New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-01
goU THE ARGUMENT STANDS.

HOW THE ARG UNENT STANDS.
The Republican party challenges all Oppo-
pcnts TO 4 thorough discussion of its policy. II
maintains and offers to 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 have been especially
aided and vastly more than by any other policy
or parry,
What do its opponents reply ? They do not
dare to discuss the subject, They have not the
honesty to state WI other they mean to uphold
the Republican policy or not. But they hope
that the voters will forget all about the inilu-
encc of the election upon their industries and
their wages. This is really confession that
they cannot deny The Republican claims, nor
meet the Republican arguments. Ii is an ac-
acknowledgement that the voters are pretty sure
TO sustain the Republican party.
Strengthened by this Acknowledgement
the Republicans invite the voters to
consider the facts which bear upon their inter
csts. Il is proved. first. that the Government
is now moro faithfully and economically sd
mini~tcrcd than it has been at any other time
in it, entire history. When Washington was
President 72 - on every $1,000 received and
diemnr-cd was lost or aonn when Jefferson
President. ~ ~ when Van llurcn was Ptcsi-
dent. 81 II aud when Buchanan wos Prcsi-
dent, 1913 "A ,r ~ 900 81 1891 con- HtUO.OoO Ic-
,,i,rd and di4butacd. That WIS tho last 81
Democratic pdmiuistnlion tndct President
Nlhut. lho amount Of slcnlinp or loss has been
nul, eighteen ccnia on lhe #lOouou.
The Democrats cannot dispute ihe Official
icroids. Most ol them have sense enough to
tee HAT, Ia the presence of such lucH, II la con
tomptibly ridiculous 10 any "luln the rHcnls
out,n the obvious question being whether
! Democratic fn-cals shall be Kept out.
Having proved that the Government is
economically and faithfully administered, the
Republicans next show that the policy
of the party has promoted the gen
| eral prosperity. They point to IN in
crease in wealth from Tll,5OO, 100000 In
| 1860, exclusive of slaves, to Sl3,Gl2,OOOOOO
IN 1880 according to the census estimate.
! They show that in twenty years of Republican
rule tho country has gained Just twice ~ much
| ~ il had gained in the previous two hundred
and City ycars under al eortA OF government.
| They show ibat the country Ia now not only
the richest IN the world, but il growing rich
| faster than any other.
The Democrats and Dependents cannot deny
| the facts
I The Republicans next show that this vast In
crease in wealth has been the result Of great
prosperity, not for the rich, but for the poorer
and the aboring people They show that the
savings banks hold $1,000,O00000 of the
earnings 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, Z, 800 900 in number, since the Re-
publicans came into power, to make homes here
and to share our blessings. They show
that the average wages paid in this country are
higher than in any other civilized land; accord
| ing to the Massachusetts Labor Bureau, higher
than in Great Britain by 62 per cent. They
| show that there has been a great advance in
the rate Of wages since tho Republican policy
was adopted; in Massachusetts, % 1-3 per
cent They show that the cost of living in
this country is enhanced by higher prices, rs
compared with prices in Great Britain, less
! than per cent even in Massachusetts,, where 1t
is as high and population is as crowded as any
where Taking the'cOuntry altogether, living
is certainly as cheap here as 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 comfort
able living, more education and intelligence.
and larger savings.
What do our opponents answer Nothing.
Then the Republican party proves that the
evasion is a vile and cOwardiy 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 Pharsaic pretence Of objection
/ 10 Mr.. Blaine is a fraud that in personal char
! acter life and worth he is incomparably above
| the man selected by the people who profess to
be holer than others. They prove that Mr.
Cleveland owes his nomination TO corrupt rings,
and If their TOOL. They prove that the Demo
/ cratic party il counting upon Infamous frauds
/ for success-such forgeries and pcrjures rs
! MI. Barnun COncOcted in 1880
The Democrats aud Dependents can only
| reply wItA ISLANDERS. IN such state Oi the