The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1882-10-21


and their consequent terrible disasters, on
/ r.il our principal rivers had brought this
people 10 take y broader view OF this mat
ter The Mississippi valley, with its nu-
mefuus rivers eighteen great states and
Z two large teriitories--eiel.ssnoe an ex-
[ ,eRditure OF this nature and the pittanoe
Of f13,op0,910 had been voted BY CONGRESS
IN good faith. The people Of the republic
Z of both iarGes-wsr beginning to take
a higher and broader view Of ,iational ;sf-
f..iiS, 4snd man was unworthy to represent
them who did not rise to a consideration of
the great questions now coming into ,iromi-
nerce- This i our country --ours to sicTel-
/ op--ours TO perisetnate. If we are recre-
ant 10 the sreat duty dcvolving upon us,
our children, to whom VIC shall f,equcath
/ the heritage wiii he confronted wifi, our
/. t:fiiares.sss ssse WIS iml,Hea With "A love of
a1ltPahise- . whole -il.sti.. ssstss east
AMI sseSt--and ~arted to see il march on
! N the grand array Df great and glorious
nationsi icres CT ard forever. fAppiause
Mr.. Beifofi then projected 10 explain
SOME of these gre.l; questions. Five years
/ hence grand changes IN the eoianierce OF
our nation will take place. He gave Penn
sylNaDieis coal output AZ 66 400 600 tons.
and drew several illustrations b, way of an
object lesson 20 give his hearers ooneep-
lion os this vast annual yield The pres
ent commerce Of our nation is 250Ge0OGo
I tons per Anrnnl. We have 100000 niiies Of
niiro.s,i, and 14Oo miles OF navIeahle
I rivers He eon;nIsied the cost OF transport
I st1"n lsy Ts.il and water, showing Of lsiat
( Importance 20 the pTcaGoeT YVES the nm
4 pTovcmcnt OF cur miand navigation IL
( costs tisirty-iiye cent? TO send ! l..ishel ii
wheat isem Denver 10 New YORK: i,r. only
fifteen cents mem ST iouis to Liverpool
Z 1his great diiiereaee WAS the result Of the
multiplication of facilities faI commerce
( The lira'tire Of appFopriating money for
the iinproFe nse1t 0i rivers and i..ffs.,i- be-
galiia sG2 on the Delaware. ana y..li "a on
Tor centuries lie showed bow The east had
during aii ihcee eighty years ,sDslivod
/ 20 get shout siXiy-seycn per cent Of each
OF the appropriations. md asserted tliat the
west ard south now dcinanded that the u
( blcs be ts.Hed- Our western mountains are
t'rtlIng with their wealth sf gold. silver,
I iro1 coal, copper, lead. etc. and our broad
feriiic valleys are Cast bein,s con, ,ertcd into
fields Of golden grain or onr vast plains
I icsc and fifteE the herds that may sustain
) the world The means Of getting ;llesc great
products 10 market was ono OF the ques-
lions that iniPeratiyeiy demanded esslsi,i-
Grafton. liut there was nnuthe. and one
eliich appealed TO the hear and conscience
VI eyeg t-se republicans. or The Forty
; fourth, forty-hlih and Fort y-ssxih Il congress
the democrats had control and liuTiig these
SIX years the southern Representatives NJ
i,s.sies.ly asked aid to enable their ,anstitu-
enrs 10 retrieve what fher had lost during
the war. Yet, although their section paid
10 tite government an annual cotton tax
alune Of s1o.0AODu. the eovarilv demo-
cT-.ss of the north refused 20 vote that Ses.-
iien dollar. When the republicans %.
cpa3roi OF oongress these southern repre-
sariativcs ca1ar - them. savines Oar
EaFi' i Impoverished. oar INDUSTRIES GRIP
ricf- tf-i pur ptepiclrr v.iilins. ard an>;nas
9, ~ torva-d i'he issaes ef the war are
settled We nov appeal 10 you 20 take MS
by the hand, and iii iis up, that NC may
participate "a the nations prosperity SIR
bet:ort i''it IL his duiy- under tic ciTcnai-
stances. - ths representative of tie great
and grV@ipg stafs of Colorado. To dc al in
his power 70 aid these geoiie and the sec
ti1n they represented, feslins thai iir yr,t.ia
iaSitft the .iot before i,n Intelligent and
rusrnanina0as constituency. Applause If
tins ts-pl'ic wrra Inclined to iake narrower
view 81 tnis matter; if unwilling to allow
deliberations "a prominent questions touch
ing thc ooinlneioa 81 the rcpnb,ic, they can
ssnd somebody elise 10 ccngress. and the
speaker WepiG devote his tiase ic educating
tha people an % . prcEsmtion 10 meet tie
grvst ia,sticas D,.-g Swallowed on the brow
al the fGtre guesUoas touching the reiA-
toms Of the s,s;eqs w,ii.sa lie beyond Us
questions sNhich en 10 rVpmosc the general
fuiufs welfare Of the sia,ias.
Tie pslitleAl niileaium Is almast here
Tho sangh and nog,h am fratcrnisine; the
south and wcs' have consason interests, aud
u is oar duty 80 gnara and fFcinote these
great aud growing Interests
Mr. Halferd thon proceeded to tell why
he was a republican. ltr slid a democrat
might h.,Ye the same rc;lsons- lie was
republican, bcclusa he Tegcrcd tlie pei,na-
nencs of the uafional idcai this idea was
largely and prominently entertained bv the
republican party. He WAS = Republican he
oausc II was the pariy that saved the ma
ton and its credit. He then wen; into an
illustration of the difference between the
insecurity OF the old demo0rstic state bank
currency and thc security OF tho greenhaclS
under republican rulc. stats banks failed
and blasted many fond anticipation. The
national bank rlay iail, and j. paper Is IL
anything, better with the bank bayst. for
IL contains The pledge OF the nation. This
grecnhack Is ~ roient in any country On
tile globe the rninca OF Esg,aui or the
napoleon Of fraHcv, hecauec u kcags the
imprint ot the SceNtsst Hat,cn on e.iFth and
lis redemption Is secarc; bv $50. 900, ,0Ju
Of snsph,s revenue now in the troassrs
Was any democrat ever ahle to say this
Democrats had opposed nat.en;h banks;
yct, when the renahhcs,ns proposed 10 re
suine specie pay ments, democrats ienlanded
imitation. and proil,esie-i complete s.agna-
ton OF business in esoiy Department OF in-
dustfy + resumption mere attempted. ke-
sumption was saopicd, sssd sho busy loom
went on, the furnace hr=s burned with
their wonied glow, hammers rang rs loudly
~ before. the frcn horse and areathnig
steamboat siaokoned not their speed; In
dUssrsss ,hrived, crops wero moved, aud an
enaancui activity pervsaed every asenue
Of hs,S;acss. iApplanse tindcf tho sd
rlinissesiioa as shis laity prosperity has
smiled and asili ssailesnpcn oas land Rsti,-
rosds ase pssl,ipg their sinHoas bonds OF
steel into every csfon and oyer or through
every mountain whego civilization has gone
beiorc. Ansther rca%os why he Was re-
publican was that under the administration
OF ttsis party the nation scrsuif had i,.came
phenomenal. wiAn the democrats werc in
power, and wautsd to borrow Sia OouN0D ia
ioreipn niarts they wsre askvst irom twelve
70 eighteen rir cent per apnuin, md nesiid
not get 10 at tina. na,ien. viii. IS ESQ.,
GOO of people, To-sisy, thanks 10 the
Republican party. there azo hnaS,els of
men in this country who viii lend Ia ui;-