The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-08-25
OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
His Salem speech 4.


Hon. James ID. William. arrived in In
diana from Washington CITY l2si week
and made his fir~i >pr.rh at Salem Ia
large meeting "f citizens. The New
Albany Ledger-Standard cOrres sponden
eaN,:
Hundreds of old veterans OF his stvlC
grasped him bt The hand aud bid him ;
hearty welcome. y continued throng
OF the people OF Washington count,
greeted =" the poor mans friend nj the
hutel until the hour OF speaking. y,
one u'cl"ck the sctt, provided bv the
committee iu the court yard. with "a.
pacity Tor over one thousand person.
were filed. Old grey haired veteran,
filed all the ,pace in the stand and
around the fence; square and street.
ucre parked with eager listeners. aud
The auiirn~' was e-tiinsied al something
near 3.tto parsons.
NH. WiIIIAM~' >FTrtH.
I.adir, aEd Gruil-ren | appear be-
fore YOU iu-dsy in response To the invi
tatiOu of your central committee. | ap.
l"'arH~ the cand.late tor governor. not
of NY own -r'kiu.. but b, the decision
aud v"irr of thr bcuocracy of ihc state
When ihr announcement was nade by
telegraph. ! "n. -iiiin. comfortable ~
NV place in Congress. and had no
thought Of such au event. The people
"i This great slate -pok" out their choice
and selected nr a. their standard bearer
for governor. | shall endeavor tu meet
n many Of the people face Ia face ia that
position ~ circumstances will allow.
WIEN nE CAME Tn THE STATE.
During the year 1918. when quite n
lld. passed through your county. with
Others OF NV family. on our wav 10 Vim
ceumes. Ny mother had often spoken
sf chcstnut-. aud the bows were anxious
10 gather thcm. remember the cir
cumsiance well. Passing over the knobs
Ia the month OF November. We gathered
quite lot Of them aud carried them TO
our camping place in blanket. la
huiiing them our fingers were pretty
badly stuck, but we ENJOYED the fun,
nevertheless. The next morning, when
ready TO start on our journey. the blanket
was put ou pony, which we rode turn
about. and a. some OF the burr, stuck 10
the blanket.and the rough side was placed
next TO him, he sisniiied his di.pIeasure,
by Kicking up rather vigorously. The
blanket was turned rough side up aud
the rider acted in like manner. Now.
We are turning the rough side OF the
blanket To the Radicals, and they are
very uneasy. and arc kicking out in
every direction. but the burrs are too
pointed for them TO escape. There are
very few persons here that were here i'm
1918. | am here TO discuss the questions
that divide the people Of this country.
Would like to discuss our state matters,
but ~ ! have not been connected direct
~ with state affairs for the past eighteen
months, | will sonfine my remarks
chiefly to
NATIONAL QUESTIONS.
rreat stress is generally put on po-
lltlcal platforms That is right and
proper when correct principles are in.
tehded 10 be carried out if not. they are
Out empty words. Ii will be proper to
show which party has acted in accord
ance WIN The principles enunciatcd. and
Whlch comes the nearest suiting the peo-
pie of this state. Our stale ulat foruI
starts out with the promise and deter
minauon OF reform, retrenchmcni and
economy. Democrats advocate rc
form ia national. state aud township
affairs. Is that right? Have we az
tempted to carry out those professions
Preachers take their texts aud attemn,
To carry out their meaning, generally.
but sometimes they fail. The Republi-
cans have promised reform, even they
admit IL is needed. They have had con-
troll of the government for the last six
teen years, aud in most of the states this
party has had the absolute management.
Has there not been continued complaint
from the people? Is there not reason
Tor ~ For several years the people
nave known that all was not right our