San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-09-18
HENDRICKS.

The tide comes foaming in
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HENDRICKS.
What He Said at Muncie. Ind.
Ex-Governor Hendricks addressed
5000 people at Munice on the 16tl
inst. In the course of his speech HI
said:
1t is now twenty-five years that tn
Republican party has controlled th'
administrative and executive affairs o
this country, and it is of the frs
Importance that you and 1 should
consider the question whether that il
not as long as one set of men ough
to continue in absolute control. Ir
other words, the question before ui
is: Ought there not to be q change
That is the first question that strikes
your attention and mine. How much
has been expended since the Republi
can party came into power-and I dc
not choose to include in that period
the period of the war-I ask your
attention only for the last nineteen
years, during which that party ha.
controlled the administrative and
executive affairs of the country?
could not find figures or words to
express to you the enormous sums OF
money that haYe been collected and
the enormous sums of money that
have been paid out. I will refer, by
way of illustration only, to one year
the last year-as reported by the
secretary of the treasury. The col
lections and expenditures amounted to
1868, 100000. The history of those
transactions are found in many thous-
and volumes and they were recorded
by many thousand men belonging to
the Republican party only. Demo
Gratis have not been allowed to partici-
pate in any of the affairs of the
country. I speak in substance. An
occasional Democrat may have been
allowed an Office, but for the great
purposes of administration of the
affairs of the government the Demo-
Gratis have been excluded, and to
young men the question is presented
now, ought there not to be a change!
Who knows what is wrong in those
books7 Shall there be opportunity
for we men to know what has been
wrong in the records of the country,
so that we may know further whether
it is we'll or i'll with the country! :!
May I ask your attention to another
of this subject? I do not
claim that one political party in the
first place, in it's organization, is
probably any more honest than the
other. If we had not political parties
in the country, and were to run a line
through this crowd, and men on that
side were one party and men on this
side the other party, the chances are
there would be just as many honest
men on one side as OH the other, and
as many rogues on one side, perhaps,
as on the other; but take another
step in this thought. Suppose this
party comes into power and it be-
comes established that it is going to
retain power for twenty years, have
control of the offices. control the
and the countryf Don't you
see that all rogues on this side would
come over and Join the
strong side? Is not that human
nature And more than that, don't
you know that as they came over they
would gradually push honest men on
this side back and back until they
would take control of the dominant
party themselves To very large
extent that would prove to be the
human nature of the case. Without
the question whether the
party has been guilty of
yreat fraud-for / leave that to your
,wn refection-I assume that when
/ party has beenin power exclusively,
lot allowing the other party to partici-
pate in the affairs Of government for
/ long period Of time, then there
,ught TO be q change, that people
nay come to know with some degree
# certainly how it is with their affairs.
Cries Of we will have it this fall.
do not expect, gentlemen. that all
men in Office will be turned out /
10 not desire that When Repub-
ican, governed by his conscious
has been in Office and
,roved himself 10 be o true and
,onest man in administering that
flee. / do not ask that be shall be
urned out But / ask that honest
nsn shall be placed in Office sufficient
= numerous 10 give the people Of
h.s country information IN regard TO
heir aEslrsL / have one step further
0 90 in this argument. Ian trying
o establish . proposition that thsre (
,ught por % be q ehs1gs- I do not /
-u5r WY RsPablie41s FOX the lAsf
,Inesesn ye4rz. have s4id 20 every
Oeuocrst: -TOu shall have 10 po1-
son n ooatrol of the GHAisof govern