Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-14
Senator Payne's Views.

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following interesting and carefully-pre-
pared address:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
You have seen fit to elect me to the highly
Der ofthe unit.d States Senate a No doubt
the compliment was mainly intended for the
patiently waiting, lOng-suffering, ever faith
full and true Democrats of Northern Ohio.
For the first time in the history of the State
their brethren. In their name meet you to-
night to thank you for the noble act of Justice
which has been SO gracefully and generously
awarded to them. For myself, also, have
desired this social gathering that 1 might in
person assure you of my sincere and lasting
of my views on some of the present issues
of the day. For fifty years 1 have been a
resident of the State and coaborer in the
tive State elections l have supported and
voted none other than the Democratic tick
been cast in a Democratic ward in the city Of
Cleveland. 1 have actively participated in
twelve Presidential canvasses, in which.
Removal of the Deposits" by General Jack
son; ''rhe Independent Treasury" under Van
War with Mexico" g The Popular Sovereign
ty of Stephen A. Douglas; " The Lecompton
Constitution 1; Of Buchanan man. ,.I.nepient Sc.
Lncoln;" 1.-The Abolition Of Slavery 1.-The
Resumption and Maintenance OF Specie Pay
ments;" The Great Fraud of 1916, were by
me discussed before the people without eva
sion or disguise; and am proud to declare
that tonight; reviewing the. past from this
advanced milestone in the journey of life.
there is not one of the opinions then expressed
that would recall or change, or modify, If
had the power to do so. This is all care to
say in yindication of the orthodoxy of my po-
litical faith, or of my steadfast loyalty to the
Democratic party. t.....
Gentlemen, am induced to accept this Sem
by the hope and belief that in the discharge of
its dut es may be useful to the State and the
party; the last must be secondary to and in
harmony with the first, and both must have
the appreciation of my conscientious convic-
tons. will in no case knowingly violate the
Constitution or perpetrate a wrong. But to
be useful the representative must be cordial
ly sustained by his constituents, and that they
may sustain him there must be between him
and them substantial coincidence of views.
As to the influence of the lobby, 1 think you
need have no apprehension. They have always
and the increased rigidity that age imparts to
the features will not be less repellant to their
mS1d1OuS approaches.
will now proceed to some more important
questions. And first
CIVIL SERVICE.
For twenty-three years the dispensation of
Federal patronage has been in the hands of
the tn Republican party ApPontmentss have
party, and mostly from the class of active
politicians. The Federal Judges, supreme
shals. assistants, deputies, registers, master
commissioners, assignees, have been and are
Republicans. The heads of departments and
their subordlnates through all grades, down
to the messenger and porter, the sub-treaS-
urers collectors of both customs and internal
revenue. surveyors, postmasters, letter-car-
rierS, numbering in the aggregate more than
one hundred thousand, have been supplied
from the one party, while nine-tenths of that
been and are now absolutely prescribed and
.debarred the public service. During this pc
Collected and disbursed, ana the books s kept
by those partisan agents, furnishing an oppor-
tunity and u temptation for population, fraud
and concealment to which 1 should dread to
expose even the iron-clad integrity of Demo-
Gratis. Inevitably, corruption and great
abuses have crept in and have been covered
up; favoritism, prOtegeism, nepotsm, inn
beciity and senility have obtained secure
Judgment: generalization has followed, and
the public believe that a fetid mass exists, per-
meated with rottenness and gangrene Now,
can this service be reformed and by what proc
fss yes the isl
and that is assured the present year, unless
unwisdom and madness from the gods are
pitiless and radical overhauling and purging
of the present service. An Augean stable can
not be cleaned with a toothbrush. You must
turn on the hose, ply the hickory broom and
scrub brush, disinfect the premises, and give
them a wholesome atmosphere for honest in
but such as bear the Jeffersonian stamp of
honesty and capacity be allowed to enter,
and those only from the Democratic party UNI
til its full ratable share enter to guard and
protect the public interest. If public office be
a sacritical burden, all citizens should be COM
T pm 3h n9 TO mare
believe, it Is n privilege and blessing, one
half or three-fourths of the whole population
just and fair share of it. BY this means
form is practicable. and until accomplished
no stable settlement OF the question can be
THE TARIFF.
One year ago / ventured to make public
some opinions in regard to the tariff, recog-
nzing the divergence of views in the Demo
ence was the chief obstacle to the success of
the party. AT the State Convention in June
and crystallized into what has since become
known as the "Ohio Platform 1t was unan-
imousy approved by the Convention. 1t dis
for protectors sake" on the one hand, and
the equally inadmissible doctrine Of free
other. It sought to find compromise basis
which being equitable and Just would chaI-
minded men and measurably remove it
from the arena Of partisan politics
application to the interests of Ohio. For
several decades Ohio has held the third
rank in the classification of States. Until
in the development of her agricultural
wealth. There were public lands to be en-
new counties: there were vast tracts of valua-
BILE timber, the building of canals facilitating
transportation to market, and later a system
of railroads increasing these facilities and ex-
pending annually in their construction many
millions of money. But now these aspects are
greatly changed. There are now no more
lands subject to entry; there are no more
new counties in reserve; the valuable timber
has been marketed: the canals have ceased to
be tributary, and the railroad system is prac-
tically completed. The soil has been consid-
erably impoverished. the cereal crops are less
bountiful, while the great improvement of
agricultural implements, with the consolida-
ton of small farms, has greatly reduced the
demand for farm-hands. Even her wool staple
is in peril of severe and injurious attack.
Is it not the duty of craftsmanship to
previse the sources Of strength and growth
that shall enable her to maintain the grand
rank which she has hitherto held? The last
census shows where those germs of strength
are to be found. We have already more than
10000 manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries in which-induced in great part by Con-
gressional statutes-$2O0. 000. 600 of capital are
invested, 160.OO0 hands are employed. receiv
ing annually in wages $50, 000,0 600. S2i5 .O10
of material are used, and the manufactured
product is $34S, 600 600 in value. More than
twenty per cent. of her population find their
employ ment and livelihood in these Industries.
Iron ore and coal and other raw ma
terial are simply inexhaustible: her people
are educated, industrious and enterprising
and there is no reason why thousand other
home industries should not spring up and
flourish in our towns and villages as they have
sprung up and are flourishing in the towns