Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1887 — Republicans in Power Produec Idle Bread Winners. [ARTICLE]

Republicans in Power Produec Idle Bread Winners.

It is sai l that from 1873 to there were over 3,000,000 men out of employment. They are not out of work now. From Jeffers n, Jackson and down to Grover Cleveland’s andmimstration, the country has seen no better times.— Senator Voorhees. Statements by Senator Voorhees are apt to be inaccurate and misleading, and this one is no exception. “It is said tha from 1873 to 1878 there w ere over 3,000 000 men out of employment.” 'vho says so? Any person who knows, who had any means of knowing, or whose statement is worth anything? Was the statement made by some greenback inflationist, of whom Senator Voorhees was one, by some Democratic candidate for ofllce, or by some cross-roads Democratic newspaper? In making a statement of that kind a Senator of the United States ought to give better authority than “it is said.”—lndianapolis Journal.

The Indianapolis Sentinel responds: “The statement of Senator Voorhees is entitled, as are the utterances generally of the distinguished Senator, to great consideration. The Journal is altogether too previous in its criticisms. Hon. Carroll D. U right, Commissioner of Labor, in his report refers t,. the disturbances in trade and industries from 1873 to 1878, and says that the industrial depression during that period “was very serious in extent and duration. As an instance of this, it was currently said, and g nerally believed, that there weie at least 3,000,000 mechanics out of employment in the United States.” It will be observed that Senator Voorhees simply stated a historical fact “generally believed” at the time, and which has never been contradicted. During th*» period named there were 45,195 failures, |and the liabilities swelled to the vast sum of $1,200,908,754. The depiession in the trade and industry from 1873 to!878 wasdue argely to Republican legislation and Republican rascality, and the history of the times triumphantly establishes the charge. Mr. Voorhees says that “from Jefferson to Jackson, down to Grover Cleveland’s administration the country has seen no better times.” If the statement is not absolutely true, why does not the Journal point out where it is untrue? Mr. Voorhees states a historical fact. T-.e J oumal does not contradic' the statement. Instead of a contradic;ion it attempts to obscure a great and important truth by a resort to the meanest sort of demagogy. It says: “Finally, says Mr. Voorhees, “from Jefferson, Jackson and down to Grover Cleveland the country has seen no better times.” This discloses the object of the previous misstatements. It is to create the impression that good times have always prevailed under Democratic rule “Lorn Jefferson and Jackson down,” and that Grover Cleveland’s administration, like those of his Democratic predecessors, is marked by exceptional prosperity. Here again the statement and reference are false.”

The Sentinel concludes: “Mr. Voorhees made the statements first, “that from 1873 to 1878,’ ‘3,000,000 men were out of employment.”— Second, from J ackson to Cleveland, the country has seen no better times. M hen the Journal passed its criticism on Mr. Voorhees’ statement, it knew it must lie or keep its mouth shut. It preferred to utter a falsehood; it preferred lymgly to misrepresent Mr. Voorhees, and we have printed so much of its article as to convict it, a much stronger case than was made against the Chicago Anarchists. The country nas never been more prosperous than at present. Trade is brisk, an evidence that work is plenty. The people have confidence in Mr. Cleveland’s sagacity to let Ww’l enough alone, >nd it is this common sense administration that worries the Republican ptess generally. If the people want

A hings as they were from 1873 to 1878; they will nt the Republican party in power. If they want stability, good times, ] 1< i ty of work and sound finances, the > will keep the Denuci; tic p; ity in power, and under tl e <• irerun, tances such articles as the »'< uina writes will not set the Democratic pa; ty back in the least.”

- ■ ■ I. « The State Treasury ?u>l Bankrupt. Davies County Democrat: the Indianapolis papers, Tuesday, contained the official statement of the Auditor and the Treasurer of State of the condition of the State treasury at the close of October, which was the end of the fiscal year of the State. This statement shows that the balance in the treasury is $373,944.21. All the current expenses 01 the State were paid, every institution receiving the full amount of the e penditures for the year, and the above handsome sum was left in the treasury.

During the summer Ihe lying Republican papers of the State, ..ended by the Indianapolis Journal, started the lie that the State Treasury was bankrupt, and chaigeu that this was due to Democratic management Governor Gray saw the He and wrote Mr. Lemcke, the Repul lican State Tresurer, to furnish him the amount of money he received from Mr. Cooper, his Democratic predecessor. Mr. Lemcke had to reply that Mr. Cooper paid him in February, when he turned over the office, $320,525.20, the full amount he was charged with on the books of the Audi:or .)f State. But the Governor also wanted to know how much money Mr. Lemcke had on hands, and he had to reply that he had on the 10th o 1 September $400,804.50. Since the Governor propounded these very leading and direct questions to the Republican State Treasurer, the Indianapolis Journal and all the other lying Republican State papers have not h{id a word to say about the condition*of the State Treasury. It is a matter for congratulation that Governor Gray has made arrangements to run the State Government without calling the Legislature this winter. . The failure to pass the regular appropriations by the Repul lican Representatives at the last session will not embarrass the State administration. There will be abundance of money in the treasury to pay the expenses of all the institutions and run the State government. The lie that the State treasury was empty was started to force the Governor to call an extra session, but it did not work, and the liars have been suppressed. On? by one the lies started by the Republicans during the canvass last year and so extensively circulated, are being refuted and they must resort to new lies for the canvass of 1888.

One word is -etter than another if it means more. This is oil’ excuse for calling a statement made by the Republican committee of New York an example of unmitigated gall. They say that ‘the Republican party has practically given each citizen a free home by securing the public domain from the monopoly of capital.” Th« present administration has been busy restoring a good many thousand square miles of land that were granted by Republicans to railroad monopolies, cattle ranch syndicates and Spanish grant claimants. The homes the Republicans gave the people are of the nature that a British syndicate, comi g with a railroad steal, can claim from settlers in lowa. So tar as these homesteaders’ real ownership of the land the Republican party gave them is concerned, they might as well be Irish tenants. The land i- being restored to the people rapidly, and will continue to be so unless this administration i crippled by a Republican Senate. If this happens put the blame where it belongs.—lndianapolis Democrat.

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