The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-18

and four makes twelve ana wo already have
ssslss ss,a million slx hundred and some odd thou
trading men-and they have great interest iii
IniIaute-ltheie wese oi these 4.4siooe There
men Of srnaii nieats the laborins I' tsi ana The
farmera. There you have 16.oOO.oo6. and the
whole vote this year will not exceed II ioooooo on
both sides.
said would tell the man OF business, the
trader, the grocer, the butcher, tho baker, and
al that kind OF workers. whom count as work
ingmen. said would tell you how II Il Of IN
tereat to You. You cannot have Mr.. Vanderbilt
come here to buy your goods II you are
tailor. Mr.. Vanderbilt won't come here To buy
any OF your CLOTH. ii yon are a butcher, Jay
Gould will not get his meat from you You have
10 look around among. your ncishbors, the
workingmen, and derend upon them for your
CUSTOM II they are not well raid, You had
better shut up shop. IApplausc,l Your inter-
est Is the laborlng mans interest: but gener-
ally you have thought it your interest
to vote with the banks, In order to get
your notes discounted. You see l know
ell-paih, well-fcl class OF laboring men and
women to trade with you cash down. and then
- wrn't have any notes TO be discounted.
fave s The Ii ss per sn VII, ssss nos
II? Because the leaders OF both parties say:
oh, tou must vote for the grand Did Republ-
na wha sss knom III ascat p y
Don't interrupt me now. That record, every
body knows. II Ii all done: all good record.
4 man record l. not generally made MP until
he II dead, and the Republican partys record IL
fully made up. Laughter and applausc.l II is
beautiful record, bnt It Is rast anil gone. The
slave IL liberated. lie has become freeman,
with tile ballot III Lis hand, and although there
have been twenty years since that occurred,
there IL not power enough, and honesty OF pur-
~ 80 enough. and strength OF will enough In the
grand old patty that has 80 good record, TO
give that slave, now a freeman, a free Lallot and
fair count. Applause. Every man knows
that. Let us have a party that has power and
honesty OF PURPOSE AMI strength of will enough
to do that. Why! Is 1t not shame aud q dis
grace that this great Government, with the
power to carry on such civil war as IL did carry
on. should not be able to make IL as free for
man to yots in any part Of this country as ii IL
for YOU to vote here? Very well, then On the
side OF the Democracy, do they tell you You vote
for MS and we will give the ballot to the negro"
There is not word OF It. You do not Ind thing
about II. The men who compOs ed the Democratic
party in the national convention Mt Chicago, the
tnen who ruled II. were men who wtiild take
away that privilege which the negro now en-
Joys, and nse the shot gun to prevent him from
having fair play. And ii they did not use the
shotgun, II they did let him vote, they would
put in two more ballots in the hind end II the
box to countcract his vote And yet here are
good men. meet them every day. men that
like socially and personally, amen who are going
to vote the Democratic ticket for the one and
only reason. apparently, that Andrew Jackson
was great man. There IL no other reason I'M
DIR heaven that ever could find out. l agree
with them that he was great man. And why
was he great? Because he had the will and the
power to do something; and when they will get
mp a jackson NJ candidate for the President OF
the United states, will vote with them. Twill
vote fer jackson, new or old; but don't want
To vote for his boots, stuffed with southern
Democrats. still you are invited 70 come UP
and vote fur the Democratic party. The others
say: Come up and vote for the Republican
Iarty net into this torchlight procession
March with our music. Dress yourself up like
monkey, and make part of our battalion. "
That is on the one side. Follow our music. "
says the Democratic party. and We will do
thing within the last twenty-five years, and
when YOU ask for their record, You have to GO
back to Jefferson and Jackson. Ave, but they
have not nominated this time either Jefferson
or Jackson.
Now. lahorng men, brave men, true hearted
tnen, true hearted nbblemen. men of the people.
just vote together. You may not win this time,
but You will not throw your vote away any
more than did the old Abolitionists. who stood
MP 10 be counted, stood hrmly and fearlesslv.
in isis. for free soil. They We're laughed at and
aespised They hal been laughed at and dcspiSed
tor years: bnt the time surely came when free
soil was the result OF their frnncss and bravery,
although there were only handful OF them to
begin with. The lcaven leavencd tire whole lump
nj last. Vote together. Show your strength.
Show that YOU can act together for your own
interest. You need not have a brass band: you
heed not have procession: You need not To
have meeting anywhere nearly as large as this
one Keep them down to such size that some
body can hear. II Won can keep them down.
daughter and applause Organize in yonr
workshops: organize in your school houses. DO
Rs our fathers did, when they were in earnest.
Nobody ia ever in earnest at q torchlight pro-
cession. Nobody is ever in earnest who Is
tramplng about the streets in queer shaped
coats and hats with feathers aud white plnmes
~ tp a a n
that: but like men doing an honest days work
put on your uniform, which Is the uniform in
which You do labor for Yourselves aud for your
employers Go to the polls and do labor one
day for your country. Stand together and next
November the country Is yours. lApplause,
But suppose II Is not then You will las the
party which shall 70 forward steadily In its
organization, and four wears hence the question
will not be asked. What can soE do" but
What will YOU do2" And what YOU will do
will be to take possession Of the Government.
and then YOU can turn the rascals ont" IL You
can fina any there.
What is the great cry to-dayg In both par
ties they are trying to ontcrv each other. Civil
service reform" is their cry. What d. they
mean2 1t is only quarrel over different modes
of getting men into office That is all, is IL not
One SAYS man ought to be got in one way and
the other says that he ought To be got in anoth-
or way. What am after Is to get them out ?
That is the civil service reform that am after.
Turn them all out, look over the books. and
there put them back again. Ii is sometimes a
cooi thing To turn q man ont and then hire him
over again. He behaves better. Apply that
rule to these officeholders.
Then there is another thing Stop men from
desiring Office above all ather employment.
How can you do that? By putting down their
salaries to what the laborlng man gets There
are llcnty of men NJ the workshop, at the bench,
plenty of men in the field, who can fll the mi
nor offices Of this country as well as the men
who are in them, and better. for they are gen
erally the dccaying sons and brothers and
nephews Of politicians who saddle them
OF them themselves. We have plenty
of examples how little = man can govern
the whole United States. How large man
need il be. then. to take a cierkship In one ol
the departments under him and not be bigger
than the head2
The theory OF our constitution is that every
United States, to aspire to that high office Thai
Is true. Every man has right TO do SO: and
vet they tell that man has the right to aspire
to a elerkship until he can 20 through lot Of
merely school questions, many of which som,
candidates for the Presidency of the United
States could not answer To save their lives
Laughter and applause And some of lfen
who have been elected could not do 50. Wha
want in Office is fiist. honesty; second, hon.
esty; third, energy: next. capacity to know how
10 I'LL that office well: and that can he learned
by anybody In q very short time In all the minol
offices of the Government. Give the people
chance for the offices; and il they are goot
thing. pass them around. and II they are bat
thing, don't put them all on one set OF men all
| their lives Applause and lanchter.l Mha
else will you dor We will improve the trans
portation Of freight and passengers. and cheaper
| Ii throughout this country, How will we do III
BY taking the water out of the stock, aud Put
| ting Ii into the canals. lLaughter,l by bring
! ing down the railroads IN what they fairly cost
and running them at fair rate. By fair rat,
mean an equal rate. Let the railroads hay,
what they earn. The railroads are not 50 muci
| TO blame: the stockholders. not al all! The rail
roads get very little Of what they rcall,
earn. There is always somebody between tn
man who sends freight and the railroad
who takes the cream There will always be tn
Rlne line and the Red line. the Star line ant