The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

A are A A 1 to' be no flinching and "no paltering. The position taken by the party in the last campaign was the true one and but for misrepresentation and fraud on the part of the opponents of the Democracy it would' have triumphed. The ground then taken and still maintained is that the tariff must reformed. so that its oppressive burdens may be lightened. In effecting that reform the necessary simplification, and reduction are to be done without barm to the business interests of the country and without injury to any workingman.

That, and other than that, was the design of the Democratic party in the program of tariff reform on which it went to the country. "The only mistake of the. party was that' it devoted all its efforts to the education of the workingmen, whose interests were declared by the opposition to be endangered by this policy. was supposed that the farmers, who are the greatest sufferers by the present high tariff, understood the case already. The.

result showed that the workingmen had learned for themselves where their true interests lie and the manufacturing communities voted heavily. for the Democratic policy of tariff reform, whilst the agricultural constituencies went the other way. It: is to these the work of education must now be applied and the clubs are urged to spare no effort in making them understand their own Another, and perhaps the most- important work of all which lies before the Democratic organization, is the overthrow of the money power in elections and the protection of the ballot from corruption and intimidation. The address says that laws for the. complete secrecy of (the ballot must be enacted and the crime of bribery must be made odious and punished as it deserves.

On this point the organization ought to have the cordial cooperation of all: honest citizens, no -matter what their party, affiliations, but in any case the Democratic clubs owe it to themselves, to their party: "and to. the country that they should push this work. of reform without stay or relaxation of effort until the ballot box is thoroughly purified. LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT. the people.

A GOOD ENDING TO THE. YEAR. Tue legislative commitice on constitutional revision' appears to 'be doing some good The committee was appointed at the last session to consider and report to the legislature when it assembles what changes are necessary in the constitution of the state. That instrument provides for a constitutional convention in 1890 to do this work, I but constitutional conventions are expensive aud the public generally reject their work when it is done, 80 it was thought that by means of a revision committee of: the legislature the necessary changes might be made, passed upon by the legislature and submitted to a vote of the people without the bother and expense of a constitutional convention. The committee has: been at work for several months and will submit.

its amendmen's and alterations to the legislature when that body meels. So far as its proceedings have been made public the committee appears to have been fairly nonpartisan. The committee's provision for the apportionment of the state is particularly sensible and makes a change from the, present method that will certainly be in the interest of better politics. The apportioument is to be made every ten years, by a board of four commissioners, two of each party, so that there can hardly be any, partisan schemes worked in the 'apportionment. But the important change is that in counties where the population is large enough to entitle that county to two or more representatives the county shall be divided into as many districts as it has representatives and the voters of each district will elect their own representative.

Under the present arrangement no matter. how many representatives or senators a county may have they are all elected on a general ticket and are therefore nearly always all of one party or the other, the minority, although: but 1. few votes dividing it from the majority, having no representation at all: Cuyahoga county is represented in the legislature by six representatives and two senators, and lamilton county by nine representatives three senators, all Republicans, because all'were elected ou one ticket in a year when Republicans, elected about' everything. neither county have the Democrats any representation. It has happened the other.

way occasionally and might happen again that the Democrats would have all the representation from these connties and the Republicans have none. One great evil of this state of affairs is that the political complexion of the legislature is nearly always determined by the result of the election in Ilamilton and Cuyahoga counties. Whichever party manages to carry these two counties, by however small a majority, secures twenty representatives in the senate and house, which will almost always. make a majority one way or the other. The new arrangement" proposed by the revision committee will change all this.

Cuyahoga county will be divided into assembly and senatorial districts, as many as there may be represeutatives and senators to elect. Instead "of electing the whole crowd on one ticket, as at present, the voters of each district will elect a representative or senator for that district, as the case may be. In this way a much fairer representation will be secured, the political control of the legislature will not be thrown so much into the hands politicians of two or three great cities of the state and there being better opportunities for the voter to discriminate between candidates the cities will be better represented. It is a good plan all the way through, and whatever becomes of the revision committee's work in general, this, proposition ought to receive the approval of the legislature and The year which is now within a few days of its end closes well so far as its business conditions are concerned. It is generally conceded' that the holiday trade is a reasonably good criterion the condition of the country.

