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

The republicans hated to prosecute
their own thieves. Failed to convict
them. The democracy taking and
strangiing theirs. There Is the picture.
Now, by your kind permission, will
go little further with this platform.
Second: THAT the Republican party
believe now, as i'm the past, In the main
tenance Of tariff system which will
provide a revenue for the government,
and at the same time will protect Amer
lean producers and American labOrers;
that II Is opposed to a democratic doc
trine of tariff for revenue only, because
such doctrine, If enforced, would Of
necessity compel American wOrkmen
to accept the unremunerative wages
which are paid their foreign rivals. 1t
looks with alarm upon the purpose al
ready avOwed by the democratic lead
ers that the next congress will revive
the tariff by further reducing the duties
on imports, which, if executed, will un-
settle the business of the country, and
will produce great injury to the me
chanics, producers and artisans of the
land"
Now it is out of the line of my discus
sion this evening to engage in debate
upon the tariff question. At some
suitable time during the campaign, and
that right early-for 1 have never yet
been accused of dodging an issue, and l
do not intend to be at this time-I pur-
pose to discuss the tariff question in the
light of the Democratic resolution on
that subject, which has been accepted
as clear concise and accurate state
ment of democratic doctrine through
out the length and breadth of the land,
and which, as 1 believe, contains the
Gods truth on this subject. A tariff
for revenue, with incidental protection
which shall not foster or encourage
monopolies, and shall not unsettle or
disturb labor in fields to which it has
been invited by the past legislation of
the country-this is, in substance, the
democratic platform, and 1 will pass on
with this brief remark, which intend
to enlarge upon good deal the first
chance I get.
| When l first read the second plank in
the republican platform / thought it
was the strangest statement of political
doctrine L ever saw in q political plat
form. What do you think of pOliti-
cal party that has had unbroken power
for twenty-five years, and as the last
and eliminating effort and achieve
ment of its policy has done certain act
by the current act of its senate, its house
of representatives, and its president
what do you say to the friends of that
political party in a particular state,
who, to use vulgar phrase, "got on
their ear about it' and go to abusing
the party for doing it; read the riot act
to their own party, scold and fret and
cry and wall and are afflicted with q
pain in the bowels because their own
party has done something they do not
like? Would any of you, if you were
drawing platform for your own politi-
cal party, would you pitch into your
own leaders, Legislators, and presidents
by the way of persuading people that
your party ought to be continued in
power? Any yet, my friends, in this
singular republican platform on which
my Brother Foraker is trying to stand,
there aro two planks which consist in
denunciatsons of the republican party,
and am going to read one of them.
There is one denouncing the national
party, and the other the state party. /
will read the first one: "Third-That
the wool tariff of 1867 should be restored
at the first possible opportunity" Why
my heavens, when looked at that first
| thought my spectacles were wrong
| am growing old; need new pair OF
spectacles. Who destroyed the wool
tariff of 1867? Was it the work of the
democrats? Why, we have not had
any power. They have had the senate
thanks to their partnership with Ma
| hnnn fhor1yc TO hn 70 nj tl,ot 1,o oxyf
entered into partnership with repudi
, ating, non-debt paying, money stealing
} Virginia bankrupt government. These
fellows who are keeping the nationa
faith have gone into partnership with 6
state repudiating party, and by means
: of their Legitimate partnership they
have had the majority in the senate fol
the last two years; and they have haG
, their beloved Arthur, the knight of tht
round table-the table where the spoil!
go round among the party. Laughter
7 Who abolished the duty on wool
} Who sheared the Ohio wool grower
took the fleece right off from him will
r the scissors of legislation? The repub
{ lican party did it. 1t was John Sher
man, but John and Mckinley held VI
, their hands and said they voted agains
it, but there were enough withou
them. Just enough to put it through
There is always in every political par
ty fringe of scamps on the edge of tn
party. The Democratic party, highl,
$ as we think of it, has got little edg
of that kind that we would like to Gu
;. off and put into the fire, but we can not
: The republican party has got the sam
! edge, with an occasional vein of then
. running into the heart. Why, m,
J, friends, what is the rule? Are you, be
| cause scamps of both sides get together
0 going to say that the party which is il
o power shall not be held responsible
t That is no way to do it. Infinite wis
t dom resides only with the Most High
v and in the world we have to take pee
e pie as they are. We do not expect ou
t party to be infallible, and when on
= party make a mistake what is the rule
Y The rule is that it is to be punished fc
e making that mistake, and when the II
It publican party makes mistake it is t
=, be brought back to its bearings by tn
i correction involved in defeat at tn
j. polls. Now, who abolished the woo
j. tariff? Tell this to the wool growers {
o Ohio, who took the wool tariff of 1St
h and reduced the duty to Is cents per lb
J. and since then cut it down to 10 and
,e cents. Who cut it down? The repul
n lican party. And now they say to th
Ohio party, where the wool grower
II live, not the Pennsylvania people wh
) do not raise sheep, nor the. New Yor
le sheep, they have not got the fieeces, bl
ot the Ohio wool growers, where ever
k fleece counts a vote. They come an