Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 24, Hope, Bartholomew County, 6 October 1892 — Page 6

CLEVELAND ACCEPTS. Issues Discussed From a Democratic Standpoint. Opposes Paternalism that Taxes the Ma»no«*Ft>r the Classes —Declares a Protective Tariff to be Pure Paternalism. Nkw Vor.ic, Sept. 24.—Following Is Grover Cleveland’s letter accepting the Democratic nutninatiou for the Fresl--dr.acy; Gentlemen—In responding to your form »1 notification of my nomination to the Presidency by the national Democracy. 1 hone 1 may be permitted to say at the outset that continued reflection and observation have continued me In my adherence to the opinions which 1 have heretofore plainly and publicly declared, touching tto questions involved in the canvass. This is a time, above all others, when those questions should be considered in the light afforded by sober apprehensions et the principles upon which our government Is based, and a clear understanding of the relation it bears to the people for whose benefit It was created. VVe shall thus be supplied with a tost by which the value of any proposition relating to the maintenance and administration of our government can be ascertained, and by which the justice and honesty of every political question can be Judged. If doctrine or theories are presented which do not satisfy this tost, local Americanism must pronounce them false and mischievous. The protection of the people in the exclusive use and enjoyment of their property and their earnings conoedcdly constitutes the especial purpose and mission of our tree government. This design is so Interwoven with the structure of our plan of rule that failure to protect the citizen In such use and enjoyment, or the unjustifiable diminution by the government itself. is » betraval of the people’s trust. We have, however, undertaken to build | a great nation upon a plan especially our own. To maintain It and to furnish through its agency the means for the accomplishment of national objects, the American people are willing, through federal taxation, to surrender a part of their earnings and income. Tariff legislation presents a familiar form of federal taxation. Such legislation results as surely in a tax upon the daily life of our people ns the tribute paid directly into the hand of the tax-gatherer. Wo feel the burden of these tariff taxes too palpably to be persuaded by any sophistry that they do not exist, or are paid by foreigners. Such taxes, representing a diminution of the property rights of the people, are only justifiable when laid and collected for the purpose of maintaining our government and furnishing the moans for Dio accomplishment of its legitimate purposes and functions. This is taxation muder the operation of a tariff for revenue. It accords with the professions of Ameri can freo institutions, and its justice and honesty answer the tost, supplied by a correct appreciation of the principles upon which 1 bese institutions rest. This then ry of tariff legislation manifestly enjoins strict, economy in public expenditures and their limitation to legitimate public uses, inasmuch as It exhibits as absolute extortion any exaction, by way of taxation, from the substanco of the'people, beyond tbo necessities of a careful and proper acl- j ministration of government. Opposed to this theory the dogma is now boldly presented that tariff taxation Is justifiable for the express purpose and intent of thereby promoting especial Interests and enterprises. Such a proposition is so clearly contrary to the spirit of our Constitution and so directly encourages the disturbance, by selfishness and greed, of patriotic sentiment, that its statement would rudely shock our people if they had not already been insidiously allured from the safe landmarks of principle. Never have honest desire for national growth. patriotic devotion to country, and sincere regard for those who toil been so betrayed to the support of a per- I nicious doctrine I in its behalf the plea that, our infant industries should be fostered did service until discredited bv our stalwart growth; Mien followed the exigencies of a terrible war, which made our people heedless of the opportunities for ulterior schemes afforded by their willing and patriotic payment of unprecedented tribute; and now, after a iong period of ponce, when our overburdened countrymen ask fur relief and a restoration to a fuller enjoyment of their incomes and earnings, they are mot bv the claim that tariff taxation for the sake of protection is an American system, the conllniiaucaof which is necessary in order that high wages may lie paid to onr workingmen and a homo market be provided for our farm products. Those pretenses should no longer deceive. The truth Is that such a system is directly antagonized by every sentiment of justice and fairness of .which Americans are pre-eminently proud. ' It is also | true that, while our workingmen and j farmers can the least of all our people defend themselves against the harder homo life which such tariff taxation decrees. I,he workingman suffering from the importation and employment of pauper labor iti■atlgated by his professed friends.and seeking security for his Interests In organized co-operation, still waits for a division, of the advantages secured to his employer undercover of a generous solicitude for his wages, while the farmer is learning that the prices of Ira products are fixed In foreign markets, where he stiffen from a competit on Invited and built up by the i system he is asked to support. The struggle for unearned advantage at ! the doors of the Government tramples on j the rights of tiiose who patiently rely up - ! sui assurances of American equality, livery Governmental concession to clamorous favorites Invites corruption in politlea! affairs by encouraging the expenditure •of meuey to debauch suffrage in support -of a policy directly favorable to private aud seltifh gain, This in the end must strangle patriotism and weaken popular confUUare in the rectitude of republican institution?. Though the subject of tariff legislation involves a question of markets It. also involves a question of morals. We cannot, wild 'mpnnlty, permit injustice to t*-ot. -h* spiiltof right and equity which i- the life of onr Republic, and wo shall tut', vo r.-och our National destiny if greed andselflihce-s lead the wav. Recognizing these truths, the National Democracy will settle, by .he appllcati-vn of just and sound nr!»clp!o«. to equalize to our people the blessings dos them from the Government tiioy supi-ort to promote among our countrymen a cl-sor community of interests. cetA-tr.ted by patriotism and National P«*s ■■od to point out a fair field, whore ) I'ivnpcrpus and diversified American enterprise may grow and thrive in the whole- ! sorts atm os ph ei a ot American industry, Ingenuity and Inter-g..noa. Tariff reform is still onr purpose. ( Ti-wogh wo oppose too theory that tariff taws may be passer having for their object the granting of discriminating ami unfair Goverpu' .utf.l aid to private ventures, wo ware no »s. terminating war | against aav American interests. Wo be-

