Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-12-04

ton to population than ever before
have stake in the soil unencum-
bered
New York Tribune.
President Cleveland's message is the
snarl Of a beaten candidate In a doeu.
ment which should be a digniied state
paper he has taken pains to exhibit the
soreness Of a discarded politician because
the policy which he had forced upon his
party was defeated by the people In his
passion ne loses his sense of the fitness Of
things Even his worshippers iii the
Evening Post attribute his use OF terms
here and there which may be considered
inJudieious 70 the natural feelings Of
one who has been beaten No one win
find his respect for President Cleveland
increased by his passionate talk about
the selfish greed and graspinr ayariceo
81 manufacturers as a class. or bv his
suggestion that they improperly Ill.
huence voters, or By his frantic
assertion that corporations -are fast be-
coming the peoples masters III Is not
true Mr.. Cleveland and your defeat Is
proof. No other Presidential candidate |
has ever had behind him as powerful an |
array OF trusts, combinations and mon |
opolles as that which had been brought I
by Executive and legislative fayors to |
the support OF Mr. Cleveland. The /
telephone conspiracy, the Sugar Trust.
the whiskey ring the combination of |
Wall street sharDers with bankers who
held over fifty millions of the public
money, the Washington real estate lob
bers, the host OF other obs and monopo-
lies which leagued with foreign manu-
faeturers and importers to break down
an American policy, hoped to own the
Government after Mr. Cleveland's re-
election. They failed. and Mr. Cleve
land and his free traders went down with
them, and the decisive votes were cast as
everybody knows by the plain people Of
the FARMING regions who are not mas
tered by corporations and do not mean
to be.
Philadelphia Times.
The people of the Union desire a iudle.
Gus protective policy They want tho
abor Of our general productive industries
TO the full extent Of the differ
,nce between the wages of foreign and
american workingmen but they do not
want, and they Will not long tolerate. the
Prostitution Of q benehcent protective
Dohcy Tor labor TO the creation ANA pro-
eelion ol eNactlng monopoly And thov
VAL oe qu'ckened % discrimination II
ween the protection Of labor and the bro.
ection OF monopoly hy the ostentatious
contributions 70 political corruption
unds, which come from those who nre
wealth By a restrictive tariff pal-
cy that gives only high taxes and low
wages TO labor II il shall be assumed
hat the late national verdict means im-
nunity TO centralized wealth and the sur
ender Of the power Of the government III
he few who Cypress the many, it will 10
My repetition Of the madness OF the
lave victors Of 1856 whose GROWING /
riumph, as they then boosted. was but
ne opening Of their sepulehre
Record
The force and fire Of the Message are
expended in the exordium The presi
lent generalizes upon the paramount
question Of the reduction Of the revenue
md the revision and reform of our reve
me system with strength Of reasoning
ND patriotic emphasis OF conviction
which will make their way to the intelli I,
,ent consideration os his countrymen
te inveighs eloquently against any
cheme OF tax reduction which would
lot bring equivalent relief to the tax )
aver and gives to his party battlscry
declaring that there should be no
cessation Of the struggle until a plan is
'erfected, fair and conservative toward
xisting industries, but which will ra6uce
re cost TO consumers Of the necessaries
I NE, while it provides for our manu-
actnrers The advantage of freer raw ma .
L md