Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-21

will be democratic likewise. We
have these things to speak to the PEG.
pie and tell them that the democratic
party are in the ascendency. Take in
connection with this the States that
have given in their adhesion to DEM
ocratic policy and it leads me to be.
lieve that in 1880 we shall have DEM
ocratic victory of which we need not
be ashamed. 1t would not be wise
for me to speak to you touching the
policy that will be pursued BY this
convention in the matter of it's reso-
lutions because that matter has
been referred to your committee and
that committee has met and transact
ed its business tremendously; agreed
unanimously upon platform, and I
think they have adopted one that will
be unanimously approved by the con-
vention. My desire is that If this
convention. in its wisdom, shall see
fit to select candidate to carry our
banner in the coming contest, that he
shall be one who will carry that ban
ner firmly and unswervingly upon
democratic principles.
Col. Trimble was called out and
made what may be properly termed
a wild communistic speech. He said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF
THE CONVENTION Il shall not attempt
TO make speech TO you. Iwould
like very much to do so if had plen-
ty of time TO do ii in my way. But
it could NOT be expected that should
talk to you more than five or ten
minutes and that is too short a time
in which to discuss political ques-
tons.
There are one or two suggestions,
howev.r, which l will make to YOU.
We have met here to-day for the
purpose of discharging a duty to the
democratic party Of the Sixth Con-
gressional District.
Now, personally, l propose to be
satisfied with any thing that this con-
vention does. Whatever it does will
be personally satisfactory to me. l
mean to make it SO. / mean to be
satisfied with it, and hope that we
will all try to do the same thing. The
purpose of meeting together, to-day,
is to settle any question of personal
preference or difference. That should
be done in the spirit of charity. and
good feeling. We all have our differ
ent opinions, but let them be settled
by the judgment of this body. and
with that settlement let us be salts
fed, whatever it may be. Let us
carry away no i'll feeling. Let us
have no unpleasant controversies. 1t
is a business matter and should be
settled on business principles. It
would be improper for me to suggest
any course of action. / only want
you. to come in spirit of harmony
and good feeling and charity, deter
mining each one to be satisfied with
what the convention may determine
to do. For take it that none of us
possess as much wisdom as this whole
body together. The associated iudg-
ment of this body will embody more
wisdom, / am satisfied, than is pos
sessed by any one member. For me
l am satisfied to concede that judg-
ment. If it sees proper to adjourn
without making any nomination it
will certainly be satisfactory to me.
If it makes one l will be satisfied
propose to be satisfied with auy
gentleman that this convention sees
proper to select to carry its banner in
the coming campaign.
There are great questions to be set.
tied in the coming campaign; great
financial questions. The democratic
party ten years ago, in 1868, had the
pleasure of discussing these questions
hu< onr rn mr. HI IN :, fr;ouAe rvo,,Id - -,
listen. We were not able to make
them listen. They persisted in faunt-
ing the bloody shirt and ignoring all
other issues. But within the last two
or three years change has come ovel
the people. They have determined
that if the leaders of the republican
party will not discuss financial ques
tions they will do it themselves. For
the first time in the history of the par
ty they have sent out men to discus!
the money question. Heretofore
they have simply flung the bloody
shirt in our faces whenever we have
spoken of anything connected with
the finances Of the country. No mat
ter what democrats have said hereto.
fore, the response has been always,
to shake the bloody shirt in our faces
and tell the republican rank and file
that we were copperheads aud trait.
ors, and unworthy of confidence
But they have been compelled by tbs
uprising of the people to change theil
tactics and although they raised The
bloody shirt at the convention at Des
Moines, it is still born. 1t died WI er
came into existence there. They are
now discussing finance. Their grea,
men, like DR.. Beardsley and others
have been compelled to discuss finan.
cial questions. When they have dis.
cussed these questions and the people
understand them, they will go to the
wall. The people have made up their
minds that the old silver dollar, which
was the money of our fathers, shall
not be destroyed; that the $50, OOO, OO(
that are yearly dug out of our noun
tains shall be given to our people for
the purpose of bringing prosperity to
the nation. They have resolved tina,
there shall be no more interest bear.
ing obligations Of the government
that we wont put any more interes
in gold or silver or paper currency
that the currency of this nation mus,
bea currency on which the natior
BANKS, TRAMPs, ETC.
The people have determined tina
the desrinies of the country shall no,
be controlled by two thousand coz
porations working in their own inter
ests that We shall have no more pri.
vate corporations controlling the des
TIMES of the government. Let then
be controlled by the government, and
if the officers of the government do
not control them to satisfy us we will
turn them off and hire them over
again. Thank God that the spirit OF
the times is changing, and that We
arc prepared and anxious to discuss
these questions in which we are all SC
deeply interested. Let the hard times
continue little while longer and
what will be the result? The popu.
lation of tramps will be increased,
The people thrown out of employ
ment, who constitute the army OF
tramps will be increased by the hard
times. The result will be discomfort
and uprising on the part Of the la.
boring population. Threats and per.
haps violence will be the final result.
Then You will see the men who have
precipitated these hard times BY
plundering the treasury of the nation,
by legislating in their own interests
and against the interests of the PEG.
ple-you will hear them talk about
"Grant and peace" which means
Grant and standing army. They
will make this very suffering prs-
text for military government. They
will say to the people, "Do you sec
the army Of tramps? We must have
strong government. Give us Grant
and peace"-that is, give us Grant
and military power to crush ont
this spirit of discomfort.
My remedy is, let us make the times
good again. Reduce the taxes and
bring back prosperous times; set the
wheels of industry in motion again
and then you will need no standing
army,you can take care of yourselves :
that is the proper course to pursue to
A.