When the holiday trade is large and people buy. freely and at the same time "with judgment, there can be little. doubt a as to the, prosperity of the country and 3 the confidence: of the people the continuance. of that' prosperity, at r. committee.

Each club or society of the last which was them or has since befully repermanent communicate with the gen. come organization, is respect-. eral committee at once and to keep us notified of all changes in its officers. All clubs which are members of the state league or association branches of the national associations 10 their various states, are urport gently advised continue their active sup. of those organizations, and otber clubs are requested organize themselves neatly as rapidly as possible, and to report fully to the future meeting of.

the general committee. Uutil that- meeting the execu tive committee will maintain its business offioe and at all No. 52 Willian street, New York city, communications which it receives' will be promptly attended By order of the Dated New York, Dec. 23. ROBERT GRIER MONROE, Chairman: Sick headache is readily cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which toes and regulates the digestien, and creates an GREENBACK DIET.

Killing a Calf to Recover Stolon Property: A few evenings since, observes the Warren (O.) Chronicle, two or three men were look. ing over the Park hotel- register, aud the remark was made that one of the signatures was in chirography similar to that. of United States Treasurer Spinner. 3 This led Mr. 'N.

S. Pratt to "I became acquainted with Mr. Spioner over twentyfive years ago, when he was cashier of bank of New Amsterdam, N. Y. day I had a draft.

cashed at that bank, calling for $2,500. The money was handed me by the president of the bauk, aud I said, 'of course this is all right, and I do not need to count The president remarked that he would wager $1,000 it was all right, as Mr. Soloper ever made auy mistakes. I brought the money home to Trumbull county, and in the course of'a week had paid out $2,500, and bad a package of $100 of the money which I. had gotten from the New Amster.

dam bank left. I had kept an accurate account of my finances, and knew could not be mistaken. I wrote to Mr. Spinner about the mistake. He replied, saying that at the date of my transaction at the bank, his account was short $100, but he had not been able to trace the loss.

I had the money in 'a pocketbook in a vest pocket, and going out one forenoon to plow, I hung my vest ou the fence. After some time I happened. to look where 1 bad left the vest, and saw that it had disappeared, and going to spot I discovered that a calf had got bold of the vest and was making its dinner of my pocket book. It had eaten $65 of the $100,3 and in A few minutes more would have devoured the rest. The remaining $35.

was lying scattered around. It was concluded to kill the calf; but three hours elapsed from the tima it swallowed the bank bills until its stomach was examined. There was mighty little left of that money, I assure you. All we found of it was in the form of a ball, or cud, consisting of bits of bills, barely enough to identify them. I went before Buel Barnes, and with two others who had assiated at the post 88 witnesses, had a sworn statement made out as to the facts and forwarded it to the left.

your did right to kill the beast. Any bank. Spinner replied: "Send what's calf that would eat an Amsterdam, or any other d- bill, is a bigger fool than 5 the one that run two miles on a fool errand and ought to be killed." UNITED STATES JURORS. Names of the Men to Serve at the Febru- ary Term. The following names were -drawn yester-: day afternoon to serve as grand jurors in the nited States district court for the F'eburary term: George T.

Townsend, Warren; Da vid Murray, Massillon; William B. Phillips. Paris, Portage county; Smith, War. ren; Louis Dibble, Cleveland; Charles J. Sheffield, Cleveland; B.

Geneva; W. Il. Park. Elyria; J. Mi.

Waterman, Clevelaud; William Cleighton, Painesville; Andrew R. Cassidy, Peuinsular; P. Winslow, Cleveland; T. S. Taylor, Paoli, Tuscarawas county; James Robinson, West Beaver, Columbiana county; D.

W. Cross, Cleveland; John A. Wagner, Caual Dover; R. B. Johnstou, New Lisbon; Levi Travis, Ragersville, Tus.

carawas county: R. H. Smith, Newcomers. town; Hiram Harmon, Willoughby; sou Harris, Lodi; Manassab Dessenburg, Ash. land; Clement Russell, Massillon; T.

