Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-10

Is so rich he can buy the best talenn the country
patent extended 10 the detrimentof you people,
who have to use the instruments UGH as moving
machines, haryesters, md sewing machines. Yes,
more families suffer in this contry from that
cause than almost any other 1niqsty.
These are part Of the evils W, have been put
ting up with and bearing along Win, ana we nave
been attending to our own buiness, hoping II
would come out right at last; and with these
grievances which have accumula,d. can we stand
IT? tThe time-three-quarters 0 an hour-hav-
ing expired, the speaker took hlseatl.
Speech Of Judge sampson.
Fellow Citizens: This is DECIDEDLY new posi-
tion for me. Although my frlendhere, Mr.. Gates.
has seen proper to characterize ais contest as be-
tween the politicians and the peple think 30
far as ] am concerned, at least Is hardly q just
remark to say that 1t is a contespetween the pe0-
pie and the politicians, What VS. he referring to9
That am On 9 the side Of the Says sa ne on
lieve that, gentlemen.-I.am astdished. MY COM
petttor says that he was In this to attend con-
ed that his name should be uset as a candidate.
and don't know how nominate, but suppose
by his own vote, perhaps. Vince was your hum
ing the people. and had noting to do with it, or
with the convention that nominated him. was
discharging my duties as best could upon the
will think was figuring for tn nomination, and
is It fair? 10 1t justice In this cntest to class me
with politicians and my frien with the people?
been removed from the people or the last eight
years. and know nothing of IL, wants OF the PEG.
Pile; have been on the benchsltting face to face
with the people in close connection with them,
discharging my duties in the administration OF
| justice between them, and hse been hearing the
trials and grievances OF the peple for those eight
years Are we to infer that tose VINO nave been
attending township. county al state conventiOns
are the men alone who know That the wants OF
the people areg believe ave cee zen a. n put Two
attending them, they undtstand the peoples
wants. think you readily erceive whether that
ha te 70 ~
elected General Grant President. II mistake It
on 81 Ine IN the a
war for the Union. If Iistake. II originated In
| the hearts Of the Amercanpeople. It was wrong
who knows nothing abou saving money. AS I
understand his argument, ne country 10 now in.
debted about three billi0nsof dollars, because Of
General Grants election the Presidency. II
that i is not his argument DO not understand
| It. He talks about the enrmity OF the debt, and
he illustrates by saying tbs debt OF this nation
| around the globe; it woulttake don't know how
| many men one hundred nd fifty nine years to
count it! Who was 1t saldled this debt upon
greenbacks around the glbe7 who was it that
saddled this debt upon ne country, that would
| take one hundred and lift mine years to counts
siton to the kepnS1ican MAI sitys II the people Of
his country had ali said tlst the extension 81 hu-
man slavery was right and nothing wrong about
As understand II, befre the war my friend
was with that party which was unwilling to enter
upon the wal for the Unon; but when the war
in has Udy. believe he ID become war Demo-
Graf or Republican during the war, ! am not Ger.
tain. Now he wants t make the Republican
party responsible for the iebt. remember very
well when the first green,acks were issued to the
army. We were at Boonville, Mo: We were as
tonished. We aid not Know how IT would work,
to gold and silver, but ", soon became used to II
The country was bouni to do something. We
| were compelled to makethat debit was to save
/ the nation. Which won you prefer, to have NO
debt or to have no UnioI of these states to-day
But, says my friend, the are not paying the debt
they are squsndering the money from day to
| day, and not paying the debt. i understand this
is his position. There IS no disposition to liqui-
| date and pay the debt"
Now, feilow-citlzens, il the last i've years and
four months there has been paid Of the principal
OF the public debt three hundred and eighty two
millions OF dollars, stopping an annual interest OF
twenty millions and 4 tine last year mere nd nss
the last month (August) nearly one million, and
this is going on constant y and Notwithstanding
ths my friend informs I'M ms n,egeat a tn
eminent to llquidate antpay the debt. This Ii In
deed surprising.
dering the money. Nov there has been reduc.
ton OF taxation by the repeal of the revenue law.
by which taxes were imposed, to the amount o.
three hundred millions Of dollars. You know during
the progress OF the war, when 1t was necessary Il
| provide for extraordinary expenses, 1t was nee
| essary to levy taxes upon many things, but thes'
| levies have been 30 far repealed that now almOs
everything ia excepted, save liquors and tobacco
This is by SO much reduction Of the debt or thu
burdens Of the people; not only that, but the es
them twenty seven millions. and stili, according
to our friend, there is no disposition to save an'
| econOmtze.
has been made to what is called the Back Pa.
