Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15
A RRPUBLIoAN PROTEST..
Ex.GOv. Pounds Reasons for Reject
ing Blaine for President.

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ing Blaine for President.
A letter from ex-Congressman
Pound of Chippewa Falls, Wis, in
which the writer says he will oppose
Mr.. Blaine and support Gov. Cleveland
for the presidency, is made public. In
his letter, Mr.. Pound says:
CATER much earnest and solicitous
deliberation deem 1t to be my duty,
while abating naught of my loyalty 10
the Republican party, but rather to
promote its true purpose and strength
EN- IL for future good work, to support
the Democratic nominee, Gov. Cleve-
land, for president at the approaching
election. My Judgment disagTe1,s
with, and my conscience rebels
against, the action of the Republican
convention in the nomination Of Mr..
| Blaine, and without arrogating for
myself wisdom superior TO a majority
OF representative Republicans con-
vened to voice the determination
Of my party, / am compelled to obey
my own best Judgment and sense OF
| duty in this single and extraordinary
instance. Being lifelong Repuo-
lican aud the recipient of many dis
| tinguished hOnors, state and national,
| IL is due my political associates, SO
often my cordial supporters, and my
self that the reasons for departure
from conventional cooperation be
frankly stated.
"Mr. Blaine, in my opinion, EN-
bodies most In American politics that
is menacing to public morals and
integrity in government. With a
long public career, mainly dis
tinguished for n sort of declama-
tory and pugilistic statecraft, he
is not the inspiration of single valu-
able policy or the author of an import
ant statute, but, on the contrary, has
often suggested and supported unwise
and bad and opposed good legislation.
With record clouded by suspicion
and accusation of iobbery and corrup-
ton undefended, he brings to us per-
sonal antagonisms which have torn
and weakened our party in the past,
invading the administration of the
lamented Garfield with demands of
personal vengeance so virulent as to
inilame the spirit of assassination and
eliminating in the defeat of Judge
Folger and consequent election of Gro
yer Cleveland governor of the Empire
state.
"But returning TO the candidate.
Himself a SPECTATOR, enjoying a for
tune too great to have been acquired
by honest industry, legitimate husi-
ness enterprise or his country's service
at $1,000 year, he sympathizes with
and profits by speculative stocb-job-
bing and gambling methods of acquir-
ing wealth-methods which have
) wrought ruin, disgrace aud business
disaster beyond computation, schooled
youth and persuaded middle age
! to avoid honest and useful in
dustry, made suicide and insanity
commonplace, unsettled values, placed
the fruits of honest toll In the
power OF the Goulds aud Armours to
bear down or bull up Ia the markets
as within or Interest may dictate
7 methods which recently gave us bur
. an exaggerated illustration of theii
ubiquitous consequences in the Grant
! q WaId Sl5,000,00O failure and rob
berry.
. Reference to Blaines congressional
record relating TO subsidies, class legls
lation, corp lrate exactions, ETC., will
| readily satisfy the honest inquirer ol
) his uniform support of monOpolies and
| indifference To the common veal
Little wonder that he omits in his
letter TO refer to or explain the cause
OF the great disparity in the dis
tribution OF this marvellous increase oi
wealth accumulated during the period
he chooses for comparison; that he
| fails to note the fact that the one
J three-hundredth part of the $44, 600 !.
100000 is held by one man, while
I Others rank little below and his own
! palatial residence, commanding d
J rental of Sll 600 year, suggesting
more than an average per capita OF
wealth. Little wonder that he is
I silent ON the subject of Interstate com,
merce, the regulation of which is do.
manded by all producers aud legitl.
mate traders. Great corporate interests
: command non-inteTferenee
"fhe disingenuousnes of his letter
, OF acceptance Is further betrayed by lis
| significant silence touching the events
of the past three years. Bringing
down his historic figures to the pres.
J emit would have revealed the acticn in.
J volved In his statements, would have
! shown marvellous shrinlgage In nom.
: inal values, would have noted the
downfall OF business prosperity and
business morals aud would have pic
tured as few can do so graphically as
be the furnace fires dying cut, the
wheels OF factories standing still,
wages reduced, beggary usurping the
place of labor, bank and business
Failures creditors aud depositors