H. Arbuckle, East Liverpool. Petit jurors, February term -Nelson Bailey, Gustavus, Tuscarawas county; T. J. Conkle, Clarkson, Columbiana county; Ed Scott, Maynesburg, Stark county; Philo S.

Goodsell, Cleveland; Eli W. Botsford, Wooster; George Paul, Cuyahoga Falls; S. W. Fenton, North Bristol: Edwin Ferrall, Carrollton; Valentine Morey, Paris, Stark county; John J. Williams, Clarkson; J.

W. Holloway, Akron; Lawrence. Rogers, Massillon; J. B. Simmons, Cleveland; Elibu Fish, Edinburgh, Portage county; E.

B. Upham, Massillon; Daniel Tramer, Kirtland; Charles Merwin, Massillon; A. C. Adair. Leesville, Carrollton; J.

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of the few at the expense of the many. To oppose class legislation which despoils labor and builds up monopoly. To maintain inviolate the fundamental principle of before the law." What good citizen can take. exception to these principles and purposes? Who can say they are not for the welfare of the country and for the protection of the interesta af all the people? Keeping true to those principles, how 'can it be otherwise than that the Democratic; party" must triumph in the eud? On; the question of tariff reform- there is least for the immediate future. Reck- 7 less extravagance in; buying is not con- sidered a healthy sigit.

It indicates unsoundness in the apparent prosperity as extreme economy. at the holiday season proves the scarcity of money and fears for the future. The from all: over the country as to the trade of Christmas week agree in saying that the purchases, were unusually heavy in the aggregate; at each place and that the buyers seemed to have plenty of funds with which to make their purchases without painful calculation, but that there was little evidence of 3 extravagance. The people had mouey to buy what they wanted, were willing the dealers should have a fair profit, but knew whether they were getting the value of money. That is the kind of trade the dealers like and they had good reason.

to be satisfied. Another indication of a healthy slate of affairs was. given yesterday in the action the managements. of the Vanderbilt railroads at their meeting in New York. It was decided that the time had come for the resumption of 5 per cent.

dividends on the, great lines that had hitherto been content. with 4 per the Lake Shore and Now York Central treating their stockholders to this pleasant surprise, whilst, a still greater surprise was, the appearance once more of the Cleveland Columbus among' the dividend paying roads, from which it has long been absent. Prof. Bryce's important work: on The American. Commonwealth, which has been awaited with great interest by scholars and publicists for several years, is published at such a price that it is unlikely to get into as many hands as ought to have it.

The author is an Englishman, whose, reputation for thorough historical research- and dispassionate judgment" stands high. among learned men in both hemispheres. He the nearly, twenty years been enmade three to this country, during gaged on his work and. whilst here made. close investigation into the workings of our institutions, carefully noting, effect upon them of changing social, and political conditions.

Realizing they deep interest likely to be taken by Americans in his book and believing that "the laborer is. worthy of his Prof. Bryce managed to secure an American as well as English copyright and then put a price on the American edition which American buyers of such works are less accustomed than the comparatively few Englishmen who buy instead of hire their reading from the libraries. is satisfactory to kuow that so careful, thorough and impartial a student of American institutions as Prof. Bryce can find so much to commend and so little to condemn, His views in regard to our form of government are thus summed up: "It must never.

be forgotten that the main object which the framers of the constitution set before themselves. has been achieved. When Sioyes was asked what he had" done during the reigu of terror, the auswered; 'I lived." The constitution as a whole has: stood and stauds unshaken. The scales of power have tot hang fairly "even. The president has.

not corrupted and enslaved congress; congress has not paralyzed and, cowed the president 4 The legislative may have gained" somewhat on. the executive department; yet, were Cheorge Washington to return to 'earth, he might be as great and useful.a president as he was a century ago. Neither the legislative nor the executive has for moment threatened the liberties of the people. The states have not broken up the union and the Union has not sorbed the states. No wonder that: Americans are proud of an.

