The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-16

HAKaIsOs AND CLEVELAND.
You may study all the elements Of
politics to-day and they resolve them
selves into two opposing principles rep
resented respectively by two great per
sonalities that are the opponents Of the
two great parties.
Tariff reform and just taxes against
high tariff to foster monopoly-the
rights of the people in n pure repre-
sentative government Of the people and
for the people opposed to a government
Of class privileges, with the object Of
hiring out the franchises Of ring gov
eminent TO the men who are gwen
royal grants by monopoly to control
the home market and fix the prices Of
the necessary articles Of life by mere
arbitrary rule.
When Cleveland was nominated IL
meant fight for reform in the ma
tional arena, as he had made the fight
in the great State Of New York. He
was elected on tho assertion by the
great popular party that the Republican
party was corrupt and had hired out
the public service and maintained war
taxes in time Of peace When he took his
seat he declared that he would give the
country a business administration OF
it's affairs, and purify the civil service
according to the laws passed by Con-
gress under the pressure of the Demo
cratic party. The Mugwumps first
tried to run the administration, but
they found that they could no moro DO
it than the demagogues could, and at
the end Of two years Mr. Cleveland had
so far established himselfin the hearts of
the American people that the masses
thoroughly comprehended what lac
meant by honest, business-like govern
ment, and the people understood 1t by
tho inspiration of that instinct that is
the genius Of our people, and is above
all instances Of history the illustration
Of the old aphorism, zoe popM coz
dei.n
1t was the voice OF the popular greed
OF our institutions thst forced Clevs-
lands denomination. and it was only
the jockeying in New York State that
beat him out Of his reelection.
There was a certain amount of rebel
flag" in the Republican canvass that
the Democrats unwittingly lent their
aid to by putting forward the SoutheIn
leaders to manage the Democratic party
but after all Nj. Cleveland would have
been reelected but Tor that came trick
in New York played by Boss Quay. who
put out $3.50, 900 on the morning Of the
election and bought upa Democratic
majority in Kings county. That is 4
matter Of history.
Now, supposing that the game in Ne"
York, the pivot State, - is to be played
over again, we suppose that IN
in that great Democratic state the
leaders of the peoples party will take a
lesson from the disaster Of 1855, and
learn to make the power Of a majority
effect a result in spite of such an
other Tick as stole this victory from
them in 1883.
MIR. Cleveland was the inevitable IN
1888, because following the principles
and the platform Of his party he put
the flag right where it belonged. which
was done in lis message declaring the
peoples demand for proper ADJUST
ment of taxes and the reduction OF the
high duties that were only war taxes.
a The whole history Of the Democratic
party lead it up to that issue, and to
avoid 1t then or 10 avoid il now would
be TO say that Jeherson's principles
are naught, and no more than an i'm
ma.erialixed ghost and a phantom to
be Knocked by any superficial humbug
OF politics advertised on patent
medicine principles, with the money OF
the Carnegies and Qusys and Wanama-
kers, no analysis OF the ingredients,
but merely a blatent declaration OF
warranted TO cure everything and
no more than Colonel Sellers eye wa