Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-09-06
SENATOR ALLISON.
His Speech at Hazleton, Saturday Eve.
ming, Aug. 31st.

SENAlUI AlLlSVNs
His Speech at Hazleton, Saturday Eve.
ming, Aug. 31st.
An Exhaustive Discussion of the Financial
Question.
FELLOW CITIZENs:-I have been re-
quested to address you on political top
les, with view to the election to be
held in this State on the Sth day OF Oc-
tober next, when members Of Congress
and important State officers are to be
elected. The real contest, now as here
tofore, is between the two old parties
the Democratic and the Republican.
They are both strong in organization,
and, taking the entire country into cal
culation, are nearly equally divided in
numbers. One of these great parties
will be successful now, and will elect
the President in 1880. The present
election is only preliminary to that con-
test. Therefore, every vote, however
cast, will count for one or the other OF
these two parties.
[ believe the Republican party should
be successful | believe it can best ad
minister the government and make Its
laws. | do not believe it has accom-
plished it's purpose or fulfilled its mis-
sion. And do not believe it wise, or
even safe, to entrust the power to make
laws and enforce them to the Democrat
ic party, under it's present leadership
and guidance.
So far as our State ticket is concerned
but little need be said. Each and all
| A. Do,,,l1,o,,, a,oJ; ;Jotoc oro ,ooD Of
tried integrity and well known capacity,
and, if elected, will fulfill with fidelity
and conspicuous ability the duties OF
the several Offices for which they have
been nominated.
But the real contest is for the next
House of Representatives, and there
fore is OF great moment to the country,
and to every part of it. The Demo-
Gratis have now majority in the House,
and after the 4th of March next, will
have a majority in the Senate. On their
part the struggle will be to secure ma
iority in the next House, and majori
ty Of members from a majority OF the
States. They want to control both
Houses, in any emergency that may
arise. They want this control now to
enable them to count the electoral vote
following the Presidential election OF
1880. They want majority OF States
in the House, so that, if no candidate
has majority of all the electoral votes,
the House can proceed to elect the
Democratic candidate. If parties are
closely divided, then, with both houses
under Democratic control, 1T will be
easy, should it be found necessary in
order to secure Democratic success, to
create contingency in which the
House will elect the President.
The Democrats want both Houses, in
order to control all legislation. They
can enforce this control by tacking
their favorite measures on approaprla-
ton bills, thus stopping all appropria
tons in case a veto should be inter
posed or attempted They have shown
their readiness in the past to adopt
this method
TO secure this success, the Democrats
will resort to any and every device look
ing to a division in the Republican par
ty. They know that the Republicans
have a large majority in the State, and
in every Congressional District in this
State; yet for the purpose Of securing
one or two Congressman, it possible,
they will form alliances with the Green
back and other organizations, and will
welcome all dissentions and divisions
among Republicans, and if need be, will
endorse Greenback candidates, and re-
frain from making nominations OF their
own in the hope of defeating Republican
candidates for Congress. But no Green
back candidate so called, will have
Democratic support at the polls unless
he is to be a Democrat after election.
The Democrats will make no mistake
on this point; and when the House of
Representative is organized, they will
insist that the candidate for whom they
voted shall help elect the Democratic
candidate for Speaker and thus give the
organization of the House, and thereby
the control of legislation, into Demo
cratic hands.
In the strong Republican States of
the Northwest, the Democrats seek to
of finance; because there are divisions
among Republicans upon these ques-
tons They hope to intensity this di-
vision at the polls, so as to make their
own success possible in many Congress
sional districts which were really Repub-
lican. The Democrats themselves are
not united upon these questions OF fl
nance-except on election day; then
they will vote for the Democratic can
didate, what ever his opinions may be
upon this subject. Senator Mcdonald,
for illustration, in Indiana, strongly ia
vors specie payment; and Gov. Hend-
ricks likewise; but the former cordially
supports the election of Senator Voor-
hees, who favors an unlimited issue Of
paper money; and the latter does
the same-though he convenient
ly gives Mr.. Voorhees, opinions
without expressing his own. But when
election day comes, the Democrats in
Indiana will so vote as to promote the
reelection of Senator Voorhees,, al
though they may differ with him upon
this question. So in Iowa, Democrats
will forcgo long cherished hard d-money
views, in order to secure success to a
Greenback candidate, if he will aid them
in turn to secure Democratic majority
in the House of Representatives.
Nothing is more audaciOus than the
pretense of friendship for the green back
made by most of these Democratic lead
ers. They were its most unrelentlng
enemy when it was essential to the pres
ervation of the nations life; and judging
from their present utterances, they are
its friends now only to make it an in
strument for the destruction of the ma
tons; credit.
THE REPUBLICAN FINANCIAL POLICY.
The Republican party has clearly de-
fined and we'll understood policy upon
the question Of finances, embodying
three leading ideas:
First-thc preservation Of the ma
: tons credit.
Second-The restoration of specie
payments, by gradual process, with
out materially contracting the volume
OF paper money.
Third-The continued use of all the
greenbacks now in existence, making
them equal to and convertible into coin
1t is asserted that 1t is part of the
Republican policy to wholly destroy the
greenback as a currency, and substitute
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