St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-13
The Charleston Sighted.
CLEVELAND DEMOCRACY
Tenders the EX-President a Brill
liant Reception.

BUFFALO, n. Y. May 12.-The Cleve-
land Democracy, Buffalo's foremost po-
litical organization, now seven years
old and having membership of up
wards of 1,700, opened its new club
house on Washington street this even
ing with eX-President Cleveland as tile
guest and speaker of the occasion. The
house was crowded, and the scene a
very brilliant one. AT 7:30 O'Clock Mr..
Cleveland was escorted to the club
house, and the formal exercises soon
thereafter began in the assembly room,
which was crowded almost to suffoca-
ton. MIR. Cleveland was greeted with
the widest cheering, long continued
and often repeated. The president of
the club, Herbert P. Bissell, delivered
an address upon the purposes and
growth of the organization, and in well
come to its distinguished Latron and
guest. Mr.. Cleveland replied with a
speech which was delivered with great
earnestness, and which was received
enthusiastically. He spoke as follows:
l believe the most threatening figure which
to-day stands in the way of the safety of our
government and the happiness of our people
is reckless and wicked extravaganza in our
public expenditures. 1t is the most fatal of
all the deadly brood born of governmental
betrayal of the peoples trust and holds pow
erleSs i'll its fascinating glance the peoples
will and conscience. 1t brazenly exhibits to-
day a billion dollar congress. But lately
large surplus remained in the peoples public
treasury after meeting all expenditures then
by no means economical. This condition
was presented to the American people as
positive proof that their burden of taxation
was unjust because unnecessary; and yet
while the popular protest is still heard, the
harpy of pubic extravaganza devours the
surplus and impudently calls upon its stag
gering victims to bring still larger supplies
within the reach of its insatiate appetite.
few short years ago pension roll am cunt
ing to fifty-three millions of dollars was will
ingly maintained by our patriotic citizens.
To-day public extravaganza DEGREES that
three times that sum shall be drawn from
the people, upon the preteXt that its
expenditure represents the popular love of
the soldier. Not many years ago river and
harbor bill, appropriating Sl1,00O000, gave
rise to loud popular protest. Now popular
extravaganza commands an appropriation of
S22 100000 for the same purposes, and the
people are silent. To-day millions are paid
for bare-faced subsidy, and this is approved
or condOned at the behest of public extrav-
agance, and thus new marauder is turned
loose, which, in company with its vicious
tariff partner. bears pilfered benefit to the
households of favored selfish interests.
Let us. then. as we push on in our cam
paign of education. especially impress upon
our countrymen the lesson which teaches
that public extravaganza is deadly, danger
Gus thing, that frugality and economy are
honorable, that the virtue and watchfulness
of the people are the surest safeguards
against abuses in their government, and that
those who profess to serve their fellow citi-
zens in public place must be faithful to their
trust.
After the exercises in the assembly
hall Mr.. Cleveland, assisted by promi-
nent Democrats of the city and county,
held reception in the front drawing
room of the club house. to which the
general public was admitted.