The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-01

j Those Democrats who are no, cast
down hy a temporary defeat arc
coming a. understand that the ''cdnca-
tional campaies~ which ended in the
/ dciea; Of President Cleveland was n
great success. regarded merely a. m
educational campaign The Repub-
| lican candidate was elected. but that
was a mere legal terhnicz.lity. The
yo:c~-a plurality Of them were cast
for Grover Cleveland and tariff reform:
and in every State in the tnion =
larger Democratic vote Was policd than
was ever before required Ia insur.
Democratic success Besides This. the
masses Of the people were educated in
economic questions more in a fcw
months 81 President Clcvelnnd's great
campaign than they could have been
by ten years ~ discussion In any other
way That education. II il j. CON
timed. will hear frnit in 4 Democratic
and iaritT-rrforn victory IN -four years
more. The only trouble with the
last campaign waS that il b-san ton
late. President chauncry r. Eack.
Of the Democratic Society 81 Penn
sylvania. truly says tina, ''hal the
National Association ~ Democratic
CluhS been even ON ycar Ola instead
Of four months. New YORK and In
diana ana The whole agricultural West
would harc been for Democratic rcye-
rue reform instead OF Republican or
FederaliSt monopoly"
The recent address OF the Executive
COMMITTEES Of the National A-Scria-
ton Of Democratic Clubs takes the
same ground. and urge that there l.,
no cessation OF the work Of enforcing
AMI explaining the Democratic po-
sifion on the tariff question The
association was formed and it, MEM
bers organized too late TO- the most
effective campaign work during the
past Presidential contest. says the
address: : il failed To stem the tide of
Republican misrepresentation and
the effect Of enormous sums " money
handled by the most corrupt and
efficient partisan organizations sve-
known in this country but With AL
our disadvantages Success was barely
missed. The eat manufacturing
States Of New Jersey and Connecticut
were carried In New YORK and In
diana. in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. the working-raesi stood firmly
b. the Democracy = may D. seen BY
a careful examination II the returns
from manufacturing crnfer-- Where
the people understood tne r.al differ
erce between Republican Pirtocssvy
and Democratic equality their verdict
was true Had the active club or-an-
ixafion % The Democracy I-rmeats~i
The agricultural districts = we'll
Cleveland and Thurman would hare
had an electoral a. Well = popular
majority. The honest and intrllig@nt
farmers who suffer The most and grin
the leaS. from the pre-en; excess of
taxation wonll have come forward IN
blocks 81 HITS 70 M sha nercrrar-
and unratriotic doa.ers il their bloeN~
81 five."
But toe Democrats % the country
are warned tina; success il l-y1 viii. -
no easy matter. and that the work %
opposing truth 70 error must - -
run at once and ken. up unrrsnit;in--
Ii for four years Ne can nOt safely
relv for victory in the next Pre.ider-
iial election upon The twenty >snt.-
which elected Tiidei in 1876. and
which elected Grover Cleveland II
,l-s "a. .N...s..=..~. 80 -. r.---@x
rie-. 70 which each Of the great par
ties has -olcmnly pledged if-elf. ana
the rearrangement- consequent upon
the next census in the repre-en .afipn
OF the present States will change the
relative power 81 each single state
and group of States. and will 'pFras.en
the National contest To win We win
have 10 fight the whole field. from
Maine 10 California a. hctiv - New
York. Mex Jersey. Connecticut and
Indiana were fought this year
The address concludes with the
statement that -.ihe Democratic party
proposes To h-h. this entire field and
upon the same issues ~ in the past
campaign. They are the rri'aripl ~
Thomas Jefferson. the great and first
prcceptor of the principles Of Democ-
racy in this country n weli a. =.
every true and enlightened Democrat
who has lived since onr birth a. a
Nation" And IL urges the speedy
formation OF at least one Democratic
club ia every county o. the United
States. for the purpose Of distributing
tariff-reform literature and sending out
speakers
II even a small part Of the work con-
tempiafed by the National Association
OF Democratic Clubs j. performed. ths
addition Of new Republican States ike
Dakota will have no terrors for the
Democratic party A. this able Dem
ocratic document says the party which
has truth upon its side never fails q
victory when the truth j. once made
known. Boston Globe
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