The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-06
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Democrats Jublant aud Republicans
Glum-What CIsveiand's Election VIII
peelde-Ju., Before the Datile-the Pc
Rod. Of Rule.
CLEyELAND's REELECTION WILL De
cmE-
That labor must have real instead u
,ben protection that working men shtl.
have something better than starvation
wages
That England shall not drive Ameri-
can shipping from the seas nor crush
American trade
That the bloody shirt shall wave no
longer: that there shall be no South. no
North, no East, no West, but one coun-
try, the Union
That robbery by tariff harons must
cease that exorbitant war taxation shall
be discontinued
And that the millions now gorging the
National Treasury shall be returned TO
the whole people, from whom II has been
extorted by Feudal Republican Legisla-
tom. y Herald
DEMOCRATS JUBILAST AND REPUB-
LIcANs GLuN.-No careful observer yes
ternay who freQuented the places in this
city, where men are accustomed 10 gather
could help noticing the change in politi.
cal feeling which recently has occurred.
So far as confidence was concerned there
had been little 20 choose between Demo
Gratis and Republicans. But The dismissal
of Lord Sackville and the publication Of
Colonel Dudley's Doodle letter TO the Re
publican managers in Indiana on top OF
The exposure Of Senator Quay's colonial
ton schemes have Disguised respectable
Republicans and made the Democrats
happy and saucy.
In The Exchange during the day and in
the principal hotels during the evening
it was the regular thing TO hear Demo
Gratis offering five to four on Cleveland.
with no takers. The Chicago and Phila-
delphia Republicans who got here on
Tuesday and announced that they carried
nothing smaller then thousand. dollar
bills, have not been at all noisy around
the hotels. in fact, none OF them except
John l.. Hill, the Public Building Com
missioner of Philadelphia, has been seen
at AIN y. Times.
JCsT BEFORE THE BATrLE.-The |
Democratic Presidential canvass closes
to- day with brighter assurances of vic
tory than those Of any like occasion du-
ring thirty years. The triumph is 10 be |
one not Of passion or mere sentiment, but |
Of pure reason coming from the deliber-
ate convictions OF the people that the |
path Of peace Is the one they must follow
TO lead TO prosperity To lighten the
peoples burdens, TO reduce their taxes,
10 emancipate industries and 20 enlarge
our commerce; TO resOlulely maintain the
honor OF our flag, and the rights Of our
citizens and residents against all foreign
Interference 10 assert and prove the po-
.ition of the largest republic OF the world
IS the greatest Of all naiions-these con
titute the means and the ends Of the
Democratic policy, typiied in the candi-
lacy Of Cleveland, and illustrated by his
lrsl adminislration.-N y. Star
THE PERIODS OF RULE This is more
han historical question The twenty
our Olympiads have each had a special
meaning. Each was an expression Of
be national growth, and as such IS a les
on in history. There was the Washing
on period, when the republic was n con
option, an experiment; the jefferson
,eri0d, when the Federal principle Of
modified English constitutional rule was
merged into purer Democracy the
ackson period, Of territorial expansion.
eginning with the annexation OF the
'loridas, ending with the Mexican war
nd the coming OF our Pacific empire
he Lincoln period meant the unfication
+ the republic.
This Olympiad is TO determine whether
be election of 1884 was an event or an
experiment. y Y Herald.