Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
JOHN SHERMAN AT CHICAGO.

JOHN SHERMAN AT CHICAGO.
The Talented Secretary Addresses an
Immense Gathering of People.
The Pending Issues Discussed in an Able
Manner.
CHICAGO, October 14.-The Republi-
can demonstration in honor Of Hon.
John Sherman, secretary of the treasury,
tonight, was very large and enthusiasts
tic. The Garfield and Arthur clubs Of
the city we're out in force, with torches
and bands Of music, making fine ap
pearance. The meeting was held at Nc
Cormick's hall and was presided over by
Hon. N. X. Fairbnnk. Preliminary
speeches were made by the chairman aud
Franklin NIcVeagh. At a quarter before
8 Secretary Sherman, accompanied by
General Logan and Hon. G. B. Farwell,
entered and took seat upon the plat
form. His appearance was the signal
for loud applause. The secretary said:
l accepted with ditfidence the kind invitation
of your Republican committee to speak on
political matters in this great city of Chicago.
The time fixed was Immediately after the Oc-
tobcr elections, As Ohio and Indiana, your
neighboring sister states, Immediately connect
cd with you in history and geographical associa-
tons, were to be the scenes of preliminary con-
tests; it might have been embarrassing for me
! to participate in that CANVASS and take part in
yours. But these preliminary contests are over
and the presidential elections Transferred from
the October statoo ~ each and every state il;
the Union. The drift and current Of public
! opinion, though very hopeful for the Rcpubh-
can party, Is not so decisive but that the people
of every state must now diligently and actively
take their part III the great canvass this fall,
/ which i'll my Judgment is of greater importance
than any since the election of Abraham Lincoln
i'll 1860. 1t is the turning point which will
settle for many years the ascendancy and drift
of policical cveuts The times are suspicious
for the independent action Of each individual
voter. As a Republican, earnestly devoted to
the principals and policy Of the party, but no
doubt biased by my long association with it, I
am entirely Hing to rest my hopes for success
upon comparison by the independent, intelli-
gent voters, of the principles and conduct Of the
two parties.
The secretary then discussed the issues III
volved in the pending contest of strength be-
! tween the Republican and Democratic parties
/ of to state rights and national supremacy. He
| pointed out that the Republican party stands
! upon the principle that the laws of the United
States operate upon the people and should be
! enforced against the people and i'll their favor;
! that the Democratic party opposes this view,
seeking to belittle, degrade and cripple the ma
tional government. 1t is grievous mistake to
say that this dispute about national and state
rights is obsolete. 1t is in theory and practice
! as active in the south as ever. The southern
] Democratic party nullifes the constitution and
laws of the United States whenever they do not
/ agree with the local opinions Of those states,
and the Democratic party Of the north is now,
! as in the days of Buchanan: a mere tcnter to
! the south. animated by its old rivalry with the
! Republican party and by a hope of public
! the Democratic party gains control of the ex-
! ecutive branch of tho government it Will con-
plcte its capture of all its powers and will thcr
i restore its policy by the humiliation and dcgra'
dation of national rights and authority. Nc
! man can vote wisely unless he understands fully
| this fundamental difference between the two
great parties
!, He discussed in some length the evils wrougl
! to tue country in past years by tho practice o.
! state rights and the attempt to extend SLAYER!
under tho workings Of that doctrine. The Re
| publican idea Oh national supremacy has bee1
repeatedly sustained by the courts, and by tn
Supreme Court of the United States, and by thu
| results of the civil war and by tho result O.
twenty years of Republican administration
which Las put our nation for the first TIME
| among the leading powers of the world, and ha
/ developed the resources, the credit and prosper
! ity Of the whole country to an unexampled ex
; tent Such results would be imported by Dem
ocratic SUCCESS. He never could hear and reat
| of southern outraSes against the freedman with
| out indignation and q sense OF shame that till
! great government OF ours, so powerful III al
! things else, seems to be so emasculated III deal
ing with this cruel wrong to millions OF unof
! Tending working people, WHO only wish to cnJo,
tile right to vote and the right to learn. Sooner
| or later their rights will be restored as glaran-
| tecd by constitutional amendment. But this
restoration can never come except at the hands
! of the Republican party. The law As it stands
will, if enforcel, put an end to the tragic over
throw of the political rights and privileges of the
colorcd men Of the south.
| He then took up i'll turn the question OF
national against st5te money; the laws of pro
tcctions; resistance to the collections OF mterna
revenue; compared Republican and Democratic
administration; discussed resumption, reduction
of tho public debt and expenses. and showed
that under the present administration the
revenues of the government had been so hon
estly and faithfully collected that the vast sun
of 1855 O00, 600 taken in three years has beer
collected with the least loss to the government
that has occurred under any administration
On the contrary, under Democratic rule, thu
loss was so large that it became scandal
Under wise policy, exports have risen t.
tremendous value, and the balance of trade hal
been steady in our favor of late. Immigration
is rapidly increasing. lie said:
How can you improve this happy condition Of
affairs by the election of the Democratic ticket
which as sure as fate will, as far as it's power
goes undo what We have done and seek to es
tablish policy directly opposed to that adopted
by the Republican party 1 have alread,
shown that the Democratic party, from it
principles and history, is opposed to our Ideas
Of honest money, protection of American indus
try, and of the prompt and honest payment o.
the public debt and reduction Of interests ant
yet notice card signed by several gentlemen
some of whom I know by reputation rs wealth.
business men of Chicago, who say that it IS al
insult to their common sense to say that tn
change proposed would be injurious to tn
business of the country, and tend to check thu
advancing tide Of prosperity, which now IS com
ing upon us with flood. Now, there has no
been presidential contest since the Republican
party gained possession OF the government
where the election of tn, Democratic nomine'
would not have greatly affected and endan
gered the business interests of the country, ant
In some cases its safety and very existence
But what reason do these gentlemen give for :
change? What do they propose to accomplish
What single interest to advance?. They do no
pretend this administration has been faulty o.
wrong or dishonest. or that it has not success
fully administered and advanced all tn
great business interests involved. But the.
say that "a change of administration il
desirable after lapse of twenty years, ever
we're the party welding power less guilty O
faults than the party now in possession appear
to be. 1t is time to take an account of stock b
agents who have not been handling the trust s.
many years.. This phrase of the shop, TAX
ing an account of stock" is scarcely applicabl
to the affairs of this great government, for al
accounts are public. They are and have been &C
cessible to both houses Of congress. Every defa]
cation is openly proclaimed, and every act is nee
essarily made public. Democratic committee
have explored the recesses of the treasury an
find no fault or wrong or dcfalcatlon. Ever
business interest has been subserved. The
dare not propose single change; yet these mel
of Chicago, having no fault to find with tn
present administration, can give no reason VIII
they should vote the Democratic ticket, excep
that they want q set of hungry office holder: t
take an account of stock "a doctrine SO il
logical that must confess my surprise to see
come from business men. It smacks more Q
the low politics of New York city than the bus
ness habits Of thrifty merchants. Who CON
pose this hungry horde of office seekers to whor
they wish to trust the affairs of the government
He would like to have the two parties compared
and the question was answered.
After referring to the candidacy Of Gems Ga1
field and Hancock, he concluded as follows
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