The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11
HENDRICKS SPEAKS.
AND MunclE HAS A TREAT.
The sc,t yire.rrcsldeni Makes m AZ.
falgnmrni Subiims-He shows That
a Change d. Needed
"in Cold N~auIts"-Itc,

Ia day. In the course of his speech he
said; at In now twenty-five years that
the Republican party has controlled the
administrative aud executive affairs Of
this country, and IL In OF first import
anco that you and | should
consider, the question whether
that IL not ~ long as
one set of men ought 10 continue in alb
soluto control. In other words, the quos-
ton Is before us, ought there not be u
change? That IL the first question that
strikes your attention and mine. How
much has tr%anspired since the Republic
ran purity came into power, and l do
not choose To include in that
period, the period OF the war. | ask your
attention only 20 the last nineteen years,
during which that party has controlled
the administrative n executive affairs
of the country. | could not find figures
or words To a. press 10 you the enormous
lected and the enormous sums Of
money that have been paid out.
| will refer by way of illustration only
To n year; the last year ms reported by
the Secretary of the Treasury, the col
lection and expenditures amounted To
SGG3, oO0,UoO. The history Of those trans
actions is found in many thousand
N'llNillfN Nv tItN WIN ttfNTNltl
by many thousand men belonging To
that party. Only Democrats have been
excluded from participation in n of
the affairs of the country. | speak in
substance. An occasional Democrat may
have been allowed an office, hut for
great purposes IN the administration
OF affairs of the Government
Democrats have been excluded,
and to young mel the question is pre-
scented. now, ought there not be q
change? Who knows what il wrong in
those hooks? Shall they he opened?
Shall there be an opportunity for us
men to know what has been wrong
in those records of the country so that
we may know whether il is well or i'll
with tho country? May | ask your at
tention to another Illustration of this
teal party, in first place in its
organization, is probably any
more honest than another. If
we had not political parties in the
country, and were going to establish
two political parties and were TO run a
line through this crowd, and
men on that side id; were n party
other party, the chances are there would
be just as many honest men on one
side MS on the other and as many rogues
on n side perhaps as on the other; but
take another step in this thought. Sup
pose this party comes into power and
it becomes established that it is
going to retain power for
offices, control of money and of the
country, don't you see that all the
rogues would be on their ide? Is not
that human nature? And more than
that, don't you know that as they came
they would gradually push hon
est men on this side back
and back until they would
take control. dominate the
party themselves to n very large extent.
That would prove to be the human ma
ture of the case, without discussing the
question whether the Republican party
been guilty of u great fraud, for /
leave that to your own reilec-
ton. | assume the ground,
no party that has been
in power exclusively, not allowing the
other party to participate in affairs of
for a long period OF time.
Then there ought to be u a change that
may come to know with some
degree of certainty how it is with their
affairs. Cries OF will have it this
do not expect, gentlemen, that
all men in office will be turned out.
! don't desire that when IA
governed by his conscien.
'OIlN i'lloIlS Nv las bttll II lll'c
and proven himself to be a true
and honest man in the admins
of that office, / don't ask
that he shall be turned out, but
ask that honest men shall be placed
N Office, sufficiently numerous to give
he people OF this country information
n regard to their affairs. / have one
I'M trying TO establish the proposition
hat there ought now to be a change.
l do not know why Republicans, for
o every Democrat: :You Shall have no
in the control of the affairs
If government" They have seen
it to occupy. that position, a
,ruel, proscrlptive policy. exclud-
With them, and what do you think Of 1t,
ny countrymen? Shall it be s
# mop TO what Condition have
Se come. l refer 10 the statement
made by Mr.. Calkins, Republican can
lidate for Governor, in a speech at Rich
nond Il few weeksag He said we now
$4OO, 100000 in the treasury. Do you I
how he came to say that? He ,
aid that by way of b~raggadocio, but the s
is to the Democrats. He said the
Republican party when it came into {
'ower found an empty treasury, and !
low it has 800, 100000. Do you want to t
lear me express my opinion j
+ what is a fortunate condition !
# f Oas siH"n 4 treasury Well dL,er,,d it is II not is ! !
lot in collecting from the people untold I
Millions that it may be hid away q
n the vaults of a treasury a
nd at Washington To-day they are
igging new vaults, adding to old
aults, SO as to find room for putting h
way the peoples currency. 1t is t
matter liter of an,h W'agrwag' va is no it t
a the treasury $500, O0O, 600, and that, gem !
is more than half of the paper a
urrency in the country. The paper '
urrency of the country is about $780,
N,0OO,, and of currency of
10 country there is locked
p in the treasury $4Oo. $1,000. v
% you desire that?, If so, vote for MIR. f
idate tor President, for they boast to Ii
on that they have locked up 100000 o
10 of your money. s.
What right has the Government to p
100, 900, 900 of the peoples money, that +
has no occasion to use in the admins g
alton of its affa RS? What would p
. the effect if taxes were d
ou ne1u come back into your pockets +,
nd into the channels of trade. Don't IL
know it would stimulate en- C,
Don't you know that it would d
We employment to laborers? Shall l il
op now and speak of the present con- OF
tions of the country. -Four years ago, W
hen you knew it was tiusher times III
I'd everything was well with the peo- %
e. Wheat was worth $1.2O, and labor 81
AS well paid and a Republican orator W
me to you and said: "My country tc
en-, won't you let well enough alone?
re you willing to turn a z,
lrty out that brought you such pros ii
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