Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-13

responsibilities which were committed by our
fathers to us will be handed over to you.
Ihere never was a time in the history of the
| world when this Important epoch could be en-
tereo upon SO favorably as now. / especially
charge you not to connect yourself with any
decayed or decaying party, whose past is mil
dew and blight; whose mistakes have been
errors little less than crimes; whose future
promises dlslntegration, disturbance, and ruin;
whose presence is pestilence; and whose supre-
macy would be destruction to the onward
march of civilization
,o The reasons are obvious why Gov; Cleve-
office Of President AS a public man, he
was :. absolutely unknown until elected
to his present position two years ago.
he was so obscure that / notice Judge
thurman In recent speech in Ohio said: II do
not know Gov. Cleveland" He represents
principles and practices which believe to be at
war Wlth the best interests of this country. He
should not be supported for other reasons. He
vetoed important bills passed by the last Legis-
azure OF New York, among which were those to
protect children of tender age from excessive
LABOR In charitable and reform institutions. He
vetoed the bill reducing the fare on elevated
classes, who~desired to live in the suburbs away
from Cenement-hOuses. He vetoed bill re-
duclng the hours of labor of car-drivers. He
vetoed law giving mechanics an equal lien
which they furnished to enhance it's value
Ihese public acts of his show conclusively that
ms mlnd does not run III a proper channel to
bring the greatest good TO the greatest number.
lneIe are many reasons why the "Plumed
the State OF Maine should be elected
Presldent OF the United States. For twenty-five
years he has been prominent character in all
OF the great measures which have been enacted
INTO laws by the legislative department. of the
OnlUeu States, Fourteen years in the lower
nouse on Congress, six of which he served as
Speaker, two years in the Senate of the United
states, where he was the peer of the greatest
among Them. AS Secretary of State, under Gen.
Garheld's brief administration, he did more tn
work out vigorous and healthy American
policy in our dealings with other nations than
which 11rQnQ6oH THAT no hou hao11
mallgned and traduced is true, but who in pub
Tic stations have escaped the calumnies and
shafts of bitter and vindictive opponents?
That he has been successful in business affairs
may be true, but that any dishonest act stains
his character either in private or public life,
deny. When the character Of James G. Blaine
is weighed in the balance, it will be found that
ne Is 1ully up to the high standard of Americas
best statesmen.
Mr. Hendricks ought not to be elected to the
office of Vice President of the United States be-
cause his position on public questions in the
past gives no promise of hope in the future. In
1863 he denounced Mr.. Lincoln for waging the
abolition war. One word or sentence from him
In favor of the vigorous support of that war
would have saved hundreds of lives and thou
sands OF dollars. Yet he did not speak it, but
on the contrary gave his voice and his influence
IN the opposite direction. Later on, when he
was called on in official life to the results
OF the war by constitutional amendments he
bitterly opposed all of them. He yielded his
support to Mr.. Greeley in the campaign in 1872.
His position upon the resumption Of specie pay
the Union to coin basis questionable and
1ns1Icere. With the question he resorted
to what Mr.. Tilden calls futile dalliance" and
underwent the painful operation of seeing the
country resume specie payments without his
aid and against his protest. He stumped the
State OF Ohio for Gov. Allen upon a platform of
reputation. He one of three Senators who
voted for proposition that no cOlored man
should vote unless he was worth $3.50. He is OPP
posed to civil-service reform and has ever sat
upon the fence until every public question has
swept past him before announcing his own
opinion thereon. For these and many reasons,
Hendricks should not be, in my Judgment, elect
ed.SJce President of the United States. Mr..
Hendricks private life is uneXceptionable, and
personally he is a perfect gentleman. 1t is to
his public utterances and public history that L
object, and he has given, of late years, no sign
of repentance for the political sins which he has
committed.
Gen. John A. Logan, of Illinois, should be
elected Vice President because he loved his
country better than he did his party. He sew
cred his connection with party alliances and
bucEled on his sword for the defense of the
Union in 1861. He is Of the few soldiers
who in the field, never surrendered to the enemy
nor was vanquished in fight. His whole
career a soldier and a statesman since the
wa began has been without fault or blemish.
Heis a statesman and a soldier who can be
trusted on all important questions, and whose
thought and mind travel in the right direction,
The mission of the Republican party cannot
he ended till better party is formed to take it's
place This is not expected will it be
brought about by the Democratic party. That
party cannot be remodeled and rehabilitated in
the robes of political purity while it is DONNA
ted by the leaders who have managed it for the
last twenty years. But the Republican party
has ever kept its face sQuarely turned toward
the people; has responded to their demands;
and has given evidence of keeping abreast of the
times in which we live. To that party, then, the
people of this country must look for reforms
which they demand, and the execution of their
Wilt the great departments of the Govern
me1t