The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-02-25
Political Notes.

Chicago Inter Ocean, Rep
1t is understood that President Cleveland is
confidently arranging the music for his new
inaugural march, "Over the Hill to the White
House,
Harper's Weekly, Republican.
If the Democratic party should set aside
President Cleveland for Governor Hill it
would be laughed out of power for another
twenty-five years.
II was announced ON Saturday that $685.
600 had been subscribed by Chicago citizens
to defray the expenses Of the Democratic
National Convention, if it should be held in
that city, and it was stated that the same
would be increased to $50, 900 if necessary.
N. Y. EreRing Telegram, Dem.
1t may be as well for some one to tell Bill
Chandler, John Sherman and the rest of the
Bloody Shirt brigade that this present year of
grace 1888 will introduce to their first Presi
Dental vote vast army of young men, all
over this country who, as Sam Cox would say,
were thoroughly born in every respect since
the war closed.
Cereland Plain Dealer, Rep.
The Democratic sentiment of the country is
overwhelmingly for Cleveland, and the poll
ticians, whatever may be their personal
Vaccinations, will not set themselves against
that sentiment. The best opposition they
can organize would be scattered before it like
chaff before the wind. 1t is idle to waste
time upon these alleged movements here and
there that look to the defeat of Cleveland.
1t is folly to take any account of them. They
will have vanished and left no trace long
before the convention meets. Mr.. Cleveland
will be nominated, and no voice will be raised
to object.
NJ 7. Commercial Advertiser, Rep.
i.
strong executive officer, not by the exercise
of brilliant natural gifts or of an over-master-
ing personal ambition, but by faithfully and
theoretically following out the policy to which
he and his party were, and are, pledged, and
by refusing to cater to the wishes of the cor
rupt and reactionary element of the Demoe.
racy. He was elected, and his party placed
in power, by the people, to reform the meth
DDS of government where they needed reform
ing, to reduce taxation, to cut down the war
tariff, and to check the tendency in our ma
tional legislation toward paternalism and
Capitalization. So far as the President him
self could do these things or influence Con-
gress to do them, ne has been faithful TO his
trust Whatever failure there has been Con-
gress is responsible for.
N. Y. Herald, Independent.
Never swap horses in the middle of a
stream When Mr.. Cleveland went into
office he found simply the ruins of a good
Government. The Republicans had taken
everything that was portable. The only
things they left were out of reach. He began
to clean up the house and get it into some
thing like order. 1t has been difficult task,
and it is only half done. He has worked,
however, with an honest purpose, and the
people are backing him up. They are urging
him to go ahead, to hit corruption a singing
blow wherever he sees it, to insist that Gov
eminent revenue shall be brought down to
the standard of rigid economy, and TO suggest
whatever changes are needed in the tariff OF
in anything else in order to give us larger
market for our manufactures, and therefore
steady work and higher wages to the toiling
classes.