The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-19

Ine Cuu OF the INST year " 4tt>i0Sus
| Clcveland's term Of oflise u near At
hand. II has been busy year and oDe
fraught with great consequences The
manifold difficulties In the way Of the
| lirst Democratic Administration upon
| return Of the party to political power
after lapse Of quarter Of . century
can scarcely be appreciated BY the
country. II only comprehcnds results
Mr.. Cleveland himself was year ago
an unknown Quantity. The country
knew what Governor Cleveland was;
Of what President Cles Gland would be
| Il know nothing. That Il believed Ia
him and trusted him was evidenced by
his election and installation IS Presi-
dent At the very threshold he was
confronted BY two facts: that large
proportion OF the Democratic party.
| com posed Of antc-belium material. cx-
pected him TO resume administrative
| power where Buchanan left OF; that .
larger proportion. composed Of the new
| Democracy. expected him to establish
| his Administration on the basis OF re-
form. The first-namcd element con-
| tanned the old line politicians. the Sec
ond new generation Ct voters. Long
accustomed to feats Of political leger-
| demain and Injured 70 falsehood, the
| politicians met the new Administra-
| tion with the assumption that ante
| election promises were void and that
now that professions Of reform had
served their turn they would be cast
| aside As useless.
| Having vainly strivcn against fate
and Grover Cleveland. the corrupt cle-
ments Of the country fastened to make
their peace with the new regime. Jay
| Gould, the worst Of the lot. was the
| first 10 congratulate the new President.
Before the ink of the operator who an
nounced the recount in New York was
| dry Jay Gould. controlling the ma
jority Of the newspapers Of New York:
the Western Union and the Associated
Press gave in his allegiance to the new
Government. Those combinations that
could not see their way sat down and
waited. They were led by their cor
rupt and venal press to expect an early
disruption Of the Democratic party I'M
der President Cleveland. They saw
his difficulties at once and waited an OPP
portunity to take advantage Of the first
split. Their hired organs fostered the
spirit Of bitterness between the two fac
tions: encouraged dissensions. because
in the weakness of the Administration or
its total failure their interests might
survive unscathed. Their common
energies were devoted to an effort to
force the President from his reform
platform into the gutter of his pred
&c ,ssors. 1t was to this end the dis
content was magnifed and urged on
to open rebellion. When il became
apparent that the attempt to create q
diversion must fail. the disappoint-
ment Of the jobbers was intense. As
day by day the President grew
stronger with his party as well as with
the country. and the success OF the re-
form Government was inevitable, the
horde Of rascals became alarmed and
desperate. The Administration had
begun to reach out for them The In
terror Department had begun to press
the Pacific railroads for their dues
the Post-Officc Department had re-
fused to divide four hundred thousand
dollars as a subsidy to steamship line:
for carrying the mails; the Navy De
partment had destroyed the jobbeI
Roach at . single blow and, finally
the Department OF Justice stepped il
and ordered the telephone monopoly
into court. At each successive step o.
an honest Administration the jobber.
howled with rage. They have nov
Joined forces in their hostility to thu
Administration and the war has at las
openly begun.
The Land Office thieves are agains
the reform Administration.
4 The Mormon gang Of polygamist
are against the reform Administration
and are willing to move heaven ans
earth for its overthrow.
The lottery swindlers are against th'
reform Administration because 1t j
preparing to move immediately upol
their works.
Il Finally. name any wicked and cor
| rupt combination, corporation for al
illegal purpose. set OF jobbers Q
whatever character. the aiders AM
abettors Of the same, or those VIII
svmpathize with them, and you vii
. Ind them opposing the reform Admin
| istration OF President Cleveland.
1t will not do to treat lightly III
combined influence Of all these inter
ests. For it is now evident that the
have in a certain sense pooled their il
I kucs against honest government. The
: represent millions. ten Of millions an
!, hundreds Of millions Of dollars Of car
4 ital. real and watered stock They al
!. in possession Of franchises which ar
Z municipalities in resources and whic
i extend their corporate influences to tn
= remotest corners Of the countr
e wherever wire Is stretched or "a
e laid. They own newspapers and COZ
! troll, to a great extent. the mctropolita
= press. Their salaried agents swarl
! about Washington and occupy seats
= both houses Of Congress. II the con
= bination Of jobbcrs embraced no poll
ical interests they would be powerlc
TO produce results. Their hue and Ct
i would fall upon the public car like Il
Z signing Of mighty pines Of the fores
weird and unearthly, but harmless.
a But these rings q monopoly and su
= sidy and contract and polygamy Al
! jobbcry Of every kind have apparent
= effected combination with the poll
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