Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-08-20
THE NEW YORK FARMERS.
They Will Not Support Cleveland Un.
der Any Circumstances.

The following address has just been
issued by the New Y DIRK State Farmers
Alliance and speaks for itself:
To the farmers of the State of New York;
Two years. ago Mr.. Cleveland was chosen
considerable part of this majority came
from the support given him by large num-
bers of farmers, who relied on his pledges
of fidelity to the principles avowed in the
time since the days of Silas Wright the
Democratic party in that year had major.
ity OF votes in the agricultural counties and
towns of the State.
Mr.. Cleveland is now q candidate for the
Presidency. 1t is therefore proper that his
course as Governor be reviewed in the light
of facts, that the people may judge how
far he has fulfilled his pledges and what is
his fitness for the higher office to which he
aSpires.
1t becomes our painful duty to denounce
Mr. Cleveland's candidacy as unworthy the
support of farmers and the great body of
independent voters who elected him two
years ago. He has violated positive pledges
of fidelity to the peoples interests. In Sc
lecting two of the Railroad Commissioners
whose duties are to guard the interests of
the people he chose men identified with
railway corporations He appointed Com
missioner of Public Works who is running
the Erie Canal in the interest of railroads,
letting it get so out OF repair that If The
ton of time when the Erie Canal must be
abandoned. So far as he could by this APP
pointment Gov. Cleveland has neutralized
the popular will for making and keeping
the Erie Canal as q free public highway,
which was shown at the election by a much
larger majority for free canals than Gov.
Cleveland himself received. This is mat
ter in which the farmers of Western States
are interested equally with the farmers of
New York. In making Il Board OF State
Assessors Gov. Cleveland left the great ag-
this is subject of especial Importance to
farmers, who are obliged to bear an unequal
proportion of the burdens of taxation.
Gov Cleveland did this in disregard of the
request for the appointment OF farmer
who, by thought and study on economic
questions, was especially fitted for this pc,
SitiOn, and who was recommended by all
the farmers organizations in this State.
Gov. Cleveland has identified himself
and his candidacy with corporate monopo-
lies In his veto of the Five-cent Fare bill
for the New York elevated railroads, in de-
tiance of the decisions of eurhigheSt courts,
he avowed the extraordinary doctrine that
the Legislature in granting franchise to
railroad corporation eXhausts its powers;
that it relinquiSheS the sovereignty OF the
people and makes contract which no fu-
ture Legislature can change.
If Gov. CleVelandS veto of this bill Is
sound law, the people of this State and of
the United States have no rights which the
corporations they have created are bound to
RESPECT This veto marks Mr.. Cleveland as
preeminently the candidate of the monopo-
co SrS ton s0 the Standard Oil Company
and other monopolies that the money is to
come which is to conduct his canvass. It is
tend to p4eserve their liberties use every
honorable means to insure his defeat.
This is not party question, and we do
not appeal as partiSanS for any candidate.
Two of the members OF our committee are
Democrats and none of them voted for Gov.
Cleveland's leading opponent two years
ago. None of them can or will vote tor
him as President, and in this we fairly rep
resent the feelings of the great majority OF
farmers of the different parts of this State.
1t is certain that this opposition to Mr..
Cleveland for President will extend to the
his record are fairly presented.
The nomination of Mr.. Cleveland makes
IN issue which as political question subOr-
dinateS all others. 1t is, whether the SOW
reignty of the people shall be overshadowed
by the corporations which they create; 1t
is impossible to doubt that the result of
such an issue will be his overwhelming de-
feat
If Governor cleveland took this position
ignorantly, the fact will not and should not
lelD MS CduullldCS. Inc people OIL ILLS
country do not want a man as President
who would even through ignorance make
mistake Of this character. But anyone who
closely watched the Chicago Convention
could not fail to see III the combination Of
Standard Oil and other monopoly Influences
against such reputable Democrats as Judge
Thurman the signs that the ruling forces in
the convention worked with definite aim.
Thurman, Bayard, Butler and other life
long Democrats and representatives of pop
ular rights were set aside to make way for
this new man, of whom nothing was known
outside Of she State except that he carried
New York with Republican help by nearly
200. 900 majority, and of whom in the State
we knew nothing politically except that his
course as Governor has falsitied all the
pledges by which his fictitious majority Of
two years ago was secured.
We have no recommendations to make
with regard to candidates other than that
every honorable means be used to make
Mr.. Cleyeland's defeat certain and over
whelming. This, we do not doubt will be
done. This will be a result which will have
most wholesome effect on the pOlltlcal
future of our country.
Hon. HENAN GLASS, Pres,
LYMAN T. CROWELL, Treas,
WILLIAM J. FOWLER, Sec,
JAMES G. SHEPARD,
-. WILLIAMG. WAYNE,