Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-10-16

ClllAenSnlp mere. inc speaker lnen
gave several good and sufficient reasons
why he thought the Democratic party
OUGHT TO DIE,
and why the Republican party ought to
live. First, he contrasted the position
of the two parties on the question of
granting pensions. The Democrats in
their platform say that soldiers and
sailors wounded and disabled in the
wars Of The Republic should receive
pensions. This of course includes reoel
soldiers and sailors, and it was intended
that it should be so construed in the
South. 1t is well known that the
Southern Democrats are making efforts
to have jeff Davis restored to citizen
ship, so that he may be sent to the U. S.
Senate from his State, and that he and
his party are clamoring for pensions
for thousands of rebel soldiers, or
the families they have left. The
MORMON QUESTION
is also lodged by the Democrats, while
the Republican party is committed to
the roofing out of that libel upon the
American name as soon as bill can be
passed, freed from the defects of that
already passed, and which has proved
insufficient. But the great and crying sin
of the Democratic party is the fraudulent
way in which they manage to carry four
or five undoubtedly Republican States
at the South.
The good work of temperance and
other reforms are going on all the time,
and will be worked out and the right will
prevail, but until we can have an honest
ballot and fair count. no reform,
however important, need be attempted
through the votes of the people. That
evil strikes at the root Of our Republic
anism, and undermines the very foun-
dation of our government. With char
acteristic delicacy he avoided any
reference to the private character OF
Cleveland-a subject which cannot be
discussed before a mixed audience, and
which no man of refined feelings cares
to discuss anywhere. He showed
that Cleveland in his official acts had
always leaned away from the people,
aud toward the monopolists. lie brief.
| ly reviewed the record of that vile
Copperhead, Hendricks, before, during,
and since the war, and concluded by
| saying that when the people of the
United States, by their own free choice
should place in the high office of Vice
| President such n man as Thos. A. Hen
bricks, that day he should begrudgt
every drop of blood he had Shed for hi,
country; and sooner than 90 to the
polls and deposit ballot with Hen
dricks's name upon it, his remaining
arm should wither.
Without attempting TO make an ex
haustive argument on the
TARIFF QUESTION
lie gave some reasons why American
industries should be protected. Ii
reference to the condition of the labor
ing classes in England under free-trad,
laws as compared with that of Ameri
ctn laborers under our protective tariff
he gave some very interesting statistic
| Of h.
actually seen and proved. His position
rs Consul at Liverpool made it neccs
sary for him to find out many of thesr
points, and he had carried his invcsti
cations far beyond what his Oilicia
position required of him. In referenc,
to the grain trade, lie showed tina
America is not the only country that i
helping to feed the world. RUSSIA
India and Egypt are furnishing larg,
proportion of the bread products t.
other countries, and should free-lrad,
or low tariff ever open our ports to th,
cheap products of European labor, ant
force the operatives of our factories t,
the pursuit of agriculture their oni
refuge the result would be over produc
ton and no market.
Fen O'Clock had come before the con
clusion of the Generals speech, and II
he had covered nearly the whole groun,
in such an able manner, Mr.. La Follett
deemed it best to speak but briell,
upon one or two topics untouched b,
his predecessor. He gave some ad
ditional facts in regard to the practica
working of a protective tariff, an,
showed his audience the fallacy o
claiming, as does Burr w. Jones ant
other Democratic speakers, that tn,
duty adds to the cost to the consume
of the article upon which duty is placed
Mr. La Toilette made most fayorabl,
impression upon all who heard him
and all unite in insisting that he shall
give us another evening later on in thu
compaigu.