The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-18
THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS.

Within the next eighteen days the
question OF who is to be Presldent OF
the United States ~ to be determined
1t is right and proper that those who
are to determine SO important an
event should be both interested and
thoroughly informed in the whole
matter. There are living issues be,
fore us, and. the question Of the hour
is which will you have? Shall We
have a continuance of the schemes
of peculation and fraud that have
characterized the Republican admin
istrations for more than twenty years.
or shall we have an able, digniied,
ring smashing executive, whom the
thieves and plunderers would fear
These two sides Of the question are
represented by Blaine aud Cleveland.
In the first case Blaine represents
the insidious aud treacheroas policy
and party that would eentralize the
power of the government, and thus
rob the people OF a voice in its man
agement; he represents the dupliclty
and hypocrisy of Republican civil
service reform, the biggest lying
cham of The age; be represents the
only party tint ever stole the Presi-
dency of the United States; he rep
resents the party that seeks to per-
petuate it's power by bribery and cor
ruption-buyipg votes and transport
ing voters from one State to another
the money thus nsest being wrnne
from government employees by the
most Internal system of assessment"
ever practiced ia a civilized country;
he represents the rings and monopo-
lies that are growing richer day by
day on the honest toll OF working
men. Aud thus We might go op in
the enumeration Of the well known
aud recognized public evils which be
represents, bpt enough has been
given to serve our present purpose.
Ga the other hand Cleveland rep
resents the opposite OF the catalogue
above recited. As the governor oil
the Empire State of the nation he
has attracted the admiration of the
world, in that he has had the nerve
to do what he knew to be right. even
if he had to charge wealthy aud
powerful individuals aud COZ pora-
tons with dishoaesty--and what is
more be proved his charges. He
may not be the spread-eagle,. mag.
netic' orator, but he eis a safe and a
sound man, whenever the interests
OF the people are concerned. That
he has in him all the elements of q
statesman his ringing atterancas
abundantiy prove He says Public
Office is public trust." "Good and
pure government lies ut the foundsi
ton Of the progress and prosperity
Of every community" "AIl statues
should recognize the care Of the
State for honest toll, "Ihe laboring
classes should be protected in their
tfforts peacefully TO assert their
rights when endangered by .aggre-
gated capital" These sentence wall
go down to futarity rs axioms worthy
of preservation for the truth aud
Justice they contain.
The two candidates have now been
tested by public scrutiny of the most
riged and cruel minuteness- The
scandals melted and fostered by
Blaine have recoilsd with terrible
force upon Blaine's own bead, and in
all the official life Of Cleveland there
is nothing that smackssof the rascal
lity that Blame showed when he
wrote to Mr. FISHER the tell-tale
words: II do not feel that l shall
prove deadhesd in the enterprise