Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-07-19

they called on me to come up 10 the
head Of the table, but i said TO them
wherever Ohio Is there Is the head Of
the table," [Applause.l Ifthat Is true
in its application TO federal politics,
then undoubtedly John Sherman and
Mckinley win get the wool tariff re-
stored. When Is itgoing to be restored.
That Is the point, Mr.. Woolgrower OF
Ohio. When is 1t going to be restored?
1t Is going to be restored at the first OPP
portunity. The first opportunity! Well,
now, my good friends, / have heard
many good sermon from good clergy
men on neglected opportunities. The
greatest losses in life are the losses Of
opportunities. These fellows, however,
are looking out for an opportunity to
come. They have lost one opportunity.
They have lost the opportunity to keep
the wool tariff from being reduced, and
now they are on still lIunt for an Op-
portunity to come, and before l get
through am going to tell them how
to find 1t, because l know. Whittier,
you know, says:
"of all sad words Of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these II might have BEEN"
That's it. The opportunity they lost:
The wool tariff that was reduced, and
was not kept at its old figure isa might
have been" which can not be restored.
Tennyson says in one of his most beau
tiful of all poems, In Memoriam':
1.-THE tender grace of day that is dead,
VIII never come back to me-"
Thus it is with the low wool tariff.
my republican friends in rebelling
against their national party, are going
around shouting, and singing "It Is but
it hadn't ought to be-" How in the
world are they going to get back their
opportunity? / will tell them. They
can advertise in the free columns of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. "Wanted-An
opportunity to restore the wool tariff
Imagine sad eyed republican walking
down to the Enquirer office and hand
ing in a slip of paper reading, Wanted
An opportunity to restore the wool
tariff" Laughter IA liberal re-
ward will be paid. Address, ]. B. F.,
care of c. F., Enquirer office, Cincin-
natl, o." 1 do not know but Mr.. Nc
Lean would regard this as an offensive
advertisement. Objectionable adver-
tlsements are not Received in hatpaper,
you know.
l will pass on my friends, to the furth-
er discussion of the next plank in this
platform skipping two or three resolu.
tions to which I shall come back in q
moment. 1 shall not skip the fourth
which is this: 1--WE are in favor of the
establishment of the bureau of labo
statistics for the purpose of collecting
and systamatizing all statistics relating
to the industrial, social and sanitary
condition of the laboring masses of the
nation They are in search of some.
thing they want to find out, but do moi
know. They are at school and want 8
schoolmaster to teach them, and 1 am
in favor of this resolution and I hope
they will learn, and when they learn
hope they will be able to profit by it
From this I will skip on to the seventh
resolution. 1t, as said, contains re-
bellion of the republican party of Ohio
against the legislation of the State O
Ohio.
Ninth-"That We commend the &C
tion of the general assembly of the Statt
in providing commission to examine
into the system of fprison contract labor
and we declare ourselves in favor of th'
abolition of such contract systems"
The Legislature of Ohio at its last ses
sion was republican by two thirds ma
jority. The very proposition which i
here contained, and in favor of which
the republican party of Ohio, in thei
platform about themselves, was sub
mitted to their general assembly by
republican. Was it adopted? No. VIII,
not? Because there were not enough
republican votes to carry it. Because
led by the Hon. John F. Lock and 9th
ers. the republicans made war in favo
of the system of contract prison labor
and maintain it till now.
Now, I am going back on these reso
lutions to further subject for consid
Grafton this evening. "That we ap
prove of the action of the general as
sembly of Ohio in the submission o
constitutional amendments in relation
to the liquor traffic, thus giving an op
portunity to the people to make sucl
changes in the organic law OF the stat
as may be approved by their judg
} ment. That we approve of the tax
! alton of the liquor traffic for rev
enue and the purpose of providing
against the evils resulting from sue
traffic. That is the Scott bill. Now
my friends, let us take little time t
consider the Scott bill. In the firs
place this platform approves the Scot
bill as it is. 1t does not avow whethe
the Scott bill is a finally or not. In tn
second place it approves the action {
. the general assembly in submitting
popular vote two constitutional amend
ments upon the subject of temperance
Now purpose, as briefly as l can,
consider with you the action of the re
publican party in adopting the Scot
bill and its effect upon the legislation {
2 the State, and what ought to be don
l and what ought to be left undone. Le
7 us see. I started in my consideratio
of this whole subject from this rule {
;, morals, "that that which is intrinsicall
l or per Sc wrong and SINFUL have n
? compromise with at all. The law {
: life of good man is a fight again'
!, moral wrong every minute of his lif
: The law of life in good citizen is
+ fight against immortality every MI
+ ment eff his political existence. Bl
? when thing is not immoral, per S
+ but only wrong when it is abuse'
= then the duty of the citizen is to col
o tend against the abuses, but not again
e the legitimate uses of that thing. Al
9 plause.] Now, fellow citizens, the 81
u of man against woman is eternally an
i always wicked and wrong, and tho
Z laws which in some countries have bee
;, passed for licensing houses of i'll fan
z are shameful and disreputable wrong
= because that which is thus permitte
9 by the legislative license is a erin