Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-24
POLITICAL.


with civilian Democrats, in order that
the government may be honestly adj
minisi cred. This declaration from
one OF the nominees Of the Democratic
party shows what the party means by
civil service reform.
The speaker said that dishonest men
crept into all nsso citations In life and
declared that while he wanted not TO
charge the Democratic party with be-
ing dishonest AZ whole, he did not
think 1t would profit Gov. Hendricks
to challenge comparison of admins
tration as between the Republican and
Democratic party. He then quoted
statistics showing the losses In the col
lection Of public moneys under the
Republican and Democratic admins
trations. and adverted to the conduct
of Floyd, Thompson. Cobb aud others,
who he claimed had de, lsted the
treasury, arsenals and Indian trust
fund Mt the outbreak OF the late war.
Logan then proceeded to discuss the
financial policy established by the Re
publican party, under which he
claimed that the evils heretofore expe
rienced under the Democratic system
had disappeared.
Speaking of the tariff, he said that
the history Of the Democratic party
showed that on the subject OF tariff its
coming into power would be full of
suggestions of danger. The theory of
the Democratic party that the market
price of the produces OF this country
should be guarded by the cost of like
products In other countries would. II
allowed TO he contaminated, bring the
manufacturing of the country to an
end. He then reviewed what
he termed the Republican
American protective system an
claimed that 1t had fostered tn
wealth Of the nation until now the
aggregated value of all the property
had reached the sum of $i4 600 900, :
600, an Increase of $50, 200, 00O, 900 In
twenty years of Republican adj.
ministration. Whether this was
to be attributed, to the
Republican policy or not,
il was evident that the country had
never enjoyed such great prosperity
or advanced in all things pertaining
TO the highest civilization IA 1t had
since the Republican party came into
power aud adopted this American pol
ley. The free-trade theory he de-
scribed ~ the Democratic English
DOilCl' I1e tluiineu tilHt Lne
commerce of the country
under the management of
the government by the Republican
party had caused our exports 10 In.
crease to more than twelve billion dol
lars, all OF which had been produced
by American labor.
The remainder of his speech was
largely taken up in making
Comparisons as to the ndition OF
the lahoring and producing classes
of the United States and those OF Great
Britain. He cliimed the two parties
were distinctly divided ON the ques
ton of the suppression Of polygamy,
and declared that the Republican
party W )uld use all the legal power oI
the government To destroy "the twin
relic of barbarism.
The crowd was 80 great about the
stand occupied by Logan that speak
ers proceeded to occupy adjoining plat
forms and addressed por'
tiops OF the crowd from
them. Among others speaking
were Gen. Oglesby, Gov. Hamilton
and Senator Cullom. The scene In
and about the park during the speak
ing was made brilliant by an un
ceasing display of pyrotechnics. TIL,
speaking was continued until 1880 p,
M, mt which hour the great crowd be
gan TO dispense.