Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-06
TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. s, 1896


ticket of Palmer and Buckner allege
that they take their course because OF
their objections 70 the Chicago plat
form. With many OF them this is sheer
hypocrisy. What made tie admins
tration. headed by Cleveland and Car
Isle. endorse the boilers in Kentucky
last fall and help TO elect bitter re-
republican friend OF force bills and re-
construction devilir? tothe governorship
of that State? The platform OF the
Kentucky democracy last Year simply
ratified the old Chicago platform OF
1892. which they had supported when
Mr.. Cleveland was the nominee. They
nav say that Hardin, the democratic
candidate Tor Governor, was free sill
yer man, but, as Governor OF Kentucky,
he could not vote on the question or
act on il in any way officially. Again,
what made the same administration
crowd help to elect republican Gov
ernor and Legislature in Maryland last
autumn, thereby turning out good
democratic Senator, Mr.. Gibson, and
elevating republican to this import
ant function? This was done with the
connivance and help Of Mr.. Cleveland
aud his cabinet. Yet there was moth
ing in the State platform Of Maryland
that declared for free coinage or in any
way antagonized the administration
Their treachery was unproyoked but
successful. Mr.. Gibson was turned out
o, the Senate by the molly combina-
ton OF negroes. republicans and Cleve-
land democrats. Ee was not then
q silver man, but he had commit
led one great and signal crime. He
did not wear Mr.. Cleveland's
collar. He was considered disloyal.
Again, there was the New York cleo
ton OF 1895, when the party in their
convention had not declared for the
free coinage. The Cleveland admins
tration element helped the republicans
TO defeat the regular democratic ticket.
Mr. Cleveland refused to say word
for it. II was repetition Of what oc'
CURED in 1892, when the same element
sent boiling delegation to Chicago
who were called "anti-snsppers.
Putting all these cases together, We find
record OF treachery, shame and
''party perfdy and dishonor," which
had no excuse in the State platforms
and no parallel in infamy except the
present. What was the motive? Was
it Sound money" or any of the fraudu.
lent pretenses now Get up as al apology
for treachery? No! 1t was to punish
Blackburn, German and Hill-men
who had been conspicuous az demo
Gratis before Mr.. cleveland came on the
scene Of action. They had been faith
full to the party, but did not wear the
Cleveland collar. The idea was to os-
tracise and degrade every man who
would not degrade himself-to have
only one standard of democracy, name.
ly: Subserviency to Mr.. Cleveland. 1t
may be said that this cepsure only az
plies to the boilers in these three
States, and, perhaps, to the administra-
ton. We think it applies to the whole
crowd of boilers. Let them name q
man of the present gang OF boilers who
openly denounced at that time the
treason of 1895 in these States and We
will gladly make an exception in his
favor. The treachery of 1895 was the
precursor OF that of 1896, which is now
ready to turn over the government to
McKinley-a spirit which would prefer
10 reign in hell than serve in Heaven"
Elk : CoMloNwEALTa's ATTORNEY
CLEMENTS, Of Alexandria county, says:
1.-The absolute failure so far to bring
TO trial any of the alleged Jackson City
offenders, for whom warrants were is-
sued months ago, is regarded as the
natural result of giving justices of the
peace, elected by the people, jurisdic-
ton over gambling and illegal liquor
selling"
Mr.. Clements is partially right, but
the great cause of the failure referred
to, is the fact, that all the ignorant and
worthless negroes in the county have
the right to vote, and having g large
majority of the voters there, elect those
of their own character to the positions
of magistrates and constables.
EX-PREsIDENT, HARRISON in his
speech at Richmond last night is re-
ported as uttering the following words:
<'I do believe that Virginia has as large
number of great and good men under
ground as any State. have never
said that she had no good men above
ground" This implies that Virginia now
has no great men above ground, and
also that though she may have no good
ones, he has never said 80. And it ex.
explains satisfactorily why Mr.. Rarri-
son, not many years ago, thanked God
That he had not been born in Virginia