Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-01
CLEVELAND TALKS.
He Speaks AssurIngly, AMI says thu Party TIA
Knew 10 Discouragemanr In 1888 VIII
Not Falter in 1890.
CLEVELAND INTERVIEWED.


! ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 3l.-The Argus
will pub lish tomorrow the following in-
tervIew with eX-President Cleveland on
the political situation, sent in by its New
York correspondents:
OF course it is needless for me to ex-
press the interest feel in the elections
now pending, though / have sometimes
feared that my repeated and en-
forced declination OF invitations
to visit different localities and
address political meetings night he con-
strued as indicating a lack of sympathy
with the fortunes of the excellent can j.
dates in the Democratic field. l am sure
there never was n public question dis
cussed more thoroughly and more intel
ligen.ly than has been the subject of
TARIFF REFORM
by its Democratic advocates This may,
perhaps, suggest that if the Democratic
position OH this issue Is u correct one
there should be immediate and ready
arquiesrence on the part of the people,
but the Judgment OF our countrymeu has
been trAmmelei aui their perceptions
have been clouded by prejudice and
appeals TO self interest, that their
OF our government has been destroyed
AMI they have TOR years been lei TO be-
lieve that the conduct of public affairs
might properly minister to their profit,
not by securing general prosperity
founded on principle. but hy giving di-
rect advantage to certain classes. There
can be no advance in tariff reform
where these IDEAS prevail. 1t Is GER
taiuly true that in such selfish operation
the interests of some of the people must
be neglected. Protest on the part OF
these has been stifird By the
MOST ARRANT DECEPTION
and cajo.ery. Al last, However, these
neglected ones are aroused, and in spite
of the clouds of Misrepresentation
and delusion which surrounded them
they begin 10 Bee light. Our agri-
culturists and others whose interests
have been disregarded, while advantages
have been accorded 10 Il favored few, are
not to be much longer deceived. They
are discovering more and more
clearly that tuiling and unconplaing la
Dor should have added to their own COM
fort and prosperity, that which has been
diverted to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of others, while they have con-
stantly grown poorer. They fail to
See III tuO VI NdsL
under such conditions any compensation
for their disrouraging labor, or for their
forced and plnching enemy. They will
mot always be silent, but will naturally
and inevitably
DEMAND JUSTICE TO ALL,
favor TO none, which our institutions
promise. 1 ain confident that We shall
secure majority in the next house OF
representatives. Our success may not be
so sweeping and decisive as many of our
sanguine friends anticipate, but 1t
viii be safe and substantial
l cannot forget how laboriously
we must work to break the selfish iu-
teres;s strongly eutreuched and IN
scrupulOuslv asserted, aud to overcome
the abuses long suffered and arrogautlY
maintained. l believe that all our gains
must be the result of hard struggle
against these odds. 1t Is not, however,
possible that a complete triumph
of the peoples cause can be much longer
delayed. The effective circulation OF /
our home doctrine which chsracterizes
the Democratic press, the thorough dis |
cussion going on in every part of the |
country, the undisguised schemes of the |
Republican party to secure its |
pepe;uation in power through reckless
eudctueuts Wnlcu sllue tue results OF !
people IS suffrage, its brutal methods of !
legislation, and above all, the positive |
distress daily threatening our peoples |
homes under the protection of a new and
ubiquitous tariff, law which will not
only enhance the cost of the necessaries
of life, but fosters the extortions of
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS
make certain the advent of freer, better
times, and the ascendency of true De-
mocraey. Whatever the near result may
be, l am not at all afraid that
the zeal of the party will lag,
or that encouragement will in
the least dampen its ardor and
lessen its aggressiveness. The Demo-
cratic party is thoroughly united, and
has planted itself on Democratic princi-
pies. 1t will not abandon lis sacred
cause, but continue the warfare until it
achieves complete success. The party
that knew no disbursement III 1858
will not waver or falter in 1890.