lieve a readjustment can be accomplished in accordance with the principles we profess without disaster or demolition. Wo bolievo that the advantages of free raw material should be accorded to our manufacturers, and we contemplate a fair and careful distribution of necessary tariff burdens rather than the precipitation of free trade. We anticipate with calmness the misrepresentation of our motives and purposes, instigated by aaolfishness which seeks to hold in unrelenting grasp its unfair advantage under present tariff laws. Wo will rely upon the intelligence of our fellow countrymen to reject the charge that a party comprising amajorlty ot our people is planning the destruction or injury of American Interests, aud we know they cannot bo frightened by the specter of Impossible free trade. The administration and management of onr governmeutdepend upon popular will. Federal power Is the Instrument of that will-not its master. Therefore, the at tomot of the opponents of democtacy to Interfere with and control the suffrage of the States, through federal agencies, develops a design, which no explanation can mitigate, to reverse the fundamental aud safe relations between the people and their government. Such an attempt can not fail to bo regarded by thought ful men as proof of a bold determination to secure the ascendency of a discredited party iu reckless disregard of a freo expression of the popular will. To resist such a scheme is au impulse of Democracy. At all limes and In all places wo trust the people. As against a disposition to force the way to federal power, we present to them as onr claim to their confidence and support a steady champlonshio of their rights. The people are entitled to sound and honest money, abundantly sufficient in volume to supply their business needs, lint,whatever may bo the form of the people’s currency, national or State—whether gold, sliver or paper—it should be so regulated and guarded by governmental action or by wise and careful laws than no ono can be deluded as to the certainty and stability of Us value. Every dollar put In the bands of the people should bo of the same Intrinsic value or purchasing power. With this condition absolutely guaranteed both gold and silver can be safely utilized upon equal terms in the adjustment of our currency. Jn dealing with this subject, no selfish auhome should he allowed to Intervene and no doubtful experiment should be attempted. The wants of our poor people arising from the deficiency or imperfect distribution of money circulation ought to be fully and honest.lv recognized and efficiently remedied. It. should, however, be constantly remembered that the inconvenience or loss that, might arise from such a situation can be much easier borne than the universal distress which must follow a discredited currency. Public officials are the agents of the people. It is, therefore, their duty to secure for those whom they represent the best and most efficient performance of public work. This plainly can he best accomplished by regarding ascertained fitness in the selection of government, employes. These considerations alone are sufficient justification for an honest adherence to the letter and spirit, ot civil service reform. There are, however.otllwr features of this plan which abundantly commend it. Through its operation worthy merit in every station and condition of American life is recognized in the distribution of public employment, while Its applicat.ian tends to raise the standard of political activity from spoils hunting and unthinking party affiliation to the advocacy of parly principles by reason and argument.

