Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-05
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
The Democratic Committee
Issues an Address.
A Few Words to Voters at the
End Of the Campaign.
Cleveland's Election Assured by an
whelming Vote.
The Republican National Committee
Also Issues Circular-Prospect-
i've Trouble at tho Polls
in New York.

By the Associated Press.l
New York, Nov. 4.-Following is a
synopsis of an address to the people Of
the United States, Issued by the Dem
ocratic national committee today:
| AS the campaign will soon end it is
right and necessary we should say few
words to you. There is no man, woman
or child in the United States who is not
affected by the tariff laws. Since 1885 a
Thousand men. by means of individual
or corporate wealth, have been the mas
ters OF our tariff system. Their power
has been sufficient to enforce the con-
tinuance and increase in time Of peace
of taxes on the necessaries of life,
originally imposed in time of
war. only because of the actual
needs of the government. Wealth,
which, under former laws, was distrib-
uted among all the classes engaged in
industrial life, has centered in the hands
of few. The masses of the people who
gain their bread by the labor of their
brains and hands, are struggling on
YEARLY, looking to your united action
| for relief.
The feeling strongest in your breasts
today is the conviction in each of your
| minds that every man and woman
among you is forced to pay price for
the very necessaries OF life which ought
not to be paid, and great proportion of
which does not go to the government,
but to a small number of favored people
who control the government. You know
kh;e o1ooa
ment. 1t is a band of moneyed men
combined for sordid purposes, and
actually ruling the Republican party.
The federal office-holders are part of its
machinery. L. succeeded in 1883 in de-
feating Grover Cleveland by the intimi-
dation of the workmen and a corrupt use
of money, before you became aware of
the danger. You are not now ignorant
of the peril. In no country of the whole
civilized world in which the people
have the right to vote has the purpose
| to carry an election by the use of money
been more plainly shown. You will not
remain pas siye spectators q shis scene.
The people OF New York remembering
| the high character and public services
OF Grover Cleveland, and knowing his
election a>certain guarantee for wiser,
purer and better government, will rally
to his support. Many Republicans in
| the state of New York, who love their
country and despise the men now con-
trolling their party, will come to his aid
and he will win an overwhelming VIC
! tory in his we'll beloved state. The
farmers of Indiana will show that
thousand bene6caries OF federal legisla-
| tion cannot again by fraud, knavery and
purchase obtain the electoral vote of
that state. The substantial yeo-
manry of New Jersey will teach
the contributors on the day
of the presidential election lesson
they will never forget. The farmers
and workingmen of Connecticut will
remember their wrongs at the polls in
November. and the people of Delaware
and West Virginia will follow their ex-
ample.
Bear in mind that you owe to the men
who MAINTAIN the present corrupting
and iniquitous tariff ccore for initial
ing and continuing the threat of a force
Republican partisan schemes. Failing
put their hands in their pockets
and raised a campaign fund which
the government, under the force bill,
would have supplied them with. Pres
ident Harrison is in favor Of any method
of carrying the federal elections which
that dangerous bill supplies. The
silence of the Republican leaders on the
subject does not, we are sure, deceive
you
You must, on the 9th day OF Novem'
ber. make a choice which will vitality
affect the interests of the country. The
individual vote of each one is of supreme
importance. Under Grover Cleveland,
as president, the controlling motive will
be the greatest good to the
greatest number, and Office will be
safely regarded as public truet.
The civil service will not be dragged
against it's will through the mire OF
nominating conventions, but the laws
regulating it will be honestly enforced.
Agriculture and commerce, growing
steadily under wiser laws, will greatly
increase the national prosperity. The
individual workingman will find his
wants more taken into account, and his
reasonable demands more readily lis
tened to. No combination will be able
to dictate laws to Grover Cleveland or
to the Democratic majority in congress.
We ask every one of you to labor
without cea0ing for Cleveland and
Stevenson, and for good government
under Democratic administration. On
election day lay aside all duties, except
the duties of that day. Protect the re-
spective polls against bribery, fraud or
intimidation. No authority can en-
power any man to interfere with the
lawful casting of your rightful ballots.
The right is with us, and we are certain
of victory. Make it an overwhelming
| triumph.