Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-28

How the nemoo.St, Uan uatry tho County
N. Y. World

bow the bemuofNts tan tatry the tounJty
N. v World
According to tho congressional vote, if |
a presidential election had been held In
1882 the Den. ocratic candidate would have
resolved 27i electoral votes aud tho Ro-
publican candidate i24 The Republicans
IN that election retained only tho states OF
Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire. Oregon, PcuusN lvania, Rhode
Island aud Vermont,
What was the cause Of tue political rev.
olu'iOu of 1882 ?
The Demucra 10 party fought against
the greedy spolS system which led to the
assassination of tho president by disap
pointed aud revengeiul Republican office
seeker
Against official dishonesty prevailing
uuiutrrruptcdly from the time Grants
private secretary was involved in the raS-
calities Of tho whisky ring and his score
tary OF war in those of the post trader ring
down to tho Star Route robberies under
| Hayes.
| Against the protection extended by the
administration to public thieves, as shown
| by the Predetermined failures Of tho Star
| Route prosecution.
| Against the destruction of free govern
| ment by the reversal aud provcrsiOn of the
| public will In elections, as In the fraudu.
lent Inauguration Of Hayes in 1876 and the
purchase OF the presidency for Garfield in
1880.
Against extrayagant expenditure, need
less taxation, the rapid payment of the
public debt and the accumulation Of an
enormous corruption fund under the name
nf ''surplus revenue"
Against the prodigal squandering OF the
| nm a in n
which have received more than one hun
dred aud ninety two million acres in grants
since the Republican party came into
power in 1861.
Against political assessments by tn,
robber barons OF Republic nism who hold
the kuifo to every federal Office holder't
throat until he contributes 10 q fund tC
corrupt the ballot box.
Against tho bold bribery aud corruption
practsed in Indiana in 1880 and aftersard'
, honored 10y public banquet over whicl
, President Arthur, one of the benctciarct
1 of the crime, presided.
( Against the sale of the United State
iudg,ships aud the pledge OF cabinet posi-
tiDns aud foreign missions for money.
o Against legislation discriminating II
y favor OF capital against labor, fostering
' mouopolics aud generally designed I
make the rich richer and the poor poOrsr
/. The Democratic army entered the iie
a in lSS2 to do battle against these evils
4 | Volunteers aOckod to their ranks aud the
. won great victory. The vote all over tn
:. Union showed general dcsiro to driy
n corrupt men from power, to restore th
!. government TO its former simplicity
Al honesty and constitutional landmarks an
TO vindicate the right and the power of th
people to elect their own public otli
A GERS. The issues We have onumerate
formed the basis of the Democratic plat
n forms in Now York, Ohio, Indiana, Mich
gan, Wisconsin,, California and other states
= The question of 10 per cent. more or les
,s on iron and per cent on wool was left
a bn settled when the time came for pract
IS cal reform in expenditure, revenue an
"A taxation.
II We respectfully sdbmit these facts I
n the consideration OF the Democrat
v House of Representatives elected in lSS.
y which has now been nearly three month
a in session