Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

the greatest possible stability OF values.
The republican party intended by the
resumption law, and still intends, 10
take up and destroy every dollar Of
greenback money.
This topic is discussed at some
length. After the financial chapter
comes q section directed to free cleo.
TONS" He first recites what he calls
the great fraud OF 1876. and then pass
es to the work of the
EXTRA SESSION,
when he says:
Was it right to leave this party with
lawful authority 10 spend millions Of
the peoples money in hiring DULLES to
threaten, arrest and imprison state cleo.
tors and state judges and clerks of cleo.
tion2 We determined to make the is
sue on these laws now, in the year pre-
ceding the great contest in which we
feared they would be employed 10
thwart the will Of the people. The re-
suit of the struggle 80 far is the total re.
peal of the odious system of packing
juries, prohibition OF the payment Of
money TO send or maintain troops al.
the polls, and the Withholding of appro.
priations for fees of marshals until
congress can see what the fees are to
be paid for. We have appealed from
the president to the people. You have
to decide the controversy. If you want
to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars
ea3h congressional election to have bay.
onets around the polls and marshals
and spies to inspect and control state
election officers, vote the republican
ticket, for the democracy will never
spend dollar for the service.
In discussing the
CENTRAL1ZING TENDENCIES
Of the federal government. Mr.. Ewing
says:
ibis assumption Of sole supreme
power for the federal government IL
illustrates the fact that the pendulum is
swinging from the extreme Of secession
on the one side to an equally dangerous
extreme of consolidation on the other.
Secession held that the union might DO
divided whenever any state believed
that tie constitution had been violated
On that theory the republic was bat
rope of sand. Consolidation demands
that the federal government 81 all ex.
ercise all powers which the dominant
party may think expedient. On that
theory all boundaries of federal power,
30 carefully marked by our forefathersss
will DO obliterated, and we shall have
one great imperial government, to
which states will have the same rela-
lions that counties and townships now
have to states. Secession would have
broken up the union into petty but
free republics; consolidation would
swallow states and sink liberty in an
empire.
IN CONCLUSION -
he says
My friends, all the policies of the re-
publican party | have discussed this
evening, though apparently differing
widely i'll character, are in fact closely
related in purpose and effect. | be-
lieve them ali to be part of u general
tendency of the classes which control
that party TO practically subvert popu.
lar government. The steps are first to
destroy the independence of the masses
by immensely increasing the burdens
of debts and taxes, and by cutting off
the opportunities of rewards of labor,
and by the same act swell the wealth
and power of the favored classes, and
then, by allying the money power to
the illimitable forces of government
patronage and plumber, to control cleo
tons by bribery and force, and practi-
cally subvort the freedom of the ballot.
Look ut the powers which may be
brought to bear to effect this result; see
the fast growth of corporations, somt
of which already ride with an iron hand
the greatest states Of the republic
look at two thousand nationN
banks holding almost ever,
business man and business
interest in their grasp; see the veteras
corps OF one hundred thousand actlv
pariisans paid from the public treasury
and tell me whether, If the polio,
which has Impoverished the mass o.
tho people and piled up vast fortunes
which have risen rs rapidly as cloud
mountains in the sky, shall be permit
ted to so ON. These powers, backed
by the army and navy, may not sooi.
he strong enough to make rule by bal
lot rs completely n farce rs it was IN
the republic of the bogus Napoleon,
Neither the great wealth = holding
powers of this republic nor the party
which represents them can be trusted
with the preservation of the sacred fire OF
liberty. They have not sufficient interest
in preserving it. They are at least safe
under corrupt and aristocratc rule.
They want privilege, exemption, arts.
tocracy; not equal rights, equal taxa
ton and the ballot. ltmay DO long be-
fore they strike ut the mere form OF
our government, but they have struck
and are striking at its spirit. speak
not Of individuals, but OF classes; for
among the wealthiest men are many OF
both parties who love and are faithful
TO our democratic system Of govern.
ment. But ii is the mass of the people
farmers, owners of small indus
tries and those whose dependence
and hope for themselves and their chill.
drcn is in well-paid labor--who have
the profoundest interest in the preser.
vation of every part of this most per.
feet form OF government, in which Is