New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-19
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Grapes From THORNS.

rour voars AGO THE TRIBUNE earnestly be-
soucht sincere reformers to consider whether
they could reasonably expect good results from
such party as the Democratic buo sone Vi
tbo,n norsisted in the belief that they were to
"gather grapes of thorns or figs OF thistles."
They elected Mr. Cleveland, and the result Is
that the very name of reform after Democratic
methods has become a stencil in the nostfils
To those same citizens and others like them the
oues,ion comes this year: Can party OF
fraud and crime produce a genuine reform7
Can a campaign of organized deception brng
10 pass noble and Christian results? Can inc
hest and highest interests of tho people DC
promoted by the lquor-selers the trusts ana
the spois politicians Can men gather grapes
of thorns and figs of thistles ?"
The Civil Service pretences of Mr. CleVe-
lands Administration have been completely
exposed His partisans angrily charge that nc
uses the Civil Service pretext only to thrust
his own tools into place, while refusing Demo-
cratic leaders and managers Tho pubic
knows that at all events the public service is
debauched and degraded to partisan and per-
sonal uses as it has not been before for many
years and that infamous persons IN consldcr-
able number have been chosen for places OF
responsibility because they were unscrupulous
marty workers. The men who desire true re-
form see that it has been made disreputable
in the minds of many by Mr.. Cleveland ABUSE
The spoilsmen chuckle at the thought that ne
former Curtis is working like harnessed mule
in the service of the office grabbers.
But the Democratic campaign is an organized
fraud in other directions. 1t vocferates de-
testation Of trusts, while spending campaign
fund of millions drawn from the Sugar Trust
which the Mills bill protects; from
the Whiskey Trust. which the same
hill protects and from tho Standard
! Oil Trust. which holds its place In
the Cabinet. The President and his party pro-
fess TO be inspired by an earnest zeal to re-
lieve the people from such combinations anu
of the same time both President and party
are serving as hirelings Of the very trusts wn'cn
thew denounce Hatred of railroad monopohes
is preached by Democratic National Commit
toe whose chairman made his millions by the
sbarnost games Of Wall Street while he and the
Presidents closest personal representative /"
the committee are directors in the Canaalal
Pacific and other corporations hostile to Amerl'
can interests.
OF all the consolidated frauds which make up
the Democratic party of to-day the most Trans
parent is the Prohibition annex, fed by 1uhoS
collected from the liquor saloons. Inc hquoi
interest contributes enormous sums to the DEM
ocratic managers. The Democratic managers
take care now as they did in 1884, that INT
political Prohibitionists do not lack Tor lunus
While these professed Prohibitionists labor to
defeat the only party which has ever Favored
effective Temperance legislation, the liquor So
looms work increasingly for the only party whici
has ever made itself their tool. :,
Can all these deliberate receptions and 1raud
he expected to yield good fruit to the satis
faction Of honest and upright citizens Oaf
the virtue and morality of the Nation be pro
NOTED. can the reign of right and justice d
established, by cheating and by crime? ines
are questions which every good citizen IS poun'
to answer to his OWL conscience. He must de
eide whether he expects to gather grapes iron
tborns or figs from thStles.