instrument under which this great result has been attained; which has passed unscathed through the furnace" of civil war; which has been found capable of embracing. a body of commonwealths three times as. numerous and with twentyfold the population of the original states; which has cultivated the political intelligence of the masses to a point reached in no other which has fostered and been found compatible with a larger measure of local self-government than has existed elsewhere. Nor is it the least of its merits to have made itself beloved. Objections may be taken to.

par-: ticular features 4 and: these -objections point, 3 28 most American thiukers are agreed, to -practical improvements which. would preserve L3 the excellencies and some of the inconveniences. But reverence for the constitution hast become so potent a conservative influence that no proposal of fundamental change seems likely to be entertained. And this reverence is itself one of. the most wholesome and hopeful elements in the character of the American people." 3.

'Here and there can be found a pessimistic American citizen who croaks that the American system is a failure and popular government under it a delusion and a fraud." It may. comfort the hearts of these despondent brethren and cheer their drooplug spirits to read what this unprejudiced observer has to say on the subject after long and thorough investigation. IT WILL HARDLY GO. The opinions of citizens of, all classes, avocations and political creeds concerning the plan of municipal reform proposed for this city are to be found in this issue of the PLAIN DEALER. A careful study of these opinions will recall the old saying about "many, many minds," but the impression left will be that the majority are not impressed with the wisdom of new plan, though admitting that a change: of some kind might be advantageous.

The conclusion to be drawn: from this diversity of views is that the plan proposed has little chance of going through the legislature. Even if the committee that will first have to pass upon it should heartily favor its adoption the chances of its being enacted into a law would be very slight, as the men. whose infuence with the legislators from this city is more potent than that of the whole committee on municipal. reform look askant upon it. That may, perhaps, considered by some reformers as an argument in favor of the change, but nevertheless it indicates the improbability, of its being made.

One serious argument against the adoption of the Philadelphia plan without care: ful consideration, is the short trial that city. did AN UNPREJUDICED CRITIC. not go effect until April, and. while it mariappear to be a great improved ment oxer old plan so far 88. it has, gone, it must be borne in mind that, has not Yet been time develop its weak: spots, if any.

At the start public interest, was strong and no doubt care was taken to prevent improper men getting into power. Whether this care was successful, in every Instance remains to be by: our cof investigation. But some yAfen the "gang" get the hang of the machine and the "good citizens" are, satisfied everything is going son so "nicely that they can afford to bet inatten: tive as before to public. matters, the Hew plan will be found more convenient for the gang's purposes than the old. Then will go tip a loud cry for another "reform" ent There will be no satisfactory municipal reform until a way has "been devised not but only to also" to putta put' good gord system men into office every.

time, and that can only be done. by good citizens taking a. lively interest in, the selecting of good candidates every -time. and electing them. What plan can be vised to accomplish this Once, in a long while the "good citizens" wake: up: and become active When they have demonstrated their power they congratulate themselves aud each: other and straightway lose, all interest in the matter, when the take hold again with fresh energy and greater opportunities.

And 'there is always the legislature to ruthlessly. destroy or sneakingly maim any plan of municipal government that gives prom use. of. being of genuine benefit. AT a recent meeting of the Western com-.

mercial travelers' association, held at St. Louis, a sensation was caused by the report of the medical director. The association has an insurance arrangement and there was paid out during the year nearly $66,000 to the beneficiaries of deceased members. The medical director says: "I regret state that large majority of; our death losses since the organization of the association has been caused. by suicide and overuse of intoxicating liquors." He further says that fit our membership will 'hold up' on suicide and liquor our death losses "will be at least-50 per less than at present.

