Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-27

&c some of my Indiana friends here.
he first thing they did was to put v
D the tariif on wheat Y per cent, a
pom coarse grains Il per cent upon
our II per cent. upon lumber 30 per J.
emit. upon live stock 73 per cent, up
N merchandise So per cent, upon
traffic 2SL per cent. These
re the Reformcr's operations with l
he Illinois & Northwestern railroad.
Laughter Now, look at the enor-
nity of the concern. 1t took every
.oad out of Chicago to the north, I
lear up into the upper part of Wis
,onsin, Lake Superior. Iowa, Mime !
sofa, and everything, and there was
nothing that could come to Chicago
from that direction that hadn't to pay
toll to them. And my opinion is,
that if Mr.. Tilden is elected Presi-
dent of the United States there will
be but lust one railroad in the whole
Union Applause and laughterl, and
that railroad will consist of all the
others. Laughter This thing sue
ceeded so well that he went into the
Fort Wayne Railroad and gobbled
that up for the benefit of the Penn
sylvania Central. Not content with
that, he went into the Terre Hautc & |
Alton Road. and | can safely say
that he has been in every operation
to consolidate railroads that has Ia
ken place in the Northwest. Judge
Trumbull says he is the superior of
Gen. Hayes i'll point of ability. He
is, in just one respect. lie can sit
down TO his table and draw the pa
per that will take more money out Of
the peoples pocket and put it into his
own than any man living. Laugh
ter
Now, ous of this grow these farm
ers' organizations. Changers, etc.
Though great many members were
opposed to secret societies. they really
oyercamc those conscientious scruples
and they don't see any other way than
| to get somewhere where these men
couldn't find out what they were do
ing. All through the country there
has been springing up these agricul-
tural organizations. Farmers don't
know whom to trust. Get onto Il
railroad car and there would be the
Judge of the courts who had pass
in his pocket. There was your mcm-
Der of your Legislature, and he had
q pass. There was your Sheriff OF
your county, and he had pass. There
was your influential clergyman, who
kept the brethren straight, and he
had pass. And then every lawyer
of any prominence around the coun-
: try that could defend farmer, why
he had pass. Everybody had a pass
! Knit hn 70, hn s1t.np .pI al
they couldn't live. They were not
making any earnings. You plainly
. saw the reason. Up went frcights
up went the price of fares and every
thing else, and the people struck out
to the right and left, hitting the Judge
here, and there member of the Leg
islature, and all the time they were
fighting Sam Tilden, whether they
knew it or not. Applause. And
now this man has the impudence tt
I appear before the agricultural classes
!, and this man is a reformer 60, ant
! every one that starts democratic tall
= says vote for reform. tell farmers
! that they may as well sell out thei
!. land and move away and give vi
: farming, as to place their most bite
!, enemy at the head Of this govern
: ment. 1t was his railroad operation
I "a suit on the Terrc Haute 4 Altol
: road-that was the keynote to tn
!, exposure of his frauds in relation t
y his income tax, which he tries to &c
g out Of by stating that he expended
o for the benefit of his poor relatives
;. Laughter.l Now if the farmers Q
i this country are going TO supper
4 anybody's poor relatives, it is thei
i. own poor relatives, and not Sam Til
y. den's. laughter
II When man gets a certificate he
It half beaten. Always when you get
f. candidate on the defensive he is ha
d beaten. Set that down. Tildcn la
is already begun TO get certificates. An
p | read in paper the other day q CT
d it out but cannot give you the nam,
IT that a gentleman in New York Cit
le said he was associated with Mr.. I'll
A. den in these transactions, and "the
s. were all legal" And he says this q
II Christian gentleman and republic
N an Laughter Now you Chri
le tan gentlemen in these financi;
Il. transactions arc all played out. Al
- plause. The first thing ever foun
III these men did, when | was in Coz
gress, to give character to their inf
u nous transactions was to 60 and g
an some member of the church to stan
No at the head of il, and in one or tw
ID instances they compounded their ia
a. cality by building a church befo
i starting o,tt with their devilty. A,
a plausc. And then, whilst endorsir
th Mr.. Tii.'c'l IN all these transaction
,n he says he is republican. We
= suppo G, he is. There are thieves
- the republican ranks. and alwas ha'
or been. Laughter But there is tn
rv difference between the republica
he and the democrats: The republica
L. are not running their thieves Il
ho President. Laughter and applause
90 Now, Tilden claims to be rcforl
H. or in consequence of what he did wi
oh Tweed. He is just entitled to as mu'
consideration for that action as G
q. squcalers in the whisky ring of III
u, city. Tildcn was only squeale.'
ad the Tweed ring. Laughter and a
lis plausc. Tweed was poor, illitcra
-. chair-makcr. Tildcn was a cool, d
"a liberate, calculating lawyer. He too
:" Tweed under his protection early
on life, and they both rose from power
to afliuence during the same perio
ed They were inseparable. Tilden W
ed a lawyer and could steal with discr
H. ton, while Tweed, in his ignoran,
err had to stumble in his thievery. Il
d. den went his way rejoicing, al
nd Tweed was caught and branded as
lg villain. Applause
i'd Judge Trumbull, in his speech, Il
H. other night, said he would not 81
s.. anything of personal nature again
ne either of the two candidates. So f
lis as Hayes is concerned, he said I'll
to with very good reason. He cam
n. say anything against Governor Hays
n Great cheering.l
ea The main point of the campaign
w now come to. People say it is a fig
20 fail to show where the thieving is.
~ has been conclusively shown that q
N. government of Grant has been t
ne most economical we have had, not C
lis cepting Washington's.
nv Mr.. Wentworth went on in IL
" iol wv " anu
lg the end of his speech was award'
y long and enthusiastic applause. !
as has made, after Bob Ingersoll, one
% our greatest campaign speeches.
or INDICATING PIG.-At rece
d. meeting OF an English farmers clu
to Professor Mcbride spoke Of the diff
n Guilty Of administering medicine to
ne pig. He said: "To dose pig, VIII
fe you are sure to choke if you attcm
d. to make him drink while squcalin
of halter himas you would for exec
he ton, and tie the rope end to a stak
10. He will pull back until the rope
nj slightly strained. When he has cea
mn ed his uproar, and begins to refle
J. approach him, and between the ba
w parts Of his jaws insert an old she
&c. from which you have cut the t
he leather. This he will at once beg
er suck and chew. Through it pc
ST. your medicine and he will swallo
he any quantity you please. Dirt
d. Rural.