Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-31

| tIIdS L uESl LOOK my seat IN the senate, !
so back, and what do find not the sam,
men! but the seifsame
POLITICAL MEASURES
are being pressed that were pressed then
The men have changed; the measures
have not changed at all [applause1, and
| to-day, what do they do? They tried
war; they undertook to shoot this govern
ment to death laughter, and they failed
They undertook to capture Washin gton
with arms in their hands, but they did
not capture it. But to-day they have
captured Washington. Laughter. And
| to-day, while they cannot threaten again
to shoot the government to death, they
say, "unless you allow us to rule this na
| tion, we will starve the government to
death" Laughter and applause
The national life and the national
honor are in greater peril, to-day, than
they were in 1857; greater peril say, to
day, both the national life and the ma
tional honor. They said then, unless VIC
can rule this nation we will ruin it; and
they say
THE SELE-SAME THING
to day-unless we can rule this nation
we will ruin it. The issues are the same
eo-uuy. 1No", to-oay ,CIS III iulIllOuS VI Lltu
who were so recently in arms agains,
this government, absolutely rule and
control the whole legislation of YOUR
government. Through caucus dictation
the eight millions of white men of the
south control the whole legislation of
this government. One man in Wiscon.
sin, whom l will not name, the whole
oation was proud of, for he, seemed to
exhibit manhood, although democrat
laughter, and cries of "Bragg,"] and he
didn't stand out, though. But by caucus
dictation he humbly surrendered, and
even his name is forgotten laughter. I
But these men say we want purity Of
elections, men who occupy their seats Oh
the floor of both houses of congress, by
FRAUD AND VIOLENCE,
by shot guns and tissue ballots; 36 men,
bers OF the house occupy their seats up
on that floor without one single solitary
man for constituency [laughter]; 36
membe of the house occupy their seats
as representatives of the colored race, in
violence of the law for that law express
ly says, that when any race or class of
men are diSfranchised they shall not be
represented upon that floor; and yet the
80 members who occupy their seats upon
that floor occupy them in violation Of
law, and through fraud and violence.
Twelve members of the senate occupy
their seats in the same way; and thus
they hold the control of both the senate
and the house Of representatives. And,
HOLDING THAT CONTROL, g.
they ,urn around and say, "you rascally
republicans, we will make you obey such
laws as we dictate or we will starvc your
government to death" Applause.
Ii this vast audience will pardon me
.oa Correction. Certain papers in IA
Chicago have misTcpresented me on one
count in my Indictment against the dem
ocratic party il congress; and with your
permission, [ will be very brief, for
intended to make no allusion to this
[Cries of go on In the fourth count in
my Indictment [ said that ... .-.
ARRAIGNED THEM
the democratic party-for having at
tempted to damage the business interests
of the country by forcing the silver coin
in circulation at less value than it rep
resents, thus sw ndling the laboring man
and the purchaser by compelling him to
accept So cents for dollar, and thus en-
rich the bullion owners at the expense Of
the laborers. -Four millions of dollars a
day is paid for labor alone, and by thus
attempting to force an So cent dollar on
the laboring man, you swindle him daily
out Of 100000. Twelve hundred millions
Of dollars are paid yearly for labor alone,
and by thus attempting TO force an S5
cent dollar on the laboring man, you
swindle him out of $1S0,000,00O year !;
the amount which the producing class
would lose, is absolutely incalculable.
Now, Mr.. President, it will be seen tha,
| made no allusion whatever to any legis-
lation that preceded this present session
Of Congress, and it will likewise be seen
that [ arraigned them for attempting to
do -va:.
- THAT WICKED THING.
was Inexperienced Now let those
who say [ was in the wrong, tell me
whether they are in favor of the original
Warner bill, which placed the free coin
age OF all the silver that the world might
present, to be coined at the mint of the
+ United States. The very moment you
issue those silver certificates, you do
away with bi-metallic tender; the very
moment you issue those silver certificates
that are worth So cents on the dollar, that
moment the laboring man, the raiser of
wheat, the producer Of every product, re-
.ceives So cents and no more, and gold be-
comes mere article of traffic. To-day
the laboring man can take gold or silver.
OF bank notes or treasury nOtes-and 1T IS
perfectly immaterial which he takes. Do
away with these and he must take silver
coin whether he would or not.
A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN OF WISCONSIN,
who has been max inga great ado upon
Q c.l1,1 a,,nliaH tC Of
judges-I am talking now about Wiscon-
sin-to know whether he would not join
in this silver amendment. He took the
bill and looked it over. Says he, with
one amendment, / think l will join you"
Says the friend, .swhatis that 2" Said he,
that, every man who makes a legal ten
der of a thousand dollars in payment of
a note shall give mule to carry it away
WITH Laughter. You will understand
that a thousand dollars weigh sixty
pounds; ten thousand dollars, six hun
dred pounds; one hundred thousand dol:
lars, six thousand pounds; and million
81 dollars weighssixty thousand pounds,
or thirty tons.
r Now they want to force the Iaborine
man, the farmer, the mechanic, and the
purchaser of every kind to take this sill
yer money for the sole benefit of the own
ers cf the bullion. Now, Mr.. Chicago
Tribune, are you in favor-of
THE ORIGINAL WARNER BILL?
daughter You will pardon me, fellow
citizens, because it is personal, for this
little interruption. If I had time would
like to talk finance to you, and most any
thing else; but l am talking about the
25th anniversary of the formation of the
republican party. [Applause.1
Nowwhat has this great republican
party done? 1t has been in existence
TWENTY-FIVE years, and what has it done /