Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-09
They Are Exemplars of Jack
son and Jefferson.
Old Hickory's Famous Victory
Celebrated.
A Grand Democratic Lovefeast in the
Quaker City.
Ex-President Cleveland the Orator of the
Evening-Other Distinguished
Speakers.
Ass eiated Press Dispatches.

Cf&1S dSsoCidtlOH, Will DduqueC dI Cne
Academy of Music lat which many prom
inept persons were present. Ex-Presi-
dcnt Cleveland was the orator of the
evepjng, speaking on the Principles OF
Tr6 Democracy.
He eulogized the Democracy and its
creed, and said: Parties have come
and parties have gone, but there never
has been a time, from Jefferson's day to
thoPresent, when the Democratic party
did not exist, active, aggressive and pre-
pared for heroic conflict. Not all who
have followed the banner have been able
to demonstrate as an abstraction, why
Democratic principles are best suited to
their wants and the country's good;
but they have known and felt that as
their government was established for
the people, the principles and men near
est to the people, and standing for them,
could be safest trusted. Jackson has
been in their eyes the incarnation of the
things which Jefferson declared.
The Democratic party, by an intelii-
gent study OF the present conditions,
must be prepared to meet all the wants
OF the people as they arise, and furnish
a remedy for every threatening evil.
We cannot escape the duty which party
membership imposes upon us, to urge
constantly upon our fellow-citizens OF
this day and generation, sufficiency
of the principles of true Democracy, for
the protection of their rights in all their
diverse conditions.
We. should constantly congratulate
ourselves that our party creed is broad
enough to meet any emergency that can
arise in the life OF a free nation. Thus,
when we see the functions of the gov
ernment used to enrich a favored few,
at the expense of many, by an unjust
tariff which banishes from many the
humble comforts of life, in order that
in aces OF wealth luxury may move
ar0tlEd, wUturrf to our creed and ind it
en5oins "equai and exact jnstice to all
men," Then, if we are well grounded
in our political faith, we will not be de-
ceived, nor permit others to be deceived
by plausible pretext or smooth
sophistry.
When the laborers are in distress,
and their long hours of toll SO poorly re-
Quilted that the money lenders eat out
their substance, while for everything
they need they pay tribute to the favor
ties of governmental care, we know all
this is far removed from the encourage
ment of agriculture" which our creed
commands.
When we see the extravagance of
public expenditure fast reaching the
point of reckless waste, we remember
that economy in public EXPENSE is an
important article of the Democratic
faith. When we see our political ad-
versaries bent upon the passage of
federal law, with scarcely denied pur-
pose fperpetuating partisan supremacy
in elections, we will stubbornly resist
such a dangerous and revolutionary
scheme, in obedience to our pledge for
the support of the state governments in
all their rights.
Under democratic encouragement
we have seen constantly increasing self
ishness attached to our political affairs.
Departure from the sound and safe the
ory that the people should support the
government for the sake of its benefits
to all, has bred sentiment manifesting
itself with astounding boldness, that the
government may be enlisted in the fur
therance and advantage of private inter-
ests, through their willing agents in
public places. Such an abandonment of
patriotic principles of action has appar-
emily led to an estimate of the peoples
franchise so degrading that it has been
openly and palpably debauched for the
promotion of selfish schemes. Money is
invested in the purchase of votes with
the deliberate calculation that it will
yield profitable return in results ad-
vantageous to the investor.
Another crime akin to this is the in
timidation by employers of voters de-
pendent upon them for work and board.
Nothing could be more hateful to true
Democracy than such offenses against
our free institutions. In several states
the honest sentiment of the party has
asserted itself in support OF every plan
proposed for the rectification Of this ter
rible wrong. To fail in it's support
would be to violate that principle in the
creed of pure Democracy which COM
mands Jealous care of the right of elec-
tion by the people,"
Mr.. Cleveland expressed the hope that
Pennsylvania will not long remain be-
hind her sister states in adopting an
effective plan to protect her peoples
suffrage, and added: In any event the
Democracy of the state can find no iusti-
fication in the party principles, nor in
party traditions, nor in a Just compre-
hension of Democratic duty, for failure
earnestly to support and advocate ballot
reform.
The principles OF true Democracy, he
said. are enduring because they are
just.
In the campaign, " which has just closed
with such glorious results, while the
party managers were anticipating the
issue in the light OF continued illusion
OF the people, the people themselves,
and for themselves, were considering
the question OF right and justice. They
have spoken, and the Democracy Of the
land rejoices.
Nowhere, said Mr.. Cleveland in con-
clusion, has the esensitiveness of the peo-
pie on the questions involving right and
wrong, been better illustrated than 10
Pennsylvania.
President Thompson, Of the associa-
ton. in introducing Mr.. Cleveland spoke
OF him as man who with great cour-
age threw down the gauntlet Of tariff re-
form and like HE great prototype, Jack