Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-08-19
NO. "a

where women and children are treated as well as
they in the United States. Let me tell vou
why: In other countries the family is patterned
after the form of government. In countries
where there Is monarch, the head of the family
Is monarch; IN countries where there is Il desp6t
at the head of the government. the head of the
family Is Il deSpOt. Here in this country ouT
families are republican. Every man sitting by
the tireSide has vote.
These are few of the reasons why | like this
country. l like II because it gave me chance
like 1t because a man in the lowest walks of life
can have chance. l like it because Il boy who
has worked on Il canal. boy who has driven
mule on the tow-path, a boy who has cut wood at
20 cents a cord-l like it because such boy is
gong to be the next president of the United
states W hat magnificent compliment they pay
to our system Of government; what a splendid
compliment they pay TO the good heart of our
people by making prominent in this canvass the
fact that the boy was poor, that the boy was
compelled to work. What in other countries
would be mark Of disgrace in this country Is
tranShgured into the wings of honor and of fame
Now, as have said, this is good country but
there are perils against which we must carefully
guard; The first peril, in my Judgment.
Is the doctrine Of state rights
that heresy, is. in my judg-
ment, one of the great perls that menaces this
republic at the present time. 1t was settled by
the war; 1t has not been beaten out of the demo-
cratic leaders, and let me assure you that it is
strongly intrenched in the hearts of these men at
the present time as it ever was in the history of
the government.
The next peril that threatened the gov
ernment, nthe opinion of Col. IngersolI,
was
FRAUDULENT VOTING.
''That, said he, SIS treason against the
United States. The only sovereign in this
country is the legally-expressed will of
majority of the people, and whoever tam
pers with that is committing treason
against the government. We have TO turn
our faces sqarely against dishonesty at the
polls. We must point the finger of scorn
at any man who holds place and power by
fraudulent votes. We must make it obli-
gatOry upon man to live one year in
precinct before he is permitted to vote.
We want to get rid of the political
BedOuins who rush hither and thither
across the country.
The next peril to the institutions of the
government in the opinion of the speaker,
was
REPUDIATION.
''The question is" said he, ''are we go
ing to pay our debts ? You NAV say there
is not such great peril; but there is, and will
continue so to be until the debt is paid"
The speaker then reviewed at consider
able length the financial question, riddIing
with merciless of wit and sarcasm the rec
ord of the democracy
He gave the greenbackers, of whom
there are a large number on the cape,
some nuts to crack, creating intense en-
thusiasm and merriment by his
WHIMSICAL MANNER
of refuting their stock argument He de
MED that money is the measure of value,
a statement often made by disciples of the
new faith in politics, asserting that gold
and silver are simple commodities, and
the last resort of barter. "The govern
ment does not raise anything" continued
the speaker; sit does not raise any corn or
wheat. The government is vast estab-
lishment, supported by labor
Col. lngersoll, closing, made scathing
attack upon the democracy and the demo-
Gratis, eulogized the republican party, its
candidates and past record, saying that it
would be for the best interests of the coun-
try to keep the democracy out of power
for at least one hundred years to come.