The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-09-23
CLEVELAND N new YoRk.



strencth in this state are known OF all
men. Briefly summed up. they are
that he - an honest man. faithful
and fearless public servant. . conscien-
tions executive, a trne and not false
friend Of the people. This old-fash-
Toned virtue remains to-day the most
popular attribute OF = candidate for
public ofiice in this country. Mr..
Cleveland has won Il by acts which
have made all doubt Is 70 is quality
impossible. From the time that he
vetoed the fve-cent fare bill - gov
ernor down 10 the moment when 10
issued his famous letter against free
silver coinage, not . single act in his
career can be pointed - which Is
tainted with dcsnagogism lie has uni
formly done what he BE- -eved to be
right without the slightest regard To
its effect upon his personal fortunes.
All these acts have been done in the
sight Of the people Of New York. and
the first Of them was done Is their gov
ernor. They have watched his career
with increasing confidence and pride.
for while every step Of il has exhibited
constantly growing capacity for public
affairs. not one step Of Il has shown
any falterin z in the high sense Of duty
which has marked il from the outset
II would be . genuine phenomenon II
. man commanding this great popular
confidence in his honesty and useful
ness were not able 20 lead people TO
belief in the causes which he advo-
Gates To say that the voters Of New
York believe in Mr.. Cleveland Is in
no other public man Of his time, and
yet do not believe in tariff reform, and
will not trust him as the head Of an adj
ministration committed 10 il, would be
an obvious absurdity. Yet that is what
the republicans must say II they are
going to show any basis for their claim
that Harrison can carry New York.
They have to go even further than this
and claim that the voters of this state.
after committing themselves by very
large majorities in two elections in
favor Of Mr.. Clevcland's tariff reform
views, are now going 10 turn back and
vote against him.
We have never been able TO see any
reason for this extraordinary claim In
the congressional election If 1890, with
tariff reform and the McKinley bill as
the issue. the democrats had m ag-
gregate majority in the state of over
seventy five thousand In the election
OF 1891. with Mr. Cleveland himself in
the field as the chief advocate Of the
democratic candidate for governor and
the chief exponent Of the principle in
volved in the contest. which he de-
clared 10 be tariff reform. the demo-
Gratis carried the state by a plurality Of
nearly forty-eight thousand. What
reason is there for thinking that there
has been change Of sentiment among
the voters Of the state since last No
vembcr? The only evidence Of change
which the republicans can point TO Is
the falling of in the democratic vote
in the spring elections. but it is absurd
TO say that either Cleveland or tariff
reform had anything whatever TO do
with that. or that the causes Of II will
play any part in the election Of No
vcmber-
At heart the republicans have no
faith in the claim that there has been
any change in the attitude Of the voters
Of this state towards tariff reform.
They know that on square test Of
that issue to-day there j. . large ma
jority in New York against Mckinley
prices and against the fraudulent
adultcration BY which prices have in
many instances been kept down 70
their former level. II is this cheat Of
putting inferior and deceptive goods on
the market. at the same prices formerly
asked for honest and greatly superior
goods. which constitutes the main
count in the indictment Of the demo-
cratic platform that Republican pro-
lection is fraud" and the political
prophet who thinks that the voters Of
New York state are Of such inferior in
tclligcnce that they will fail to realize
the full extent Of this fraud" will
make serious mistake in his calcula-
tions. New York Is tariff reform
state. and It shows no sign Of abandon
ing its faith
The real reason for republican hope
Of New York was given by Mr.. Depcw
IN his extraordinarily frank interview.
published few days after Mr.. Clcve-
lands nomination. to the effect that
ne democratic opponents Of that nom
ination would never permit Mr.. Cleve-
lands election Every republican
prophet Of success in this state. who if
pressed to the wall, gives the same
! :inal reason for his faith. but Il Is no
, ticcable that as time goes on and the
democratic organization in the city and
state becomes obviously more and
more solid for its party's candidate,
republican confidence in aid from this