The American people are generous and grateful, and they have Impressed those characteristics upon their government. Therefore, ail patriotic and just citizens must commend libelal consideration for onr worthy veteran soldiers and tor the families of those who have died. No complaint should bn made of the amount of public.monoy paid to those actually disabled or made dependent by reason of army sarviio. But our pension rolls should bo a roll of honor, uncoutaminated by ill desert and unvitiated by demagogic use. Tills Is due lo those whoso worthy names adorn the roll, and to all our people who delight to honor the bravo and the true. It is also duo to those who in years to come should he allowed to hoar reverently and lovingly the story of American patriotism and fortitude, illustrated by onr pension roil. The preferences accorded to veteran soldiers In public employment should be secured to them honestly and without evasion, and, when capable and worthy, their claim to the helpful regard and gratitude of their countrymen should he ungrudgingly acknowledged. The assurance of the people of the utmost individual liberty consistent with peace and good order Is a cardinal princicipal of our government.oThis gives no sanction to vexations sumptuary laws which unnecessarily interfere with such habits and customs of our people as are not offensive to a just moral sense, and [ are not inconsistent with good citizenship ; and in the public welfare. The same principle that the lino between the subjects which are properly within government control and those which are more litingly left, to parenlai regulation should he carefully kept in view. An enforced education, wisely deemed a proper preparation for citizenship, should not involve the Impairment of wholesome parental author ltynordoviolcncetot.be household conscience. Paternalism in government finds no approval in the creed of Democracy. It is a symptom of misrule, whether it is manifested in unauthorized gifts or by an j unwarranted control ot personal and family affairs. 1 Our people, still cherishing the feeling i of human fellowship which belonged to ! our beginning as a nation, require the ! government to express for them their sympathy with ail those who are oppressed under any rule less free than ours. A generous hospitality, which is one of the most, prominent ot our National characteristics, prompts us to welcome the worthy and industrious of all lands to homes and citizenship amoqg ns. This hospitable sentiment is not violated, however, by careful and reasonable regulations for the protection of, the public health, nor does it. testify the receplion of immigrants who have no appreciation of onr institut’ons, and whose presence is a menace to peace and good order. The importance of the construction of the Nlcaraugua ship canal as a means of promoting commerce between our States and with foreign countries, and also as a contribution by Americans to the enter prises which advance the interests of I ho world of civilization, should commend the project to Government approval and Indorsement. Our countrymen not only expect, from those who represent them in public places / a sedulous care for the tilings which are directly and palpably related to their matftrial interests, but they also fully appreciate the value of cultivating our National pride and maintaining onr National honor. Both their material interests and their National pride and honor are involved in the success of the Columhii n I Exposition and they will not bn inclined lo condone any neglect of eff ort on I ha

part of their Government to insure in the f grandeur of this event a titling exhibit of I American growth and greatness and a ' splendid demonstration of American patri otism. In an imperfect and incomplete manner I have thus endeavored to state some of the tilings which accord with the creed and intentions of the party to which I have given my lifelong allegiance. My attempt has not been to instruct my countrymen nor my party, but to remind them both that Democratic doctrine iios near the principles of our government and tends to promote the people's good. I a m willing to be accused of addressing my countrymen upon the right topics aud in homely fashion, for f believe that important truths arc found on tho surface o£ thought, and that they should be stated in direct and simple terms. Though muck is left unwritten, my record as a public i servant loaves no excuse for misunderstanding mv belief and position on t.h» questions which arc now presented to the voters of tho land for their decision. Culled for the third lime to represent the party of my choice in a contest for the supremacy of Democratic principles, my grateful appreciation of its confidence less than ever effaces the solemn sense of ray responsibility. If the action of tho cob volition you represent shall bo endorsed by the suffrages of my countrymen, I will assume the duties of tho great office foi which f have been nominated, knowing full well its labors and perplexities, ami with humble reliance upon the Divine Being. Infinite in power to aid and constant in a watchful care over our favored Nation. Yours very truly, Obovkk Cleveland. Gray Gabi.esI Sept. 36. WHEN AMMLAS ARE SICK. The scene of the wounded stag attended by the hinds, which Sir Edwin Landseer painted in his beautiful picture called ‘Highland Nurses.’ was, we bol eve, actually witnessed by the painter or his host. But the Storcli G-ericht, says tho London Spectator condemns without mercy those that cannot join the southern migration; ducks and canaries peck and ailing birds to death, and pigs arc born bullies, the smallest pig of the litter, the ‘‘petment,” as it is called in Bast Anglia, being invariably deprived of its food. Carnivorous animals rarely injure a sick or wounded member of their tribe, though wolves, when pressed by hunger, devour the weakest, and jackals will at once assemble aud tear to pieces a wounded member of the pack. But we lately heard a curious in stance of the instinct to destroy the injured among the larger cats. Some rough ground in Oudh was being driven by beaters, when a cheetali appeared before one of the guns and was badly wounded. Another cheetah appeared immediately after, and came up to the first which it seemed to urge to follow it. The wounded cheetah was unable to move, and the second, upon discovering this,sprung upon it caught it by the throat, and killed it. and was shot as it bounded away after this deliberate murder. Monkeys, with some notable exceptions, are some degrees worse than savage men in their treatment of the sick. On the new Jumna canal at Delhi monkeys swarm it; the trees upon the banks and treat their sick comrades iu true monkey fashion. The colony by the canal, being overcrowded, aud as a consequence unhealthy, did. and probably does, still suffer from various unpleasant disease. When one monkey is so obviously unwell as to offend the feelings of the rest a few of the larger monkeys watch it, and taking a favorable opportunity, knock it into the canal. If it is not drowned at once the sick monkey is pitched in again after it regains the trees, and either drowned or forced to keep aloof from the flock. At the Zoological gardens the monkeys torment a sick one without mercy, and unless it. is at once removed from the cage it has little chance for recovery. The small monkeys bite and pinch it; the larger ones swing it around by its tail, and when quite exhausted or dead, as many monkeys as can find room sit on its body. Frank Buckland’s monkeys, so far as we remember, exhibited considerable affection toward one another when ill. But that may have been due to the civilizing influences of his societ3‘. Generally speaking monkeys mope and seek solitude when sick. But Sally, the chimpanzee at the Zoo, during her last illness behaved exactly as a human being m ightr in similar circumstances. While the large gibbon in the next cage, which j died just afterward, retired to the j farthest corner and refused all assist • I ance, Sally came to the bais in fruct j where she could most easily receive j her medicine and fond, and ti ok her I balsam of aniseed for bronchitis, us I her keepers dictated. Only » hen i very ill did she retire to her kcmnn, \ and even then would reach out ho hand to the‘"doctor.” tiut there is not much faith in “physicking” at | the Zoo. Prevention is better than cure,though one bear generally takes i caster oil, which it likes, when su - | fering from a bad throat, and a very line bird,the African hornb ; 11. nn-jld allow medicine to be given to it by its keeper. A lady visitor good enough to leave a prescription to cure the savage Indian wild dogs of mange. But as sheleft no directions as to whether the remedy vr*s for internal or external application the dogs were allowed to cure themse-ives by° taking ‘‘sulphur bath,s"Jin straw 1 sprinkled with the remedy.

