Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-02

make the price of license 81, 500 or
$1,000, as it might deem best,
but did not commit myself
further than TO say that l was for
license. There are 100 places in Bur-
lington where you can buy common
whisky at five cents glass. 1t Is
absolutely as free as Mississippi
water. The present law is dead
letter.
In any county where there is any
need of a law to regulate the traffic,
the law is set at defiance. In other
counties they need no law; they are
a law unto themselves. l would not
advocate a license law, il thought Ii
would make one drunkard more; /
am temperance, man and make 1t
matter Of conscience. We know we
can pass a law that we can enforce.
This is not party question, Any
sensible man ought to see that we
cannot do any good by prchibitory
laws.
We can mitigate the evils OF in-
temperance by license law, but We
cannot abolish them. Then we
should control the traffic by law
which could be enforced and at the
same time raise revenue.
CURRENCY.
Here Is an important question.
We can't afford 10 try any expert
ments We now have a good cur
rency-the best we ever had In this
country. Both parties are In favor
Of specie payments as quick as posi-
BILE. The difference is that the
the Republican party has fixed Jan,
1, 1879, rs the date for resumption,
and we do not believe resumption
possible at that time. I am hard
money man; but the specie Is not in
the country to redeem our $500, ,0O0,-
600 paper Currency. There is only
800, 900 900 gold In the country ex-
elusive of California. "
Mr.. l.. TAXED 80 minutes about the
finances of foreign countries, using a
great many vulgarisms, such as
"ain't" "git, ''hur" for herel etc,
which he learned on the Virginia
plantation 60 years ago. Here are
Samples: When the gold is all
paid out, and you want the gold
to pay your debts, 'wbere you goin'
to git il? You tan't do It," Specie
payment will come and cetch you In
trouble .. M
My plan to git currency up to par,
IL To retire our Natio nal Bank notes,
and thus save s2j, 900 ,o0o a year.
Then | would commence at Grant,
and cut down all salaries to the rates
that uU= in vogue 70 years ago.
! would cut down the pay of every
man, woman aud child in Congress.
Here the speaker again checked up
10 give his friends An opportunity to
applaud; but they did not appear to
appreciate the favor.
Then | would cut down the army
and navy, and Indian services, and
every other branch, and save SAC, ,0O0,.
OO0. During Lincoln's term the or
binary expenses OF the Government
wuz So, ,O00, coo, and under GIantthis
year they are $lli, 900, 900, in time OF
peace.
Every President from Abraham
Lincoln back to Washington, was All
honest man. The government
was always administered honestly
and faithfully. Now the contest Is
10 git as much money as they can
and git away with ii and not git In
the penitentiary. - s'"
They first raised the salary Of
Congrcssmcn to $4,000 per year, and
then in 1866. when my friend Kirk
wood got in they raised IL to s., 1000.
Mr.. Lcffier knows that this IL an out.
rage falsehood, as Mr.. *. WAS not In
Congress when the salaries were
rai-ed to $1,000. Is.
Under other Presidents commit.
tee Of investigation WIS never heard
of. Now one half OF the time OF
Congress il taken up with investlga-
tions. "Tbe country's goin' 10 the
devil" Here the Democracy cheer
cd for tle first time; whether be-.
cause they understood and apprecl-
ated the language or were rejoicing
over the news as they did over ths
news Of rebel victories few
years ago, is question we cannot
undertake to answer.
"When Congressmen double
and triple and guadruple their pay,
what is 10 be expected OF susai'
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