Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-01
CLEVELAND HOPEFUL.
He Says the Democratic Party is
Thoroughly United and Will ~.
WIN AT THE COMING ELECTIONS.
The Ex-President Thinks the American
Farmers Are Aroused.
HE DENOUNCEs THE NEW TARIFF LAW

| ALBANY. October 31.-Ex-President
| Cleveland, in an interview with the New
York correspondent of the Argus, gave the
following opinion on the political situation:
Of course it's needless for me TO express the
| deep interest l feel IN the elections now pend
| ing. though have sometimes feared that my
| repeated and enforced declination of invita-
tions to visit different localities and address
| political meetings, might be construed as Indi-
eating lack OF sympathy with the fortunes of
the excellent candidates in the Democratic
| field.
| am sure that there was never a public uues-
ton discussed more thoroughly and more in.
| telligently than has been the subject of tariff
reform by It's Democratic advocates.
| CLASS LEGISLATION CONDEMNED.
This may perhaps suggest that if the Demo-
cratic position on this issue is the correct one
| there should be immediate and ready zcqui.
escence on the part of the people. But the
| Judgment of our countrymen has been so
traEelled and their perceptions have
been so clouded by prejudice and ap.
| peals to self-interest that their ap.
prehension of the true province Of
| our Government has been distorted and they
have for years been led to believe that the
conduct of public affairs might properly min
| lister to their profit. not by securing general
prosperity founded on principle but by giving
direct advantage to certain classes.
There can be no advance in tariff reform
where this prevails. 1t is certainly true that in
such selfish operation the interests of some
OF the people must be neglected.
FARMERS WAKING UP.
Protest on the part of these has been stined
by the most arrant deception and cajolery. At
last. however. these neglected ones are aroused,
and, in spite Of the delusion that surrounds
them, they begin to see the light.
Our agricultuIIsts and others whose interests
have been disregarded while advantages have
been accorded to others are not 20 be much
longer neglected. They are discovering more
and more clearly that the toll and uncompIain-
ing labor which should have added to their
own comfort and prosperity have been di-
verted to the aggrandizement of others, while
they have constantly grown poorer.
They fail to see in the accumulation of vast for.
tunes, under such conditions, any compensa-
ton for their discouraging labor or for their
forced and pinchlng economy. They will
naturally and inevitably demand justice to all
and favor to none which our institutions
promise.
A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
L am confident that we shall secure a ma
jority in the next House of Representatives.
Our success may not be so sweeping and de-
cisive as many Of our sanguine friends antici-
pate, but it will be safe and substantial.
l cannot forget how laboriously reform
moves which must break through selfish in
terests strongly intrenched and unscrupulously
asserted. and which must overcome abuses
long suffered and arrogantly maintained.
believe that all our gains must be the result
of hard struggle against these odds. 1t il
not, however, possible that the complete TIL
qmph of the peoples cause can be much longer
delayed. The thorough discussion going on in
every part of the country bespeaks success.
DENoUNCING THE TARIFF.
The undisguised schemes of the Republican
party to secure its perpetuation in power
through reckless enactments which stife the
results OF the peoples suffrage, its brutal
methods Of legislation, and above all, the posi-,
tive distress daily threatening our peoples
homes under the operation of new and fniquit-
Gus tariff lava law which not only enhances
the cost of necessaries of life, but fosters the
e1tortions OF trusts and cOmbinations-make
certain the advent of freer, better time and
the ascendancy of true Democracy.
The Democratic party is thoroughly united.
1t will not abandon its sacred cause but will
continue the warfare until it achieves cotIi-
plete success. The party that knew no dis
eouragement in 1888 will not waver nor falter
in 1890 .