THE "surplus" that is now giving Gen. Harrison the most trouble is the "surplus" of candidates for office. There is more of a demand than can be met. Titr Republican: 4 in the federal departments are. as uneasy as are the They.

do not know. what fate has in store for theme THE friends dE Matthew Arnold in England have collected $35,000 for. his, widow and daughters. 6 AL the Buffalo Lipress "speaks of Santa Claus as Col. S.

the apex is reached. Home, Sweet Home. Editor DEALER: Will you please publish the author of Home, Sweet Home, when written; what year and what nationality the and kindly oblige, SUBSCRIBER. John Howard Payne, born in New York, 1792, wrote Home, Sweet Home. It was serted in his splay.

of the Maid of Milan, which was produced opera by. Charles Kemble at Covent CHarden theater; London, May 8, 1823. 'The music supposed to have been a Sicilian air" adapted by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, though some musical historians think he wrote it bimself instead of adapting it. Payue sold a mass of drat inatic manuscripts Kemble at the same tiine with Clari, and estimated $125 to be the amount received for the opera. The publisher of the song alone received in two years over $10,000 for 'it its author was homeless and starving.

PLAIN DEALINGS. A GROCER at Mexico, imports cab. bage by the car load I from: Ohio. WHEN the last Indian census was taken there were 131,000 lepers British India, 100,000 of them belug THERE were more applications for divorces than for marriage licenses in Sedgwick county, last month. THE author of.

Listen to the Mocking Bird doesn't have, to listen any more. He made $100,000 that oue auditory effort. THE London metropolitan. board of works proposes expend ncarly. $2,000,000 in widening three, thoroughfares of secondary importance.

THERE is an acrimonious debate going on as to which of the New England states raises the finest turkeys. Thus far Vermopt seems to bave the best of: the argument. THE negro refugees are rushing back to Florida, and the hotels fu that state, are getting ready for the crowds of tourists, who, it is hoped, will rush down there a little later OD. 3 A DRY goods clerk. in a Peunsylvania village ate three large mince pies in an evening, and went to bed: Instead of dreaming that.

he saw, this departed he went to joiu them before morning. AN old man on the Vermont border, says the New York Herald, died the other day, and in his last hours he confessed that he had been a smuggler for fortyseven years, and had, beaten the government out of tens of thousands of dollars. TRAMPS confined in the jail at Creston, pounded a hole through the walls of the cell into an adjoining cell and drank nearly all of 8 case and a half of condemned beer which bad -been placed there for safe keeping. AFTER having at least fifty fire drills there came an alarm of fire in a New York school and every, pupil lost his head in a minute and assisted create a confusion In. which over twenty childreu: were injured.

A SAN FRANCiSCO gentleman owns a dog, on whose collar be has attached the following legend: "Lowilkpot be responsible for the damage donal to people who persist in discussing Robert Elsmere in this dog's hearing. He can't stand THE old saving "cold" enough to stop a clock," has a been; actually exemplified in Maine this inter. The. recent storm of snow and sleet- froze the hands of the town clocks in Bangor: solidly down on their faces and they didu't go any more. THERE probability that Browning will be the next poet laureate.

Though only three than Tennyson, be is as robust in mind: ap body. as a man of fifty. THE foundations of a church in San Lias, have beets shifted seven inches by the roots of eucalyptus trees and the latter are, therefore, tog be out down. The trees: are perfect giants, their tops reaching thirty feet above the church's steeple. M.

TISSERAUD of the Paris observatory has reported to the academy of science that Neptune has a satellite which moves contradiction to the revolutions of all the otber planets and that before many ages it. will drag our a whole system after it into space. ARBOR day, which originated in Nebraska, has been the means of causing the planting. of nearly million acres of forest land in that state The importance of forest culture is illustrated by the fact that the value of the annual forest product of. the United States is $800,000,000, or nearly double that of our wheat crop: and ten times more than the yield of our gold and silverimines.

THE practice de commemorating the anni. versarica of deaths: by an advertisem*nt la the newspapers in growing very fashionable in England. A note appeared in a Liverpool paper the other day reminding the world of the death otta 4 months old child who became an angel thirtysix years ago: This seems like carrying things to extremes. AS ARTHUR WHITTAKER of NewSmyrna, was working ia the hummock one day last week his pick struck against something hard which investigation proved to be a canister shot, which bad never been ex. -ploded.

It was about fourteen inches and four inches in diameter and was buried about one and onehalf feet in; the ground. It was undoubtedly fired there by Union gunboats when they shelled the town in the last war. 7 THE NATIONAL PRESS. John Wanamaker has had a letter pub. lished in which he denies that he gave collected money to corrupt voters the res cent election, -Doubtless Mr.

