Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-15
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
Review of Cleveland's Revenue Re-
form the Campaign of
Education.


year of Cleveland's first term as Presi-
dsut, be issued a great document by
which the Democratic party received
q new Inspiration. That document
was the message to congress which
treated on one subject only, and this
subject was Revenue reform.
This was charming name, a finely
sounding title, nnder which the Demo-
cratic party could commence the 50
called "Campaigu of Education"
This second phrase W ~ also stim
ulating panacea fer all the evils which
the ignorant and the Indifferent inn
agined themselves to be subject to.
Cleveland was renominaJed but the
time for educational purposes was tOo
short and he was defeated by Harrison
because the well.sounding sentence
"Rsvenue Reform" had not been
thoughtfuly comprehended by the
masses of the people.
The Democratic party was not dis
mayed. During the four years Of Re
publican administration the campaign
of education was vigorously kept up.
The most glorious progress and develop
ment of our resources was credited to the
wise administration of President Cleve-
land, aud every sound doctrine of
statesmanship was cOutorted with a
grimace into Republican fraud. During
these four years the so-called poor mans
party succeeded In deceiving and cor
rupting voters enough to reelect the
Stuffed Prophet of Revenue Reform
and his principles were again sustained
by majority Of misguided and mislead
people.
The Campaign of Education had
done its work, and the curiosity of
those who wanted to fnd out what
Revenue Reform means In its practical
demonstration is now satisfied. The
voters know they were deceived. The
change they voted for turned out to be
q calamity breeding experiment, in
such degree that even the thinking
Of 1T has created stagnation, reductions
Of wages, discharging of hands, dis
couraged manufacturers, unemployed
laborers, hungry wives, freezing child
rem, tears, tramps, and souphouses.
On November 7th last, the people of
the North decided that the first cha pter
Of the Campaign of Education was
gigantic failure. The great mistake of
year ago was rectified by an over.
whslmipg defeat of the Revenue Reform
party.
The Democratic party which came
into power again by open deception,
by antagonizing the all round principles
Of craftsmanship, will now experience
the remorse of the sinner who rightfully
suffers the consequences of low type
Of malignancy and lying.
The Democratic press, which so faith
fully performed it's duty in the uphill
job OF Revenue Reform, has partly
abandoned the Campaign of Education,
aud are now assisting the president in
destroying the acknowledged govern
ment OF Hawaii, to restore the queen.
This will be the second chapter Of
the Campaign of Education, aud we are
willing to predict that Il will be short
one, and will end In a worse failure
than the principle Of a tariff from rev
enue only.
1t will be pleasant occupation to
prove to the people of the United States,
that II is the duty OF their president to
restore deposed monarchs to their
thrones, even II such d monarch is a
person who still refuses to use any kind
OF tools in taking her daily meals.
Democratic editors DO not deny this,
They excuse this as national habit,
and assure rs the queen washes her
fingers before every meal. 1t takes {
able pens to picture this iu such a style
Rs TO make II palletable to the c!eanest =
people on earth. That the Islands are
now in the hands or = Christian gov
'rnment. has no weight 10 the gigantic
mind ofonr president. That the Amer 1
caph, his country people who planted b
J Christian civilization there, want to v
onnect themselves WITH their home a
ouutry, can not be considered by the o
Iutocrat Of the White House, because y
is predecessor, President Harrison h
'as In favor Of annexation. All this
he Democratic editors have to defend, :.
ID most of them are doing it while =.
le heAtben queen sits at the brink Of a, a
% llfsy cratef thtpwing ine calves, ce
eep and Pigs down into the hrey n.
yss % satisfy the heathen god. the ~
i9h, whose throne is in aud over the !,
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