Steal" don't know why. say don't know
why, for every republican member from the stat
Of iowa was opposed to that law, and fought
with his utmost power; and don't know why tn
republican party of this state should be blame
yith that It appeArs to me that II you will loo
fought it with his utmose ability, determined,
possible, to defeat It, 1t Is true thct there wer
republican members enough In Congress to hav
defeated IL, and II is also true that there wer
enough OF democfatic members there to have de
feated the measure. The fact is supported by tn
history OF the affair, both parties, all parties
| were alike to blame for its passage,
full republican delegation in Congress they cas-
not not vote for the measure am n favor OF max
gress shall pass upon its own pay, that 10 1t shout
be put beyond its power. believe 1t can be rem
kind Of provision we have in the State sons,i IN
| tion;-I think the evil can he remedied.
But suppose you had been elected from the Sta,
|
had been there; suppose my friend himself ha
been thcre-could he have done ANYTHING mo,
than to talk against it and vote against it2 Wha
could he do? That is all that was in his power
do: He could have done no better than the Re
publican members who Were there Now fellow
citizens my honorable friend speaks Of office hold
don't look at it in that light. This is u howl q
the men who want the office-holders ont and i
get IN themselves. He talks about it being mostl
| wind. don't wish to be disrespectful, but If
Is the wind, then it is my friend who is troubling
l these offce-holders.
Now, what the people desire to hear is some
thing about the vital questions of the hour; it
to the people Of the west We are ali Interested
cure to the people Of the s Gan Me sc
people,-the benefits of cheap transportation? Tina
is the question Of the hour, and that is what tn
what he has said very little about As / under
stand the position of the two parties, the Repubi
can party stands in position where Il can be o
| more service than the opposition. Why9 You re
member, no longer ago than in January last, O
February last, at the Anti Monopoly meeting II
Dies Moines, they voted down, as understand it
| to regulate commerce between the States Well
the Republican party before that had taken the DO
s% s, snat ,es ,. Of freight by raj
was the position, We know the provision of til,
Constitution is that Congress shall have the powe
could only regulate it. But they We're not wiiint
| to say that. say now that the opposition to tn,
Republican party are not willing to subscribe Il
that doctrine, although they, in their platform il
this State, have passed resolution saying there
should be the necessary legislation by Congress
and the States But what power will the one Oh
two men they may elect from this State have there
They will be either with the Republican party OF
the Democratic party. II Is I'm Congress where
the fight will be; it will be between the great Dem.
ocratic party and the Republican party There IL
where the contest must be, in the Legislative halls
OF the nation; and how do they stand there2 Are
they in favor Of the regulation of Interstate COM
mece by the United States? wish to refer to their
position on the question. Here is resolution Of
fered in the House of Representatives last Feb
ruary 9th:
dissolution read declaring transportation OF
freight by railroads to be inter- State commerce,
and inter- State commerce should be regulated ard
the citizens of the several States should be protect
ed from unjust Determinations, and that 1egisla-
tion to that end was necessary
And how did the vote stand on this resolution
declaring that Congress- had the power to regulate
interstate commerce carried on by railways2 The
vote was l72 In favor; out OF that there were l57
Republicans, and of that LIZ were 10 of the oppO-
sition-we include the Liberals and the Democrats
there that We're in favor of that resolution. The
noes Were 6l-dfiy-nine Democrats against it'll and
.fue Republicans only!
Now which party is in favor OF securing to the
West the benefits Of cheap transportation? Which
party? Which party is really In the interest of the
people? Which is really the peoples party? Is il
the Democratic party, or the Republican party?
pie OF raising the oppressed, of looking ont the
oppressed and attending TO theil wants; and say
thal the Republican party combines the great lib
efal hearts OF the nation. 1t was formed on that
idea, and their children will be likely to favor II
say the Republican party is in favor ofthe DOWN