Wanamaker his friends did -not give money for this purpose, but can be deny that the enormous sums They contributed were used' for this purpose? The fact that the contributions were out of all: proportion to the legitimate expenses of the, campaign wad strong. temptation to the use of them illegitimately. -St. Louis, Post- Dispatch. If the object our state land laws is to promote the notual settlement and occupancy of.

the vacant: lands why not frame the laws with that object solely in view? If settlement is desirable at all it is desirable above all things; if settlement is undesirable why should the flaw pretend to favor settlement? -Fort Worth There is a fatal objection to a property qualification to be found, in the fact that such a qualification would admit to the ballot box negro property holders and exclude nonpropertyholding white wen. It 18 very easy to say that there would be nothing wrong in a constitutional provision: which should thus disfranchise unfortunate whites and enfranchise fortunate negroes. Try you will find that blood is not only thicker than water, but is in argument more powerful than mouey. -Richmond Dispatch. That Samoan war is not to be sneezed Why can't our ball players now in that quarter of the world stop over and "spike" a Samoan or two? That would introduce the innocents to the actual sweets of blood letting and bruisery, and would end the war with quick ado.

-Philadelphia Record: Chairman Quay is said to have Igaored exPresident Hayes' presence on the traiu with him the other day. Perhaps Quay's eyesight was affected temporarily by a beadache. -Savannah News, We want more good men in this country, "but we don't want any more sabbatarians. The new wing of Metropolitan museum of art, in New York, has just been formally opened for use on week days but it is doubtful whether it will be open. on Sundays.

While the mayor and the president of the park department have expressed the hope that the building would be open every day in the year, the trustees have made no move in that direction. The object sought to be accomplished by the founding of such insti. tutions can never be fully attained so long as they remain closed to the Record. workers in populous cities. Philadelphia If any Ohio man gets a place in the it will be Senator Sherman; and he wilt not get it if he has to depend upon Ohio Buence alone for a just and honest advocacy of his claims.

-St. Louis Globe- Democrat. A A DISPERSER OF GLOOM. "There's but one Chicago," says a Chicago paper, but neglects to add that pork is its profit. -Los Angeles Tribuue.

Brown: "So your girl's father showed you the, door?" Jones: "He did." Brown: "How. did you feel about it?" lican. "Well, I felt put out." -Springfield Repub. were 19,912 patents issued at Wash. ington last year, and yet a woman still uses a $1.50 pair of shears to pry open a can of peacbes.

Genius seems to be misapplied to a considerable extent. -Norristown Herald. "Court the fresh air day and night," says a medical exchange. That's good advice for the girls, but if you are. a young man you had better court the fresh heiress, -Danville Breeze First tailor: "Do you bow to your customers when you meet them in the street?" Second ditto: "Well, as a rule I do, but I always cut my Punch.

Guest (who' ordered cold roast duck and is out of patience): "Waiter, how long must I wait?" Walter: "It you will kindly have patience, the duck is not yet quite Fliegende Blatter. 1: "I threw myself at her moaned a disconsolate youth. "Did you hit them?" inquired a coldhearted, unsympathetic lis. tener. Woman: (to tramp): "Why do you stand in that dejected, pleading attitude? Ain't the pie good?" Tramp: "Yes, ma'am, the pie is all right, but I used to be a waiter and got the habit of taking this pathetic posture while looking for a Woman: "Well, what did you do when you didn't get a fee?" Tramp: "What could do? I just brushed a few crumbs into the custo.

mer's lap or: let his hat drop: and let him go. Firstlady: an imperious, dictatorial, arrogant man that mfr. Pompus is!" Second "Yes; vou know he has never been -Washington "Christmas comes but once a year," murmured the old gentleman as he knelt in 1 church, "for which and other: Lord, make us duly grateful." -Merchant Traveler. thing, if only a grudge. Pay Don't allow.

yourself to owe any man any. Yonkers Statesman. Pat Cole, the Irishman who killed Coombs in a fight sore years since in Bruuswick, on being arrested by the sheriff, said: "It was' a fair tight, Mr. Officer; if Coombs bad killed me I wouldn't have said a word about Lewiston (Me.) Gazette. "John, you've been smoking again.

