The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-11-04
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| NEW DIRK, OCTOBER, 27, 1884.
To THE People cfthe United lStatex::
There is only one great issue involved
in this campaign. The question is
"Whether this country shall be governed
honestly and widely, or corruptly ?"
The election of Governor Cleveland as
President, and Thomas a. Hendric as
Vice President, rill .s.sure good gov
| ernment. The election of James G..
Blaine, as President and of John A. Lo-
gan, as Vice-President, will ensure bad
government Mr. Blaine would not be
purer as President than he was as Speaker
and member of the House of Representa-
tives.
You are burdened with unnecessary
taxes. One hundred million of money
not needed to defray proper charges of
the Government is annually taken from
the people of the United States and kept
in the treasury. The withdrawal of this
enormous amount of money from circula-
ton has hampered your commerce, de-
pressed your trade and impoverished
your labor
Mr. Blaine aided in tie needless and
reckless accumulation of this unnecessary
surplus. He is responsible for the mis-
chief it has occasloned He cannot be
trusted with its disbursement
The methods which he has employed in
this campaign prove conclusively that
the administration Of the government of
the country ought not to be placed in his
hands. \ candidate capable of using i'm
proper means to increase his chances of
election to the Presidency would not, if
elected, discharge the duties Of that office
honestly.
Mr.. Blaine personally supervised the
preparations made by his managers for
their work in the State elections in Ohio
on the l4th of October.
1t is expressly provided by an existing
statute of the United States that no man
shall be appointed a deputy marshal un-
less he shall be qualified voter of the
city, town, county, parish, election dis
trlct or voting precinct in which his du-
ties are to be performed.
1t is certainly the plain intent of the
Federal law that deputies empowcd to ex-
ecute the duties of marshal of the Uni
ted States should be reputable men, lead
ing decent lives and enjoying the conf
dence Of the community in which they
live.
These plain provisions of the Federal
law were wholly dsregarded in the late
Ohio election. Rufiians not living in the
election district in which they were APP
pointed to act, and not, in many instances,
even citizens of Ohio, were armed by
marshal of the United States, under the
eye Of Mr. Blaine, and were used in the
districts to which they were appointed
with his knowledge for the purpose Of
obtaining majorities by violence and
fraud
The effect produced 10y this outrage
has been remarkable. The blow struck
by Mr. Blaine at the rights of the citizens
of Ohio has welded the Democratic party
in New York.
There is no longer any doubt as to the
manner In which the electoral vote of
that State will be cast. Democrats and
Independent Republicans working hand
in hand in the cause of good government
and resolved to labor with all their
might, until the end has been achieved,
will give in November an overwhelming
majority for the Cleveland and Hendricks
electors.
Mr.. Blaine and his managers, despair
ing of success in the State of New York,
are attempting to carry Indiana, New
Jersey and Connecticut by the discredita-
BILE means employed III Ohio on the 18th
of October.
While they are struggling to accom-
plish this evil purpose, Ohio, rid Of the
swarm of vagrant deputy marshals by
which it was infested at the October
election, is rallying with determined pur-
pose to vindicate its good name.
In Indiana, New Jersey and Connecti-
cut men are forewarned and are ready to
meet the issue. They understand that
a deputy marshal who was not, at The
time of his appointment, qualified voter
of the city, town, county, district or vot
ing precinct in which his duties are to be
performed was an intruding mercenary,
and his claim to authority no citizen is re-
quired TO respect.
They know also the precise limits of
the authority of every supervisor, mar
shall or deputy marshal, general or special,
at a Presidential election. Each State,
under the provisions of the Federal Con
stitution, determines for itself by whom
and in what manner its Presidential Elec-
tors shall be chosen.
No supervisor of election, marshal or
deputy marshal of the United States has
mower to interfere in the smallest degree
with any person claiming the right to
vote for Electors of President and Vice
President of the United States. The
functions of these officials are limited to