Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1884 — WORDS OF WISDOM. [ARTICLE]

WORDS OF WISDOM.

Gov. Cleveland Warns Wage-Workers and Asks for a Eeduction of the Tax Burdens. Gov. Cleveland left A bany for New York on the morning ot Oct. 27, by the West Shore Road, and received an ovation all along the route. At Newark, N. J., h:s birthplace, the great reform Governor was tendered a reception that exceeded anything ever witnessed in that city. The countless thousands who had gathered from all the surrounding country cheered he Democratic standard-bearer until they were hoarse. The Governor delivered addresses of considerable length, in the course of which he said: it is quite plain, too, that the people have a right to dt mand that no more money should be ta.ten from t em, directly or indirectly, for public uses than is necessary for this purpose. Indeed, the right of the Government to exact tribute from the citizen is limited to its actual necessities, and that taken from the people beyond that required for their protec ion by the Government is no better than robbery. We surely must condemn, then, a system which takes from the pockets of the peonle millions of dollars not needed for the support of the Government, and which tempts to the inauguration of corrupt schemes and ex ravagant expen iitu-res. The Democratic party has declared tiiat all taxation shall be limited by the requirements of economical government. ' This is plain and direct, and it distinctly recognizes the value ot labor and its rignt to governm ntal care when it iurther declares that the necessary reduction in taxation and the limitation thereof to the country's needs should be effected without depriving American labor ot the ability to compete successfully with lore'gn labor, and without inju.ing the interests ot our laboring population. A' this time, when the suffrages of laboring men are so industriously soughi, they should by careful inquiry, it seems to me, discover the party pledged to the protection ot their interests, and which rec. gnizes in their labor something most valuable to the p osperity of the country and primarily entitled to i.s care and protection. An intelligent examination will lead them to the exercise of their privileges as citizens in furtherance of their inter, sts and the welfare of their country. An unthinking and slothful performance of their duty at the bal-lot-box will result in their injury and betrayal No party and no candidate can have cause to complain ot the free and intelligent expression of the people's will. This expression will be free when uninfluenced by appeals to prejudice or the senseless cry of dan er, s Ifishly raised by a p irty that seeks its retention of power and patronage; and it wall be intelligent when based upon a calm deliberation and a full appreciation of the duty of good citizenship. In a government of the people r o political party gams to itself all the patriotism which the country contains. The perpetuity ot our institutions and the public welfare surely do not depend upon unchanging p riy ascendency, but upon a simple, businesslike administration of the affairs of Government and the appreciation by public officers that they are the people's servants, not their masters.

Gail Hamilton wrote, Blaine indorsed, and the New York Tribune printed, in 1880. that Logan was “the political burglar of Illinois. ” How does Logan like the pet name? Blaine called the article containing it “a timely appeal ” — Boston Herald. Beecher and the Cleveland letter to Mrs. Beecher have blown the Buffalo scand.il to pieces. The blackguards will continue to “nuzzle” in the mud, however, and ,smell around the debris. A bulldog revolver is equal to four Democratic challengers,— J. U. Blaine.