Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-04

The Decision to be Reno To-Day
In a comparatively fe.- la...s it will be
known whether Grover l-eVeland OF
James G. Blaine is TO be the next Presl-
dent Of the United States-whether there
is TO be a return to honest methods OF
government or a continuation Of the pres
ent corrupt Republican rule.
The people will make a choice today
and we believe that they will choose
Grover Cleveland.
We believe they viii choose him
because they want an honest man
as their Chief Executive, and
because they want the affairs
Of the nation administered impart1ally
and for the best interests Of the whole
people. They want reform in the civil
service and reform in the methods Of
transacting business in the different de-
partments Of the government.
With James 6. Blaine as President the
interest o. the mOnOpOlists and money
kings viii be regarded as more important
than all other interests. The influence Of
the government will be to broaden the
distinction between the rich and the poor.
With Grover Cleveland as President the
interests Of the whole people will be care
fully guarded. The rich will not be IA
vored 10 the injury Of the poor.
Who do the millionaires, the mOnOpo-
lists. the spectators and the lobbyists
want eIectedg Not Grover Cleveland.
They have no use for him. He is not one
OF them and they cannot control him in
the interests Of their schemes for gather
ing gold. robbing the people and corrupt
ing the sources Of legislation. They have
not extended TO him helping hand nor
given him words Of encouragement dur
Ing the campaign that has just closed.
When ne visited New York city they did
not prepare a banquet for him.
They want James G. Blaine. He is
with them heart and soul. Last week in
New York city the money kings and their
agents. representing $500. 100000, enter
taiLed him at a great dinner, and then
placed SIO0.O OF more in the treasury Of
his chief committee 10 help elect him.
When he was Speaker of the House the
King Of the Lobby presented him with
magnificent silver vase as a mark of the
esteem in which he was held by the lob
byists.
There ought 10 benO hesitation on the
part Of voters in making a choice. Even
4 if there were not such marked difference
in the merits Of the candidates, il Is time
! that the control Of the government was
taken from the Republican party. Nearly
a quarter Of a century Of power has made
| il corrupt. Its tendency is not towards
reform. but towards greater corruption.
The number Of the officials Of the De-
partment Of Justice has teen largely in
I creased within the last few years, and
( nearly the whole time OF all Of them is
/ occupied in ferreting out defalcatiOns and
I frauds Of officials. Notwithstanding that
within the last year or tive there have
/ been a good many sensational develop
! ments there is reason for believing that the
/ public kuows scarcely anything Of the
! frauds. embezzlements and defalcatiOns
/ in the various branches Of the govern
mept. The truth will not be known as
long as the Republican party remains II
| power. There is no doubt that millions
of collars have been stolen every yeal
since the government passed into Repub
/ lican hands.
The Republican party has been kept IL
power by means Of its vast army Of office
holders and by corrupting the people. Al
each election these forces leone more
powerful. If the people d. Lot wish the
/ Republican party to become so powerful
that it cannot te ousted they ought to say
so to-day. We believe that they mean tt
saw SO. and that when the ballOt-boXe;
are closed tonight they VIII contain de
cision that will prove to be the death
/ warrant If the ReDublican party.