The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-24
ait OUGHT TO BE BAD
Thus Mr.. Blaine Reasons About the
Country's Prosperity, and Hc Therefore
Refuses to Face the Facts.

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Thus Mr.. Blaine Reasons About the
Country's Prosperity, and Hc Therefore
Refuses to Face the Facts.
The American Grocer contains some "nuts
for croakers to crack in the form of an array
Of facts illustrating the movement of trade
during the present year. 1t is not likely that
the mouths of I'LL the croakers will be stopped,
but the indications of continuance Of con-
ditions promising indefinite business pros
perity will leave the people with little inclina.
ton to listen to their dismal predictions
Send the croakers to the rear, and make the
best of our business chances. is likely to be
the watchword Troy Times (Rsp)
| was especially requested to state that
while the Democratic part was in power Ma,
t'onal prosperity. continued, and that the
warnings of Republican orators of danger tc
the industrial system of the country because
Of Democratic supremacy had been falsified
have in my life heard many definitions OF
what constituted the height Of impudence,
but here is q practical eXemplification Of it.
Fortunately for the Republican party it is not
tory. IN JAMES G. BLAINE.
What a contrast is here presented
between the frank. acknowledgment
of fact apparent to every business
man throughout the land by repre-
sentative Republican organ and the
pitiful quibbling and misrepresenta-
ton by representative Republican
leader. Mr.. Blaine, according to the
reasoning of the Times, must be classed
with the croakers whose dismal pre-
dictions it very properly rebukes. The
trouble with Mr., Blaine is that like the
Bourbons, experience Is lost upon him.
He pinned his faith, in 1884, to the eff
feet of the dismal predictions of him
self and his brother croakers on the
public mind. Then he endeavored to
convey the impression that the cleo
ton of a Democratic President meant
financial ruin to the Nation. Business
interests would be paralyzed; enter
| prise a thing of the past. and univer-
sal bankruptcy an inevitable result.
Time, which sets all things right, has
proved the utter falsity of those pre-
dictions. The Democratic Admins
tration has been in existence but a year
and half and what is the result? A
flowing tide of business prosperity
such as has not been seen for years;
prospects still brighter in every chan
mel of trade; confidence restored, en-
terprise unchecked and launching
forth into great ventures which it
would not have dreamed of before the
present Administration went into
power, and joy and cheerful expecta-
ton visible on the face of every bust
| ness man. ...
But Mr.. Blaine shuts his eyes to this
fair prospect and insists that the Dem
ocratic party will ruin the country.
What cares he for the unossailable sta
tistics of business prosperity which
every Republican paper in the country
is compelled to publish? He forgets
that the Democratic Administration has
been tried and found admirably adapt
ed to the interests of trade He ignores
the fact that honest, economical gov
eminent, under Democratic auspices,
constitutes no unimportant factor in
the present business revival, being a
beacon of hope and encouragement to
capital and labor. No such an ac-
acknowledgement would suit his purpose.
He has made the assertion on the stump
and by letter that Democratic rule and
business prosperity were incompatible,
and he means to stick to it, no matter
how ridiculous he may appear. 1t IS
an unpleasant position, almost as much
as when he was confronted with the
"My dear Fisher" letters. 1t is hard
to fight facts, aud Mr. Blaine can not
be expected to escape the penalty of
those who engage in such foolish bus.
mess.
Mr.. Blaine's besetting weakness is
in seeing things, not as they are, but
as he would like them to be. He can
not realize that what he so confidently
predicted in the campaign of 1884, has
not come to pass. In this he is like
the man who Unexpectedly met a
friend in the street and greeted him
with the following: Chow is this? l
read an account of your death in the
paper" ''Well,' returned his friend,
"you see l am still alive" "But, :"
persisted the other, ''the account was
very circumstantial and the paper is
wholly reliable" Mr.. Blaine has de-
clared that business would die if the
Democrats came into power. There
fore, business is dead. 1t is an opin-
ion as is an opinion. Bunsby could
say no more.-A1bany -Argus.
Whatever else may be said OF
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