f THE OCCUIiATIO* OF MARS. How tho Interesting Kvon t. Appeared Through a Detroit Telescope. ft is particularly unfortunate that the weather should have been so unpropitious for the occultation Saturday night, as these occurrences are sufficiently rare to make them very interesting. While occultdtions occur quite frequently to some portion of the earth’s surface, yet the conditions of time aud location are so variable that the chances for seeing one in any particular locality are few and far between; thus, the next one

DISC OF MARS HALF COVERED BV MOON

to occur this year will be that of Saturn, on November 15, which will occur between 2 and 3 in the morning, at which time the moon will not yet have risen in this latitude, so that the ingress would be invisible, even if one cared to get up at that time in the morning to view it. While the sky was largely veiled with clouds, fortunately they were well interspersed with breaks and clear places, and I was fortunate enough to catch both ingress and egress very briefly during the interval of a small break in the clouds, and herewith present The Free Press with sketches of those phases of the occultation. The ingress was made behind the dark limb of the moon, which showed the segment of a large circle upon the comparative-

MARS AT EMERSION FROM MOON.

ly small disc of Mars, while the egress was from behind the light portion of the moon. The time of occulation at Washington was given as 1:44 a. m.; but as the moon ad - vanccd toward the planet from the west, it was readily apparent that it would occur much earlier than the actual differences of time for all places west of Washington. The City Hall clock was pointing at 11:5+ when the planet disappeared behind the moon and also behind a dense cloud; the egress or reappearence of the planet took place three quarters of an hour later. THE ARIZONA KICKER. The Marine Kclltor Reports the Attempted Lynching of His Chief. Extua ! Extra ! Extra !—We are not the editor and proprietor of the Kicker. Wc are not the man with a private graveyard. We are not the Mayor of this town. We are simply the marine editor on a salary of $8 per week. For the time being we are in charge of the oflice, and owing to events which occurred jresterday we have decided to get out this extra sheet and give the full details of one of the most damnable outrages ever perpetrated on a newspaper man in this Western country. As this sheet goes to press the office i is full of citizens, extending their sympathies and bieathing threats oi bloody revenge One word from us would precipitate a bloody massacre, but we shall not utter it. As a marine editor we are, calm and calculating. Sunday morning the editor of the Kicker, who is also Mayor, mounted his mule and rode over to Clinch Valley to dig some trailing arbutus to transplant to his private graveyard. For a year past the cowboys over there have been after his scalp, and, on two occasions have almost secured it. Ho should not have gone in that direction, knowing what 1 might happen, but he takes great pride in his p. g., and was bound to secure some of that arbutus to trail over the ten graves within it. What happened after the editor tiad dismounted from his mule just I beyond Squaw trail we gather from his own lips. He had found the vines lie was in search of, when fifteen cowboys rushed in and cut off all escape. Befote he could dyaw his gun he was seized and bound, and later on was carried to a tree and prepations made to hang him. Wo do not know what thoughts flashed through his brain as he stood there with the noose oviM.' his head and a circle of

