Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-08-14

bought up the State of Indiana and as
openly Dragged of IL?
: Why didn't you tell us how GER
tain very religious gentleman (for po-
litical purposes) selected the greatest
infidel in the country to nominate him
at presidential convention a few years
ago, and in 1884 placed his political
management in the hands of set of
Republican Star route thieves and 9TH
er equally immaculate personages?
Why don't you explain more fully
how 1t is going to benefit the poor
workingmen of this country to keep up
the war taxes, and making them pay
from 10 to so per cent more than they
would for nearly everything they eat,
drink and wear? :
Why didn't you point out the special
locality where the "great prosperity
reigns which you speak of so frequently
in your advertisement? In this region,
and through the entire Middle States
and West, the times are dull, and grow
ing worse instead of better; and hear
that it is the same in New England. .
Why didn't you explain to us how
long any one party has got to be in
power, under our style of government,
before it becomes a dynasty, and the
people lose their entire rights of self
government? 1t doesn't strike me that
1t takes much over quarter of a cen
tury.
voted with the Republican party
for twenty years, but for four years past
l have not voted at all when any p0lit-
ical question entered into the matter.
now propose to vote at the next election
with the Democratic party, and great
many ofmy Republican neighbors and
friends will do the same. The nature
of our institutions demands that there
should be change in the ruling parties
in this country as often as once in every
eight years. 1t would be better if the
change occurred every four years. AT
any rate, there is no true lover of his
country that can honestly say a change
is not absolutely demanded at the pres
ent time. 1t is impossible that matters
can be any worse, and it is possible that
by turning out the thieves and robbers
now in power and putting in another
set of rulers politics may be purified. :.
Mr.. Blaine, we want no more of you
or your party at present. The adver-
tisement won't pay for the printing in
this section. The bloody shirt has been
washed. Give us owtaxes and reform.
Mr.. Cleveland is good enough for us at
present.
Please excuse great haste, and credit
all errors in grammar and spelling to
Logan. ..v.T q
Mr.. BLAINE.-My dear sir, you take
my breath away. I've got to dodge all
|
Haven't you heard that Mr.. Cleveland's
private character is not what it should
be? Don't you see that raising that
question in my papers keeps my public
record out of sight; and don't you know
that my private character is o. X?
FARMER.-I don't believe the absurd
yarns about Cleveland's private char.
acter. Butadmit for moment that al
one time in his life it may not have
been Just what it should be. Are not
his public acts all right? Has he MOI
been honest and fearless and all right?
| Mr.. BLAINE.-Well, suppose that il
true?
FARMER. Well, then, I say if his
public record is unimpeachable, yours
is exceedingly checkered and bad, anC
you ought to remain in private life
since thatis where you claim to be ali
right. He can go on with his magnifi
cent public record and purify the at.
mosphere at Washington.
| MIR. BLAINE.-I am out of patience
with any such farmer as you are. 1t il
useless to try and convince you by any
argument. If there are many thousand
farmers like you, ''me and Jack" are
gone up. We shall have to howl louder
than ever about Cleveland.
1 say, Central?
| CENTRAL.--Well!
Mr.. BLAINE.--If any more Pennsyl
vania farmers call for me, I'm out.