St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-05
IN HIS NATIVE STATE.
Grover Cleveland Addresses
the Sturdy Democrats Of
New Jersey.
His Speech Neighborly in
Tone as Befitted the 0c-
caSion.
A Keen Review Of the Short
comingS Of the Repub-
lican Party.
New Jerseys Voice Will Be
Heard Amid the Din Of
Triumph.


which he. was a guest as one of family.
1t rose, however, to a height of states
manship in keen review of the short
comings of the Republican party,
and closed with a burst of elo-
quence, predicting victory in which
the voice of every Democrat in New
Jersey would be heard amid the din
of triumph. The enthusiasm was tre-
mendous, and Mr.. Harrity. chairman
of the national Democratic committee,
who, with James L. Woodward, accom-
panied the next president, shared with
him and with Senator Mcpherson the
honors of the occasion.
Mr.. Cleveland Said:
Fellow-Citizens: Two considerations
have had much to do with my accept
ance of the kind invitation rendered me
to be with you tonight. / did not feel
quite like allowing the campaign to
close without visiting my native state
and | desired to meet again face to face
are presentation of the Democracy of
New Jersey-one of the brayest and
most steadfast divisions in the grand
army of national Democracy.
Eight years agJ, when another preSi-
dental campaign had advanced nearly
to the precise stage the present one has
reached. L came to your state and de-
clared it TO be my understanding OF the
Democratic creed that all taxation
should be limited to the requirements of
an economical government, and that
every cent taken from the pockets of the
people beyond these requirements was
no better than robbery.
need not recall to your minds the re-
suit of that campaign. With Demo
cralic president and house Of fepresen-
tatiyes, you know how faithfully we
attempted to engraft these doctrines
upon the policy Of the country, and how
constantly we worked to relieve the
people from the burdens of taxation
which had their origin in the eXigencles
of terrible and wasting war, but had
been continued through many years of
peace to serve the purposes of private
ana selfish interests. We fought for
The Peoples Rights
and welfare as against the taxing of the
poor to increase the fortunes of the rich.
You remember that the measure of re-
lief passed by our Democratic house
of representatives was defeated by a
Republican senate, thus demonstrating
how far the majority of that body was
removed from sympathy with the needs
of the people.
From the reereancy of the senate we
appealed again in another presidential
election to the people, with the pledge,
if intrusted with power, we would still
continue the struggle to rectify the
wrongs of an unjust tariff. In the cam
paign of 1883 we still followed the
banner upon which was emblaZoned the
legend, Unnecessary taxation is un-
just taxation"
.Itis needless to remind you of the
agencies which operated to defeat the
Democracy in that campaign. One feat
ure of the canvass, however, is inter
eSting. 1t was impossible for our op-
ponentS 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 insistence
that the burdens then resting upon the
Plain Men and Women
who toiled for the scant neeessaries Of
life were fair and just; and they awoke
to the fact that partisan success de-
manded the promise on their part that
these burdens should be made more
easy. Then it was that the concession
was made by them that our tariff laws
ought to be amended and readiusted {;
and then it was that the party whose
representatives in the senate had de-
feated our plan Of relief imploled the
people to trust them, and rang the
changes on the delusiye cry: Let the
tariff be readjusted by It's friends" OF
course this involved the pretense that
the Republican party not only COM
priSed the friends of the tariff, but also
the friends of the people.
Thus pledged they gained ascendency
in every branch of the government.
Four years have passed, and in another
presidential campaign you are asked to
judge of the manner in which these
pledges have been kept, and to deter
mine, in the light of present conditions.
whether the benefits promised at the
last national election as result of Re-
publican supremacy have been realized.
Amended for the Rich.
The tariff had been amended, if not
by its friends, evidently by the friends
OF those who grow rich under its unjust
opportunities. Certainly ii is not the
work 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 amendment of the
tariff by its friends? You know that
broken promises and violated pledges
are scattered 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 10 the voters
OF the land for their suffrageS, and de-
clares its continued adhesion to the
doctrine that the government has no
right to burden the people by taxation
beyond the necessities of its economical
administration. New jersey has never
faltered in her support of this doctrine
since the struggle in the peoples cause
began. Her voters have been
Steadfast at the Polls
in spite of every blandishment, and the
valiant fight of her senior senator on
the floor OF the senate for honest tariff
reform has arrested the attention and
provoked the applause of the Democracy
of the country. Your state is now
asked to repeal the verdict she has
twice rendered. And why should
not this verdict be forthcom
ing? The evils of the present
tariff are greater than those
yon 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 tradi-
tions, still in the keeping of brave and
sturdy men, and the steadfastness of
your state in the cause of Democracy
maintained in many hard fought bat
tie, forbid your faltering now.
The national Democracy rests its
hope for success upon the peoples in
telligence and patriotism and upon the
continent trust thdt tiIp nrippirltpS Of