The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03
onward to Victory !

! During his incumbency officials have been
taught that they are the servants, not the
masters, of the people, and they have not
been permitted to manipulate primaries and
conventions, or to show offensive partisanship,
and they have been further taught that public
Office is public trust, to be honestly admin
istered.
Since he assumed the executive chair great
reforms have been inaugurated. The public
lands have not been unlawfully granted to
huge corporations and railroads, but on the
contrary many millions of acres have been
restored to the public domain that had been
fraudulently granted to railroads or seized by
cattle kings under former administrations
and are now open to settlement by our citizens
Mormonism, that cancer on the body poll
tic, that had Aourished and grown sopowerfu
and arrogant as to defy federal authority, has
been seized by the strong arm of the law, and
is now being blotted out.
By the appointment ofhonest Indian agents,
Indian wars and massacres have ceased, and
millions of dollars saved annually to the gov.
eminent.
Through honest administration of the Navy
Department, fraudulent naval contracts are
known no more, and the government is rapidly
acquiring navy powerful enough to cope
with the war ships of the world, and protect
our own coasts as well as to protect American
shipping on the high seas.
Under the Cleveland administration star
route thieves are unknown and whiskey rings
do not flourish. No defalcations have oc-
Cured and no scandals besmirch the public
service The public debt has been largely
reduced, and there have been no Black Fri
days and panics. Economy has been rgidly
enforced, as far as Republican Senate would
permit, and altogether the administration has
been honest, and credit to a republican
system of government. The public credit is
high and the United States commands the
respect and admiration of the world. More
reforms, already begun, remain to be perfect
ed, and the public interests demand the re-
election of President Cleveland.
His re election, and Democratic Congress
to aid and sustain him, is further demanded
in order to relieve the people from unneces-
sary taxation. There is in the treasury to-
day, for which the government has no legiti-
mate use, more than one hundred millions of
dollars. This surplus, drawn from the chan
nels of trade, is menacing to the business in
terests of the country and temptation to ex-
travagance upon the part of Congress. You
are taxed upon your clothing, your carpets,
! for m.
plements and all the necessaries of life. The
tax collector does not present you tax bill,
but the tax is added to the price of the goods
by the importer; or, if made in this rnp ~;
by the manufacturer. Upon every 500 you
spend you pay, in tbe-Rcfeased cost of goods,
S47- l91.- For much of this money the govern
ment has no need, and President Cleveland
and the Democratic party want to reduce this
taxation, and leave the excess in the pockets
of the people.
The County Commissioners of Carroll need
about $50, 900 year to conduct county affairs.
If they should increase the tax rate from so
cents on the 500 to CO cents, and collect
$40, 900 year more than they need, and spend
it extravagantly or lock it up in bank, would
YOU vote to re-elect them? Certainly not.
You would vote for the candidates that would
agree to tax you only such an amount as was
necessary to pay expenses, and exact that
/ rigid economy he practiced.
Whynot vote in national affairs as you would
in county. The government is collecting
exactly one fourth more money than it has
legitimate use for, under a tax law passed du-
ring Republican rule. The Democrats wanted
to reduce this taxation by the passage of the
Mills bill, but Republican Senate refused to
pass it. The average rate of taxation under
the present law is S47.10 on the 500. This
they call protection. Under the Mills bill the
rate would be S42. so, and this they call free
trade. Could anything be more ridiculous
and misleading, when the average cost OF labor
to produce a dollars worth of manufactured
goods is only about II cents? Even under
the Mills bill there would be protection
aboue all cost Of labor of about % cents on
every dollars worth of manufactured goods
The farmer has no effective protection, moi
even on his potatoes, as you have been told by
| reckless anu ueoiSHih5 ihSPNSNN'S' -f->
Mills bill does not reduce the tariff on pota
toes, but the old rate is maintained, anc
whatever changes in price may have occurred
is due to the fact whether the crop is equal t.
the demand or below it. There is tariff duty
on wheat, but it is only imposed to delude yor
into the belief that you are protected, so tina
YOU will continue to tolerate the onerous taxei
imposed upon you for the benefit Of corpora
tons and monopolies. The products of the
farm are more than can be consumed in thi
: country, and all that cannot has to be shipped
abroad and sold in competition with the pro
ducts raised by the cheap labor of the world
The farmer, however, has to pay heavy tai
upon all he buys, and the Democratic part.
wants to give him some relief by cheapenini
the price of his necessaries.
Is it not to the interest, then, ofthe farmer
laborer, mechanic and professional man Il
vote for Cleveland, Thurman and Stump, tina
S the present wise and able Administration b.
a continued, that the reforms begun in publ
$ affairs be pressed forward, and that taxes b
reduced?
Give day to the cause. See your neigh
bors and impress these facts upon them, AM
d urge them to go to the polls and vote 70
Cleveland, Thurman and Stump. See tina
every Democrat in your neighborhood is a
the polls on election day. Go yourself in tn
$ morning and work all day for your own inter
est and the cause of good government.
r On November 9th, the Democracy vii
# achieve the greatest victory it has won sine
. the days of jackson. The Southern State
/ will cast 1853 electoral votes for our cause, an
}. New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indians
8 and California will give us Sc more, making
3 225, or "a more than necessary to elect. Be
r sides, we have good prospects of carrying Hi
n nois, Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota, whicl
e would give us 5S more, leaving only l2S 70
the Republican candidates. Other States ar
trembling in the balance.
6 This is going to be no close contest. Th
Democracy is united everywhere. The Irisl