The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
ROUGH, BUT TOO TRUE.
Indiana Democratic Methods Properly
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Indiann Democratic Methods Properly
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The venomous lies that the Indiana
Democrats IRE telling about Gen. Har-
rison show the unscrupulous character Of
the party in that state
There Is a perfect ferocity about this
lying, and 1t arises from the feeling in
tho party that the case Is against Cleve-
land as It stands, and that the state Of
Indiana on an honest vote would be found
strongly Republican.
The Democrats in Indiana, like those of
Ohio, have been distinguished for their
tally sheet scoundrelism, and caught the
eontagion of fraud from their bosses In
the solid south, where a million Republ-
cans arc counted for representation and
deprived by tricks or by violence Of the
right Of suffrage.
The general appearance Of things is that
the Democratic party is so desperate at
the prospect of being elected from power
and doomed to permanent decadence and
gradual destruction, that there Is de-
termination to carry the southern plan of
counting votes into the north, and partic-
ularly in Indiana and New York and New
Jersey.
The presidents $4,000 subscription to
the Democratic campaign fund Is prob
ably an arrangement with Brice to stimu-
late subscriptions. Grover may pay Cal
vim the money and he may not. He Is
about the natural size Of ward politician
who would make bogus subscription.
However, 1t is estimated that the squan-
dering Of public money by Cleveland's
appointees on the extension Of Massachu-
sets avenue has helped the proprietor of
Red Top in his association Of syndicates
so that he might afford to pay the money.
Vigilant Washington correspondents have
calculated that the improvement of the
Value Of Red Top real estate has not been
less than $4,000. This beats Garlands
speculation, and Whitney so rolls in
thousand dollar bills that no estimate can
be made of his extraordinary emoluments.
But no matter whether the Cleveland
$40, 900 subscription is genuine or bogus,
the proclamation that the President has
poured out his money means that an i'm.
mense corruption fund Is wanted, and
that all the officeholders must follow the
example Of the chief magistrate. The
first thing In the struggle to wrest In
diana from Harrison Is the fapdoodle
lying that is going on. which Is 80 gross
that tho comic element Is introduced.
ihc hRob pSI w III CpAlicS W tuo
front says Gen. Harrison declared that 81
n day was enough for any workingman.
and perjured liars will of course corrobo-
rate the story. The next perjured liar
says HARRISON declared he would put down
the riot and strike If he had to wade in
blood to his finger tips. OF course these
lies are so monstrous that rational belief
in them is wholly impossible.
Next after lying is to he applied Brice's
Doodle, made up by the president and
other contributors-holders of various
trusts" The &c. 900 story about Cleve-
land will squeeze every postmaster, and
the pressure upon the whole army in the
civil service to give up money will be
made under a system of shabby lying,
and will be brutal beyond all example,
and the proceeds used In sheer briberies.
This is spectacle that James Russell
Lowell. from England, and George Will
lam Curtis, from Staten Island; Carl
Schurz, from the Baltic, and Henry Ward
Beecher, from his celestial abode, arc OK
pected to contemplate. 1t Is the fruit Of
the reform to which they contributed tho
effusiveness of their genius and the
beauty Of their reputation. And. In the
reserve, backed with Doodle, is tally sheet
forgery for the cause Of Cleveland, Thur.
man and reform.-Cincinnati Commercial
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