The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-09-25
EX-GOV. HENDRICKS.
Doing Yeoman Service in Behalf
Of Democracy.
TIE Next vice-PresIdent Makes . Notable
Speech at Muncie-A Terrific Ar
raignment of Republican Poll
cies and Methods.

AtMuncie, Ind, on September 6, Ex-
Governor Hendricks delivered an inter- |
esting address to an immense audience.
In the course OF his speech he said:
1t is now twenty-five years that the Repub- |
ican party has controlled the administrative |
m S ei tba tnls @ AMI
onsider the question whether that is as long |
rs one set of men ought to continue in abso-
lutte control. In other words. the question is |
tefore us: Ought not there to be changer
That is the first question that strikes your at |
tention and mine. How much has transpired
and DO not choose to include in that period
the period of the war? 1 ask your attention
hat party has controlled the administrative
and executive affairs OF the country. could
not hnd figures or words to express to you
'he enormous sums of money that have been
collected and the enormous sums of money
that have been paid out. will refer by way
as reported By the the Secretary S OF the the iressury. M
The collections and expenditures amounted
to S665, 00,OO0. The history of those transac
tiOns is found in many thousand volumes and
they were recorded by many thousand men
men beion siug to one party only. No Demo
Gratis have been allowed to participate in any
stance. An oceasiona, Democrat may have been
allowed an cff'ce. but for the great purposes 0
administering the affsa RS of the Government
the Democrats h6ve been exc uded, and to
you men the question is presented now.
Ought there not to be change! Who knows
opened2 snail there S be | an Opportunity I for us
men to know W hat has been wrong in the rec
ords of the country, so that we may know
whether 1t is well or ill with the country? May
ask your attention to another illustration
on tins subject? 1 do not claim that one po-
iitical party, in the first place. in its organiza-
ton Is probably any more honest than the
other. If we had no political parties in the
country and were going TO establish two po-
litical parties, and were to run a line through
"a
be CT one party and the men on IN s sile of
the other party, the chances are there would
be just as many honest men on one side as
on the other, and as many rOgues on one side,
perhaps, as on the other. But take another
step IN nth TINS thought Suppose this party
that 1t is going TO return to power for twenty
years. have the control of the Offices, the con-
troll of the money, and of the country. nont
you see that all the rogues on this side would
gradually come over and JOIN the strong tide?
Isn't that human nature? And more than
would gradually push honest men on this side
back and hack until they would take control
large extent that would prove to be the hui
man nature of the case. Without discussing
the question whether the Republican party
that to your own reflections, assume the
ground that when party has been in power
exclusively, NOT allowing the other party to
Tor a long period of time, there ought to be a
change that the people may come to know
with some degree of certainty how it is with
fall.'] Yes, sir, you are going to have it this
fell." ! don't expect, gentlemen, that all the
men in Office will be turned out L do not de-
sire that where Republican, governed by his
conscientious convictions, has been in offace
and has proven himself to be a true and honest
man in the administration of that Office, do
not ask that he shall be TUNED out. But 1
ask that honest men shall be placed in Office
this country information in regard to their
affairs.
