Fair play., 1884-09-06

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people are asked to vote for one or the
other, and expected to dn their voting
with a serious purpo-r. Is il at all
likely that, with nothing Ia choose
between but the personality OF two
men-bO,h of them, il is true. success
ful politicians in their different WAYS.
that the people are going to grow ex-
cceiingly enthusiastic for either this
or that candidate? Hardly. and with
out that cuti usiasm VIII ca leads to
revolution, which candidate will natur-
ally have the best chance Who but
he in whose interest all The official
forces Of the present dominant party
will be directed, II is certain that the
pOstmasters, internal revenue inspec-
tors. government dectivcs and all OF
their tribe, family or social belongings
are not voluntarily going to vote
themselves Ont Of Office. This crowd
alone can command a vote larger than
was claimed - Mr. 1'ildcn'> popular
majority in 1876. Then, taking all tie
premises into consideration, the ne
cessarv deduction is faiIin. some other
prime motive power. that Mr.. Cieve-
land and his following are largely in
the vocative. The only thin. that can
IL ,fo,,.,n 80 ..s.,,. IL
covery of a new and commanding
element in the argument. one that ill
enlist the popular sufirascs to such an
extent as TO completely nullIfv the
strength of the official vote. Probably
il is too late for the Democrats to look
for this, bxt il is pretty nearly certain
that Mr.. Hendricks Indicated il in
fairly accurate ter;lS in his rccen;iv
published letter TO Secretary Chandler
Ii has always, in business circles. been
hel! I" he wise policy t" hsv" pcri"di-
cal examinations of the b,"k> nf ar
count bv di>inter"Sird parties. 5"
true is it iha, mos. well managed banks
compel their responsible money officers
10 take peri"iica! vacations, during
which all their account. are passed
under the eyes of u.w men. This is
the exact point where the interests Of
the people are Involved in the present
campaign.
The eli, ction Of Mr Blaine or Mr.. C!eve
land so far rs they alone are personally
concerned or 30 far as the principles en-
uncla.rd by their respective parties
have any weight is SIMPLY n choice be.
tween two eligihiliiies. Blaine is said
10 have bscn . thief. hut that has had
no apparent effect upon the choice of
him rs the standard bearer Of tue great
party that srrogatc- to itself the exclw-
sive right to exp"und and enforce all
prin irl"s Of justice. Against Cleveland
various sins Of n ,litferru: character are
charged; one of them. oddly enough.
hciny that he hsd the manhood 10 do
his duty while sheriff Of Erie County
but none Of these charges. il proven.
would sftrrt his capacity as the chief
officer Of lac rcople Of the
United States. Bu:, one i,oin, Of the
last Importance nce,.> on. TO be sug-
gested to inflamc ;t,e Intelligence Of
every man who has personal in,lcpcn-
'lence enough to think oI.sidc Of the
mere priestcraft Of party. That point
is that the accoun: book. of the coun-
try lave not been thoroughly audited
for . quarter Of a century. During
that time thousands Of milliOps of
money have been c!le-ied and ex-
pended Every Inan:iS. officer that
has lcen rho.en fh- plsce iurin. ihese
ION. ears has beer ;,rn.i onllv, though
I'"rh.p.. not in .si ierm.. pledged to
keep both eyes sh !: rs &. ANY dci,n-
quencies that iis pre.icces."rs in
otire may have r:.H>e'l o7 permitted.
Party feai,y compc: Ell :h!s. The peo-
pie only know this: n lie :ew gli,npses
they have had q: inside matters, when
some crrsn; gust Of circumstances has
waftcd the curtain aside :hs; r..t.t,erv
has heca suddenly exhi5i:cd in stall
wart proportions. They now are
awaking 10 the IA; thx: onlv through
q complete change Of servants can
the! aoIe /, ha,ca ",mplctc un-