The Louisiana populist., 1895-12-27
GROVER A HYPOCRITE
PUBLICLY ADVERTISES HIS HY.
POCRISY AT ATLANTA.
Not One Public Act of the President
Has Been Conspicuous As Tending
Toward Promoting the General We'll
fare-whoIIy q Servant ofs Monopoly.

faro-Whoily Servant ofe Monopoly.
President Cleveland said in his
speech at Atlanta. Ga:
I'VE shall walk in the path of pa
triotic duty IL, remembering that our
free institutions were established to
promote the general welfare, We strive
for those things which benefit all our
people and each of us is content to re-
ceive from a common fund his share OF
the prosperity thus contributed. We
shall miss our duty and forfeit our heri-
tage II, In narrow selfishness. we are
needless Of the general welfare and
struggle to wrest from the government
private advantages which can only be
gained at the expense Of our fellow
countrymen."
The sentiment contained In the abovs
is good, very good, but Mr.. Cleveland
has acted out the very opposite. What
act of Mr.. Cleveland since his Inaugural
tion has tended to promote the general
welfare?"
Does the establishment of the gold
standard promote the general well
fare?" If so, robbing the masses and
fattening the classes is Mr.. Cleveland's
idea Of serving the general welfare"
Did the negotiations with foreign
bank syndicate to furnish gold to main
tain useless gold reserve at profit to
the syndicate of not less than $30,000,0OO
thereby in addition piling a gold prin.
cipal and interest debt on future gem
erations, promote the general welfare"
or was it wrestling from the govern
ment private adyantages?"
Was the act of ordering out the fed
eral army to shoot down laboring men
In the Chicago railroad strike inspired
by a desire to promote the general
corporations?
Not one public act of the present ex-
ecutive has been conspicuous as tend
ing toward promoting the general well
fare, but rather to promoting the well
fare of trusts and combines, the banks
and money combinations.
The success of combinations of capi-
tai must come from the depression OF
the welfare of the people. When COM
binations of capital are profitable that
profit must come from the ruin of some
other interest. Combines live from rob-
bing the general welfare, and without
robbery they could not exist a day.
Mr.. Cleveland's course has been wholly
devoted to promoting the welfare Of the
combinations Of capital, which neces-
public welfare. 1t could not possibly be
otherwise.
After the record Mr.. Cleveland has
made by his every public act, favoring
special welfares instead of the public
welfare, it is not only cheeky. but an
insult to an intelligent people for him to
hypocritically proclaim his devotion to
the public welfare.
The people Judge a man by his acts
rather than by his words. II Mr.. Cleve-
land had followed in the footsteps of the
immortal Jackson and seized the money
monster by the neck and choked the
life out of it, he then could consistently
call upon the people to sanction his ad-
vocacy and practice of upholding the
public welfare. He has done the re-
verse. He has rather choked the life
out of the public, laid waste the heritage
of the common people and aided plu-
tocracy to enter into the homes of the
masses of wealth producers and confis-
cate them to their use and profit. Then
to talk about striving to do these
things which benefit all our peoplew
Bosh! A man who will thus publicly
advertise his hypocrisy should have
been hissed from the stand, even though
he may, by some ill-fate to the people,
hold the ONCE of chief executive. The
things that are Caesars should be rem
dered unto Caesar. but the things that
belong to the people they should de-
mand and enjoy. If Caesar is not con-
tent with the things that are his, but
seeks to rob, oppress and enslave the
people, then the sooner such Caesar
encounters a Brutus, the sooner the
people will enjoy their inalienable
rights.-Southern Mercury.
The misunderstanding between
Chairman Taubeneck and Col. Norton,
appears now to be satisfactorily settled.
as far as they are concerned. In let
ter to Col. Norton, Mr.. Taubeneck says:
Many good people have been misled
In not knowing that you had severed
your connection with the Weekly
Seminal II IL due tn the nuk.ic as
well as to you and myself that make
this explanation.
II desire for all to know that here
by retract every unkind. uncompliment-
airy word used against you in this dis
cussion and also apologize for the
language used and exonorate you from
any unfair or any unmanly dealing.
Hoping that this explanation will.
az much as possible. undo the in