Daily south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1881-18??, 1884-10-01
EX-GOV. HENDRICKS.
Doing Yeoman Service in Behalf
Of Democracy.
The Next Vice Presldent Makes n Notable
Speech at Muncie-A Terrific Ar
Talgnment of Republican Poll
cles and Methods,

II IS now twenty-five years that the RepuD-
licau party has controlled the administrative
and executive affairs of this country and 1t is
of the hrst importance that you and | should
consider the question whether that is as long
as one set OF men oHght to ntinue in abso-
lutte control. In other words, the question Is
be lore us: Ought not there to be changer
That is the first quest on that strikes your at.
tention and mine. How much has trunspired
since the Republican party came into power
and 40 not choose to include in that period
the period of the war; L ask your attention
only for the last nineteen years during %aioh
that party has controlled the administrative
and executive affairs OF the county could
not md figures or words to express to you
the enormous sums of moneyihat have been
collected and the enormous sums of money
that have been paid out. will refer by way
Of illustration only to one year, the last year.
as reported by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The collections and expenditures amounted I
70 $bb3, lOJ,OUO. The history of those transac-
tons is found in many thousand volumes and
they were recorded by many Thousand men
men belonging to one party only. No Demo-
Gratis have been allowed to participate in any
OF the affairs of the country. speak in sub
stance. An occasona! Democrat may have been
allowed an office, but for the great purposes of
administering the affairs of the Government
the Democrats have been exc uded, and to
you men the question is presented now.
Ought there not to be change! Who knows
what is wrong in the bookst Shall they be
openedy Shall there be an opportunity for us
men to know what has been wrong In the reg
OruS OF Ine country, SO tDdt VIC may KNOW
whether it is well or i'll with the country? May
ask your attention to another illustration
on this subject | do not claim that one po-
litical party, in the first place, in its organiza-
tion Is probably any more honest than the
other If we had no political parties In the
country, and were going to establish two po-
litical parties, and were TO run a line through
this crowd, and the men on that side were to
be Of one party and the men on this side of
the other party, the chances are there would
be Just as many honest men on one side as
on the other, and as many roRues on one side,
perhaps, as on the other. But take another
step in this thought Suppose this party
comes into power and 1t becomes established
that 1t Is going to return to power for twenty
years, have the control of the offices, the con-
troll OF the money, and OF the country. non't
you see that ali the rOgues on this side would
gradually come over and JON the strong tide!
Isn't that human nature? And more than
that-don't you know as they come over they
would gradually push honest men on this side
back and back until they would take control
of the dominant party Themselves! 10 avery
large extent that would prove to be the hui
man nature OF the case. Without discussing
the question whether the Republican party
has been guilty of a great fraud, for | leave
that to your own reflections, | assume the
ground that when party has been in power
exclusively, nor allowing the other party to
participate in the affairs of the Government
for long period of time there ought to be a
change that the people may come to know
with some degree of certainty how 1t is with
their affairs lcries of ave will have il this
fall" Yes sir, you are going to have it this
fall" ] don't expect gentlemen, that oil the
men in Office will be turned out. | do not de-
sire that where Republican, governed by his
conscientious convictions, has been in Office
and has proven himself to be atrue and honest
man in the administration of that Office, do
not ask that he shall be turned out. But
ask that honest men shall be placed in office
sufficiently numerous to give the people of
this country information in regard to their
affairs.
have one step further to go in this argu-
ment. am trying to establish the PROPOSE
tion that there ought now to be change. L
do not know why the Republicans for the last
nineteen years have said to every Democrat,
you shall have no position in the control of
the affairs of the Government They have
seen fit to occupy that position, cruel, pro-
scriptiye policy, excluding every man that
did not agree with them, and what do you
think Of it, my countrymen? Shall 1t be con-
tinued any longer2 Cries of "No!O 10 what
condition have we conner / refer now TO the
statement made by MIR. Cakins Republican
candidate TOR Governor, in speech at Rich
mond a lew weeks ago. He said we now have
S40OOOO,0JO in the Treasury. Do you know
how he came to say thaty He SAID that by
way of braggalooio-by way OF taunt to the
Democrats. He said the Republican pIrty
when 1t came into power found an empty
Treasury, and now 1t has S4D,01O,OOO IN
the Treasury. Do you want to hear me
express my opinion of what Is fortu-
is not IN having Treasury Overlooking. 1t is
not in the collection from the people of I'M
told millions of money that 1t may be hid
away in the vaults of the Treasury. AT Wash
ington to-day they are digging new vaults,
adding to the old vaults so as to find room for
putting away the peoples currency. II Ia
matter of JOY, is it, that the Republicans have
now in the Treasury S4O0OO0,0O0! And that,
gentlemen, is half of the paper currency of
the country and more. The paper Gu rency
of the country is about Si0O.OOO,OOO, and of the
currency of the country there is locked up in
Treasury S400O)y,0JO DO you desire that If
So vote for Mr.. Calkins, vote for the Repub-
lean candidate for President, for they boast
TO you that they have locked up 800 600 of
your money. What right has the Government
TO $4OO,OO),0OO of the peoples money tnat it
has no occasion to use in the administration
OF its affairs: What would he the effect If the
taxes were reduced so that the money would
Se S%Gm o of your trade G'ke Bon and HsS
know that 1t would stimulate enter
prizo2 Don't you know that it would give
employment to laboiersr Shall | stop now
ana speak OF the present condition Of our
country -Four years ago, when, you know,
1t was fusher times, and everything was well
with the people, wheat was worth $780, ana
labor was well paid, and a Republican orator
came to you and said: MY countrymen,
wont you let well enough alone? Are you
willing to turn Earty out that has brought
you such prosperity and put o party in that
you do not know what will be the conse.
anu ~ tHui appeal JHG people lis
tened. How is it now? Are men employed?
Are furnaces throwing out fire and smoke
that indicate successful enterprise and indus
try' have here from an indianapolis paIe
OF yesterday evening, perhaps the best edited
paper of the Republican party in that city,
the Nelrs,,a statement of the amount of fail
ures that have recently taken place IN the
country. it is a dispatch from New York,
that the business failures throughout the
country the last seven days, as reported to H.
G. Dun * Co.-and they are great authorities
on thai subject-number for the United States
1873, for Canada u, total 2l3 as against 1875 last
week, showing an increase of seventeen fail
ures this week over last week. In other
words it is < per cent. more for the week that
ended yesterday than for the week before
that, an increase in failures of 5 per cent, and
how can it be otherwise when there is this
enormous portion of the peoples currency
locked up in the vaults of the Treasury?
Send that money into the channels OF trade
and wheat won't sell at a begging market for
81 cents " cents and IS cents bushel. II is
90 cents bushel less to-day than when you
elected Republican candidate four years
ago who made James G. Blaine Secretary OF
State, and If you have your mortgage to pay
or interest upon 1t, counting u bushel for 81,
1t takes good many more bushels nowto pay
the interest onyour mortgage debt than 1t did
four years ago, and when you come to pay
your mortgage OF 1t will take good many
more hundred bushels than it did good while
ago. They do not say to you now, as they did
four years ago. let well enough alone. 1t is
not well enough it is bad enough. When you
see men out of employment you NAV know
there is trouble somewhere. God wrote it in
early days OF our race that by the sweat of
his brow man shall earn his bread, but it did
seem that there was coup ed with that Divine
sentiment that perhaps man should have a
chance to earn bread by the sweat of his
brow, but 1t is not so now with all. There are
come that can not get employment to earn
their bread ! have undeIs' God that one of
the establishments in this city that gave en-
ployment not long since to one hundred
hands is now closed down. There is no en-