Your clothes are reeking with the odor. "Maria, you are mistaken. I rode home in a amok10g car. Had to do that or. stand up." (Next "John, you've been drinking again." 'pon my word I baven't.

I rode -home in a -with a-(no, that won't this time). M'ria, you're (bic) thinking 'bout that other time I came howe kind o' tired out," 'fore swore off." -Chicago Tribune. F- Unity Church Festival. The Christmas celebration at the Church of the Unity began at o'clock last evening with a supper served in the dining hall at the rear of the church. Services were held In the Suuday school room immediately afterward, beginning with the processional hymn, Waken, Christian Children, sung by a quartet consisting of Messra.

Pratt and Henderson and Misses Wilson and Cochran. The Vision, a responsive reading. by Rev. Dr. Hosmer, the pastor, and the school came Ye next My and People.

was followed The by Greeting, the a song, Comfort. responsive exercise, a carol entitled, 0 Star That Led to Him, the gospel responsive exercise and a duet with full chorus followed. Prayer was offered by the school in concert, ending with Thayer's choral response. Short addresses and recitations by pupils and teacherg came next the services ended with the song, 40 Christmas Day so Bright" and the pastor's Au immense evergreen bad been mounted ou the platform, decorated with gaily colored lights and covered with boxes of caudy and other small presents for the children, who filed past the tree and received the gifts as they A general social followed: Mr. Sigler, one of the mem.

bers, at the close of the exercises, conducted the PLAIN DEALER reporter through the basem*nt of the church, showing the cloak room, dining room, dressing roonis and kitched, all arranged to make the church as homelike and pleasant as possible. A nudiber of young people bad cleared away "the table in dining room and were dancing therein as the reporter passed the door. Commercial Travelers' Meeting. The commercial travelers' meeting, will be held toworrow afternoon in the board of trade. room.3 There seems to be a general impression that the "meeting is to be held in the evenings but it will be in the atternoon.

The beauty craze has revolutioned society. and Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has revolutiba: ised the treatment of coughs and colds, a FORM IN LINE. Democrats. for a Four Years' Campaign.

An Address to the Associated Deme. cratio Olubs. Which Will Prepare Them for the Battle of 1892. public service: To oppose unnecessary commercial restrictions for the benefit of the few at the expense of the To oppose class legislation, which labor and builds up monopoly; and To maintain inviolate the fundamental principle of Equality before the law." The Democratic party will continue in the future as in the past oppose the base Republican scheme of reducing the surplus of the federal government by extravagant expenditures and by increased taxation upon the necessaries of We firmly adhere to the principle that unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation; that it is a. premium upon extravagant and corrupt expenditure; that the United States goverument should, therefore, raise no more money than is necessary for its own economical support, that the just and constitutional way to reduce revenue is by lowering taxes, and that they should be lowered upon the necessaries of life rather thau upon the luxuries, and finally that, in the reduction of the revenues to a point where they will meet the needs of the government economically administered, Ameri.

can labor shall not be exposed to any injuri4 ous competition of cheap, foreign labor, but the Democratic party will still continue its foremost champiou. It has been our purpose to bring about the necessary reduction of the revenues and. tue necessary simplification and reform of the tariff without harm to the business interests of the country and without injury to any workingman, but in a manner by which all should be benefited and relieved of unnecessary. burdens and no' 'one injured in any degree whatsoever. This we have maintained in the face of the most persistent misrepresentation, aud to bring the truth of these issues plainly before every voter wiit be one of the labors of our association during the next four years.