1 have one step further to go in this argll-
ment. | am trying to establish the PROPOSE
oa aesa ase 9@ II @ last
| nineteen years have said to every Democrat,
the affairs % of Of the @ Government G They have We
seen fit to occupy that position, a cruel, pro-
scriptive policy. excluding every man that
think of it, my countrymen? Shall it be CON
tinuei any longer? Cries of "Nol'D To what
condltion have we conner refer now to the
candidare tor Governor, in speech at Rich
| mond a few weeks ago. He said we now have
bs IN the n say asat 90 sS you
way of braggadocio-by way of a taunt to the
Democrats. He said the Republican pirty
treasury. and now it has S4n,ooo.ooo oo'piS N
the. Treasury. Do you want to hear me
eondo1 ag Of the country we
| ID not IN having Treasury overiowing 1t is
not in the collection from the people of un-
|
away in the vaults of the Treasury. At Wash
inRton to-day they are digging new vaults,
adding to the old aults so as to find room for
putting away the peoples currency. 1t IS u
matter of joy, is it. that the Republicans have
now in the Treasury S400, 900, ,0OO2 And that,
gentlemen, is h IF of the paper currency OF
of the country is about S100, ,0JO 600, and of the
currency Of @ ths ss coHntrg @ there is locked up il
so, vote for Mr.. Calkins, vote for the kepulp
lcan candidate for President for they boast
| to you that they have locked up S40J, 900 600 OF
your money. What right has the Government
to $400.t0l,00o of the peoples money inst II
has no occasion to use IN the administrat. on
taxes were reduced SO that the money won
come conn back So into your % pockets a. and into into
prize? Don you know that it would give
| employment to labo. erst Shall l stop now
country? Four years ago, when, you know
| it was nusher times, and everything was wei
! with the eople. wheat was worth Sl-20. a IL
came to You and and said: Ny countrymen
won't you let well enough alone? Are yo,
willing to turn Tarty out that has brough
you do not know what will be the conse
quenceY' And to that appeal the people Lis
tened. How is it now? Are men employed
Are furnaces throwing out fire and smoke
that indicate successful enterprise and N ius
| try have here from an Indianapolis pal e
pal er of the Republican party in that city
the Ners, a statement of the amount of fail
ures that have recently taken place IN th'
country. It is a dispatch from New York
that the business failures throughout tn,
country the last seven days. as reported to
on thar subject-num6erf for the United State
1873, for lanada "a, total 2l3, as against 1S6 las
week. showing an increase of seventeen fail
ures this week over last week. In he
words, it is per cent. more fer the week tina
ended yesterday than for the week befor
that, an increase in failures of per cent, ant
| "a
enormous portion OF the peoples currenc
locked up in the vaults of the Treasury
Send that money into the channels of trad
and wheat won't sell at a begging market fo
" cents, - cents and IS cents u bushel. 1t
so cents bushel less to day than when yoi
elected Republican candidate four year
ago who made james G. Blaine Secretary o
State, and II you have your mortgage To pa,
or interest upon 1t, counting bushei tor VI
it takes good many more bushels now 10 pa
the interest on your mortgage debt than 1t di
four years ago. and when you come to pa
more hundred bushels than it did good Will
ago. They do not say to you now, as they dl
four years ago, let we'll enough alone. 1t
not well enough it is bad enough. When yo
see men out of employment you NAV kno,
there is troub e somewhere. God wrote 1t i
early days of our race that by the sweat o
his brow man shall earn his bread. but it di
seem that there was couD ed with that Divin
sentiment that perhaps a man should have
chance to earn bread by the sweat of hi
brow. but it is not SO now with all. There ar
some that can not get employment to ear
their bread. / have understood that one 6
the establishments in this city that gave en-
ployment not long since to one hundre
hands is now closed down. Tnere is no en-
p'oyment there any more. and SO it is wit
the old roIling-rnill at Indianapolis. that form
erly employed hundreds of men,. 1t is siler
now as in the graveyard across the way. Th
stimulant of LABOR, the stir ulart OF ente
prise and life. of activity, is dead. 1t is locke
up in the Nations Treasury, and the Demt
Gratis say a change of policy to reduce tax,
ton will make it easier upon the people an
the burden lighter.
, There are a few other matters about whic,
; probably, i ought to speak TO you this afte
! noon. The Republicans have pretty muc
given you and me up, my ordinary felloy
citizens. They do not expect any more to q
the votes of the natives of this county, thos
) that were born here. They have pretty muc
given up the Swedes and Danes, and beliey
they have come down hard and heavy upo
} our Irish feilow-citiZens. When they come
+ the conclusion that they can get Irish vote
, | they are pretty much gone up themselves.
will be pretty much a disappointment whe
November comes around. That is my pr
3 dicton. l think, l know II is SO in the neig
| borhood where live Why / said the 9th,