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they shall elect officers without having military
SUPERVISORS appointed by the Radicals in order
that they NAV retain power. How do the peo-
pie exercise this sovereignty resting III them =
Once in years are they called upon 10 eNercise
IT, and vote for agents to whom 10 eiiuSt eu
miniStration of their government. You desire
to know something OF the persons presenter 10
YOU 10 vote for in the near future ana OF 'heiI
narties He then spoke of the cOrruptlOnS NJ
Washington revealed in lS76-two ex-SPeakers
of the House, the chairmen of two OF the mos,
important committees-onc of them Garfield
hinsclf-taintcd with corruption the freslden'
associating with notorious thieves; the sell
confessed thief in the Cabnet-Beiknap; the
Presidents private secretary, Babcock lndlcte'i
for robbing the Government; lawfully electsu
Legislature in Louisiana made TO give way 70
pretendcrS And he proved il all from the
words of Senator Hoar Of Massachusetts Nh3t
better Indictment could be drawn by the people
than was drawn by that Senator against ms
own party? The people desired changeln 1910
and nominated at st. Louis man OF character
and integrity, and capable of producing reform
i'm national affairs rs he had done IN the Empire
State. They elected rilder by 100000 popular
majority 1t is part of history that he was
elected Bat Gen Grant deemed it ecessary
To send Visiting statesmen to Louisiana, tusc-
cure rs they claimed, fair count. Cen Gar
field was one of these statesmen ana Whilst
i'm louisiana he was clOseted i'm the third story
board thieves and pcriVred witnesses making
upa case that yoN, the people, might be de
fraudcd cut of your lawfully elected President
Garfield opposed the Electoral Commission but
when it was determined upon, procured MN
self a member of it. Upon that Commission
he took grounds directly in antagonism with
The position he had held as congressman. he
passed. in the function of Judge, upon case
he had been the paid agent TO fix up and knew
thcvillanicS ef If hc had no other record, no
Republican or Democrat should vote for HIM
after this But he was connected with another
little iob-thc Credit Mobilier. He was con
dcmncd for that by Republican Judge and
Republican investigating committee; and II
there is anything in this world that one Repub-
lean don't know about another no man can
find il out Senator llOar once said Garneld
was tainted with corruption because whiie
chairman of the Appropriations Committee, he
sold his official influence for S3eO0-growlng
out of the pavement contract But Garfield
says he was a lawyer and wrote brief. There
was no contest about the pavement or The pay;
what did lac write about? know of no law
books that treat of paving contracts; that Is a
question OF engineering. His whole story IS
too rotten thin" Here is the presidential
steal. here is the Pacific Railroad business, here
the paving contracts. And that is the man
they ask you 70 vote for for President, y con-
vention sitting in his own district who knew
of the man and of his character, condemned
him by resolution his record stnk so in the
nOstrils of that people But we have got
candidate and desire to refer to his record
When the war commenced Hancock was tiiling
q subordinate position on the Pacific coast. lie
desired to be sent to the front and was. And
ON every battlefield from Bull Run down the
Valley and back to Antctam he illustrated his
devotion TO his country, and nObly and gallant
~ performed his duty rs a soldier. lie obtain
cd the recognition of his superior officers and
was more than once endorsed by Ra deal con-
greSs for gallantrv in the field. When Lee with
his army had driven back the Fcdcrals across
the Potomac and with his right hand grasping
| Washington reached ont his left 10 take Phila-
delphia Hancock selected the ground and made
the fight and when he lay bleeding ON the field
after the fight il was made manifest that the
Union was 20 be preserved. That IS his record
as soldier bat IL is cchp>cd by his services as
civilian. He did much for u when he was IN
command in West Virginia. Col Jackson then
told how Hancock hadiSSucd Order No. 20; how
lac had written his celebrated letter 10 Governor
PeeSe, and how he had by them restored the
civil power: and said that nowhere i'm StoTy'S
Commentaries on the Constitution or in the
decisions of Marshall We're the rights of the
people more clearly defined than in the orders
and letters of Hancock. He is the representa-
tive of constitutional law and OF liberty. Here
are the two candidates 0neaS pure as the stars;
the other as foul rs +Ae no.; that waiiows in the
nn.c. Col. J. gave the records of the parties IN
this State. From its organization mp 10 1870
ihe Republican party was in power, and they
enacted no laws in the Interests of the people
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