community in which
they live. The plain provisions Of the
Federal law were wholly disregardcd IN
the late Ohio election. Rufiians not living
in election districts in which they were APP
pointed 10 act. and not, in many instances.
even citizens OF Ohio, were armed by the
marshal Of the United States, under the
eye Of Blaine, and used In the districts 10
which they were appointed. with his
knowledge, for the purpose Of obtaining
majoritics by violence and fraud. Tue ei-
feet produced by this outrage has been re-
markable. The blow struck by Blaine at
the rights OF citizens in Ohio has weld
ed the Democratic party in New
York. There is no longer any doubt
as TO the manner in which the cleo
toral vote OF that State will be cast.
Democrats and Independent Republicans,
working hand in hand in the cause OF good
government, and resolved to labor with all
their might until the end has been achieved,
will give an overwhelming majority for the
Cleveland and Hendricks electors. Blaine
aud his managers, despaIrIng OF success in
the State OF New York, are attempting 20
carry Indiana, New Jersey, and ConnecLi-
cut by the discreditable means employed in
Ohio on the 14th OF October. While they
are struggling TO accomplish this evil pur-
pose, Ohio, rid of the swarm OF vagrAnt
deputy marshals by which 1t was Infested
at the October election. Is rallying with
deter mined purpose TO yindiclte It's good
name. In Indiana, New jersey, and Con-
necticut men are fOrewMned and ready
10 meet the issue. They understand
that a deputy marshal who was
not at the time OF his appointment
qualified voter OF the city, township,
county, election district, or voting precinct,
in which his duties were to be performed
is an intruding mercenary. whose claim to
authority no citizen is required to respect.
They know also the precise limits OF the
authority OF every supervisor, marshal, or
deputy-marshal, general or special, at
presidential election. Each State under the
provisions Of the Federal Constitution de-
manner its presidential electors shall be
chosen. No supervisor OF election. mar
shal, or deputy marshal OF the United
States has power to interfere in the
smallest degree with any person
claiming the right 10 vote for cleo
tors of President and Vice-President
of the United States. The functions Of
these officials are limited 10 congressional
elections, and II Is time that they should
understand that there are well-defned
bounds TO their powers. In such elections
even citizens who are entitled to vote In
any State for delegates to the Legislature or
General Assembly in such State are entl-
tied TO vote in The respective congressional
districts Of such State for representatives
in Congress. The power OF determining
upon the day of any election the persons
who are entitled TO east their votes IN any
election district or election precinct OF any
congressional district is vested primarily
and exclusively in the State judges Of cleo
ton OF such election district or election pre-.
cnct. Every inhabitant OF each election dis
trict or prt cinct in the State, who asserts a
claim to ballot, has the right to go without
hindrarce upon the day Of election before
the Judge OF election OF his election district
or election precinct. and make claim to the
privilege OF a vote. No supervisor OF cleo
lions, marshal or marshas OF the United
States, no State officer, and no human be-
ing, be his authority what it may. can law
fully prevent his access TO the judges OF
election for the purpose OF making such
claim. II is for these judges OF election to
say whether they will accept the ballot
from men who claims the right TO deposit
il. The proper and intended office OF mar
shall and deputy mars bal OF the United STATES
at congressional elections was 10 protect
the voter on bis way to the polls TO submit
TO tue Judges OF election his claims to the
elective franchise; TO preserve tit order
while such claim was under consideration,
and to secure the arrest Of those who were
detected in attempting to deposit fraudu.
lent vote in the balOt-boX under the care OF
the Judges of election. IL such marshals
or deputies. having this limited authority,
usurp the right TO arrest citizen who is
proceeding peacefully TO the polls, they
make !themselves, in fact. judges Of cleo
ton, and violently take into their hands
the determination Of the issGe OF such
election they are wrong-doers. whom a
citizen m lawfully withstand and resist
when lie is thus unlawiully inter-
feriered with. The interpOslnS OF gangs
Of rulians, paid out OF the public Trea-
sury, between 4 citizen and the ballot-boX
upon a dav OF any election, and especially
upon a day OF presidential election, is UNI
questionably the greatest outrage when
can be perpetrated upon citizen OF the
United States. The Democrats and indie
pendent men Of Indiana, New Jersey, ana
Connecticut, knowing their rights, and de-
termined to maintain them, will, by their
full and free votes, add the electoral vote
Of their States TO the already assured cleo
toral vote OF the great State OF New York.
Blaine and his managers add misrepresen-
tation TO fraud and violence in the
conduct OF his campaign. They de-
nounce the national Democratic party
as sectional party. The 2,79i,4.9
Democratic votes cast IN 1880 i'll the Middle
States. Western States, and Pacific states