The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-05-13
New York World.l
The Issue of the HOur.

Inc issue of the Hour.
In a little more than six months time the speo-
pie OF the United States will be called uItfb e,
elect President who will remain in office Sl,il
March, 1889. When the polls close on the Sexi
day of election that nnmentous question as If
have been decided, and no regrets. selkup
braidings. no possible efforts would avail kitei
that to alter the result. -
II the Republicans remain in office Repkbli.
can methods will continue u prevail. II ii
wholly out OF the power of any Republicaa 10
change the character Of The party. President Oar
fields friends insist that he was honest III his
purpose to purify the public departments srM to
prosecute the Star-route robbers He feti bv
the bullet of a Republican assassin. His Mbst.
mastcr-General has put on record, under .,Atk,
his belief that Garfield was murdered beca1e hc
undertook this work, and that plot exisltp to
assassinae al the same time the Attorney Ben.
eral and Postmaster General who were 'engN( red
in the prosecutions. III
Under President Arther the Star-route rshken,
escaped scotfree after a notOriously inefsrtent
and blundering prosecution. President As1luf
lives. The ex-Attorney General Of Press9enJ
oath, his testimony that President Arlhur's.sAdr
ministraton was in sympathy with tho Nay-
route defendants, and refused its moral unsort
to all who desired An honest and vigorous pf3se-
cution.
Under President Grant the Secretary Of y o.
was impeached for Post-trader frauds and 1or-
rupton and the President private secretarytf d
ind tod fNrh ahar lob
to rob the government Both were proeci$ by
the Administration and both escaped punish
ment. i: =
From that time to the present, while ,paAlit
officers have systematically and persistenlly ~ an
dered the government, not single rascat has
been brought to punishment. III
Is it not certain. therefore, that reform ihNid
the Republican party is impossible, and thss. In,
der any President, however upright and hc,,,kst
the success of the Republicans this year nats s,ns
continuance of official looseness and dshoht$ty
until 1892
The same is true of the Republican poi N
fostering monopoles, disregarding the riyis 1 d
the people, favoring wealthy corporations i'd.
vancing Capitalization, usurping the rese;Isd
powers OF the States, making extravagant1ex.
penditures, imposing needless taxes, accurnSla1
ing an enormous Treasury surplus and lesAina
the government further and further awav ,n,
the simplicity of republic and draw, |,
nearer and nearer to the rule of a corript md
corrupting plutocracy. None OF these cafs b
changed under any Republican Presideni. 'foI
they have become the ingraned principles fj iht
party. IL
Will the honest citizens Of the United Gsates
who know the necessity of a change in the hes
interests of the country reflect ON these. Eixs
Will the Democratic leaders whs are fri,tafsne
away their time in kindergarten slatssms as(fip
while the roar of the battle is drawing 1skarer
and nearer give them a thought? Ms
The country demands a change. |. cSkno
come under any pussible Republican Prestn,
1t cannot come while the Republican pat3ss re
mains in office. 1t can only be honea 10,
through the selection of an honest Denn ItA,if
President. What are our kindergarten sfises
men doing to convince the people of that Net
and to give them confidence in the wis.lorS o
securing the change At this timer sEEF
Shall Republican misrule be perpetunt6d5tl
1882 That's the question. HEr