, 1876-10-01

4AE AcpAuI1Elu u8IlY HE uHeu LuE party VI pfOLet
tion from 1861, when the Morril! tariff was adop1
ed, down to the present day, and thereby has mo.
seriously Injured the interests OF the country
o5 tho M
to correct the abuses and expressions OF what
: called tho '.System Of protection"
A great deal hAs been said, especially by th
Republicans, about the last Congress. Mich faul
| has been found because it did not perfect SOM
legislation on the two important questions-taH
and finance. think this come with bad grac
] from the Republican party, when they have ha
| complete control of both branches Of the Legis
laturc and the Executive for sixteen yeais. but
] In my opinion, even II the HouEe had been dis
| posed to take any action up these subjects. it
| WOULD HAVE BEEN PowERLE3s,
etnce its legislation wonld have been defented b,
I the Senate; aud 1t was not polite even for th'
and for this reason: it seems important to til,
| people OF this country that the legis
la1ion should be snch as viii Civ.
! the country cannot accommodate themselves tt
Auctuating legislation on either Ut them. To get
permanent policy will demand the calm, cool, de-
and thar was impossible at the last session Of Con
gress. The Republicans seemed to think thai
there was no more important business than Mr
time % vas tsfen np viii po;itcai baneombe. mi IAN and
think the House did night in postpouing, uutil
after this campaign, legislation upon these impor-
tant questions.
1t seems to me that the first great object to be at
tained is to have change Of ofAaInnistration which
will make proper and honest legislation possible.
Applause; t In ;I ma;ng ths attempt We @ arc con- T.
one faction ct the Republican party that says this
i wrong and that there must DC reform see that
the gentleman who was nominated for this position
{congresslnan} the Republican side admitted in
speech last night that there great abuses, and
that It is very wrong. There is another faction,
and 1, that the dominant faction in the r.
Grants administration has been sufficiently
good, and it il sufficiently pure; and. in order to
mako the present appear good, they
huyc gone back to the Administrations Of Washing
ton and Jefferson to hunt ont the frauds perpe-
trated then, and thus baclen those Admini,tra-
teri observe that Nr. Forte, who is nominee
for reelection to Congress. he is prominent
which he delivered in Congress, that it appeared
that Gen Grant ''had been Us successful In keep
Ing, thleyes out OF the Treasury he should hare
said the Pcnitentiary [laughtcrl-tt az he had been
in keeping traitors out Of tho Cabinet" This ia
one branch Of the party. On the other side, we
hud TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. which says there must
bt reform.
says IN hts letter Of acceptance. there must be radf
cal reform that We mnst retarn to the practice Of
our th We Il ~ b were 50
raignucnts, it would be very bad practice to 60
back TO-. Mr. Schur< says that this Administra-
tion, with It's utter corruption has de.uon:trated
l am IN sympathy with the reform element, and
think it should have thr prominence In the party,
but, unfortunately, they have no control over it
whatever, and they are merely used now d bait
to retain In the Republican party, the
tber 50 arc 10 e
party In spite Of al1 its cnrrurtion; and thcy stay
there with the hope that something may be accom-
pliehcd.
The strength Of the reform clement, it seem. to
me, was most clearly demonstrated ut Cincinnati.
We all know the great n:rah that 'sas made to Sc
60 7EtEuSE said thar, unless the nachine-po!i-
ticians captured the Convention, Bristow would be
the candidate. BIZ. schurz said that the nonsina-
that alone wonld ~e contradict the char;o Tint
{it !hs @ fts9ds ~ in Grant. IT, Admistfsti9a. 4 sa
hs Only LEG votes as o"t of Tat sy is nS asoe
the best test that could be had of the strength of
the reform element in the party. Applanse.] I
doubted. TuE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, if it is ANYTHING,
is the noutnpiccc Of the reform element. Jutt
prior to the Cincinnati Convention, It Was hlled
to the satisfaction OF all OF that he
was Of the most corrupt men in public life. It
said sr. Blaine had used his position as Speaker OF
aH G' not oaly TO- to the Republiean
party but to country th*t such ana; man should os
yet, en- the day of the nomination, with its usual
sagacity, it predicted that Ar. Elaine would that
lay be nominated, and that The CHICAGO TR!1-
IS the % nouthpece 9e' Of % The reioin Element in tue
Republican party. They uould take man for
he head of the party and the chief of the nation
he interests OF the Republican party demanded it;
and it is OF more importance tbst man should be
! Republican than that he should be honest. lap
This Is the party that assumes to have all the
;irtno Of the country. This is the party that can
aot trust the Government 10 anybody else They
CANNOT TRUST THE DEMOCRACY
g manage the country. Why. It seems to me
lbout reasonable as the complaint Of the thief,
Sho SAYS hc cannot trust the Officer that is in pnr-
he thief, but it might be botter FOR the communi-
y. fApp!ause.
TisE Ci,cAoo Tribune, incenned at speech I
aid had r1,ne the changes on the necessity for
hangc. aRd that one Of the Changes about to be
@ Coz IL bsfe FIAT !. 'ia pos.be
+ we are to have changes, there are some
,thers Of much more Importance II We can have
Be used Sc t 1 oneer ef the parpose M Of prod
ng for the 1au.y. and thf protection Of thieves;
we can have in the pIscE q man who will try to
i ws IN have
ne i'll charge oftho TpGasury who can give us an
Ineligible and honeyt statement OF just how we
erers, who ire re- a Groit @ IN ms steans Il, with some
ave the o'hei hieh Tus r. Tn1nssE dssifss, Tor one
Will ue ut0Et $Han Content tAPpfAllst.l I
um not hcrE lis a candidate because want the
luce. AM lfcro because anl opposed to tue Re-
ubllcan party. fApplnnse.l I am opposed TO the
Republican prty because 1t is under the control Of
uch leaders as Glanc, l:utler, Chandler. Schenck.
aGleron. kf1hball, and host Of more OF that kind
nlen who nave been fntteninE OF the pubic
rcaeury white the people have been etarvine: !
IN opposed to the Republican party because it has
Iunndcfcd the public land and the public money,
n! has PLACED the Treasury at the mercy OF the
rect s"inHIing corporations OF The country, and
cleTe thGre il n great deal more danger If the
cpublico7 party should succred in some OF Tom
cotts sSsinlIins rniIroad bills which are. being
rcsscd jbeforc Congress (they couldn't he got
lronaslr the present llouse( than there is OF any
outhe1n claims being paid By d Democratic Con-
reas.( [Applauss.1r
~1az@ss. AM OPPOSED
J the Republican party because it has made the
rosfcut;on Of crime T. farce, and has used the
onEts, the Grand Jures, and the offices OF the
" for political purposes fAppause. am op-
,sGd to the Republican party because it now ap-
sal3 to the prcjldices. and aniEositics and hates
TIE American people to pcrpetuate itself In
,wEr, when it cannot appeal to their
a9on. It was said when Blaine made /
~ "grand speeches " In Congress last winter
at he had struck the key note Of the campaign. |
the prejudiccs engcuiered by strife TINT ought
have been forgotten am sorry to say that his
fpeal was not rejected, as 1t shorh9 have been.
+ has now got the Republican party into that posi-
bn where it would have you forget and entirely
haore that maxim which has commanded the hOni-
tc of the civilized world for motc than I, 500
Ears, s'Besscd is the pcaccmaller." [App!ansc.l |
o hope fur reform from the Republican party is,
my opinion, worse than folly. A party which