Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-12
MAN AGAINST MONEY.
DR.. Wright Reviews the Result
of the Election.
It Was Grover Cleveland Pitted ARainst
the Entire Money Power Of the
Republican Party.

AZ w as 9roVer SleVeiduu flCCeu Against
the Entire Money Power Of the
Republican Party.
To the Tobacco Leaf Chronicle.
Signal rs has been the success OF
the Democratic principles in the
election just consummated, 1t cannot
be fully appreciated without consid-
ering the stupendous obstacles which
have been surmounted in achieving
it.
Since the election of 1888 the Re.
publican party has been engaged In
rendering impregnable, rs 1t hoped,
the strong position ii then obtained.
The managers of the party knew
well that Its success had been pur-
chased by the most reckless and un.
blushing bribery; they felt that that
bribery had been very costly; that 1t
. was unreliable; that bribery fosters
the appetite which it feeds, and that
it was doubtful whether the increas-
ed demands could be satisfied by the
assessments OF the present year.
I The manufacturers. had got what
they wanted in the Mckinley bill,
ana were not likely to furnish blocks
of five to the Quays and Dudleys for
1892, and that anything they could
extort from the Office holders would
| be but as drop in the bucket for the
exigencies of this year, and yet
additional supplies for the, cor
ruption fund must be found, or
all they had gained fur years ago
must now be lost.
} Assessment now being pslpably In
sufficient for the present demands,
legislation must be substituted the
people must he taxed for the purpose
Of riveting the chains upon their
own liberties. They had secured
possession of oil The departments OF
government, and these must be util-
lied to make their domination per-
manent.
THE TARIFF.
The manufacturers had already
been bribed by the promise Of
crushing burdens on importations, of
which, as Mr. r.Quay unblushingly told
them they were the sole beneficiaries;
! that promise had to be now fulfilled
by imposing such taxes on imports
as would and indeed have excited
the opposition of the whole nation
except the benef1ciaries, who were
thus convinced that they must con-
tinue and increase their material sup
port of the party or lose their protec-
ton. And 80 the manufacturers were
, bribed and compelled to bribe every
body else.
PENSIONS.
The support of the discharged SOL
diers had been for over twenty years
relied upon for support OF the party;
but even this was found to be not In
all Cases reliable. The blue and gray
had mixed on decoration days and
too much sympathy was growing up
between the veterans of the two
armies and 1t was seen to be necessary
to bind the men to the party by the
, trustworthy ties of money interest;
so pension bills and dependent bills
were forced upon legislators, and un-
scrupuous men were made pension
commissioners, and not only every
I man who had ever been in the army,
but many who had never seen 1t
were made pensioners for life, az
we'll as their wives and children, and
made to feel that this subsidy must
depend for its permanence en- that OF
the Republican party; In short, the
Grand Army of the Republic was
made the Grand Army of the Repub-
ican party. And 80 the old soldiers
were bribed.
I THE MARINE SUBSIDY BILL.
p The sailors and ship owners were
next taken in hand. Ships OF vast
UuIutH WSic buDoiulLCu W ChIKy
mails to all The South American ports
empty except The mail matter as.
signed to them and doubtlessly large
assessments exacted of their owners
for election purposes. And so the
: sailors and their employers were
4 bribed.
, NEW PARTIES.
. Lastly, adroit and Inscriptions
demagogues were employed to ogan-
, ize new parties In the South with the
f hope of disrupting the trusted DEM
( ocratic party in that section-men
5 like the Kolhs and McDowells--aud
! this was their cheapest bargain only
!. had IL been successful; but they
8 could not deliver the goods.
.. .. Such was the tremendous array OF
money-purchased support with
which the Democratic party found It.
self confronted. And what had IL to
J oppose to this apparently irresist-
ible force? Nothing save the name
. of one great statesman. But that
was a name great indeed-a name to
cODiure with "A name which