Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-09-13
GROIER CONSENTS.

The letter Of acceptance by Grover
Cleveland was given TO the public Mon
day. 1t is eminGntly a campaign dOcu-
ment-a stump speech. Whatsgcr sac
riticc the president makes in ignoring
his promise of four years ago not to be
Il candidate for second term he spares
The public the pain Of sharing. At that
time he graphically described the I'M
IuiticS of second tcrmism, but he has
5mQthpred his scruples. lie has fallen
Il prey to Tie Niic9 of the ambitious
politician, and prostituted his PROGRESSED
principles of civil service by giving a
Thousand dollars to the campaign COM
mittee TO further his own interests.
The claim the party once made that
the president is better than his party
has been belied by the contributions by
The candidate for second term,
1t is evident, however. that Mr.. CIeYe.
land or his subOrdinates make no special
claim TO the virtues SO ostentatiously
paraded four years ago. Forgetting
or ignoring that which relates to the
past, as the democratic party is famous
Tor doing, lie pays but passing and per
fUnctOry notice 20 the failures of his
administration. His first campaign
was waged chiefly upon his intentions
10 reform the civil service III conse-
quencc of which George William Curtis
delivered to him the suffrage of the
mugwump faction. But it now tran
spires that if this clan would maintain
allegiance to the man from Buffalo
they must turn deaf ear to the crying
and tlagrant violations of their hobby
and follow him in his new found faiill
which pledges the party to reduce the
Tariff to basis for revenue only. Sup
port OF this theory is the burden of the
presidents letter o, acceptance. The
yetoing of over one hundred thirty
private pension bills is simply defended
by the glanderouS claim that he is pro-
tecting the national treasury fr0s In.
YaSiOn of vandal coffee coolers. With
these slightest possible illusions to his
failures he proceeds to deliver a stump
speech in favor Of free trade or tariff
1 for revenue only.
1t is humi!iating Spectacle that the
president is not able to present his is
sues without re3orting to the arguments
employed by the street corner orator
and goods box politician. He seems to
have created corner on this MANNER
of pleading and parrots the cheap say
ings with wonderful perfection. The
cry Of free whiskey is raised and the
sport from Buffalo appears to have an
astounding adherence for sRirits which
might be sold without revenue stamp
But unwittlngiy the president argues
i'll favor of removing the tax on wits,
key when he complains because taxes
levied to prosecute the war are main.
tanned in times Of profound peace. II
the taSes ieyled for war are burden.
some why not fedaos 81 semass tbs
taxes levied for that purpose, fhf
cause having ceased why not remove
the tax. 1t cannot without preposter
Gus presumption be supposed that
Grover Cleveland is concerned regard
) ing the moral phase of the question
but there are those who are, and among
them aEs none who claim that the tax
is in the interests OF aitiaD9l morality
1t is fact that the greatest obstacles
met by the prohibitionists is the con,
iiot with Federal laws which protect
the liquor tf2tiic so long as the internal
revenue tax is maintained. The gov.
eminent is in partnership with iiquo,
dealers, ana the iirm is not limited; the
government will protect liquor dealers
and the dealers In turn will help to per