Show DEMOCRACY ex president cleve Ms speech OTO PARTY the preat statesman clearly shows them up to young democrats jan 9 special president Pre aident Clev elands speech at the banquet last of the young mens democratic was a fine liis subject was principles of true democracy he eulogized the democracy and its creed and said parties have come and parties have gone hut there never has been a time freja jeffersons day to alie present when the democratic party did not exist active and prepared for a 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 anil the count rys good but they have known and felt that as this government WAS established for the people the principles and men representing the keople and standing f r them chuh be trusted jackson has been in abir eyes the incarnation of the things jefferson declared the democratic party by an intelligent tell igent study of present conditions be prepared to meet all the wants of th people as they raise and furnish A remedy for every threatening evil we cannot escape the duty which party membership imposes upon us to upon our fellow citizens of thin day and generation the sufficiency of the principles of democracy for the protection of their rights and promotion of their welfare and happiness in all diverse conditions there should of course be no suggestion that a departure from the time honored principles of conr part is necessary to the attainment of these objects on the contrary we should constantly congratulate our selves that our party creed is bread enough to meet any emergency emer gancy that can ariae in the life of a free nation when we see the functions of government used to enrich the favored few at the expense of the many through an unjust tariff which banishes from many bumble homes the comforts of life in order that the palaces of wealth and lux 10 our find it enjoins equal and exact justice to all men then if we are well grounded in our political faith we will not deceive nor permit others to be deceived by plausible pretext or smooth sophistry when the farmers are in distress and their long haars hoars of so poorly requited that moneylenders exact tribute out of their substance and while for every thine they ned they pay tribute to the favorites of the government we ehnow all this is far removed from the encouragement of which eur creed commands when we see the extravagance of public expenditure fast reaching the point of reckless waste we remember economy in public expense is an important article of democratic faith when we see our political adverse ies bent upon the passage of a federal law with the scarcely denied purpose of perpetuating partisan supremacy in elections we will stubbornly resist such a dangerous and revolutionary la obedience to our pledge for a support of detate govern menia in all their rights under democratic antidemocratic anti encouragement we haye seen constantly increasing selfishness attached to our political affairs departure arm the sound and safe theory that the people should aup bort the government for the sake of benefits resulting to all has bred a sentiment m infesting itself with ina boldness that the government mav oe enlisted in the furtherance and advancement van cement of private interests through their willing agents in public places u h an abandonment of patriotic political action has naturally led to an asti of the peoples franchise 0 o degrading hat it lias been openly and palpably debauched by the promotion of selfish schemes money is invested in the purchase of votes with alie deliberate calculation that it will yield a profitable return in results advantageous to the investor i another crime akin to this is intimidation by employers of voters dopf blent upon them for work and bread nothing could bo more hateful to true democracy than such an offense against our free institutions in several ih honest sentiment of the party has asserted itself in support of every aln proposed for the rectification of chii ter arons to fail in support would be to violate that principle in tha creed of true democracy which commands jealous care of the right of election by tho people mr cleveland expressed the hope that pennsylvania will not lone remain behind her sister states in adopting an effective plan to protect her peoples 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 of democratic duty for a fail are earnestly to and advocate ballot reform the principle 8 ot true democracy lie laid are enduring because they are right and just in the campaign which has just closed with such glorious glor ioui results while the party managers were anticipating an issue in the light of the continued illusion of the people the people themselves and for themselves wre considering the ones lion of and justice they have aboken and the democracy of the land rejoiced rejo icea nowhere eaid mr cleyland in conclusion conc lueion has the sentive of the people on questions ques lions involving right and wrong been better illustrated than in pennsylvania president thompson of the association in introducing mr cleveland spoke of him as man who with great courage threw down the gauntlet of tariff reform and like his great prototype principle was right and would prevail governor patterson congressman breckenridge and also spoke |