The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-10-01
Senator Wright.


have seen for number Of years, greeted
Senator Wright on his appearance in To.
| ledo last Wednesday night He was nd
vertised to speak in the Court House .,
7:3O o'clock. He came in about tina,
time and was greeted with applause
After music by the Toledo Cornct Band
Judge Struble called the meeting to order
and nominated Major Clark as chairman
Mr.. Clark introduced the Senator who
stepped up and said he was lily prepared
to make speech as he had been without
sleep for 36 hours and was suffering some.
what from hoarseness.
He took up the record Of the Republic.
AN party and showed what it had been
Turing the past IA years, and contrasted
i with the opposition which goes by Va
ous names in various plac,s-Dcmo-
rats, Independents, National Reformcrs.
md Anti Monopolists
The Republican party has ever been
the party Of progress and reform. Was
there credit Mobilier? the Republican,
speaker Of the House, left his chair, up
pointed Democrat to take his place and
moved for the appointment Of 4 Commit
70. Of investigation. The Democrat, Hon.
5. 5. Cox, Of New York, appointed the
committee, consisting Of Democrats
and Republicans. The committee en-
tered upon their work and after making a
most thorough investigation brought in a
unanimous report showing two men to be
guiity-one Republican and one Demo-
crat. Was a question before the house to
increase the Salaries Of Congressman and
Senator's a majority Of the Republicans
in both the houses voted against it, and
a majority Of The Democrats for it. The
majority of Democrats together with the
minority of Republicans in favor Of the
bill proved too much for the majority of
Republicans and minority Of Democrats
opposed to it, and it passed
The Republican conventions following
this, National, State, County and Town.
ship. passed resolutions ccnsuring tho
Representatives and Senators, for passing
the act, and on the reasscmbling Of Con.
gress the Republicans were the first to
move for a repeal of the obnoxious law
Since 1880 there has been on the statute
books law referring to the paying of
moeties; o. when person or corpora
ton was guilty Of wilfully cheating the
government out Of its revenue any per.
son who knew OF the fact was allowed
one half of the penalty in such cases
made and provided for informing, and
bringing The guilty one to justice. OF
late years this has been very much abused
and the last Congress investigated
the affair and repealed the law and enact.
ed one to take its place. And thus the
speaker took up the various objections
urged against the Republican party by its
opponents and showed that while that
party like AL things human was liable to
make mistake, yet when it was con.
vinccd that mistake had been made, it
had the courage and nerve to admit it by
repeating and taking back its actions
He referred to the financial re ord of the
party and contrasted the state of affairs
during the panic last fall with 1887 and'57
under good old Democratic government
He showed that the platforms, principles,
and acts Of the Republican party were in
favor Of Congressional control OF Trans.
portation. In fact he demonstrated that the
Republican party was the friend Of the
people, it had never betrayed single trust
reposed in it, and its opposition was COM
posed Of the original S. --lS6O-X (same
thing as it was in 1859, exactly Demo-
cricy, renegade Republicans, and sore
heads generally, with platform com
posed Of meaningless propositions, and
pointless resolutions
Mr.. Wright is an eloquent, forcible and
interesting speaker, many times bringing
the house down with some witty saying
or some appropriate anecdote illustrating
the point under consideration lie pos.
sesses subtle magnetism by which he
seemed to electrfy the audience ut times
and they would listen almost breathlessly
and all at once he would make some re.
mark which would cause them to break
out in continued rounds Of applause. He
will undoubtedly do good service for the
party during the campaign.