The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-10-08
SMITH AND KINNE.
Joint Political Discussion.

held their first joint discussion Of the
campaign at the Court House in Toledo,
on the evening of the End, inst.
The house was crowded. Major Free
was selected by the speakers to act as
chairman Of the meeting. Mr.. Kline
took the floor for the first forty minutes.
He stated that the Republican party was
in favor of high tariff, and the Anti
Monopoly party were in favor of tariff
for revenue only. He favored free bank
ing and violently assailed the present
system of banking. Concerning the civil
service, the speaker asserted that the Re-
publican party had violated all pledges
made in its favor. He referred to the
case of Treasurer Richardson and Casey
of New Orleans as badges of fraud On the
part of the Administration. He fur
Their referred to the district of Colum-
bia Government, Boss Shepard &c. He
stated that millions of dollars every
year had been audited by the Court Of
Claims to which Richardson had been APP
pointed Judge He further stated that he
held the Republican party responsible
for all the error of legislation while in
power. With few general charges, the
Salary Grab, Southern Misrule &C., he
skipped off into the patent law and trans
portation question. Charging the Ad-
ministration with gross error and corrup-
ton in their conduct in the premises, and
asserting that the Anti Monopoly party
of Iowa were in favor of controlling the
Rail Roads by legislation and a modifca-
ton of the patent laws SO that the farmer
can purchase his machinery cheaper than
under the existing rule. The speaker
then reverted to the Southern difficulty
again and asserted that the people of
Louisiana to-day had more grounds for
insurrection than the people of Kansas
ever had before the war He charged all
the Southern troubles as the error of the
Administration and that the Republican
party was responsible for it. He stated
that the crime of the North would far ex-
coed that Of the South if itwere onlyherald-
ed for political effect. With general IT,
rade of empty charges against the Repub-
lican party he closed having consumed
the time allowed him. He spoke very
ably, considering the subject and mate
rial which lie had to work with He ut
terly failed to advance any new doctrine
other than what the Republican party
have heretofore been in favor of He was
loud in his cry of corruption and reform,
and only offered the common Anti Monop-
oily remedy for it all--thc professions
of their mongrel party. At the close of
his remarks the audience gave him a
round ofapplause, afterwlich the chairman
introduced Capt. Smith, who took the floor
amidst repeated applause. The Captain
cleverly introduced himself to the audi
ence and explained why he was there
In the outset he showed that there was no
Anti Monopoly party because of the fact
that there was no Monopoly party unless
1t was that the monopoly of the
votes and offices by the Repub-
lican party made them Monopoty
party. He then ventilated the forma-
ton of the so-called Anti Monopoly party
and showed conclusively that nine tenths
OF the reform party are old line Demo
Gratis while the remainder are sore head
Republicans whose ambitious longings
ha6 hann i'm hn h
party, and a few misguided good men
who had strayed into their ranks The
fig leaf of reform, and Anti Monopoly was
not sufficient to cover the old democratic
carcass; it is the same old democratic party
The speaker then proved the fallacy of the
new party theory by showing that in the
East the opposition were one thing in the
Middle States another, in the South and
West they were alternately mixed, being
Democrats, Independents, Liberals, and
Anti Monopolists, and yet it was the old
opposition to the Republican party, moth
ing more or less. The speaker asserted
that while the Republican party were not
open advocates of protective tariff, vet
he as an individual was in favor of pro-
lection to home industries, and he cx-
planned his reasons for this belief. He
asserted that the farthest the Republican
party had ever gone on the tariff question
was first tariff for revenue, and second
the incidental protection by that tariff to
labor, and the manufacturing Institutions
Of the country in their infancy. However
the question of a high protective tariff is
not now at issue.
Concerning the question Of Banks and
Banking, Mr. Smith cited the audience to
the fact that the currency now in use
throughout the United States, was much
better than 1t had ever been before under
the rule of any other political party other
than the Republican party. The country
had withstood the late financial panic
with firmness, while the whole people
had confidence in the integrity Of the
General Government, and like confidence
in the currency. For his part he did not
want any wild cat currancy, and lie
thought it would be long time before
the present system Of the national currency
would be changed He exposed the fall
lacy of the charges which Mr. Kline had
made against the Republican party. and
him to show one single time or
place where either Mr. Richardson or
Casey, were charged with fraud or dis
honesty. Mr.. Richardson was reduced
from his position Of u S. Treas rer, be-
cause of his inability to properly fill the
position, and not because of any fraud in
office, and the only charge which was
ever used against Mr. Casey was that he
was relation of the wife Of President
Grant. The captain next touched upon
he question of interstate commerce and
Rail Road legislation, showing conclu-
sively that the Republican party were in
favor of the only true mode OF controlling
hese vast corporations, viz: legislation and
control by the General Government, under
he powers given in the constitution,
While the opposition Democratic, Liberal.
Anti Monopoly party, were opposed to
uch legislation and had so made their
ecord by their platform Of 1873 and by
heir vote in Congress denying the right
# the General Government, to regulate III
my way the numerous Rail Roads which
IRE chartered by the several States.
Speaking of the salary grab, be produc-