The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-11
DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL NOTES.



When an election I'd Office shall be the selec-
tion by the Voters Of one Of their number to as-
sumo for time public trust instead Of his
dedication to the profession of politics, when
the holders of the ballot. quickened by sense
Of duty, shall avenge truth betrayed and
pledges broken, and when the suffrage shall
be altcgether ffoe and interrupted tie full
fsalizahon Of government by the people will
be ut hand.
II should be called to the Chief Mapistracy
of the nation by the suffrages of my fellow
citizens, will assume the duties of that high
Office with solemn determination to dedicate
every effort to the coHntry's good and With an
humble reliance upon the, favor and support Of
TIE Supreme Being, Who believe Will always
bless honest human endeavor in the conscien.
tious discharge Of public duty.
A proper regard for the welfare of the work
ingmen being inseparably connected with
the integrity of our institutions, none
of our citizens are more interested than they
in guarding against any c6rrnptihe influences
which seek to per3ert the benefcent purposes
of Our government, and none should be more
watchfiil Of the artful Vaccinations of those
who allure them to self inflicted injury
The laboring classes constitute the main
part Of DUR population They should be pro
tected in their efforts peaceably to assert their
rights when endangered by aggregated capital,
and oil statutes on this subject should recog-
nize the care of the State for honest toll and
be framed with view of improving the con-
diton of the workingman.
, believe that the public temper Is stich that
the voters OF the land are prepared to support
the party which gives the best promise Of ad-
ninistering the government in the honest SIM
pie and plain manner which is consistent with
its character and purposes.
Laws unnecessarily interfering with the hab-
Its and customs of any of our people which are
not offensive to the moral sentiments of the
civilized world and which are consistent with
good citizenship and the public wellfare are
hnwise and vexatiuus
The selection and retention of subordinates
in government employment should depend up
on their ascertained fitness and the value OF
their work, and they should neither be expect
cd nor allowed to do questionable party ser.
vice.
government is not by the people when a
result which should represent the intelligent
will of free and thinking men Is or can be de-
termined by the shameless corruption OF their
SURFACES.
The craftsmanship they require consists id
honesty and frugalitS, a prompt response to
the needs of the people as they arise and the
tiglant protection Of all their varied interests.
government is not by the people when one
party fastens its control upon the country and
perpetuates power by cajoling and betraylnS
the people instead of serving them.
AT the Massachusetts, Democratic State con-
vention, William c. Endicott was nominated
for governor, receiving 3o5 votes of the I'll
cast Or forty -four votes more than necessary
to choice The nomination was made I'M
animous and the ticket completed as fellows:
Lieutenant governor, James s. Grinnell; Sec
rotary of state, jeremiah Crowley; treasurer
and receiver Gen. Charles Maish; auditor.
John Hopkins; attorney general, John w.
Cummings. The convention then adjourned
The Rev Edward Eggleston, the well-known
writer, who was for some time pastor of the
Church of Christian Endeavof, Lee avenue,
this city, says in letter from Lake George:
ssNo reasonable man not blinded by party Zeal
can doubt 1t seems to me, that Governor
Cleveland is the man most likely to admins
ter the government in such way as to leave
it better and not W orse than it is now. To put
the administration OF a reform civil service III
to the hands of the Republican nominee is to
set an experienced fox to watch the. poultry
yard"
Hon. Sidney Clark of Kansas hasPthe cour-
age of his convictions and will not vote fol
Blaine Mr. Clark served three terms in con-
gress, and was six years in the House with the
period, and knowing him as he docs says he
cannot and will not support him. AS he is in
favor Of Honest men and Honest government
he will vote for Cleveland and Hendricks, Of
tens of thousands of Republicans will do.
Respecting Blaine, the Judgment of Mr. JUL
an (who has had good opportunities to study the
s'magnetic" politician) agrees nearly to that of
Mr.. Pound, Of Wisconsin; who says he is a
speculator that has acquired vast fortune
without earning it, and denagogue "mainlJ
distinguished for a kind of declamatory anC
pugilistic statecraft" . But it is to tht
light that Mr.. Julian has turned upon the char
political moralist and reformer that public at
tention is more particularly invited
Mr.. Depauw, the plate-glass manufacturer
of New Albany, Ind, is trotted out again by
the protectionists as boiling Democrat In
1856 Mr. Depauw served in this capacity for all
he was worth, but the Indiana Republicans
have set him up again. In the enjoyment OF
duties ranging from 62 to 123 per cent, the
noisy beneficiary of protection is afraid the
wicked Democrats when once In power will
makea sshorizontal" reduction of the tariff thai
will touch his enormous profits. Hence his llls-
ty squeals The consumers who have so long
been plundered for the benefit of the Depauws
are not saying much, but they will be heard
from in November
Benjamin F. Butler was the most violent and
unscrupulus of the impeachers of Andrew
johnson in 1868. There was nothing to which
this malignant demagogue did not resort in
order to procure the removal of the President
He hired spies to dog the steps of President
JOhnsOn's friends and invaded the sanchty OF
the mails and the telegraph to accomplish his
desperate purpose. At last his colleagues in
the trial were compelled to protest against his
brutal and villainot1s methods. Andrew john
son was emphatically a man of the people.
During his service in congress he accomplished
more by his advocacy Of the Homestead bill
and other measures in the interest of the work
ing people than the whole breed of Buffers.
President Johnson's close sympathy with the
cause of the people was one of the reasons why
he was 80 remorselessly prosecuted by such
men as Butler, who sought to usurp control of
the government to promote their selfish and
corrupt ends. Now the chief prosecutor of
Andrew johnson parades before the country as
the friend of the people!
Boston Herald Qnd )-Se1ator Hoar says OF
Mr.. Blaine, with far more courage than consis-
tency, that 'shis influence has kept the Ameri-
can people in right paths" His Influence,
it was openly said at Washington, kept Dorsey's
partner, Bosler, and his own trusted agent in
Pennsylvania, from Indictment for participa-
ton in the Star Route frauds; it sent the al
legged bride, White, to distant territorial Of
fee; it provided places for ''Steve" Hurlburt
and 'Jud" Fitzpatrick; it instigated the fatal
move of making Robertson Collector; it made
Ben Butler Chairman of the Committee on Civ
il Service Reform in a House that starved
out" the Commission, and discarded the reform
system as "humbug." There is no doubt that
Mr. Blaine has been a man of "infiuence"-the
railroads understood that-but as for the
ssright paths, until crookedness can be made
straight, the less said about that the better for
him.
At the Iowa Democratic State Convention
James Dooley of Keokuk county was nom
mated for secretary of State; for state treas
urer Hon. George Derr of Union county was
nominated: for auditorof state, J. E. Hen
riques of Marshalltown; for attorney general,
". Cannon of Scott
In one of his letters to "My dear Mr.. Fisher
Blaine writes: 81 am bothered by only one
thing. and that is definite and expressed ar
rangements with Mr.. Caldwell" There have
been men who would have been bothered by
many things at such time Some would have
been bothered by their conscience, others
would have heard the voice of manly honor
protesting against the contemplated prestitu-
ton. and third set would have been bothered
by the fear of detection. Honor and con-
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