Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-22


Democratic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF $ liver
Ms n Money Metai-Adyaninge of Ma.
ii nal Banks Enormous = .crifcas - ads
to Sustain Resumption.
FELLOW CITIZENS: Tho canvass has now so fal
progr> sseJ in Ohio that we know perfectly the srgu
meut on which il is 10 be conducted. Three eminent
Republicans have, with great elaboration told the
people how they should VOTE and tho reasons they
should give for so voting.
Two of them arc members of the cabinet, certaiul,
among the most able and they came to Ohio 70 ilus
trae tho idea of civil service reform Is entertained
by the administration. Both have used all the infu
ence OF Intellect and character and official position o
advance the interest of the Republican party And
one has discussed parties with an ndiscriminateness
OF hTdation Of his own party and o layishness of
criticism and of opithets and iinputaons the mo-
tves Of hiB opponents which doubtless stirred the
admiration Of the bitterest pat,isan i'll the Ia d
Like master like man Is an od atage. We may
expect to see 1t soon verified. We may expect to
soon every man Ill Ohio i'll Tho treasury nd lite.
rior departments come to the State with rehearsal
of their exhortaons and repetition of their argu-
meutJ.
The third, certainly not less able and moro stall
wart than tho others, has contributed his quota to
the argument He does no believe in any such civil
service reform rs this administration processes. He
belongs to the Grant regime. IIo believes you can
no more have an effective party without 'spoils''
than you can have an effective army without officers
and honorS. He believes that to call the offices ard
enloumeuts under the appointment of the admins-
tration spots may be somewhat indicate in over
sensitive cars, but Is, in fact, neither msnomer
Il wrong.
He believes that the success of good party-that
his party-justihes, even de lands. tho utmost
use Of all the powers of tho Government.
must distinguish between them as to methods,
and col'ate then only in their grand fin purpose of
securing the defeat of the Democratic party.
Judge Taft believes in the ctlica Of supervisors
and marshals and an army 10 back them.
Secretary sherman relies vigorous appeal to
the public Judgment and conscience, bat would feel
moro comfortable with little grape and canister and
federal power near byjust litt!cnot for use, but
for show
Secretary Scurz Leave; the practical application
to others, and contents himself with arguing gravely
that by no fair rule OF constitutional Interpretation
can states rights be made to mean States wrongs.
THE QUEsrt, Ms srATED.
Fei!ow-citi2ens, we are confronted by questions
as great a. over stirred parties in this government
They touch not only good administration, honest,
wise execution of the laws but they touch the very
groundwork of our entire system: These questions
involve elections, free from military and govern
mental interference, and currency and trade, free
from tho contro! of gigantic moneyed corporations.
AND HOW ARE WE MET?
The Republican party claims the right to use the
army at the polls. will do them 10 injustice They
do not avow the purpose of controlling the votes.
They say it is only to Keep the peace. We demon
strate that the Of armed force at the polls any
purpose is dangerous; that it degcnerates into an
ar t t@ e; sT ts ph Gf h 5er HnG
thGaO gent Gmen all in chOr4 but in different keys,
following tho brilliant conception of Senator Blaine,
who showed that our army, If distributed pro rata,
would give only one soldier to many thousand peo-
pie, eXClaim: 'Oh, it is such little thing!"
We Hhow that a people jealous of liberty will resist
the very beginning Of danger, will permit neither
great nor little armies to interfere with free ballots,
and thereupou they answer that we Democrats desire
that election day the day which above all others
should DO consecrated to peace and harmony-shal
be given over TO turbulence and violence. We DEM
ocrAtS, who represent more than half the PEOPLE of
the landless of the money, it ia true but half the
virtue and honor and patri9tsia and Intelligence
and more than half of the bone and sinew more than
half Of the poor and lowly and aboring and aspiring
whose tor themselves and their families through
peace and order of tina industries and the
quietude 0! civil society, who have the
largest stake in tho we'll ordered communicative de-
sire that viornoe and intimidation and law essness
should i,t in the lnd It would DO an offense to
our rnanroo and pat ios,n if it not 30 palp-
ab!o confession Of the weakness of their cause
and the mp disability of an argument Il would be
an offence to pub 20 INTEL gence If not 30
Transparent an outrage on publ" deeency.
We show that for two hundred years Great Britain
hal Permitted armed soldiers under any pre-
tense to up roach the polls tina. nation has ever
permitted it and preserved popular gov Mt and
they cry out, following in this the example of the
President that this administration does not now IN
tend, and never has Intended, to use, never has
u>od and nevrr will use, the army ut the polls.
