The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-10-07
HON. WILLIAM BAXTER.
HIS speech at Scvast0pOl School
House. Monday Evening Last.

On Monday evening last, Hon. VIM.
Baxter was advertised to speak in Sc
vastopol school house, and long before
the hour for speaking the spacious
school room was filled to overfowing
with ladies' and gentlemen anxious to
hear the champion OF temperance in
political speech.
At fifteen minutes to eight o'clock
Mr.. Baxter was introduced to the au-
diencc by our candidate for Represen-
tative, Joseph Ratliff, and for nearly
two hours he held his attentive hear
ers, who manifested an interest we
have seldom witnessed. The entire
assemblage seemed lost in wonder at
| the easy outflow of language from the
speaker. and the rapidlty with which
| he clinched his arguments by statisti-
cal proof; figures and facts coming
into play as readily and as rapidly as
! though they were flashes of thought
from his own brain Instead Of being
collections from official rep IT'S
For some time he spoke on the
economical plan of continuing in Office
| County Superintendent OF schools
thus saving the cost to parents of pur-
chasing new books for their children
with every change of teacher-apd
severely censured the Democrats for
placing in their platform the 10th res
olution. in which they wish to abolish
that Office He likened the Demo-
cratic and Granger parties unto Jonah
and the whale-thc Democratic party
was doing the swallowing-and soon
the granger Jonahs would all be found
swallowed up; for in reality there was
but the two parties, the Republican
and the Democratic parties.
The subjects Of taxation and trans
portation he handled with mastery
, knowledge of what they are, and what
they should be. and what they had
been under Democratic rule; showing
conclusively, that in Democratic coun-
ties taxes are higher than in Repunli-
can counties, and warned his hearers
that the same evil would spread should
, the Democrats come into power.
L After some stirring remarks on the
subject of temperance, in which he
warmed up to the work with apparent
ly increased vigor to their close, the
meeting was dismissed; and all came
away feeling satisfied it was good to
have been there. KIRBY.
what the Democracy Is Doing mt In
dianapOlls.
The Indianapolis Journal Of the
9 LIST says:
s:As election day approaches, il
becomes more and more ap-
:, parent that the Democrats are us
ing the most outrageous and cor
y rupt means to carry this city and
: county. It is bad enough to know
G that the saloon keepers and liquor
1 dealers of Cincinnati and Louis
: vile have come to the rescue o
those of this city, and that tn
money drawers of a thousand foreil
n doggeries are being drawn upon t.
: influence an Indiana election But
= even wose than this is the shame
: less policy of orr own tax payer
> for the same purpose, and of pros
tituting the public treasury to til
base ends of thwarthing the will o
i the people. Under the thin dis
guise OF prosecuting public i'm
e provement hundreds of men ar
being brought here from othe
= points to vote the Democratic tick
y ct. The proof of this is visible il
i all parts Of the city. The fact is s.
h patent as to have become subjec
of general remark, and is openl
l. defended by the lower. class Q
h Democratic politicians. Admittin,
N that these improvements were nee
/ essary, (which, as to many OF then
: is not true J, we have an abundanc
y 'e of unemployed men here VIII
. could have done the work. Their
le was no necessity of importing me
lie from Democratic stronghold
|y Our own suffering poor had prio
e claims. But the Democrats mNe
At need send abroad for their workme
~ and to the bold scoundrelis,n {
20 using the peoples money to defea
= the people will, add the ungr,
l. cious cruelty of taking bread on
b of the mouths of our own poor t
he put it in those of the reporters an
le plug-uglies from Kentucky"
:, &c Daughter: well, to tell the trutl
i. 'e | do not think much of the close {
~ the Sermon Father: ''Probabl
20 you were thinking more of the clothe
70 of the congregation,
:" A presbyterian elder Of Muscantin
a Iowa. visited the circus merely
~ Grown the thing down." but befol
r. the performance was over he concluc