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Show f the dangerous classes. And in this connection, con-nection, one of those dangerous classes finds in Grover Ci.kvela.xd its sworn rep-resentatiTe rep-resentatiTe and defender, lie alone of all the presidential candidates would travel out j Df his legitimate pathway to strike down one half of the time honored metallic currency at the nation, and to strike hands with the J gold usurers and enemies of the Union. , And now that the nation stands bleeding: from every pore and starving in its financial 1 beggarj', asks for bread, Jhe, indifferent to J their just demands, insultingly and with great show of solicitude for their welfare offers them an anti-tariff stone. ( (.KOVKH CtKVELAXD TALKS. Chairman Wilson of the committee appointed ap-pointed to notify Ckovek Cleveland aud Aoi.Ai Stevenson' of their nominations per-Jornied per-Jornied that duty fast Thursday niuftit at IMadison Square sjarden. Among other things he said: '-It is then not only with a sense of profound satisfaction, satisfac-tion, but also with the assurance that your aiomiuation is welcomed by every man who feels the burden of unjust taxation and the slistress of unwarranted legislative interference inter-ference with the rights of the citizen, that ve inform you of the action of the national democratic convention and submit herewith Its declaration of princip'es." Will any man loll us what tho man means by this tirade? Does not this ex-con-ederate know that the 'solid south," vhich gave (Ikoveii Ci.evf.laxu his only presidential term was made "solid" through the most stupendous fraud and bulldozing ever perpetrated in this or any other nation? nd that it is through a repetition of the nine force and fraud at the ballot-box, that Ci.EVEi.ANM) is to be elected, if at all, at the cominir election? Aud Clf.vela xn's answer to this remarkable remark-able assertion, is as bare-faced and devoid of truth as the coinage of Wn.sox's brain. He ays: "We are not recklessly heedless of any American interests, nor will we abandon our regard for them, but invoking the love of fairness aud justice which belong to Americanism, aud upon which our constitution constitu-tion rests, we insist that no plan of tariff legislation shall be tolerated which has for Jta object and purpose a forced coutribution from tho earnings and income of the mass cf our citizens to swell directly the accumulations accumu-lations of a favored few; nor will we permit a pretended solicitude for .American labor, or any other specious pretext of benevolent csrc for others to blind the eyes of the people peo-ple to the selfish aims of thoc who seek through the r.iil of unequal tariff laws to gain unearned and unreasonable advantages at the espense of their fellows." Surely i:e must rely upon gross ignorance on the patt of voters counting themselves democrat,'when he attempts to crowd such misstatements down the throats of men who ran easil te t the truth or falsity of wholesale whole-sale statements like these. Take Mt KiNLtt's tariff law for instance, lirst iu its indirect accumulation of revenue for the necessary support of the government, govern-ment, and erond, in its ultimate protection f American labor in the enhancement of wages and cheapening of the costs of living. Tabulated statements true and reliable iii both cases are acecssable to those who wish for farts rather than fiction. In details and general aggregates the alternate reign and rule of protective duties and free trade policies are clearly marked as to their re- pectlvc merits and demerits, and neither Sir. Ci.evelaxm nor hi lieutenant can lessen their force by verbiago or misstatement. mis-statement. Tho pending campaign will lace before the intelligent voters of the Union facts and figures upon which an intelligent verdict can be found. The trouble is that it is the unintelligent, the slum element and gutter snipes in our larga cities who give the casting vote, for great states. The republic is largely at the mercy |