Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-05
THE POLITICAL ROSTRUM.
Appeals from the Stump by
Party FavOrites.
Cleveland Receives an Ovation
in Jersey City.
Patrick Egan Twists the Lions Tail
in New York.
Members of the Cabinet Pleading for
Harrison's Reelection - Senator
By the Associated Press.


JERSEY Cry, N. j., Nov. 4.-The Jer.
sey City Democrats gave hearty well
come to ex-Presldent Cleveland tonight.
He was here as the guest of the Hudson
Democratic society, and 5000 men rushed
into the auditorium when the doors were
opened. Mr.. Cleveland was greeted
with deafening applause when intro
duced as New Jerseys favorite and
favored son.
After some felcitous remarks Cleye-
land said. in part:
Eight years ago, when another pres
idential 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 tax
alton should be limited to the, re.
quirements of economical govern
ment. and that every cent taken
from the pockets of the people beyond
the requirements was no better than
robbery. 1 need not call to your minds
that campaign. With a Democratic
president and house OF representatives,
you know how faithfully we attempted
to engraft our doctrines upon the policy
of the country, and how constantly we
worked to relieve the people from the
burdens of a taxation which had it's Or
igin in the exigencies of terrible and
wasting war, but was continued tn, ough
many years of peace to serve the pur-
poses OF private and selfish interests. You
remember a measure of relief passed
by the Democratic house was
defeated by the Republican sem
ate. From the recreancy of the senate
we appealed again in another presiden-
tial election to the people, with the
pledge, that if entrusted with power we
would continue the struggle to rectify
the wrongs of the unjust tariff. In the
campaign of 1888 we still followed the
banner upon which was emblazoned the
legend: Unnecessary taxation is unjust
taxation 1t is needless to remind you
of the agencies which operated to defeat
the Democracy in that campaign. A fea-
ture of it, however, is interesting. 1t wac
impossible for our opponents to overlook
the fact that our contention in the
cause of the people had arrested the at
tention of the voters of the land to such
an extent that there was danger in
further ins'stence on the burdens then
resting upon the people of the land.
Then it was that the concession was
made by them that our tariff laws
ought to be amended and readjueted; !;
and then it was that the party whose
representatives in the senate had de-
fested our plan of relief implored the
people to trust them and rang the
changes on the delusive cry: Let the
tariff be readjusted by it's friends
Thus pledged, they gained the ascend
ancy in every branch OF the government,
and the tariff has been amended, if not
by its friends, evidently by the friends
of those who grew rich under it's unjust
opportunities. Has the party which
promised to be the friend of the people
lighlened the burdens of life in the
homes of our lard? Do you and your
wives and children enjoy the comforts
and advantages your labor should
supply? Where are the in
creased wages of our workingmen,
which they were assured would follow
the amendment to the tariff bv its
friends? You know that broken prom
ices 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 Demo-
cratic party, with no faithlessnees to
excuse and no shortcomings to explain,
again appeals to the voters of the land
for their suffrsges and declares
its continued adhesion to the doctrine
that the government has no right to
burden the people by taxation beyond
the necessities of its economic admipis-
tration. The national Democracy rests
its hope for success upon the peoples in
teliigence and patriotism, and upon the
voters will not be bartered away. In
the front rank and in the thickest of the
fight we shall still look for the banner
of New Jersey"
Senator Mcpherson also spoke at
length.