The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-02

xnt DAD tidings come;
nlinxaeigos It's answer
Wrhffo and with drum
Th6hethwost uprising
S1ahS Elkins and QUAY.
Yetf HEiism Mckinley
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Pre(<etpn's grea, prophet
~ kocding alone
FL pe lips there nutters
ertbreaking moan.
Baao ineels beside him.
nres: "Let us pray"
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Harrison's Admiasstrstion Full OF Ofesses
to American Voters.
The verdict of the country upon the
administration Of Benjamin Harrison
is unmistakablc. 1t has been rendered
with such emphasis that it is impossible
to misin,erpret it. The administration
and all its works have been repudiated
by the American people. Two years
ago the country registered such vote
of want Of confidence as has never be-
fore been recorded against any admin
istration in our history. But the ma
jorites against the administration,
overwhelming ms they were, lost some
what Of their moral force because Of
the very large abstention of voters in
nearly all the states 1t was urged by
the importers OF the administration
that while this abstention might be
held 10 Indicate a lack Vt positive en-
thusasm for the president and his pol
icies, it did not signify absolute dis
approval Of them, and it was confident
ly predicted that in 1892, when full
vote would be registered, the verdict Of
1890 would be reversed. Well, the full
vote has been polled-6y far the largest
in the history of the country-and the
verdict OF 1890, instead of being re-
versed, has been reaffirmed and made
more emphatic.
The causes Of the unpopularity of
the Harrison administration are not far
to Seek and that they have proved so
potent speaks well for the moral stand
ards as well as for the intelligence and
patriotism OF the American people.
The administration began its existence
election not to the unpurchased suf-
frages Of the people but to bribery and
corruption of the most fragrant descrip-
ton. He obtained the presidency in
| 1858 only through the lavish and cor
rupt expenditure of money. extorted
| from the tariff rings and other pluto
cratic com bines organized to prey upon
the national treasury and TO despoil
the people of their substance. He him
self inspired and cooperated in the
raising of this money, and 10 great
ez.--t div~csed lis disbursement. With
| all Of this outlay he did not receive a
majority nor even plurality of the
popular vote. He was In an actual mi
nority VI 4s563l on the popular vote
and fell 9G, asa below Cleveland. He
was therefore a minority president, not
only In the sense hat he had failed to
receive majority of the popular vote
but that his leading competitor had
received plurality, He was the ctfi-
cial product OF money and not the
choice OF the people.
The catalogue of Mr.. Harrison's Of
fenses a. president is a long one. When
he bestowed d cabinet position upon
John Wansmaler as a reward for the
latter's services in raising corruption
fund of 500 600 for use in securing his
own election, he scandalized the coun-
try. When he called the notorious
Stephen b Elkins who had long been
notorious as a jobber and a boodler, to
his cabinet he repeated this oftenSe.
When he turned the census bureau
over to man Of Robert Il. Porter's an
tecedents with full license to pervert
it from its legitimate uses to those of a
party machine, when he put such fell
low as Green II. Raum at the head OF
the pension bureau and retained him
after his incompetency and dishonesty
had been fully revealed; when he con-
ferred an important official position
upon n criminal like Dave Martin in
Philade lpha and recognized in a
similar manner such characters as Il.
II. Nebekcr. Sam Kerchevel and Henry
MacFarland in Indiana, Mr.. Harrison
advertised himself a. unmindful of the
properties Of his high office, and rem
dered il impossible for honest men,
who were not blinded by party spirit
or personal partiality, TO retain faith
in him. however much they may have
desired to do So.
Aside from his prostitution of the
patronage TO the service of his own
Interests and of the supposed interests
of his party Mr.. Harrison few in the
face OF enlightened public opinion
when he identified his administration
with McKmleyisn and the wicked
force bill 1t was the habit OF repuo-
licau organs and orators In the recent
| campaign to eulogize his administra-
| tion as a "clean" one, and to claim
| tina, he democratic press and the dem
| ocratic speakers admitted 1t TO be such.
| Nothing could have been farther from
| the acts While il is true that, in
consideration of the presidents sad do
nestle affection, the spokesman of the
| democratic party, through the press
and on the stump, treated his admins
tration and himself personally with
great forbearance during the cam
| paigu, and confined themselves chiefly
TO the great issues Of tariff reform and
| local self-government, it is not true
! that ~ certified to the cleanness and
| general excellence of his administra-
tion, There have been some redeem
ing features in Mr.. Harrison's record
a, president, but they have not been
numerous or important. His official
! record as whole has been very bad
and when the country. on Tuesday, re-
pudiated the force bill and the McKin
ley law. and condemned the follies ant
crimes of the billion-dollar congress
II also placed tn. seal OF its emphati,
diSapproval upon the administration Of
Benjamin Harrison because Of its bat
| faith and its low moral standards
| There is, In the ignominious failure OF
| his efforts to secure reelection 10y
| such methods as he has employed tC
that end, a pregnant lesson for pol
| iticians Of every variety, which thu
whole guild will do well to heed'--ln
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