Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-05
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gress; SIX or eight more Democratic
senators elected oy the legislatures
the coming winter would give them
Il majority in the Senate. Then sup
pose they should elect a Democratic
President next year. They have
nothing to do then but To pass a
law to- increase the number of
Supreme judges, and appoint DEM
ocrats To fill the bench under their
new law, and this would give them
two-tiiirds of the supreme Judges,
and they could declare the amend
ments void. Then they couId.as-
sumo tile payment Of the rebel debt,
and provide for payment for NIL the
slaves that were set free, or III they
chose eualave them again. Thus
they might increase the public debt
foar or five billions Of dollars.
| They tell us about official corrup-
tion aud dishonesty in the Repub-
lican party. The speaker clained
that as a rule. the men Of one party
were as honest rs those Of the other
purity That both parties generally
tried TO nominate men SUPPOSED to
he honest, but We're frequently de-
t~ived. lie asked how IL could hap
fpcn that Republicans should always
Tor nearly always. nominate dishonest
bmeu, aud the Democrats always or
nearly always, nominate piuks Of
/ moral perfection. Human nature
| was the same In both parties. He
WAS not prepared to believe that all
men are dishonest, nor that AMMAN
| il dishonest either because he i il
RepH niieftn or because he IL n
Democrat a party should be held
I, to account when 1t nonlnates or
Ee!tcts q mln known to be dish0n-
TEST. w afaa ISL
The building of a railroad across
! the continent was found during The
war to bea necessity far The proiec-
! ton of tho Nation in5case forcign M
tions should combine with the South
and attack us on the Pacific coast.
In that cnse we could not send troops
by spa, aud could not ntarch them 10
that distant coast by. land. Congress
provided for the building Of therroal
Iby the best and cheapest mole pgs-
! sibIe at the time. Haste wHs.isnpers,
tive. The contract was lot 70 the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
| This company sub-let q large portion
nf the work to the Credit MUhiiier
Company. A portion Of the men,
/ hers of this latter company were
members Of the former, and praCti.
calIy let the contract to themselves ut
rxorhitant figures. Those members
of the u. T.. CO. who were not mem
bcrs Of The &, NJ. Co. were defraudrd,
but the u. $. Treasury lost not dol
lar by the Credit MohiIier Go. Mem.
bprs of Congress who were shown
guilty in the matter were rcpri-
| manded.
! In 1855 the salaries of members Of
! Congress were increased from $1,000
/ ~ 81, 600 per year, and The mileage
was Al the same time reduced from
/ 40 10 - cts. This was not regarded
ns a grab In any sense, nor H. Il party
/ l.. l., ttf, Ia T,tp IA ltffh
Mr.. KirkwoOd voted. Mr.. Kirk
wood was not in Congress when the
notorious saIaray grab law Of 1913
WAS adopted. was In the Senate
myself at that time, aud voted No,
AS did the entire Iowa delegation.
For lack Of space we must pas
over the speakers telling Arguments
Dn iiuance, whisky frauds, etc. IN
stunning up he showed that another
rebellion was probebly In citse the
Democrats came into power In tho
three branches Of the National Gov
crnmcnt and majority Of the States,
and that with the Democrats In rule
1t would be impossible to put down
Il rebellion. He warned his Audi
encc, In closing, that "Our safety MS
freemen depends upon our standing
together" 'Ifyon are patriots you
OUGHT to vote the Republican ticket.
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Before our Democratic friends get
NJ too big howl over Brandts re-
lease would it not be well to renen.
ber that ii was Democratic shrria
which summoned the jury In such a
manner "a 10 make il illegal ? Also
tha. tie Supreme Court followed
decision given in good old Demo-
cratic days" They should also re-
.member that under Democracy it
,yas Impossible to get Eads indicted:
Brandt should have been punisbei
Tor receiving interest on public funaS.
lie did not deGraud the State, but he
lid violate the law, and should sui
fer for n. -. BioomfeM Repa5tiedn.
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