The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-11
DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION.
Meetings in tho Hail and Out Of Doors-Big
Crowds and Eloquent Speeches.

Meetings in tho Hail and Out Of Doors-Big
Crowds and Eloquent Speeches.
The democrats held two large and en-
thusiastic ratification meetings last evening
after their district convention, both of
which were successful. We should be
pleased to furnish much longer report OF
the meetings if they hadn't kept them up
till pretty nearly our press hour this morn
ing. The town hall was densely packed,
there being number of ladies present
After music by the Brandon cornet band,
L. w. Redington, president of the young
mems club, introduced
MORTON d. GROVER
of Port Henry, N. Y. Mr.. Grover spoke
excellently, from democratic point OF
view, on the issues OF the campaign for
over an hour. He began by saying that
there were no sectional issues in this can
vass, each party being represented in every
state by powerful organ izations. He was
glad OF a democratic majority of 10000 IN
Alabama and glad that If Col. Joyce was
defeated for congress very good Child
would take his place.
We must 60 about this campaign calmly
and scnsibly, and discuss the issues of the
day. There are things to be discussed
which bring blush of shame to every
honest cheek, but we must not dodge them.
Each party IS honest at heart and striving
to do the best in its power. The republi-
can party, during the last four years, has
forfeited the confidence of the people, and
the democratic party must gain it. We
need reform in the civil service and purer
system of political morality. Any repub-
lican who believes the present administra.
ton is the purest we ever had is beyond
redemption. | charge that the republican
party has been derelct in restoring the
Union, and has brought about bad system
of political morality. They have failed IN
reconstruction. In the border states there
is prosperity, because they have been oil
| lowed to govern Themselves. In the nine
| southern states the condition is terrible; ;
thew have been governed from Washington.
| He then gave statistics in regard to the
wretched financial condition of some of the
! southern states, and to show the amount
of taxes wasted under Grants admnistra-
ton, and said the republican answer to all
his Isl "There was war sixteen years
ago." The republicans didn't fight all the
war. Democrats fought and worked in its
favor. made war speeches with John
| Cain, then. The war was instituted to put
| down slavery. Slavery is passed and We
can't have another war; all talk OF that
kind is party clap-trap and should not be
used The republicans have passed an am
nesty bill. What did they do that for II
these con!ederates are such terrible people
as they make out now? If they would only
join the republican Sanhedrim they would
be all right
There are abuses. How shall we cor.
rect them, by electing MIR. Hayes or Mr..
Tildenp Hayes says that the civil service
is corrupt because congressman have
appointed the officers; that he will
change all that and appoint without
consultation with anybody. / say keer
your officers as near the people as possible
Let it be understood that q postmaster is
appointed at the recommendation of the
congressman, and if he is bad, off goes the
congressman's head next election. Hayel
says to the "a, 1000 oflice-holders, "Elec
me and will keep you in for life, unless
you do something out of the way" which
means all republicans kept in and all dem
ocrats kept out. Tilden says establish ,
high system of appointments, and make thu
officers the servants of the people. He be-
leves in the great democratic principle o
rotation in office ('To the vicors belong
the spoils.O
There is also the question of specie pay
ments. The Tribune says the democrat
want initiation. Is there any one wis
enough to tell what the republicans want
Hayes, in 1875, was opposed to any con
TRACTION of the currency. They talka grea
deal about resumption, but not one wor
as to how to resume. The currency was
necessity of the war. 1t was made redeem
, able in interest bearing bonds so that W
, should in time return to specie payments
In 1865 the republicans repealed this act
In 1868 Mccullough retired S44, 000, 900 j
y currency notes, and in 1928 and A the ad
, | minis,ra,on reissued them. That's your r6
publican resumption.
Tiden says you can't fix the day for re
8 sumption, but it must be regulated by tn
r law Of supply and demand. He says
n olive within your income" retrench, say
taxes 10 the treasury to resume with, an
begin to resume as coon as you get any
o thing to work on. Republicans have mad
r no preparation for resumption, and haven
as much money by SIC, 000 900 in the trea
ury as when the law fixing the day wf
8 passed. If you let the date stand, banl
Il won't have the money to resume at Il
n time, spectators will buy up currency an
present it, banks will be driven to the wal
and gold will 60 up fifteen or twenty cen
again. You can't resume by passing Law
"a but by retrenchment and a wise ananc
e policy. =,
IS Republicans talk great deal about III
C being confederate congress, but they CO
IS find nothing to bring against them but Il
\, fact that they have started investigation
:, !, They have turned out Belknap and four
Il out about the whisky frauds, and opened
j. fearful system of corruption. II this
,r the work of confederate congress, +
a Gods sake give us more of them.
~ The speaker then reviewed the history.
y the Tweed ring, and 1'ilden's connects
y with Tweed's downfall, and the downfall
~ Barnard and McCunn. After this, with
short resume of his very long speech, al
i some nippant remarks about Gov. Hay
70 as the 'pet lamb" Of the republican part
le he concluded.
% Mr.. Grover is forcible ndablespeak'
IN | ~, 4 Imam, thnrou1hlv what he waa TALK