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

wv, the sooner we get rid of 1t the better This
seems now.to:be conceded on all hands that there
aust be some regulation for railways; how far |
nat should go of course II Is for Congress to say
3 extremes, AMER passing the first resolution,
ny reasonable man viii subscribe to that saying,
hat Congress and the States should regulate these
matters The other resolution, .Railroads and |
II others should, etc, (read) The Republican |
ntform is almost identical. say there is no is
Monopoly party on this transportation question,
nlcss they take sides with the Democratic party,
yho say Congless has no power to regulate II
lean side; but the Republican party took the more
e i;,t position But to carry the argument
II a position and their doctrines are better in ac-
ord with policy for adopting such measures as
will say you know II is doctrine, time immemo-
'ial, OF the Democratic party that you should have
! strict construction OF the Constitution You
must have the precise letter of the Constitution
They We're not in favor of any liberal constructions
md, in consequence Of that doctrine, they said
hat Congress had no power TO foster internal I'M
whatever, such as the Improvement of rivers or
Inc construction of canals. Now, suppose the
by rail from State to State should
then, understand, the Republican party is in ia
vor of improving the rivers and canals, so as to
make provision for the transportation of our
The construction of the opposition given to the
If, in the regulation of transportation the i'm
proyement of rivers, harbars, and canals fails,
then we are in favor of constructing great lines of
Of railroads for the government from west to east
10 secure this transportation. The Republican
party are in favor of that, and willing to do 1t
u It becomes necessary to construct the great
highways, and the Republican party is in a posi-
these s1Sn @ hn s The Re"
pc This howl % Of politeians against Ges
gentlemen out and other gentlemen e in s'''
Now, ON the financial question, perhaps the OPP
position do not occupy as reasonable position as
like to know what they mean by the financial pol
icy, as announced in their resolutions l will read
them to you. Tres, 4th, which does not declare
You will observe by that there shall he no OVER
issue-that would be disastrous-there should be
of specie payment. There should be
possible is there any adherence IN that and the
resolution adopted In Ottlmwa Resolution
read, which calls for an issue Of 1854 900 600 more
Of greenbacks Now, then, they are opposed to
an over issue-they want just enough and not too
and NIX want to t soon as
they consistent? Do they mean what they say
when they say they are in favor of resumption
of specie payments mt the earliest possible day?
Democrats and Republicans are in favor of It,
and everybody else. You can read 1t in almost
lcan platforms throughout the country
Well now how is it? We have out.
standing three hundred and eighty mill
lions Of legal tenders. They are in favor of
paying them off as soon as possible, but
right in the next breath what are they in
favor of? Times are hard, it will not secure
the accommodations OF the people. Times
are very hard-it is so much easier to prom
Use than to pay-and we will pass a resolu-
ton, and instead.o paying as we promised,
we will issue promises to pay for three hum
dred and fifty-four millions more, making
seven hundred and tlirty-four millions
more, instead Of three hundred and eighty
millions. Now can the United States re.
sumo specie payment and go on issuing le-
gal tenders from time to time? Can you
ever reach specie payment thus7 Never
Now there is not that plea Of necessity to
issue these promises. We must raise money
at one time to protect the nation, but noU
we have profound peace and the democrats
called it standing lie to promise to pay
and never pay Now what would they do
on the other hand? This anti.monopoly
party Of Iowa would have the government
contract new dett and not pay the old
one, and issue promises to pay for three
hundred and fifty-four millions more J.
N0W there is the resumption /!
My democratic friends, if that policy is
pursued how long will it be before you have
the clnk of geld and silver 10 your pockets
Never; never! If the country does not
come around and pay up these legal tenders
as the understanding was, they would at
the earliest practicable moment-that was
the understanding when they were issued
ii to-day it was understood they were to is-
suing three hundred and fifty-four millions
more, gold would go up like it was in the
days when they were first issued, and in
stead of sailing on prosp rouly this i'll wind
would blow resumption years and years
away. say every honest man in the Uni
ted States believes that the debt ought to
be paid. These legal tenders ought to be
taken up and we ought to get back t.
s.AAnia -naNinept zrRphly Nj pQssihlc
they generally approve that doctrine bal
here the Anti Monops-they call themlselve.
Anti-Monops, but they arc democrats-they
take this dodge t" catch votes, and it i.
through fear. | believe it was gotten III,
Tor the purpose Of taking in all the votes
possible. The resolution starts in one way
and comes out another.
But this is said to be & ht between the
people and the politicians. Now, gentle.
men, this is very singular. say, who got
up their platform. and who runs the Anti.
Monopoly party? Who talks about corrup.
ton? Fellow-c citizens, was somewba,
surprised to find my friend here referring L
the general appropriation, or rather the alb.
stract OF it,-that item styled "miscel
lancous, he takes it for granted that fAa,
money is stolen, every dollar. l have nc
doubt but he believes that item was eyery
dollar stolen by members Of Csngres.
and ofiice-holders. But does he bring one
item Of proof? We hear it announced
every day from the bench that every mar
shall be presumed innocent until the con-
trary is proved; but we will have to chang.
that rule Of law and say ereyy man is pre-.
sumed guilty until the contrary is proved
Or thdt he as a politician. have not as
poor an opinion of human nature as nv
friend has. think the human heart is
nobler and better, and believe it is the
true doctrine that every man is to be pre
sumed honest until the contrary is proved
and for aught you know and for aught
N"ow3 CsCiJ Ootdt VI LnaC item mas gone
for the most righteous purposes.
Now his getting up here and telling YOU
that 1t was all stolen, and that it was for
fun, now what does he know about in
There is very little can be said on the
tariff question. The opposition claim that
they are in favor Of tariff for revenue pur-
poses only, and Judge from remark
made here this afternoon, they wish to ar.
range the tariff in such way that it
shoold not protect any manufacturer
want no protection.
Now suppose you digest that tariff so az
TO apply only to articles that are not man.
ufactured in this country, and what is the
result In the first place, YOU could NOT
raise the reyenues required 10 run the gov
eminent, aud you would prohibit articles.
for instance, tea and coffee, and articles on
the free list would have to be added to this,
and the amount would be 80 great that ii
would absolutely prohibit many of these
articles, and we should raise no revenue
Suppose you raised it to uniform per cent.
then in some cases it would he prohibition
that is impractible, No! The plan
adopted is the best, and consider it the
duty Of every Congressman to represent the
immediate interests OF his people. and il
would be my duty, if sent there, to regulate
the tariff in such way that the burden
should rest on the peoDlc "A l;ohtlv a. noo.