New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-22
TIE PEOPLES QUESTION


After all. the people govern themselves.
Public journals in great number have been
striving TO force the campaign into narrow per
sona issues. But, 90 where You WILL to the
farms on the border of Canadian provinces, or
to the lowlands of Louisiana, from the iacto-
ries of Massachusetts TO the wharves OF san
Francisco. the people are talking OF the tallI'
and of their personal interests rs affected by II.
If the Pharisees and Frauds should be met by
the public journals on the ground they choose,
there would be two distinct issues this year-a
mean personal one for the newspapers and
a broad, National and vital one for the people.
We 20 To Massachusetts, and find there Ger
tain journals and college professors making
prctonce of superior virtue, whose sole occupa-
ton is to raise a tremendous noise about Multi
can and Fisher But in the same state we lind
thousands of the laburmg voters on farms, or M
factories and machine shops. coming ont with
rare enthusiasm to meet the Republican cudl-
date. hcclusc his election means Che protection" i
American industry We 20 to Conncctlcut and
find few score unhappy Republicans who cry
Tor Cleveland and Reform I'm the same Stat"
a busy Workshop from end to cnd We hnd
enrolled Thousand. ol Democrats Ton Blaine
aud Protection. We ro To- ONO, and uud nt
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have. l..,, ,,, .,utl, n.ro.,,tir. urint,on.
on.,nn,.,l, ,,,th.,.l ot n,,uh,,,u. moot.
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. nnn ,..l. n..,.,., ..,.,,,.t..n,, fam \l.
ma l,..,,., t,,., d,.,ot.o. finnish lro.
,r,J, -, mi. ,,,,nt,, ~, r,t, f,t-on cali
r,,,i, ,nl ,m,ny fine machine shop.
o,d r,,,pl,ios ,l,no fine shore. or tine
pacific ~, find , GREAT slnb orran,lcd
- ,,.i,,.,, or if. u,,p,i,r,, boin, DEM
nc,.,t. L.r.n., h,, lnoO tl,t free Trade
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n.i. r,,u ,o..,,,.,. ,,i ..,,io.. 80 ,h,m: We
..,.,.,.,. ,r, =, ,,A,,,ncc ,our yofoa. but il ia
0ri,,bt th,,,nu shonld know tlni we are, gong
0to vntc f., Blaine ror bu.mc., reasons. II hc
. .,,,,..ls our,,,,l,. ,nn ,, ON. If Cleveland
..t..l..l 400. shall IA. oIGo,d IA clos, These
.,,l.r No.o, to Ioui.i,u,. and Gnd even
,Lc,c .ro,,.rl,ntors Organized To defeat the
u,rt, which tried TO cut down the duty ON
+u,,,r last May.
This is the issue that takes hold oithc person
al interests of ninc-tcuths OF the voters in every
State. Il touches their wages and their posi-
bilitics ol employment; their homes and the
food for their wye, aud children thcIr dinner
pals and their bread and butter II they cared
more for scandal and slAndrr than for their
rights and needs, or were 700 ignorant To know
what their rights ana needs demand 'h'E
would vote Tor OlcVclahd' II th'| want pros
perty for themselves ANA Tor All NorA'lS' uIey
viii vote lor MIR. Blaine.
1t Will not be found possible to evade tins
issue OF to thrust 1T back to secondary place
The people make it, They make 1t because
it concerns their greatest interests They lis
ten with more or less attention To what Is sald
about the personal qualities ana characters OF
candidates, ana some Oh 'h'll' wien the more