New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-21

| The campaign in Indiana was opened at In
dianapolis last night by Republican
mass meeting at which Secretary
Schurz spoke. He claimed that
the present Administration had conducted tho
business of the country successfully. He
| illustrated the strange incapacty of tho
Democratic party, and said that it would
spoil an excellent General to make q poor
| President. Business men, he said, would
take gambling chance in voting the DEM
ocratc ticket. The record of the two
parties was contrasted, and the ability
of General Garfield to I'll the Presidential
chair was shown by his record in Congress.
The substance of the speech is given below.
SPEECH OF SECRETARY sCHURZ.
INDIANAPoLrs, July 2O.-The Hon. Carl Schuz,
Secretary Of the Interior. addressed an immense
| semblage of Republicans tonight at the Wigwan.
| The chief points of his arguments follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS In response tho invitation with
which large number of citizens Of Indianapolis have
honorcd me, shall speak to you only a few OF the
questions which will be discussed IN the present
test; on those mean, which come dIreelly home to
you. shall address myself TO the conservative busi-
of the country, whose interest In Politics Is
only that OF the public good shall appeal not TO your
passions but to your reason. and without any
y
In the first place let make 1t clear to minds
what want. The is, in a general term, that
want good Government; that IL have IL we
must endeavor TO keep IL, aud thai II have
it not must endeavor get 1t. As member OF tho
present Administration the point Of yie ding
power into the hands OF OF public servants,
may be permitted to appeal to the candid judgment Of
the American people in which the pub
lie business been conducted during these last years
think am not exaggeratlng when that the fair.
minded OF this country will admit, and 40 admit
their hearts to-day that on the whole the pnDlc bus
ness conducted by this Administration far
it in its CONTROL honestly ntelgeDy and success
fully should be the last claim perfection for
IT, for those who had opportunity TO watch
affairs in detail an well aware of ec70rs committed
aud OF failures suffered in this and that respect No adj
mnisraton Of government has ever been ever viii
he free from them and with respect to them claim
larger measure Of charity than would be claimed by
any member OF a Government acting upon correct
tives duty, and willing to have the acts and the
eral Of the Administration ulpartially Judged
as o whole II has maintained the public faith and
raised the credit Of the United States to point never
reached before with consistent energy followed
policy relieving the country OF the evils or IRA
tional and dangerous system, and greatly pro
the prosperity Of the people by the restoration OF
specie payments. IL has funded enormous masses OF
the National Indebtedness at lower interest aud thus
saved many millions year to the taxpayer. II las
faithfully executed the laws with CONSCIENTIOUS OBJ
scrvance of sound constitutional principles. BY its
fidelity TO constitutional principles It has removed
many obstacles which stood in the way of friendly
Gerstanding between the different sections OF the
try and different classes OF people. IL has, under try
ing circumstances when the public peace was disturbed
ny riot and violence the part of numerous class OF
citizens greatly aided the restoration Of order and
curty by calm and moderate employ ment of the
limited power at its command without in any
case resOrDg doubtful stretch Of authority IL has
reformed many abuses the public service infused
higher OF duty into Its different branches raised
its moral tone. increased its efficiency, punished dsEon
esty and kept service unsued by the scandals aris
ing from lax notions official integrity In saying this
am not unmindful of fact that tic of the
public service has not overcome. in so igh degree
was intended desirable the obstacles oppos-
ing it in the shape Of nveerate political habit and
tagonstc INTEREST," that therefore the highest standard
has not been reached that mistakes have been
made in the selection OF persons for pubic position
points of which shall say more IN the course of these
r,narks but certainly true that the service is
showing greater degree Of efficiency, Ligner moral
spirit and stronger OF duty than has prevailed
perhaps any time since the period wien the admins
tratye machinery demoralized by the introduction
OF the spois system. It has in of It's branches in
troduced rules ard methods which have borne excellent
fruit aud capable Of the most b,neteeat develop
ment If furhe carried on by coming administrations in
sympathy with IN; u. think can say without exag-
peratlon that these achievements Will stand unques
tioned ia history by all fair-minded Witha tho
country is on the whole good condition. The people
are prosperous again; business is reviying indus
tries are aciiye labor finds ready and remuneratvs
employment; the Government enjoys the confidence OF
the busines community in rare degree. hnap
cia management has won the confidence OF the whole
world Everybody reason to look hopefully into tho
provided the conduct or our public Affairs re-
mains as good as il has been
THE PARTIES AND THEIR CANDIDATES.
We have deal with two parties and their candidates
The Republican party, with James A Garfield at its
head, and the Democratic party with General Hancock
do not deem 1t necessary TO discuss the possibility OF
the victory the Greenbaok party and their nominees
for the simple that their chances OK
not perccptbe 10 the ordinary eye, and that their
ganzaton may be looked upOa mere tender 10 tho
Democracy.
Now I desire you to put before your minds with i'm
partial candor the question: whether the Democratic
candidate tho party behind him eau be best depended
upon to preserve which good in the present
di,ion Of things and develop it In the direction OF im
provement I wish to state the question mildly, for
am not partisan euOugh-indeed, my orthodoxy IN that
respect has and then been questioneG-to deal
in wholesale and nd,scrimInate denunciatol " our
ponens. 10 speak in all candor 1t appe.rs to me thai
the Democratic party abors under historic as well as
constitutional diicalties. Since the DOWNFALL and dis
appearance of the save power act political in
terest, from which the Democratic party, more than
twenty years ago. derived is morals lis logic It's po
cal skill and that party has been oun.
dering about out OF logical connection with the ques-
tions of the day; knowing the time OF day al
ways looking for something to urI up, and when
thing did turn up, spelling amely tagging the
OF the events and requirements Of the day always be-
hind denouncing impossible things that already
accomplished facts With strange nclpacity to under
stand the present and to the future, making
itself the recipient and raying point for all dangerous
and and hnS
committing blunder after blunder, which the moment
OF their birth 1t uniformly gored in great strokes Of
policy from the secession movement In 1861 down TO
the nomination OF General Hancock In 1850.