Intended, do not nov intend, never did, d never
Will, Use the army at the poll, have you sren,l-
ons resisted tho repeal of the law2 And announc-
lug at once thor purpose aud their answer, they all
excalm aud here the stliw4rt comes to tho fore
I'VE will never surrender this power, which may
become necessary to continue tho administration in
our hands" Mrs. Toodes, when she bought the
brass door-ltato with another mans namo on 1t, in
formed her inquring husband TT Is such handy
thnb to hNYo about the house"
We point to the evidence taken In Boston and
Newport Cincinnati this
to the evidence of our candid and iust-mnded mar
shal In Cincinnati.
reform; not ho. He has reason to do 30 He
did his duty officer of the court efficiently,
honestly, impartialiy: Ho did his duty in the APP
pontment of deputy Marshals according to the
sptrt and Intent of the law. Io says he appointed
all Republicans; he associated with such people and
he knewt hem; not Democrat, no might be leceiv-
Ell in them. He stationed them all In Democratic
wards llo knew the Repub lean wards would not
need them Sn., , He k an that In Re-
iega voting, or hardly any; certainly not
enough to hHrt The Republican parry, and, therefore,
he let then alone.
We show by testimony, perfectly ire fragable that
by the intent and provisions of the tspractcsl
application, supervisors and marshals only par
tisan eecioncorcrs for tho dominant party, paid out
of the public treasury and thereupuu ghosly pro-
Cession OF fearful figures of State rights, Ku-Kux,
Eliza Pinksons and, above all, Republican defeats
moro fearful than those which struck terror to tho
soul of Richard, flo before the eyes of tho attorney
general; and he cries out: 1.-THE Ia not ye. over
It's results arc all imperied." Aud chorus OF voices
exclaim: "Confederate Brigadier Caucus dicatiOn
Starving the Government! Payment of confederate
debit"
Confederate Drigaders Whose fault ia 1t that
Union brigadiers do not represent Republican States
Caucus dictatonl When 1t Ia perfectly notorious
that Senator Schurz tried TO extort answer from
Senator Sherman the finance bin, and utterly
failed because the Republican caucus forbade Starry
Ing the Government Who refused to pass the army
bill wnGu Andrew johnson, the brave aud honest old
man, was President?
DO, ~,
suggested it. No Democrat desires 1t No party
could propose 1t and live.
We return to financial affairs We poot to the
enormous wrongs which have for years para.yzed
the industries of the country, which have deprived
labor Of employment, which have ruined strong men
crushed out youthful and vigorous enterprise, and
hearts to paupers' graves. We demonstrate these
things % tho result of tho Republican policy. We
point to system of National banks, having al u;,-
equal capacity for combination, welding an enor-
nous money power, employing the shrewdest talent
in the country, penetrating every locality affiliated
with the administration by the influence of party adj
vantage Oh tho ne side aud the uso of the public
treasury the other. We show from the reports of
tho treasury that hundreds of Millions of dollars are
left on deposit for months with some; that others
are not required to pay for the bonds which they
purchase until long after tho time fixed by the Cou-
tract We show favoritism to money and oppres-
sion to labor, And Secretary Sherman shrieks out
stored good time Is coming Are not
our crops good? Are not crops abroad scant? Is
not England hungry? Is not trade In favor2 Bow
down and worship the Republican party. The Dem.
ocrats want to abandon specie payments. They hate
the sound of revving business. They abhor the idea
OF returning prosperity. They gloat over business
failures. They want small crops, hard times, de.
pressed industries, starving people-those wicked
Democrats"
The recuperative energy of tho people, the bounti.
full richness of the SOIL the promised recurrence OF
sunshine and rain, working to the benefit OF the
people and he claims the credit for his policy! The
storln-kng amid the wrecks which his fury has made
in the night, points the starved aud frozen sailors
lust cast upon the Shore to the warm, bright sun ane
balmy air and placid ocean, with which the glorious
morning has put end to his devastating tornado
aud satrioaily VIVA. blessings have
given you'll
believe I have given You faithful epitome Of TIL
argument of our opponents. believe have dont
thern no injustice The air has been vocal with clio
nuent rhetoric, with praises Of Republican policy
With professions of reform, with figures of economy
but reduced the last analysis the argument Is as
hayo stated. I appeal to the speeches to which
have alluded. appeal to oyery speech that hav
seen ublished. Iappeal to every ISSUE Of tho pari
san Republican papers of the State.
Il il becoming that the great questions involves
should be discussed in this vein before the iateli
gent people Of Ohio?
Fellow-ctizens There is no other argument lef
to our Republican friends.
These are great questonsl
THE ARMY AT THE PoLss.