The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-04
/ ! - POLITICAL. e As-I
The Republican Party Challenges All
Opponents to a Thorough Dis
cussiOn of Its Policy.
How the Argument Stands.
Men York Tribune.

The republican party maintains and offers &c
prove, not only that the people Of this country,
as whole, have been helped by its policy, but
that the producers and those who earn wages
Nave been especially aided, and vastly more
Than by any other policy or party. q
~ What do its opponents replyl They do not
dare to discuss the subject. They have not
the honesty to state whether they mean to up
hold the republican policy or not But they
nope that the voters will forget all about the
influence of the election upon their industries
and their wages. This isrreally a confession
that they cannot deny the republican claims
NOR meet the republican arguments. 1t is an
acknowledgment that the voters are pretty
sure 10 sustain the republican party.
Strengthened by this acknowledgment, the
republicans invite the voters to consider the
facts which bear upon their interests. 1t is
proved, first, that the government is now more
faithfully and economically administered than
1t has been at any other time in its entire his
tory. When Washington was president 81 %
on every ST. 900 received and disbursed was
lost or, stolen; when Jefferson was president
, 's2. 10; when jackson was president $3.50;
ywhen Van Buren, was president $1l.7l; and
when Buchanan was president, 1851 on 81 900
or 1881 on 100000 received and disbursed.
That was the last of democratic administration.
Under President Arthur, the amount Of steal
Ing or loss has been only eighteen cents on the
100000.
The democrats cannot dispute the official
records. Most of them have sense enough to.
see that, in the presence of such facts, 1T is
contemptiby ridiculous to say Turn the ras-
Gals OUT the obvious question being whether
democratic rascals shall be Kept out
Having proved that the government is faith
fully and economically administered, the re-
publicans next show that the policy of the
party has promoted the general prosperity
They point to an increase in wealth from
Sl4,500, 000,0 600 in 1860, exclusive Of slaves to
S43 642, 100000 in $780, according to the census
estimate. They show that IN twenty years Of
republican rule the country has gained just |
twice as much as 1t had gained in the previous
two hundred and fifty years under all sorts OF |
government. They show that the country is |
now not only the richest in the world but is |
growing rich faster than any other.
The democrats and dependents cannot deny |
the facts.
- The republicans next show that this vast in
crease in wealth has been the result Of great
prosperity, not for the rich, but forsthe poorer
and The laboring people. They show that the
savings banks hold 81, 900, 100000 of the earn
ings of labor; that the condition of labor here
is so much better than it is anywhere else, that
workers have been coming from all parts OF
the world, $500, 900 in number, since the re-
publicans came into power, to make homes
here and to share our blessings. They show
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are higher than in. any other civilized land; ac-
'cording to the Massachusetts Labor Bureau,
higher than in Great Britain by 62 per cent.
They show that there has been great advance
in the rate of wages since the republican policy
was adopted; in Massachusetts % 1-3 per cent
They show that the cost of living in this coun-
try is enhanced by higher prices, as compared
with prices in Great Britain, less than q per
cent even in Massachusetts, where ii is as high
and population is as crowded as anywhere.
Taking the country altogether, living is GER
tainly as cheap here as it is any where in the
world, excepting that the people choose and
are able to have more comfortable homes, and
so spend more for rentals. The result OF
higher wages is found in more wholesome and
comfortable living. more education and intelli-
gence, and larger savings.
What do opponents answer? Nothing.
Then the republican party proves that the
evasion is vile and cowardly cheat; that the
main aim of the opposition is free trade, that
the boilers embrace all the conspicuous free
traders who have been republicans, and that
the democratic party has no other bond OF
union except hunger for Office and desire to
break down the protective tariff under which
the country has prospered so greatly. They
prove that the Pharisaic pretence of objection
to Mr. Blaine is fraud; that In personal char
acter, life and worth, he is incomparaby above
the man selected by the people who profess to
be holier than others. They prove that Mr..
Cleveland owes his nominationto corrupt rings,
and is their tool. They prove that the demo
cratic party is counting upon infamous frauds
for success-such forgeries and perjuries as
Mr.. Barnum concocted in 1880.
The democrats and dependents can only
reply with ISLANDERS. In such a state of the
argument, can there be any doubt as to the YER
dict of intelligent yotersl