Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-31
The OussrIOM ANSWERED.

the Country Demands Democratic Sue
cess.
The conventions of the two parties have
been held. the nominations made, and the
platforms promulgated; and the American
people must select one Of these tickets; this
IS the only Observation-Disclosures or Har-
rison; and il is fairly certain that the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Cleveland win be accompanied
with the election Of a Democratic House OF
! Representatives. TINS viii give hope of
practical legislation in the lines OF policy
recommended by Mr.. Cleveland and in
dorsed by his party. SO that the question
each voter must answer is: For which OF
these parties must vote, and why!
II has been predicted that the indepeud-
cnt voter will decide this election: that
that large body Of citizens upon whom party
ties sit lightly, and who vote as at the time
seems 10 them best, withou much regard
10 party considerations, viii cast the de-
cisive ballot IN November.
To these the Democratic party appeal
with much confidence.
l. Mr.. Cleveland has given 10 the coun-
tryan honest, intelligent and safe Admins
tration. In every department Of the public
service the administration OF public affairs
has been marked by diligence, capacity and
honesty. The daily routine work-the com
mon, ordinary business Of the numerous
bureaus, departments and branches of the
GOvernment-has been faithfully, indus
triously and intelligently carried on; with
d, economy, frugality and competency has the
public business been transacted. At home
and abroad, at all times andon all occasions,
has this spirit Of clear coInmOn-sense and
entire devotion to the public service been
dominant, and therefore the country feels
that the recollection OF Mr. Cleveland Sc
cures safe and stable Observation-Disclosures
home, honest and wise government; and
abroad peaceful, conservative and resolute
conduct. The people feel that while he is
President there will be neither scandals,
extravaganza nor sensationalism. This is
the truest form Of Civil-Service reform-that
all officers know that the only safe tenure
Of Office is devotion TO and success in the
public service.
4 But in addition TO this belief that he will
give sound, conservative and safe Adj
mInistration is a strong conviction that a
longer continuance of his service is neces-
sary TO the eradication of many evils, and
the permanent establishment Of needed re-
forms; that the present necessity for the
publication Of our public service is four
more years of Cleveland.
IL. Whatever may once have been the OBJ
jects, spirit and purpose of the Republican
party, 1t is now solely protection party; to
preserve untouched and TO maintain at any
cost the system Of taxation IN which the OBJ
tanning of revenue is subordinate to the
protection afforded to those who claim leg
islative aid is now confcssedly its purpose.
To accomplish this it pledges itself TO:
! !. liberal appropriations for the following
objects: (a) PENSIONS; b) free schools;
/ (c) for the early rebuilding of navy; I'D
for the construction of coast Notifications
and modern ordnance, and other improved
modern means Of defense for the protec-
ton of the harbors and cities; (c) for the
/ Improvement OF harbors, rivers and chan
Lcls Of internal, cOlstwise and foreign
I commerce; % subsidies to shipping in
terests on the Atlantic, the Gulf and the
I Pacific.
Under these six distinct classes, which
arc in addition TO the ordinary public ex-
T penditures and the gradual payment of the
/ public debt, and therefore in addition to the
/ S3odOJO,OOO now annually expended for the
ordinary expenditures and the sinking
( fund, the possible subdivisions are very
numerous; and the amounts which might
be swallowed up are simply incalculable
The Blair bin would soon rank as one of the
least obnoxious and most economical of the
brood Of schemes this pledge viii bcget;
and no reduction of taxation would be pos
sible.
.. Buff such reduction should be needed,
| il is 10 be accomplished by the repeal of the
taxes on tobacco, and alcohol used in the
arts and mechanics, and by the increase of
duties 70 check imports, and the repeal of
the tax on spirits and fcrmented liquors, so
that no part Of the protective system shall
be surrendered.
Alcohol used in the arts and for mechan-
ical purposes can not be exempted from
taxation except by the virtual destruction
\ OF the present system Of internal revenue:
| practically, this would mean both free and
1 fraudulent spirits. This is fully under
| stood by all who are familiar with the sys-
| TEN and understand its provisions and
/ workings II would be indirect but certain
I destruction Of the system.
The clear meaning of the Republican
/ platform is the increase of protective duties
and the repeal of the internal revenue sys-
/ tenn; this Is the twofold mode by which the
/ surplus revenues are to be reduced 1t will
be noticed that there is carefully omitted
all promise 10 revise the tariff, and with
equal care is inserted a promise that no
| duty shall be lowered save when on articles
the like of which can not be produced at
home. So that the Republican party holds
out as its future policy the most 'lberal
appropriations" Of the public moneys in
various forms of additional expenditure;
the repeal of the internal revenue; and the
increase of protective duties. To this it in
yites the Republic-enormous expenditures
and increased taxation.
Liberal appropriations for these ex-
pensive purposes would necessarily create
numerous jobs, schemes and corrupt COM
binations, TO the utter decentralization of the
public morals and the corruption of our pub
/ lie men. Nor can higheHduties be enacted
-, 1
ested combinations, by whom legislation
would be dictated.
3. The Republican party was formed
TO limit the spread of African slavery;
and men of widely variant views on all
other subjects united in its formation In
the developmentof the great problem it be-
came the war party of the Union, and il fell
to its lot to free aud enfranchise the negro
and TO finish the work of reconstruction. 1t
can in the very failure OF the case have no
further work to do; and necessarily it
lives, so far as the purposes of its forma-
ton are involved, in the past. It seeks to
keep alive the issues Of the past, and to TO
ment animosities which have nothing to
feed on.
IA this new generation it is an anachron-
i,o. One of the pressing needs of today is
tlse recognition Of the truth that there
ought to be no Southern question" in
American politics The Republican party
Forces the South to be and TO remain solid,
for = constantly threatens unconstitutional
and unfriendly interference by the Federal
Government TO reverse the decisions given
by her people at tho polls; and this only &c
secure political supremacy. This is what
is understood by the South to be the true
pIeaning OF the false charge "that the prss-
ent Administration and the Democrats
s..,siority in Congress owe their existenc.
TO the suppression Of the ballot by Grin.
inal notification Of the constitution and
laws Of the United States The solidity OF
the South win cease, and the division Of its
voters into political parties without REGARD
70 color will become permanent upon the