The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-11-05
ADDRESS 70 VOTERS.
Appeal From the Democratic
National Committee.


lne ISSUES Oh the campaign ar
made up and are before You for you
Judgment.
They are so sharply defined, and a
last so well understood, that no intel
| ligent man can fail to apprehend then
or to know what great governmental
policies he will choose for Lis oountr'
when he shall come to exercise hi
sovereign power on election day.
The gravity of the crisis in the ma
tons life appears to every citizen o
the republic to prepareto cast his bal
lot by giving to that sacred and SUI
preme duty timely meditation, unin
fluenced by passion or prejudice, ant
with his search for the right illumin
ed by his love of country and his de
sire for the happiness and prosperity
of all his countrymen
1t is universally conceded that al
the verdict Of the people is now made
up the tendency of this government
will be determined, and that on the
rectitude or error of their judgment
in this contest turn questions involv-
ing the future welfare Of Americans
With an abiding faith, therefore,
in the intelligence, the patriotism
and the political purity of the masses,
believing that the principles OF ouI
party, practically applied in govern.
ing will achieve the greatest good to
the greatest number, and that politi-
cal heresy which vaunts the wealth
and luxury of class especially favor
ed by law as evidence of the prosperity
of all the people has found no lasting
Judgment in your minds, we ask your
suffrages for the candidates OF the
Democratic party.
The record OF each candidate for
the presidency in the administration
of that Office is before you.
The characters, the qualifications,
the abilities, the courage, and withal
the fidelity to you, and to all of you,
which have been by them brought to
your service in that great trust, are to
be compared by you, and you are to
Judge between them on the evidence
presented by their plain records.
Arrayed against us in the struggle
which is now on are all the sinister
forces which unlimited money can
equip.
Organized bodies OF men who have
gathered enormous wealth at the ex-
pense of the people under unjust tariff
laws, and who have bargained to con-
tribute for election purposes in con-
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laws, help I'LL to overlooking the Re
publican campaign treasury.
Rich men add to the fund on prom.
ises Of the highest places of honor and
trust in the gift of the nation.
An army of officeholders, by choice
or compulsion, pay into the same
treasury.
Corporations holding i'll gotten
lands of the people, by their contribu.
tions seek to keep from power party
and candidates determined to right
injustice and to restore to the people
unearned and legally forfeited subsi-
dies of the public domain.
With abundant means, with subsi.
died ingenuity, with body of hired
professionals drilled and experienced
in political intimidation and political
debauchery, our opponents are prepar'
ing final assault upon the freedom
and honesty of the ballot.
Those most exposed TO temptation
from poverty or debt, from avariee
petty ambition or personal animosi-
ties, are being stealthily sought out
under regularly organized system
and the means made ready which are
most likely to serve the purpose wher
the time shall come to tempt them tt
be false to their country at the polls
Wherever men are employed they are
listed, their characters and histories
set down, and the most powerful in
fluence likely to control each one not,
ed. When men are found who cannot
by any scheme be brought to directly
vote as desired, the system includes
the alternative of keeping them from
the polls by ostensible and highly
paid employment, by intimidation, o.
by other methods within the ingenui-
ty and resources Of skilled manipula.
tors employed for such purposes.
This committee has not troops o.
officer holders at its command. Il
will not agree TO sell the future leg
islation of congress for money pait
now into its party treasury. 1t will
not agree to give high places in thu
peoples's service for money 1t viii
not contract to uphold any bargain
heretofore made by the Republican
party under cover of law for any con
tribution however great.
1t appeals to the people against on,
and all of these opponents thus cor
ruptly banded against the friends o
good government.
We have no resources except wha
the people furnish.
We call for means not only +,
spread the truth among the people
and to aid in getting to the polls thu
full and honest vote of the masses
but also to detect, to prosecute and t.
punish crimes against the purity o
the ballot, wheresoever in the Unitet
States they are perpetrated and b.
whomsoever committed or directed.
Every indication points to the de
feat of the Minneapolis candidates
and to the triumphant election OF
Cleveland and Stevenson.
The popular will clearly favors thu
Democratic cause; all anxiety abou
the State of New York is allayed, ant
she will give her electoral vote to oul
candidates. All reports from indie
pendent and conservative sources il
other parts of the country are excep
tionally promising. With vigilanc'
and timely action everywhere, which
with your aid, we pledge, honest bal
lots will be polled, counted and de
clared throughout the country, and /
this is done defeat is not possible.
This committee calls upon al
good citizens for the aid which it re
quires for these objects. 1t invite
and will welcome contributions from
every honest man. No contribution
will be accounted too small. Where
ever a bank or a postal money order
office can be found the means exis
for placing at the disposal of thi
committee funds in aid Of the grea
cause which we uphold.
WILLIAM T. HARRITY,
Chairman Democratic Nationa
| Committee.
Don M. DICKINSON.
Chairman Democratic Campaign Com
mice.
Deaths.
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