Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-28
rrp 1ssnE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

the country has been issued by the national
democratic committee from their headquar-
tiers in New York:
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
There is only one great issue involved IN
this campaign.
The question is, whether this country
shall be governed honestly and wisely, or
corruptly.
The election of Grover Cleveland as Pres
;dent and cf Thomas A. Hendricks as Vice
President, will insure good government.
The election of James G. Blaine as presi-
dent, and Of John A. Logan as Nce-PreSl-
dent. will insure bad government.
Mr.. Blaine .rould not be purer rs Pres''
dent than he was as Speaker and member
of The House Of Representatives.
You are burdened with unnecessary taxes.
One hundred millions of money, not need
ed to defray proper charges OF the govern
mept, are annually taken from the people
ofthe United States and keptin the treasury.
The withdrawal of this enormous amount
of money from circulation has hampered
YOUR commerce. depressed your trade aud
impoverished your labor.
Mr.. Blaine aided in the needless and
reckless accumulation of this unnecessary
surplus. He is responsible for the mischleis
| it has occasloned.
He cannot be trusted with its disburse-
mpnt.
The methods which he has employed in
This campaign prove conclusiveiy that the
administration of the government of the
country ought not to be placed in his hands.
A candidate capable of using improper
means to increase his chances of election to
the Presidency would not, if elected, dis
charge the duties Of that Office honestly.
Mr.. Blaine personally supervised the
preparations made by his managers for their
work in the State election in Ohio, on the
l4th Of October.
1t is expressly provided by On existing
statute Of the United States that no man
shall be appointed deputy marshal unless
he is a qualified voter of the city, town,
county, parish, election district or voting
precinct in which his duties are TO be per
formed.
Il is certainly the plain intent Of the Fed
cral law that deputies, empowered to exc
cute the duties of a marsha of the United
States, should be reputable men, leading
decent lives and enjoying the confidence OF
the community in which they live:
These plain provisions Of Federal law
were wholly disregarded in tho late Ohio
election. Ruflians, not living in the cleo
ton districts in which they were appointed
to act, aud not, in many instances, even
citizens of Ohio, We're armed by marshal
Of the United States, under the eye OF Mr..
Blaine, and vera used Ill the districts to
which they were appointed, with his KNOW
edge, for the purpose OF obtaining majofit'ea
by violence and fraud.
The effect produced by this outrage has
been remarkable. The blow struck by Mr.
| ,;,,Lg 90 bn oil in N
, has welded the democratic party in New
, York.
! There is no longer any doubt as to the
manner in which the electoral vote OF thai
r State will be cast Democrats and indepen
, dent republicans, working hand in band, IL
9 the cause of good government, and resolved
4. to labor with all their might until the END
/ has been achieved, will give in November
+ an overwhelming majority for the Gleve
land and Hendricks electors.
! Mr.. Blaine and his managers, desparins
# of success ia the State Of -Scw York, are at
Z tempting to carry Indiana, New Jersey AID
Connecticut by the discreditsble means EN-
. ployei in Ohio on the 18th of October.
tl-1.--.-~>,, II ,rnli NO Ia accnmnll7i
! yagrant deputy marshals, by which it wa:
r infested at the October election, is rallyins
l with The determined purpose to vindiratt
its good name.
i. In Indiana, New Jersey and Connecticu
men are forewarncd, and are ready 10 meet
the issue.
They understand that deputy marshal
who was not at the time of his appointment
qualified voter of the city, town, county
election district or voting precinct in which
his duties are to be performed is an intrud-
ing mercenary, whose claim to authority no
J 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 a
presidential election
Each State, under the provisions Of the
federal constitution determines for itself by
whom and in what manner its presidential
electors shall be chosen.
No supervisor Of elections, marshal or
deputy marshal of the United States has
power to interfere, in the smallest degree,
with any person claiming right to vote for
electors of President and Vice President of
the United States.
The funetions of these officials arc limited
to congressional elections; and it is time
that they should understand that there are
weli.defned bounds to their powers in such
elections even.
All citizens who are entitled to vote in any
State for delegates to the Legislature or Gen
eral Assembly Of such State are entitled to
vote in the respective congressional districts
of such State for Representatives in Con
gress
The power of determining, upon the day
Of any election, the persons who are entitled
to cast their votes in any election district
or election precinct Of any Congressional
district, is vested, primarily and exclusively.
in the State judges of election of such cleo
ton district or election precinct.
| Every inhabitant Of each election district,
| or precinct, in State, who asserts claim
to the ballot, has right to go without hind
rance, upon the day of election before the
judges of election of his election district or
election precinct, and make claim to the
privilege Of a vote.
No supervisor of elections, marshal or
deputy marshal, of the United States-no
State officer and no human being-be his
authority what it may-can lawfully pre-