St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-24
LOGAN IN CHICAGO.
Welcomed Home by About 5000
Republican Torch Bearers.
Cannon Firing and Fireworks and a
Good Deal of Cheering.
He Makes Speech to His Admirers which
Falsifies Political History,

CHICAGO, Aug 23.-The demonstration to-
night marking the return of Gen. Logan to his
home was one Of great magnitude. The Repub-
lican torch bearing organizations Of the city
made their first appearance in this campaign,
and the aggregated marchers numbered about
5000. In addition to the local organizations,
uniformed bodies were present from number
of neighboring cities. Gen. Logan arrived in
Pullman on a special train, landing at the
Twenty-second street depot at O'Clock. The
advent of the train was announced by the firing
of artillery and a brilliant display Of
fire works. A mounted escort was in waiting
and the distinguished party having entered car
rages the cavalcade took Up the line of march
northward on Michigan boulevard to Lake park
where stands had been erected for the speakers
of evening 1t was 10 80 o'clock before the last
of the marching escort had reached the point of
rendezvous, and Gen. Logan was escorted to the
speakers stand. The crowd then in the park had
swelled to about thirty Thousand. On the
stand were Gen. Oglesby, Gov. Hamilton, Hon,
Joseph Medill. Hon. Charles B. Farwell, Will
liam Penn Nixon, Congressman Davis, Durham,
Adams and an array Of vice presidents to the
number of fully 200. Gen. Logan was received
with great cheering and spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens of Illinois
l am somewhat travel worn by my circuitous
route from the cherished capital Of our nation to
my native state and beloved home. The love for
home association is deeply imbedded in our
hearts. 1t was on this, our native soil, that my
boyish pride was encouraged up to the ordinary
ambitions of manhood, and if l have or can serve
my constituency fairly and we'll in the advance
ment of their interests, my fondest aspirations
md hny n charis he'd
. reality.
My fellow citizens and friends, my heart beats
in harmony with yours in all that pertains to
common humanity and to our common citizen
ship. made when first entered public
life TO devote my energies to the interests OF
whole people, and to look for my reward in con-
sciousness that had kept the faith. l shall ever
remember this crest evidence of respect with a
heart overfowlng with gratitude. l return to you,
my friends and fellow citizens, my thanks
for this grand demonstration, and it
means much more than merely to be
accepted as personal to myself but to
the great principles which have been chosen,
in connection with one of our greatest and most
brilliant American statesmen, in part to represent
l therefore deem 1t proper at this time to exam
inc some of the questions that divide the two
great parties Of this country.
The Democratic party controlled this govern
ment with only few intervals from 1897 to 1851, ,
|
| only one important measure enacted In accord
| with its financial policy, now remaining upon the
statute books, viz: the indie pendent treasury sys-
| ten. Its financial policies in all other respects
| have failed and have been abandoned by the
country. The doctrine of state sovereignty
| by which the nation was to be subordinated to
| the individual states, is now repudated by the
| people. Under this doctrine the southern half
of the Democracy entered into gigantic rebel
lion against the government. While the majority
of the Democrats OF the north were loyal to the
| government, u great many of their organizations
| sympathized with the south.
In 1860, when the Democrats lost control Of
! the government they left it financially wrecked,
| the people disheartened and the country almost
| in ruins. Their financial ideas and tariff policy
| had brouhht the nation to its lowest level,
without credit and almost without hope for
| the future. IL we may judge them
| by their record up to that time. There is no
ground for the belief that they could now so
manage the affairs of the republic as to meet the
present demands of the people
The speaker then went on to declare that the
| Democratic party had resisted every advance in
| finance and every measure touching the security
! of human rights. Ii had opposed the emancipa-
ton OF slaves and the home tead law it had left
! the law of voluntary expatriation in such shape
! that citizens of foreign birth were seized and
forced into thearmies of foreign governments
| until Republican congress gave them
| the same prOLecLlOn Wnlcn ID al
| orded the native born citizens In
| all reforms of the civil service Instituted by the
Republican party opposition has been shown by
! great portion of the Democracy. We find their
/ candidate for vice president gentleman from
| whom the people ought to have expected better
| things said the speaker, "decaring in speech
made by him July II. 1874, and since his nom
| ination that the only remedy for dishonesty Of
! administration in the government is 10 turn out
the 10000 Republican oficeholders and supply
| their places-I suppose he means-with
! honest Democrats When union soldiers
! are holding Office l suppose he
would replace them with Confederate Democratic
! soldiers, and where civilian Republicans are
holding offices / suppose he would supplant
them with civilian Democrats in order that the
! government may be honestly administered. This
| declaration from one OF the nominees Of the
Democratic party shows what that party means
/ by civil service reform. J"
| The speaker said dishonest men crept into ell
associations in life, and declared that while he
| would not charge the Democratic party with be-
/ ing dishonest rs whole, he did not think it
| would profit Gov. Hendricks to challenge COM
! parison of administration as between the Repub-
| lican and Democratic party.
! He then quoted statistics showing the losses
| in the collection of public moneys under Repub-
! lican and Democratic administrations and ad-
! verted to the conduct of Floyd, Thompson Cobb
! and others, whom he claimed had depleted the
/ treasury arsenals and Indian trust funds at the
/ outbreak Of the late war.
! Gen. Logan then proceeded to discuss the
/ financial policy established by the Republican
| party. under which he claimed that the evils
| heretofore experienced under the Democratic
! system had disappeared. The perpetuation
J Of system should be left in the hands
/ of its friends, rather than committed
| to It's enemies. In periods Of business depres-
| sion he declared the Democratic party was al
/ ways ready to recklessly seize hold Of almost any
/ quack system for payment Of the public debt,
| and for the temporary relief Of the country, al
| though its adoption could only work permanent
disaster. Speaking OF the tariff he said the his
/ tory 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
/ products Of this country should be governed by
/ the cost of like products in other countries
| would. il allowed to be consummated bring
/ manufacturing Of the country TO an end
| He then reviewed what he termed the Republi-
| can-American protective system. and claims it
! had fostered the wealth Of the nation, until now
( the aggregated value Of all the property had
reached the sum of si4. 600 coo 600. An increase
I of $50, O00, coo, ,o00 IN the twenty years of the
/ Republican administration Whether this was
! TO be attributable to the Republican policy or
not, if was evident the country had never en-
/ ioyed such great prosperity or advanced in all
things pertaining to the highest civilization, az
/ IL had since he Reuuhlican Marty rar,a IT,