Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-01
CLEVELAND SPEAKS.
THE Ex-PREslDeNT ON THE PoLIT.
CAL SITUATION.
Majority In the House of Rep
sentativcs.
by telegraph to tho pIspa,sa.l


gus will publish tomorrow the following
interview with ex-President Cleveland
on the political situation, sent to It by
its New York correspondent:
"Of course it is needless for me to
express the deep interest / feel in the
election now pending, though | have
sometimes declared that my repeated
and enforced declination OF invitations
to visit different localities and address
political meetings might be construed
as indicating a lack OF sympathy with
the fortunes OF the excellent candidates
in the Democratic field.
IN MEDALS RES.
81 am sure that there never was pub
lie question discussed more thoroughly
or more intelligently than has been the
subject of tariff reform by its Demo
cratic advocates. This may, perhaps,
suggest that if the Democratic position
on this issue is the correct one there
should be ap immediate and a ready
acquiescence on the part of the people.
But the Judgment Of our countrymen
has been so trammellod and their per-
ceptioas have been so clouded 10y prelu.
dice and appeals to self-interest that
their apprehension Of the true province
Of our Government has been distorted,
and they have for years been led TO be-
lieye that the conduct Of public affairs
might properly minister to their profit,
not by securing general prosperity found
ed on principle, but by giving direct adj
vantage to certain classes. There can
be no advance in tariff reform where
these ideas prevail.
alt is certainly true that in such sell
fish operation the interests OF some OF
the people must be neglected. Protest
on the part OF these has been stltled ty
the most arrant calolery. AT last, how
ever, these neglected ones are aroused,
and in spite Of the clouds Of misrepre-
sentation and delusion which surround
them they begin to see light Our agri-
culturalists and Others whose interests
have been disregarded while advantages
have been accorded TO a favored few
are not TO be much longer deceived.
They are discovering more and more
clearly that the toll and accompanying
labor which should have added to their
own comfort and prosperity have been
diverted to the aggrandizement Of others
while they have constantly grown poorer.
They fail to see in the accumulation OF
vast fortunes under such conditions any
compensation for their discouraging la
Dor or for their forced and plnching
economy. They will not always be ST.
lent but will naturally and inevitably
demand the Justice to all and favor to
none which our institutions promise.
coyF1DEyr OF A CONGRESSIONAL MA
JOBITY.
81 am confident that we shall secure
n majority in the next House OF Repre-
sentatiyes. Our success may not be so
sweeping and decisive as many Of our
sangune friends anticipate, but 1t will
be safe and substantial. | cannot forget
how labonously q reform moves which
must break through selfish interests
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 a hard struggle
against these odds. 1t is not, however,
possible that complete triumph OF the
people's cause can be much longer de
| iaved. The effective incubation OF the
wholesome doctrine which characterlzes
the Democratic press; the thorough
discussion going on in every part OF the
country; the undisguised schemes Of
the Republican party to secure Its per-
petuation in power through reckless en-
actments which stifle the results OF the
peoples suffrage, its brutal methods OF
! legislation, AMI above all, the positive
distress daily threatening our peoples
homes under the operation OF the new
and inIQuitous tariff lava law which
not only enhances the cost of the neces-
saries Of life. but fosters the extension
Of trusts and combinations make GER
tain the advent Of freer, better time
and the ascendancy of true Democracy.
THE DEMOCRACY WILL NOT WAIVER.
"Whateyer the near result may be, |
am not at all afraid that the zeal OF the
party will flag, or that encouragement
will in the least dampen It's ardor or
lessen its aggressiveness.
1.-THE Democratic party is thoroughly
united, and has plated itself on Demo
cratic principles II will not abandon its
sacred cause, but will continue until 1t
achieves complete success.
"The party that knew no discourage
ment in 1888 will not wayer nor falter Ii
1890"