Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-10-24
Reviewing the October Vote.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE BY THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.

AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE BY THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
HEADQ'Rs NATIONAL I
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE,
II WEST TWENTY-FOURTH STREET,
October Is, 1884. J
To the People OF the United States: The
result Of the elections on Tuesday in Ohio
and West Virginia is before you.
Ohio chose Republican electors In 1858,
1872, 1876, and 1880. West Virginia chose
Republican Presidential electors IN 1868
and 1872, and Democratic electors In
1875 and 1880.
Garfield obtained plurality in Ohio in
1880 Of 34,227 votes. The Republican
candidate in the late election for Secreta-
ry of State was gallant soldier and a
reputable man. The vote of the kepubli-
can party Ia that election was broken
down by the weight of Mr.. Blaine, fac
tional seeker after the Presidency. The
people then elected Democratic majority
of the Congressional delegation of the
State. We may confidently expect a ma
jority in Ohio for Cleveland and Hen
bricks in November.
West Virginia has, by its splendid and
decisive majority for Democratic Gov
ernor at the October election, already de-
clared its purpose TIC give its electoral
vote Tor our candidate in November.
The Blame managers employed extra
ordinary methods in both States. They
expended not less than $500,000 in Ohio,
and more than 100000 in West Virginia
in their political work. They did not use
money only.
They called from every State the office
holders best fitted to do the work at which
they were put. They crowded these two
States with such men. They employed in
political jobs the men engaged in the pos
tai service of the United States. They
left the veterans. who had saved the life
Of the patton, without the pay to which
they were entitled, under the pretence of
having an insufficient clerical force in the
Pension Bureau, and then used the Com
missioner of Pensions and a great number
of his clerks as parts of their polite al ma
chinerY in the late elections in OHIO and
West Virginia. 1t has been openly charg-
ed, without denial, that the payment of
the veterans by the Commissioner of Pen
sions has been delayed by him with the
purpose of coercing them to vote for Mr..
Blaine.
These abuses Of political power have
Oeen committed under thu overlooking
eye Of Mr.. Blaine and with his full sane
ton. They show the manner in which,
if he were elected, public offices would be
subordinated to his personal service. and
the bounty of the country be made the
means OF advancing his personal inter-
ests.
They made the Marshals of the United
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be guardians of the rights of every citizen
of the United States, d part of their ma
chine force. Tney armed them and in
cited them to violence and outrage. Ttey
expect to pay for tie weapons and services
of these men out of the Treasury of the
United States.
They made Mr.. Blaine one of thsir
county and ward workers in Ohio and
West Virginia; and he entered with zest
upon the familiar duties. They devised.
with his knowledge, methods of compel
ling workmen to vote as they employers
dictated. They kept him in daily associa-
ton with the worst elements of their polit-
ical organization. They made him their
counsellor in every disreputable plan which
they devised to promote his success. He
could not have been stranger to their
purpose to make gains in Cincinnati at
the election Oh Tuesday last by using
armed deputy marshals and armed negroes
to drive voters from the polls.
The methods of their campaign in Ohio
and West Virginia, and the share of their
candidate in those methods, have added
to the opprObrium already resting upon
his name, and have assured his defeat at
the general election in November.
MIR. Blaine has been member of the
House of Representatives, a Senator in
Congress, and a Secretary of State of the
United States.
He has been accused Of corruptly using
his influence as Speaker and as member of
the House of Representatives for his indi-
vlduaI profit.
His misconduct has been proved by his
own letters. These have confronted him
wherever he has gone. He has attempted
nc explanation. The phrases of these let
tiers are so well known that they are by
words on the streets. and jests upon the
stage.
A Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives-a member of that Housewife
would barter his influence for money or
property might avail himself of the larger
opportunities which the office and powers
of President afford.
These are not words dictated by party
rancor. They sum up the Judgment of
that independent press which is, and al
ways will remain the bulwark of good and
constitutional government. They express
the convictions of the leading Republican
journals, and the belief of those distin-
guished Republican statesmen and citiZsns
whose love of country has forced them to
declare that the nomination of Mr.. Blaine
was one not ft to be made.
There is reason for our confidence that
we will achieve victory in November.
The army of otliceholders, engaged for
months past in the business of maipulat-
ing votes in Ohio and West Virginia,
must now disband. Each man of the
number must go to his own place. The
Commissioner of Pensions and his bureau
clerks cannot be concentrated for political
uses in the November elections. When
they are acting individually in their sew
eral States they will be unable to do mis-
chief.
The Marshals Of the UDited States. by
reason of the power they exercise, may
again do harm IN November. They ought
to understand that for what they may do
they will be hereafter held to the strictest
account by justly indignant people The
hopes OF reward ard the promise of in
demnity which have been held out to them
will not avail them in the days which are
close at hand.
The country is fully aroused It is
alarmed by the corrupt influences sur
rounding Mr.. Blaine, and will reject him
as President.
Mr.. Blaine has grown rich. The men
around him have grown rich. The specu-
lators whom he his added by framing laws
to suit them are rich. The corporation
which he has helped have monopollzed the
public lands. But trade is stagnant The
commerce of the country has decayed. |
Mills are standing idle. Where wages
have not been stopped they are reduced |
Mechanics and laborers go about seeking
employment In vain. Women and chill
dren are beginning to want bread, and yet |
the farmer can find NO profitable market
for his grain.
These circumstances afford conclusive
proof that few interests have been cared |
for by the Republican managers at the ex-
n Of hn int &c of ha I, e