The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-05


| paign OF 1888 we still followed the banner
Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa
| tion.'
SHAM REPUBLICAN PROMISES.
sit is needless TO remind you of the
agencies which operated to defeat the
Democracy in that campaign. One feat
ure of the canvass. however, is interest
ing. 1t was impossible for our opponents
to overlook the fact that our contention
in the cause of the people had arrested
| the attention of the voters of the land to
| such an extent that there was danger in
the further inssterce that the burdens
| then resting on the plain men and women
who toiled for the scaut necessaries OIL
| life were fair and just, and they awoke to
the fact that partisan success demanded
the promise on their part that these bur-
dens should be made more easy. Then 1t
was that the concession was made by
them that our tariff laws ought to be
amended and readjusted; and then it was
that the party whose representatives in
the Senate had defeated our plan of re-
lief implored the people to trust them,
and rang the changes on the delusive cry,
Let The tariff be readjusted by its
friends OF course this involved the
pretense that the Republican party not
only comprised the friends of the tariff
| but also the friends of the people.
HOW THEY LEssENED TAXATION
"Thus pledged. theygained ascendency
in every branch of the government.
"Eour years have passed, and in an
other Presidential campaign you are
| asked to judge of the manner in which
these pledges have been kept, and to
determine, in the light of present condi-
| tions, whether the benefits promised at
the last national election as result of
Republican supremacy have been real
lied.
1.-The tariff has been amended, If not by
| it's friends. evidently by the friends OF
| those who grow rich under its unjust op-
| portunities. Certainly it is not the
! handiwork of the friends of the people.
Has the party which promised to be
their friend lightened the burden of life
in the homes Of our land? Do you and
your wives and your children enjoy
the comforts and advantages your labor
should supply? Where are the increased
| wages OF our workingmen which they
were assured would follow the amend
ment of the tariff by its friends? You
know that broken promises aud violated
pledges are seattle red all along the path
of the Republican party since, four years
ago, they came to the people with fair
| words.
"The Democratic party, with no faith
lessness to excuse and no shortcomings
to explain. again appeals to the voters of
the land for their suffrages, and declares
its continued adhesion to the doctrine
that the Government has no right to
burden the people by taxation beyond the
necessities OF it's economical administra
tion.
NEW JERSEY IN THE FRONT RANK.
New Jersey has never faltered in her
support of this doctrine since the strug-
gle in the peoples cause began. Her
voters have been steadfast at the polls in
spite of every Establishment, and the
valiant fight of her senior Senator on the
floor of the Senate for honest tariff re-
form has arrested the attention and pro-
voked the applause of the Democracy of
the country. Your State is now asked
to report the verdict she has twice rem
dered.
And why should not this verdict be
forthcoming? The evils of the present
| tariff are greater than those you
condemned eight years ago. You
have now absolute proof of the
| falsity of Republican promises, which four
years ago you refused to believe. These
conditions and your Democratic trad-
| tions, still in the keeping of brave and
sturdy men, and the steadfastness of your
State in the cause of Democracy, main
| tanned in many a hardfought battle, for
bid your faltering now.
"The national Democracy rests its hope
for success upon the peoples Intelligence
and patriotism and upon the confident
trust that the principles of our voters will
not be battered away. In the front rank
| and in the thickest of the fight we shall
| still look for the banner of New Jersey
and in the din of victory we shall listen
| for the familiar shout of New Jerseys
Democracy"
M'PHERsoN's SPEECH.
| Mr.Cieveland was frequently interrupt
ed by cheers and applause and when he
| had finished, he received another hearty
| ovation. Mr.. Brinkerhoff then introduc-
| ed Senator Mcpherson, who was also en-
Enthusiastically received.
Il know exactly what is the matter
| with this audience" said Senator Nc
| Pherson. You want to shake hands with
| the next President of the United States
| [GreaJ cheering and cries of 'Yes, yes.
| that's 1t, THAT'S ii."] You have no patience
| now for public speaking see what you
| mean. know the object that lies in your
| hearts. [Cheers.] My voice can't be heard
| half way across The hail. fear"
| There were cries of go ahead" and
"We can hear you In 'front.' and the Sem
| ator went ahead. He said:
"The Democracy of this State is simply
| here tonight to do honor TO the next Presi-
! dent of the United SGaIes-[ereat cheer
| lngl-Who honors us with his presence or
| this occasion. [Cneers.] In your behalf,
| speaking for you, knowing as l do the
| generous impulses of your Democratic
| hearts, extend TO him cordial and
| hearty welcome. Applause TThree
| cheers for CIeyelaudl
Born upon our soil, New Jersey claims
| him as her own-[cheersl-anu points
with pride to his many and glorious
| achievements. AS evidences of New Jer-
sey's appreciation and regard for our dis
| tingnished guest. we find fitting illus
tratlon in the votes we gave him for