The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-11-06
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SPEECH OFF SPEAKER RANDALL,

FELLOW. CITIZENS OF THE Cry OF New
YoRK.-Your welcome l have no words
to describe nay appreciation Of am
quite aware that it is tribute to my Of
fee, which hold at the hands and by
the votes of the representatives Of the
Democracy of the United States in Con-
gress. (Applause,) want tonight to
address myself to the ear of the business
men of the city of New York. / was
reared in mercantile pursuits, and claim
some knowledge as to commerce, manu-
factures and the general material inter.
ests of the country. Now, last night the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States, in a well prepared speech, pre-
pared in advance, ennnciated the propo-
sition that the resumption of specie pay.
ments had produced the prosperity that
is now being felt throughout the length
and breadth of the land. 1 propose to
contradict him tonight, and declare that
resumption was not in the least brought
about by any legislation enacted by the
Republican party in Congress, but on the
contrary, the prosperous times now here
come from entirely different agencies,
and that these produced the power of
the Government and the people to re-
sumo specie payments. (Applause) In
a speech which made at the close of
the first session of the forty.fourth Con-
gress, l declared that the real and only
road to resumption was through the
means of public and private economy in
the administration of the Government
and among the people, and l want to
show tonight that that first step taken
was taken by the Democratic party in
Congress assembled, without the aid of
any Republican who occupied seat in
that body. (Applause.)
At this point Mr.. Randall was obliged
to suspend his speech. The Democrats
of the fifteenth Assembly district march
ed into the Garden, bearing torches, and
headed by band, the noise of which
completely drowned the speakers voice.
The procession marched along the track
used by the walkers in the recent con-
test, and made complete circuit of the
Garden before the noise of their band
could be stilled. Mr.. Randall then pro-
Ceeded:
In other words 1 want to show that
the economy exhibited by the forty
fourth and forty-6fth Congresses, as
compared with the extraordinary ex.
penditures of the forty-secoud and forty.
third Congresses, the latter under the
control of the Republicans, exhibits
some remarkable figures, and In order to
be exactly correct in all that say, l shall
give you the figures in dollars and cents.
(Mr. Randall then gave in detail the ex
penditures of these four years showing
that under Democratic rule the saving
in two years had been $l53 64S ,452, 2,67.)
l do not (he continued) include in this
estimate the appropriations made for ar,
rears of pensions to the soldiers, for l do
not think it comes within fair purview
of any ordinary expenses, nor have I in
any of these figures included the inter
est on the public debt. and, by the by, I
may add incidentally, that we should
not have passed the arrears of pensions,
except that we got the votes of Confed-
crate Brigadiers" in Congress for that
purpose. That, Mr.. Randall said, was
the first step toward resumption; and the
next was the excess of exports over the
imports from 1876 Ito 1879, and the flood
of gold to this country from the sale of
the bonded indebtedness abroad. All of
which results, he said, the Republican
party had no more to do with than the
man in the moon. Coming then to State
issues be said: Now, | want also tonight
to show you wherein Governor Robin
son -Qong continued applause, and as
Mr. Randall attempted to proceed, three
cheers for Lucius Robinson were called
for, and given with will by the vast as-
semblage)-wherein Governor Robinson
has copied from that economy exhibited
at the National Government in the man
agement of affairs in the State of New
York. When he entered upon the man.
agement of affairs the expenditures of
the Government reached as high as $l5
100000. This year, by the record, he
has decreased the appropriations neCes.
sary to maintain the government, to less
than So 100000 (Appause) Now, that
is a Gods blessing, and that blessing has
been given you by Governor Robinson
(applause) Ito shower upon the people
of this State. (Applause) Nav, more
Governor Robinson has reduced the tolls
upon your canals from II mills, as they
were before, to q mill, and has thus
made a reduction in the price of every
thing that was transported from the
Great West to the city of New York. |
will illustrate this more fully. In 1874
the cost of transportation of a bushel of
wheat from Chicago to Buffalo was l54
cents. In 1878, under Governor Robin.
sons management of State affairs, the
transportation of bushel of wheat from
Chicago to Buffalo was reduced to "a cts.
applause land 80 again as to the
transportation of coin. In 1874 it cost
IL cents bushel from Chicago to Buffalo
and in 1878 it was reduced to A cents
(Applause,)
Mr.. Randall then gave the figures
showing that the volume of shipment of
grain had largely increased during the
past year as compared with 1874, and he
said: "Now not only has that policy
been of service to all the people of this
State, and not only has it brought back
prosperity here, but it has penetrated in
its bene6cent effects, all of this country,
and has enabled the city of New York to
maintain herself in competition with
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New Orleans. Yet there are men in this
city and State that would like to send
this policy to the rear, and 90 back to
the corrupt days Of the Canal Ring that
proposed to give the greatest profit of
the carrying trade on the canals to the
officers of the canals"
Mr. Randall then spoke Of the condi-
ton of the South, and showed that the