The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-05
APPEAL TO THE VOTERS.
ADDRESS or THE NATIONAL COM
MTTTEE IN NEW TORk.
Issues of the Campaign Again Clearly SET
Forth and the People Urged to 'o'e
According TO Their True Interests


will soon end. II is right Necessary that
we should now say few words 10 you
There is no man. woman or child III
the United States who is not affected oy
our tariff laws. They enter into and
regulate the expenses Of the daily life oi
every individual. Since 1863 less than one
thousand men in this country have been,
by means Of the individual or corporate
wealth under their control the masters
Of our tariff system. Their power has
been sufficient 20 enforce their continu-
ance and increase. in tine of peace, OF
taxes on necessaries Of life originally inn
| posed, In time OF war only because oL
| the actual needs OF the Government.
Under the system OF war taxes thus
continued the conditions Of life I'm tins
country nave essentially changed. The
wealth which under the former laws
was distributed among all classes en-
! gagged in industrial life has centred in the
hands Of the few These have accumu-
lated fortunes unequaled in any Euro
pean State and set an example Of prodi-
gal luxury TO the civilized world. The
| masses of the people who toll In the
fields or gain their bread in the rural
districts or in towns and cities by the
labor OF their brains and hands. struggle
on YEARLY, looking to your united action
for relief
You know that this is true. The feel
ing strongest In your breasts to-day Is
| the conviction In each Of your minds
that every man and woman among YOU
is forced every day to pay from earnings
or accumuauons a price FOR the very
| necessaries Of life which ought not to be
paid and q great proportion Of which
does not 90 10 the Government, but 10
the small number Of favored people who
to-day control the Government You
know that this class controls and uses
the Government. 1t IS a band Of money
ed men, combined for sOrdd purposes
and actually ruling the Republican party
The Federal oficeholders are part u It's
machinery. Its method Of operation IS
intimidation Of workmen and the corrupt
use Of money. II succeeded in 1885 I'm de-
feating Grover Cleveland by such methods
before You became aware Of the danger,
You are not now ignorant Of the peril.
In no country i'm the whole civilized
world in which the people have the right
10 vote has a purpose 10 carry an cleo
tion by the use Of money been more
plainly shown. The enormous sums
]
| from the contributing thousand, the char
acters of the men who are openly selected
to put this money where, in their vulgar
speech. It will do the most good. and the
prostitution Of the public service 10 the
lowest political work is daily seen OF all
men You will not remain passive spec
tators Of this scene.
The people OF the State Of New York,
remembering the high character and pub
| lie services of Grover Cleveland. and
knowing that his election Is a certain
guarantee of a wiser. purer and better
| Government. will rally 10 his support.
Those Republicans In the State of New
| York-and there are nany-who love
their country and despise the men now
conu olng their party will come to his
| aid. and he will win an overwhelming
victory in his well-beloved state The
| farmers Of In0iana, cheated more than
| Cnce by the base methods which are
| being used once again TO control that
State. will show that the thousand bene-
ficiaries of Federal legislation cannCt
| again. by fraud knavery and purchase,
obtain the electoral vote OF that State.
The substantial yeOmanry of New Jer-
sey justly irrtated at the attempt 10
defeat their will 10y the open bribery OF
the basest elements of their population,
the day Of the presidential election a
| lesson they will never forget. The farm
! ers and wOrkngmen Of Connecticut,
| robbed Of their rightful State Govern
ment by the methods now sought TO be
| practiced against Grover Cleveland. will
| remember their wrongs at the polls In
November, and the people Of Delaware
and West Virginia, resenting the at
tempt now made 10 corrupt and intlmi-
date many of their number, Will follow
! their example.
| You will bear in mind that on owe TO
the few men who maintain the present
corrupting, iniquitous tariff, the initiation
and continuing threat OF the Force bill.
/ That was a measure introduced for the
pt rpose Of furthering Republican partisan
| schemes. Under Il they could have used
| the Federal judiciary for political pur-
poses, and have employed an army OF
| Federal officials, paid out Of the public
| Treasury, 10 control the coming presi-
Dental election and all elections for mem
| bers Of Congress- Failing i'm that nefa-
| rious plan, they have again put their
| hands I'm their pockets and raised the
campaign fund which the Government,
| under their Force bill, would have sup
| piled them with. But do not deceive
| yourselves. President Harrison is in
|
Federal elections which that dangerous
bill supplies. The silence of the Repub-
| lican leaders who are conducting his
campaign does not, we are sure, deceive
you. You must on the Sth day Of Novem-
| Der n axe q choice which will vitality af-
feet the interests of your country. The
| individual vote of each one OF you is Of
! supreme Importance. Under Grover Cleve-
! land as President the highest and con-
| trolling motive and rule Of his adminis-
| uative action. and Of the whole Demo-
| cratic and independent vote united in his
| support, will be the greatest good OF the
| greatest number, and public office viii be
| sacredly regarded as a public trust. The
| civil service will not be dragged against
| its will through the mire OF nominating
| conventions. but the laws regulating 1t
| will be honestly enforced. Agriculture
and commerce, growing steadily side by
| side under wiser laws, will greatly in
| crease our national prosperity. Our man
ufactures Will keep pace with our popu-
| lation and c. mmerce, and individual pro-
| ducers possess greater measure of pros
| perity. The individual workman, in the
field and In the shop. VIII find that his
wants are more taken into account and
| his reasonable demar1s more readily
listened to. No combination will be able
70 dictate laws TO Grover Cleveland or 10
Democratic majority in Congress. The
party which we rel resent. tn. candidates
whom we support. the cause which We
advocate. have cnlv one end in view, and
this is good government. W. ask every
one OF you-each acting in his own cleo
ton precinct and election district-to la
Dor without ceasing for the election OF
Grover Cleveland and Adlai Z. Ste en-
son, and for good government under a
Democratic administration. On the day
OF election lay aside all duties except