No less an object will be the overthrow of the money power in elections, which has undoubtedly resulted in defeating the will of the people, and which bas grown to be a tional disgrace. The two arms of monopoly -bribery and intimidation--must be struck down. Laws securing the most absolute secrecy of the ballot must be enacted and enforced, and, the crime of bribery must be made odious and punished as it deserves. During the past campaign the Republican managers, political and pecuniary, stopped at nothing to accomplish their end; sectional prejudices were aroused to -warp the judg. rent of the timid; audacious bribery was resorted to to complete their purpose of debauching.

the people So that they might wrench the government from the hands of 9 clean administration and for a time riot in an im. mense surplus drawn from the toil of honest labor, But the Republican organization lacks the moral necessary to continued success. When reason resumes its sway and will again rise triumphant, and those wbo another hi election occurs, the Democratic party believe in class legislation and corruption of the electoral franchise will again be driven from power. The party which has truth upon its side never fails of victory when the truth is once made known. One argument is worth a dozen fallacies.

One organizatiou campaigning for the truth and honest, government in a few years' contest 19 worth a dozen armed only. with, prevarications and with money. 41 tive and a steady application to the acco m- With an abandonment of every minor mo. plishment of the great ends and the estab. lishment of the great priaciples for which our party was founded as early as the republic itself, we heed have no fear of the result.

We look back with self- respect and pride to the battle which we have waged and with confidence to the ones to come. Let us lose no time in preparation. next struggle for control of the national government will begin not 10. 1892. but in the congressional and legislative elections of 1890..

Let the Democratic clubs and societies step forward and with an active, earnest, vigilant volunteer militia oppose the paid standing army of our opponents, inaugurating immediately the agitation of our great principles and continuing it in every district the next four years. A meeting of our general committee will 1 be called at an early day. It is hoped that before that time there will be at least one active club or society in every county of the uniou conscientiously at work. It there be one in a county.it is hoped that that one will have the whole county as its field. is hoped that each club wall be a permanent aud se grary bureau and speakers' The following address is sent out by the National association of Democratic clubs: to some 3,000 associated clubs in the United States: "To the Associated Democratic Clubs of the United States: Your executive committee since the election has been in receipt of communications from your general committeemen and from the clubs aud societies forming the association in every part of the country.

It is its pleasure to be. able to report that there is no faltering. from the issues of the. last campaign and no hesitation as to entering at once upon the contest of 1892. The National association was formed and its members organized too late for most effective: campaign: work during the last presidential contest: It failed.

to. stem the tide, of Republican misrepresentation the effect of enormous sums of money. handled by the -most corrupt and partisan' organization ever known in this" country; but. with all our disadvantages success was barely missed. The great manufacturing states of New JerBey and Connecticut were carried.

In New York and Indiana, in. Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the workingmen stood firmly by the Democracy, as may be seen by a ful examination the returns from inanufacturing Where the people understood the real difference between Republican plutocracy and Democratic equality their verdict was true. Had the active club organization of Democracy permeated the agricultural districts as well, Cleveland and Thurman would bave had an eleetoral as well as a popular majority. The honest aud intelligent farmers who euffer the most aud gain the least from the present excess of taxation would have come torward in blocks of fifty floaters to in meet their the blocks mercenary of five. aud unpatriotic.

The campaigu upou which the Democratic We cannot safely rely for a victory, in the clubs are now to enter is not an: easy one, next presidential election, upon the twenty states which elected Tilden in 1876, and which elected Grover, Cleveland In 1834. The admission of the. territories, to which each of the great. parties has solemuly pledged itself, and the rearraugement couse- quent upon the next census in the representation of the present states, will change the relative power of each siugle state and group of states, and will broaden the national contest. To win we shall have to fight the whole field, Maine to California, as hotly 89 New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana were fought this year.

The Democratic party proposes fight this entire field and uvon the same issues as in the past campaign, upon the same principles which were inaugurated in the framework and foundation of our associatiou at Baltimore on the 4th of July last. They are the principles of Thomas Jefferson, the great and first preceptor of the principles of Democracy in this country, as well as of every true and enlightened Democrat who has lived since our birth as a nation, our objects still being: To preserve the constitution of the United States, the autonomy of the states, local selfgovernment and freedom of electiou; To resist revolutiouary- changes and the centralization of power; To oppose the impogition of taxes beyond the necessities of government economically administered; To promote economy in all branches of the.

The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

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