implacable foes surrounding him. It is not our business to know. We do the marine at $7 a week, and are very practical about it. He probably thought of his mother—his p. g. — heaven — the office, and other things. The first move of the cowboys was to run ourchief up to the limb, hold him there for ten seconds, and then drop him to his feet again. He assures us that while the sensation was novel it was also decidedly unpleasant. He thinks it was this first pull which so stretched his neck that a No. 15 collar now goes almost twice around it. The object was to scare him and make him beg for mercy.but he assures us that he did not lose one jot of nerve, and that as soon as ho could get his breath again he defied them to do their worst. There is a yawning gulf between a marine editor and the proprietor of a great family paper, but we think out , .uo£ tells'the truth in this particular. When pulled up the second time sparks of fire danced before his eyes, his feet, felt like ice, and the only thought he had was that our esteemed contemporary would come out with a double-leaded two-column article and lie about him in the usual vein. As near as he can figure, he was suspended for fifteen seconds this time. Wo have no doubt that during this epoch he thought of all the mean things he ever did. Wo say this- without thought of criticising him. No marine editor would think of criticising his editor-in-chief. , When lowered for the second time the Kicker man found that his voice had changed from bass to falsetto, but he assures us that he used it ex tensively to denounce the crowd as thieves,cowards, assasins, grave robbers. jail birds, and so on. There were ten in the crowd he had driven out of town on different occasions, and he taunted each one with the fact. Ho offered to fight the whole mob if turned loose, and he warned them that his death would be terribly avenged. When they drew him up the third time they fastened the rope, calculating to finish him, but just then Col. Roberts' mule train from the railroad came into view and the whole mob took to flight. Our chief thinks he had dangled about four minutes when cut down, and, as his marine editor, we are bound to agree with him. The Colonel had him put in a wagon, poured whisky down his throat, and he revived before the train reached town. He is now at his boarding house and has the attendance of the best doctor in town, who says he will not be out for a week or two and will not get over the shock for months. His neck appears to us to be fully eighteen inches long, his ey'es twice their normal size, and up to au hour ago his hair was still standing on end. He is very calm, however, and his mind is very clear. As a marine editor on seven dollars a week we pronounce him a game man, and we predict that as soon as he is able to sit on a mule and handle a gun the number of tombstones in his p. g. will rapidly run up to eighteen or twenty.

Events of an Evening lu Chicago. Chicago Times. There was another explosion of sewer gas last night in the electric conduit which runs along the north side o£ Washington street. Commencing with the manhole at the corner of Fifth avenue and Washington street there were a series of explosions resembling the booming of ' cannon. Fire flashed from the manholes, and the heavy iron covers were hurled into the air with terrific force. The effect on the bystanders and cab horses which were anchored around the corners when the explosion occurred was terrifying in the extreme. Henry Oren. a cabman who stands at the corner of Fifth avenue and Washington street, was standing almost over the manhole when the explosion occurred. The flames from below burned his whisk- ( r , almost to a crisp, and the heavy iron cover just grazed the top of his cab as it came down. A deluge of mud was blown out by t he explosion and came down like a cloudburst raised from the Chicago river. Mr. Oren was covered with mud from head to foot, but this mud bath probably saved his life, as his whiskers were burning furiously when the mud burst settled down on him. Giovanni Maltruchio, hot poteorn vender, was pushing his cart along La Salle street and had the left wheel of his cart on the manhole plate when the explosion occurred. His cart was almost totally wrecked. The glass cage in which his tempting viands were exposed for sale was shattered into a million fragments and his popcorn was scattered about for half a block. Sig. Maltruchio escaped with a slight contusion on his left side caused by the shaft of his cart as it was hurled over, and his trousers were burned nearly to his knees. There was the same kind of a shower of mud thrown out there as at Fifth avenue and Washington street. The bystanders were deluged.