Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-09
sccrctar, sherman atIHomc.


GOOD SPEECH IN RESPONSE TO A sEbENADE.
Secretary Sherman is this week ON n visit
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That ms visit had no political significance but
that he came home TO attend to some matters
Of private business. He took the opuortuni-
~ to say that ii became lis duty to 20 back
to the policy of the ffthcrs of the country
and start afresh on u pold basis supporte Il bv
greenbacks and national bank notes. Re
sumption came January /, and ask Won. he
said, if il has not been beneficial to YOU all
There has boon M advancing prosperity
throughout the land. The result is that la.
Dor is plentiful and capital finds secure and
safe Investments. Why, in Now York city
the other day l heard of all manner of
schemes being originated by capitalists for
the investment of capital that has lain idla
since the panic. The public credit is now
better than at any time in the history Of the
country. Strange to say, since the LIST of
January there has been sold $3.50, coo, GOO Of
/ per cent. bonds. They We're sold at par in
gold, and the last million and half sold ut a
premium of J per cent We have saved to
The people OF this country in interest Sill
900, COO and since The present administration
came into power it has saved To the country
/ I millions. This saving has benefited alike
the rich and the poor The credit of the ma
ton also has steadily advanced and there is
no nation in the world that can borrow mon
ey at as favorable terms as the United States
Of America This is so because the country
has kept its faith with the world. Now, the
rich are not the only bondholders The man
of modest means can purchase bonds of any
denomination that he may choose at any
money order post-uifce in the country Both
the bonds and the certificates are eagerly
sought. for they are held by every class in the
land.
The great question that is now agitating
the public mind is the attempt of your repre-
sentatives in Congress to repeal what is
known as the election laws. These members
of Congress are seeking to repeal the only
laws that in many cities and some States give
the people fair and full voice. Have you
ever thought that your only voice in the ma
tonal government lies in the election
of members of Congress once in two
years. Every two years you are called to
elect member of Congress, and that one
man represents you, is Your agent so far as
the national government is concerned Your
only voice in the government is when you
vote for a member of Congress- In a great
number of larger cities elections are carried
by fraud and unfair means. In the great
city of New York are wards that have been
carried by fraud and repoatels for the last 10
years. In some of the Southern States intim.
idation and fraud is conducted openly at the
polls. There are now members of Congress
who held their seats by intimidation and
fraud In South Carolina thousands of It's
sue ballots were cast last fall, little pieces of
paper, 40 of which would not make AS preat
bulk as one of the tickets pollcd here by YOU
in Richland county. Those were vote d at
once and by one voter In South Carolina
more votes were cast last fall than there were
men, women and children and cats and DOGS.
In the city of New York Mt one election more
than 30, 900 repeated votes were cast. This
was proven by the investigation of "A commit
tee Of Congress who made an elaborate report
of the same. In large cities there is always
great danger of such things being done. You
are free from this species of fraud here. You
do not know what fraud is One of the most
sacred duties of Congress is the preservation
of the purity of elections. There is but one
safeguard against fraud and repeating pro-
vided by Congress, and now an effort is be-
inn Ia 10 raf,aa1