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Show mm si'iis. The Prophetic Voice of "the ' Claimant" is Heard ThroiiRh. out the Land. He Eepresents Everything Good in the Doctrines of Democracy and O Can't Deny It, THE WANTS OF THE PEOPLE, g n The ex-Preddent Would Again m Like to View Them From the C-t Executive Chair. m ' D Workine Up a Little Capital By Howling tf A'.oud Against the Election Bill. fr m BUT HE IS ON DANCEROUS CROUND J J Wheo He Talk, or Intimidation and th Suppression of the Ballot and . Kindred Crimea, Philadelphia, Jan. 9. Jackson day was celebrated lust night by the Young Men's Democratic association with a ' banquet at the Academy of Music. Ex-Presidont Ex-Presidont Cleveland was the orator ol the evening, speaking to the "Princi. pies of True Democracy." He eulogized eulo-gized democracy and its creed, and said: "Parties have come and parties have gone; but there has never been a time from Jefferson's day to the present when tho democratic party did not exist, ex-ist, attive, aggressive, and prepared for heroic conflict. Not all who have Followed the Banner ' have been able to demonstrate, as an abstraction, why democratic principles are best suited to their wants and the country's good, but they have known and felt that as this govern'Agnt was established for the pcoplo, the principles princi-ples nearest the people and standing for them could be safest trusted. Jackson Jack-son has been in thoir eyes the) incarna-tion incarna-tion of those things whioh Jefferson advocated. ad-vocated. The democratic party, by aa intelligent study of the present conditions, condi-tions, must be prepared to mekt all tha wants of the people as they arise, and furnish a remedy for every threatening evil. We cannot escape the duty rbioh party membership imposes upon lib to urge constantly upon our fellow Citizens Citi-zens of this day and generation Y" Th. Sofllcleney theprinciples of democracy " for thav , protection of their wellfare and happiness happi-ness in all diverse condition!.' There ' i should, of conrse, be no suggestion ; ,;. ' that a. departure from the tinie-hono'red principles of our party is necessary to 1 tha attainment of these objects. - Ob;., t,:-..;.. , tv the contrary, we should constantly con- ! gratulate ourselves that our party creed is broad enough to meet any emergency emer-gency that can arise In the life of a free nation. Thus, when we see the. func- .' i tions of government used to enrich a -favored few at the expense of the man v, t an unjust tariff, which banishes from many humble homes the comforts of life in order that in ' . Th. Palace, of Wealth ' -' luxury may more abound; we turn to our creed and find that it enjoins equal and exact justice to all men. Then, if we are well grounded in our political-" faith, we will not be deceived nor permit per-mit others to be deceived by plausible pretext or smooth sophistry. When the farmers are in distress, and their long hours of toil so poorly requited that money-lenders exact out their substances, substan-ces, while for everything they need they pay tribute to the favorites of government gov-ernment care, we know that all this is far from the 'encouragement of agriculture which our creed commands. com-mands. When we see extravagance of I public expenditure fast reaching a , point of reckless waste, we remember , 'economy in public expense' is an im-portant im-portant article of democratic faith. ;. When we see our political adversaries ' bent upon the passage of a federal law with a scarcely denied purpose of per- petuating Partisan Supremacy - in elections, we will stubbornly resist such a dangerous and revolutionary scheme in obedience to our pledgo ' for the support of state governments govern-ments in all their rights, under anti-democratic encouragement we have seen constantly increasing selfishness sel-fishness attached to our political affairs. Such abandonment of patriotic political action has naturally led to an estimate of tho peoples' franchise so degrading t that it has been openly and palpably debauched for the promotion of selfish schemes. Money is invested in the purchase of votes, with the deliberate delib-erate calculation that it will yield a profitable return in results advantageous advanta-geous to the investor. Another crime akin to this is the intimidation by employers em-ployers of voters dependent upon them lor work and bread. Nothing could be ( more hateful to true democracy than such offenses against our free institutions. institu-tions. In several states the honest Sentiment of the Party , has asserted itself in support of every plan proposed for the rectification of this terrible wrong. To fail in support would be to violate that principle in the creed of true democracy, which com- ( mands a jealous care to the right of ! election by the people." . Mr. Cleveland expressed the hope that Pennsylvania will not remain long behind her sister states in adopting an effective plan to protect her people's suffrage, and added that in any event the democracy of the state can find no justification in party principle, nor in party traditions, nor in a just apprehension appre-hension of Democratic duty, for failure earnestly to support and advocate ballot bal-lot reform. . |