Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-05

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Senators elected by the Legislatures
the coming winter would give them
a majority in the Senate. Then sup
pose they should elect Democratic
President next year. They have
nothing To do then but to pass
law to increase the number OF
Supreme Judges, and appoint DEM
ocrats TO fill the bench under their
new law, aud this wousd give them
two-t thirds OF the Supreme Judges,
and they could declare amend
ments void Then they coula'~as-
sumo tile payment Of the rebel debt
and provide for payment for AL the
| slaves that were set free, or Ii they
chose enslave them again. Thus
they might increase the public debt
four OF five billions of dollars.
| They tell Us about official corrup-
ton aud dishonesty in the Repub-
lican party. The speaker claimed
that as a rule. the men of one party
We're rs honest as those OF the other
! party. That both parties generally
tried TO nominate men SUPPOSED TO
be honest, but were frequently de-
3tTived. lie asked how it could hap
lpcn that Republicans should always
Tor nearly always nominate dishonest
I al hnn,F,g.r.ts al,
nearly always nominate pinks of
/ moral perfection. Human nature
was the same in both PARTIES. He
MAS not prepared TO believe that all
meD are dishonest, nor that AMMAN
/ il dishonest either because he i II
4 Repu alican or because he II a
Democrat. a party should be held
TO account when II no,ninntes or
Erltcts a man known to be dishon-
best. d. srzu# atfasr..
The buiIding of railroad across
! the continent WAS found during The
war 10 be Il necessity tar the prntec- .
/ ton of tho Nation 'n.case foreign ma
! tions should combine with the South
and attack us ON the Pacific coast.
In that case we could not send troops
/ by spa, and could NOT march them 10
that distant coast byland. Congress
FprOyided for the building 9f theroai
lby the best and cheapest mode pos
4 sible at TIE time. ilisste Nas.itnprr"-
tive. The contract WAS let 70 the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
IThis company sub.let large portion
lof the work to the Credit MohiIier
| Company. A portion Of the m"n-
bers Of this latter company were
! members Of the former, and pructl-
catIy let the contract to themselves ut
pxorbitnnt figures. Those members
of the Z. T.. Go. who were not mem-
bcrs Of The c. NJ. co. were dufruded,
but the r. $. Treasury lost not dol
lar by the Credit MohIier Go. Mem
: berz of Congress who were shown
guilty In the matter were rvpri'
manded.
In 1866 She salaries Of members OF
Congress were increased from $hOu0
to 81, 600 per year, and the mileage
was AT the same time reduced nom
30 To % cts. This was not regarded
aq grab In any sense, nor ~ a party
measure. This Is the law for which
| Mr.. RrkwOod voted. Mr. hirk-
wood was not in Congress when the
notorious saIaray grab law Of ISt3
wa. adopted. | was In the Senate
Imyarlf at that time, aud voted No,
ss did the entire Iowa delegation.
For mck Of space we must pass
over the speakers telling arguments
Oh fnance, whisky frauds, etc. IN
summing up hc showed that another
rebellion was rrobebly in ettse the
Democrats came into power IN tli'
three branches Of tie National Coy
ernmcnt aud majority of the States,
and that with .he Democrats IN rule
| it would be impossible to put down
a rebellion. He warned his AUDI
enee, In closing, that sour safety as
frecmeu depends upon our standing
together 'Ifyon are patriots you
| ought to vote the Republican ticket.
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| Before Our Democratic friends get
M too big howl over Brandts re-
tease would IL not be well TO rehein-
her that ii was Democratic shffiH
which summoned the jury In such
manner as to make il illegal ? Also
hat the Supreme Court followed
| decision given in good old Demo
Err,,ir daya.u They should also re-
k,nepber that under Democracy u
| ,eas Impossible to get Eads ihhie,"d;
brandt should have been pnnishei
kfor receiving interest on pubic iuil',@'
| iIe dil not deiraud the state blf ne
! lid Violate the law, and shnnih SUI
| Ter for II. - BioomfeM hep"bttedH.
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