The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-09-04
WHO WAS TO BLAME?
CAUSES WHICH LED TO THE RECENT
RAILROAD STRIKE.

President Cleveland and the Party he i'eP-
resents Largely sponsfbIe-Infian1na
4e.r phrases From the Democratic Plat
form Incite Disorder.
President Cleveland s course IN regalu
to the strike and labor troubles mas
been, and very properly, commended ny
wise statesmen irrespective Of party. II
was a solemn duty to uphold the hands
of the president in enforcement OF ia"
in such a crisis, but are not President
Cleveland and the party he represents
largely responsible for this spirit OF de-
fiance to law and order and dlssatls-
faction with everything which has IN
the past tended to produce peace ana
pIenteous prosperity? Are not the con-
slant complaints and vicious attacks
upon existing conditions, the violent ana
unreasoning terms in which they have
been characterized and criticised for par
tisan purposes, largely responsible Iot
the feeling which now pervades many
ignorant minds?
lean people in the history OF American
politics or American craftsmanship such
a series of vile, vicious and slanderous
attacks upon legislation and laws ana
lawmakers as have been contained ID
the national platform of the Democratic
party as adopted in the last campaign
and in Mr.. Cleveland's letters of accept
ance and messages to congress. Inc
utterances of these documents have not
only had tendency to create dissatls-
faction and unrest in the minds Of mil
lions Of people who have not opportu-
nitvor facilitiesfor becoming thoroughly
acquainted with the facts, and by their
MISREPRESENTATION and infammatory
statements and indirect appeals have
been of themselves sufficient to 1nclte
distrust, suspicion, open complaint and
finally rebellion against the laws of the
country.
Here are some sentences and parts OF
sentences from the Democratic platform
and from Mr. Cleveland's own utter
ances. While they are disconnected, no
man can read them without seeing that
they not only create false and unjust
impressions regarding patriotic legisla-
ton and the laws of the country, but
must have a tendency to create intense
dissatisfaction with law and existing
conditions in the minds of a class of I'M
thinking people, the very class whose
course in the last few weeks has endan-
gered peace and threatened the very
safety of our country and its institu-
tions:
The people can hardly hope for any
consideration in the operation Of these
selfish schemes. Cleveland to Fiftieth
Congress.
The tendency to centralize all power
at the national capital has become a
menace. Democratic Platform, 1892.
An abused and irritated people,
needless of those who have resisted
timely and reasonable relief, may insist
upon a radical and sweeping rectiica-
ton of their wrongs. -Cleveland to
Fiftieth Congress.
We denounce protection as a rob
berry of the great majority of the people
for the benefit Of the few. Democratic
Platform, 1892.
Loss and failure have invaded every
branch of business l believe these
things are principally chargeable to con-
gressional legislation. Cleveland to
Fifty-third Congress.
Fosters no industry so much as that
of the sheriff. Democrat Platform,
1899.
The communism of combined wealth
and capital is not less dangerous than
the communism of oppressed poverty
and toll, which, exaggerated by injus-
tice and discomfort, attacks with wild
disorder the citadel of rule -Cleve-
land to Fiftieth Congress.
We warn the people of our common
country. -Democratic Platform, 1892
Corporations, which should be the
carefully restrained creatures of the
law, are fast becoming the peoples mas
tiers. Cleveland to Fiftieth Congress.
The gulf between employers and EN-
ployed is constantly widening. -Cleve-
land to Fiftieth Congress.
This wrong inflicted upon those who
bear the burden of national taxation
multiplies a brood of evil consequences.
Cleveland to Fiftieth Congress,
The domination of self perpetuation
oligarchy of officeholders. -Democratio
Platform, 1892.
The people can hardly hope for any
consideration. Cleveland to Fiftieth
Congress.
The eliminating atrocity of class leg
islation. Democratic Platform, 1892
These outrageous incidents cannot be
entirely prevented without change in
the laws.-Cleveland to Fifty third
Congress-
Vicious, inequitable and illogical
source of unnecessary taxation. -Cleye-
land to Fiftieth Congress
A scandalous satire upon free, popu-
lar institutions. Democratic Platform,
1892
False and undeserving pensioners rob
the people. -Cleveland to Fifty-third
Congress.
Degrade American labor and lessen
its wages. Democrat Platform, 1892.
The present situation demands rem
edy. Cleveland to Fifieth Congress.
Neither as citizens or partisans are
our countrymen in mood to condone
the deliberate violation of these pledges
Cleveland to Fiftieth Congress.
These are only few of the many vi
cious statements and suggestions tending
to encourage just such spirit as has been
developed in this country during the
past few months, with which the utter
ances Of Mr. Cleveland and his party
bristle.