The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-09-04
The InYariable Sign Of Despair.

The Republicans ore exhibiting the
invariable sign of despair. In every
Presidential contest when the drift of
popular sentiment seemed against
them, and the. country showed q de-
cided disposition to GUST them from
from power, they would resort to the
tactics of alarming the people with
scarecrows and goblins, by pictur;ng
the calamlties that must follow Dem
ocratic rule. They are resorting to
these tactics now. Usually they leave
them till the closing days of the canvass;
but the drift of popular opinion is so
clearly against them that, although the
canvass is hardly begun, they are al
ready brandishing their scarecrows, and
Mr.. Halstead, Of the Cincinnati Com
nsercial- Gazette, has been placed at the
head of the bureau of horrors. That
enterpri1ing Journalist, whose personal
opinion is supposed to possess peculiar
weight from the signal manner in which
it has been repeatedly falsificd, and who
declared in 1876 that Blaine, and in
1880 that Garfield was unit TO be q
Presidential candidate, now comes for
ward to picture the disasters which will
attend the election of Cleveland and
Hendricks-two men remarkable for
their discretion and conservatism. The
Democrats, he saws, Twill add to their
los Southern Electoral votes Two States
repres anting Me icauism and Mormon
ism-New Mexico and Utah; and the
whole civil-service army will be used
with relentless despo.ism in the party.
Each great Democratic city with gar
rison of Federal Office holders will be
strength ened for works not good. and
the combined forces would hold the
fo, is for the bonanzas contained in them
for an indefinite period. 1t is into this
prom sed land of fraud and violence
that those who are abusing the very
name of reformers are leading"
The most curious feature of this sol
emn warning is that it comes from a
party that is the first in the history oi
the country 10 organize and tolerate
colossal official rings and conspiracies
in the very departments of the Govern
ment for purposes of robbery party
from whose loins sprung the whisky
ring and the star-route ring; party
whose Cabinet officers have gone to
Washington poor, and left office rich
the list of whose eminent Senator'S and
| Representatives is list of miliionaires
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the civil service army with relentles.
despotism in the service of the party.
and which already makes Republican
garrison of.the Federal officers in every
large city.
Every possible comparison of Demo
cratic rule with Republican rule dem
onstrates the falsity of the Halsteae
| prediction. Every such comparison ii
in favor of tine DEMOCRACY. 1t was the
Democratic House of 1875 that broke
the reign of extravaganza and jobbery
which had prevailed at Washington un
der the Republicans, and introduced
the policy of reduction of taxation ant
xpenditures-and that in spite OF th'
determined opposition of the Republic
an leaders. It was three Democratic
Governors of New York--Tilden. Rob
inson and Cleveland-who inauguratet
the era of reform in that State. Unde
Republican rule the Southern State
were wallowing- of pro- igac.
and debauchery; under Democratic rul
their Governments have been admins
tered with decency and economy.
The democratic States of New Jer
sey, Delaware, Maryland. Missouri
Tennessee and Kentucky are quite a
free from corruption and fraud this da
- the Republican States Of Massachu