The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-07-16
A CHANGE! !!
Has There Been ANY Improvement In The
Business Of The Country?
Where Are The Golden Days of Democratic
Reform?

1t is considered unchristianlike for man
to laugh at the calamity of his fellow man,
therefore we can only express, as we real
! ly feel, commiseration for our poor, mis-
guided Democratic friends, who last sum-
mer and fall eagerly drank in and assim-
Hated the words of Democratic wisdom
poured forth by the Democratic dema-
gogue. During the campaign-local and
Presidential, the demagogues were at
great pains to visit the furnace and ore
mining regions of Jackson County,. and
compile wonderful statements as
pitiful as Notwithstanding the pau
perism brought about by the hard times,
which pauperism could be traced direct
ly to Republican mismanagementa and dis
honesty" These pitiful stories were
hawked about, from one red-brush thicket
to another, until many of the Democratic
voters were really alarmed lest lightning
should strike their Republican neighbors,
for daring to be so wicked as to vote to
continue this reign of misery. Men were
found laboring for twenty-five cents a
day-always for Democratic employers
and even the women and children were
forced to work in the ore-mines and in
the fields, not earning enough to keep soul
and body together The Democratic dem
agogue was the red-nosed Moses who was
to lead these suffering children to the
promised land of Democratic Reform
He led them! They fell into line, and
with the glad smile of anticipation which
betokens the coming of great blessing,
they marched up to the political trough
and took their medicine. And bitter
dose it has proven to be. The Reform
has come in all its magnificent glory
When this procession started to this prom
land of Democratic bliss, coal miners were
getting from seventy to seventy-five cents
ton, with plenty of work. Before Pres
months, everything was practically dead.
The price of mining fell to fifty cents, and
nearly all of the works stopped. Was
Democratic ascendency the cause of this
Well, using the argument of the politici-
ans of that party, we should say, yes. We
were told that the turning out of the Re
publican rascals, and the turning in of the
Democratic saints, would give an impetus
to the business affairs of the country
which would soon send us whirling over
the broad sea of prosperity, with full stom-
achs and full pockets, and our children
should rise up to call Cleveland blessed.
What are the facts? Where are those
twenty-fve-cent laborers now? Where
are the coal miners? Where is the wave
of prosperity? Where is the lying Dem
rgogue? AS to the latter, we will say
that he is even now preparing the state
ment which he will submit to Democrat
ic voters during the coming campaign for
the purpose of making them content with
the miserable starvation and gloominess
that hang over the country. He will
come around with a pretty story of Dem
ocratic honesty and Republican unfaith-
fulness. He will even shed tears over the.
pitiable con dition of the poor laborer
He will paint, with all the bombastic
oratory of the school-boy, the horror and
want that fill the land-but he will avoid
mentioning the fact that all this came
within few weeks after the Inaugural
tion of the Democratic President.
We desire every voter in Jackson Coun-
ty to pay close attention to the Democrat
ic orators who may come around, this
year. Last year they beloved about small
wages. This year there is practically no
work. Great is Democratic Reform! 1t
promised to fill the land with plenty. 1t
has only filled the Infirmaries.