Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-09
POLITICAL COMMENT.

huGn u tItUih dNdiNti lhtll rights
When New York casts 100000 votes,
or moro, thereby showing what policy
the majority OF the people Ina this state
prefer they are liable TO be overruled
and defeated by set of INSCRIPTIONS
scoundrels in other states, minority
there, armed, not with Justice, but
with weapons of murder Uniess the
Northern states are more nearly unit
ed In opinion than they nave been In
some former elections, that "voten at
the South, which Is not free or honest,
may turn the scale. In effect, then,
we shall have the country ruled, and
itspolicy shaped, perhaps for many
years, not by the will OF the people, but
by the will of the shotgun. Ifthat ia
not the sort of government the North
ern people want, they have but few
weeks in which to mature and express
their will SO decisively that it shall not
be overcome.
Philadelphia Times. Independently:
Cameron ia of for Ohio. A Republi-
can state that never varied In a nation
al contest now seems TO require Blaine,
Elkins, Dudley, Cameron and hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars to keep
1t solid for Blaine. Why is Il? Whv
must Cameron 20 to Ohio with money
to debauch voters? Why must Blaine
hlppodTome the state? These are ques.
tions that the party leaders aud organs
forget TO answer.
Philadelphia Record (Democraiic):
John Kelly has been called an honest
man; but his friends give him as little
credit ns his enemies for honesty in
this campaign. While the Democratic
journals in New York regard his
movements with the utmost dlstrust,
the Blaine aud Butler organs are loud
in HIS praises. All his movements
and declarations lead to the belief that
he Is acting falsely. This campaign
will be apt to strip away hi, last pre-
tensions, and when his reputation for
honesty is gone. his influence even
with Tammany will be destroyed
Christian Union: The United
States is raising by taxation, ia round
numbers, 500, 000,000 annually more
than IL requires for all the expenses OF
government, including expenditures,
which are certainly not stlnted, for
various public needs The taxpayer
does nos giumble at government; he
grumbles at his grocer, his dry goods
merchant, and especially at his wife,
for these are the tax collectors. 1t is
estimated that one dollar out of every
ten that the American eXpends he gives
to his government, state or national
and Of this tax 800 coo, 900 lies idle in
the treasury. We do not know what
10 do with it. Lying there, It becomes
a corruption fund. 1t gathers hungry
lobbyists about the capitol. 1t invites
propositions for subsidies aud grants
ard eNtraVagant river and hatbOr
bills. 1t stimulates extravaganza in
public expenditure, and that sets the
fashion for private expenditure. 1t is
dangerous To public morals and de-
morali2ing To- private morals. What
shall we do about il?
Cincinnati Enquirer (Democratic}:
1t is one OF the things especially graft
flying and encouraging to the Democ.
racy that the enthusiasm for Cleve-
land and Hendricks In Ohio has been
greatest during the presence OF Mr..
| Blaine in the state. Tho demoustra-
| tons over the Plumed Knight have
been disappointing TO Republicans,
and have not frightened any Demo-
Gratis. Every man of intelli.
gence looks upon the trip of the Re-
publican candidate rs a sign of Repub-
| lican distress. There has been no
surcense OF Democratic animation.
Reports from headquarters grow better
every day. Meetings are largely at
tended, and information and instruc-
ton are eagerly sought, Democrats
are reused to the fact that the prospect
of carrying the state is eminently
worth their best efforts.
st Louis Globe-Democrat (Republi-
cam: The Democratic papers are so
wonderfully exercised over the charge
that MIR. Blaine was interested in Ohio
mineral lands that one wonders what
would have been the terrible outcome
had he really been stakeholder in a
Hooking Valley furnace or coal mine,
along with sundTy and divers orthodox
Democratic brethren already inter
ested there.
Chicago Herald Independently:
Cyrus w. Fields newspaper Is the
most enthusiastic opponent of Gov.
Cleveland in New YORK, barring Jay
Gould's newspaper. They are both
alarmed at Cleveland's monopolislie
tendencies.
Philadelphia Press (Republlcsn):
When Thomas Hendricks struck
Louisville the other day, his first in-
quiry was about Col Watterson'a
squint-eyed goddess of reform, and
when told that she had eloped with a
col0red coachman, las got on - chair
and talked for two hours on the neces-
sity for u white mans government
Chicago Inter Ocean (Republicln):
In the absence OF any expressed
opinion upon the tariff by Cleveland
his friends are busy defining his posi-
tion. Watterson says "the governor i,
with us. II he had been In congress:
he would have voted for the Morrl on
bill" Randall says with equal EN-.
phasis that he would not. While the
Democratic doctors are differing In
their diagnosis, the child grows sickel
every day.
Chicago Times independently: Mr.
Elaine charges Senator Bayard with
telling lies about him. III the Della
ware statesman can tell any lies abou
Blaine, he is the most ingenious llal
on record. But why. in the name o
conscience, should Mr.. Bayard tel
any lies about him? The truth is fully