Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1884 — THE FARMERS. [ARTICLE]

THE FARMERS.

They Have Nothing in Sympathy with Cievehuid ami Krfuse to Support Him. The Albany Evening Journal reviews the i'ecord of Gov. Cleveland's acts in relation to tlli* farmers, and says: > “The formers owe nothjng to Gov.,Cleveland or to the party which he represents, and it is not lit all surprising that thfey and their representative organizations refuse to render him support. He has never honored them by official recognition, and he has .offended them needlesly at every opportunity. He has not acted as the conservator of their interests as the great taxpayiiig majority of The State, but has countenanced in various instances legislative action that has needlessly taken thousands fronr tax]>ayeis. If the farmers owe their thanks to any one for the prohibition of manufacture of oleomargarine and for the rise in the price of butter, the obligation certainly is not to Gov. Cleveland, but to the Republican Legislature. As a means of legislation he deserves none, for the Governor is not a lawmaker. But the truth is, that Gov. Cleveland has not been friendly to the farmers. AVhen the test case against O. H. McGann of Brooklyn for selling oleomargarine was brought before the Supreme Court bn appeal after McGann had been found guilty the District Attorney of Kings County asked that the case be postponed, and astonished ‘ the court by saying that Gov. Cleveland had requested: the postponement. Judge Troy declared such interference on the part of the Governor to be most extraordinary and uncalled for, and added that, as no appeal had been made for executive clemency, he did not understand why the Governor should interfere with the administration of justice. Thus we find Gov. Cleveland interfering to postpone the prosecution of an alleged vender of bogus butter. ” u Y'etoes for items for SI,OOO for the State Dairymen's Association, for SIO,OOO to test the salt supply—a matter of great interest ?o the farmers—and for SIO,OOO to prevent the sale of adulterated goods and drugs, are further proofs of his hostility to the farmers.