The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-11


the more easy It is to them I,
regard all men as the common children of
common Father. And this Americanism viii
have great and broad and honorable success
After the war; when our chvalrous opponent:
said, 1--WE are whipped" and fancied the,
we're as good Americans as anybody else, they
declared they would fight any country in the
world that attacked our flag. Yet they were
going ON with a certain social and political
feeling of which they were to a great degree
unconscious. They had been opposing for four
years what they called the republican party.
They were lighting liberty and constitutional
government, but TO them it was the republican
party largely. Aud when they resumed their
places in congress they had good deal of the
same feeling. When we wanted navy, 1t was
not Of any benefit to them personally to do so,
yet they voted 1t down because they were not
going to have black republicans building
ships. Now, would be glad to have this cam
paign go on with an enormous wave to q
Waterloo-to fifty waterloos in one, and sweep
in all the parties and give us an American
president. Applause. Let us have a navy, and
everything else that is needed. We are now In a
condition that Is contemplate, for we have not
n first nor second nor third-class ship Of any
account What ships we have are wasting
away-a large part of them-comparatively few
| OF them are new, and II our secretary Of the
navy gets into trouble with any nation:s he
obliged to be careful, very careful
THE BuLrEIs.
think 1t is not necessary for the republican
| party 10 be put out of power. because the re-
publican party has shown wonderful vitality in
purifying and regenerating itself. have
shown that II has been powerful and just and
broad and wise. 1t has kept on reforming and
adjusting itself, even in all matters of public
discipline. 1t is singular fact that some of
the best things done in the way OF party re-
form in this country in the last four years have
been done largely in the name of James G.
Blaine [applause], and for the sake of James
G. Blaine. IApplausel. Four years ago or
eight years ago Mr.. Blaine came very near the
nomination. 1t is extremely probable he
would have had it on one of those two occa-
sions but for the unit rule. Four years ago
there was some controversy in the convention.
There were delegates from Pennsylvania who
desired to vote for him, but were not permitted
to do so because the majority Of the delegates
were against him. There were others from
New York and other states The republican
party recognized the evil and said: 1--WE will
have no more unit rule. The delegates of the
several districts shall be chosen by the people
of the districts themselves, and not by the
state convention, and when they go to the ma
tional convention they shall vote, each man
for himself, as he thinks his constituents
would have him to do" Applause We
abolished the unit rule and protected district
representation. There was something of an
overthrow of bossism, they say. / wish to use
party in Pennsylvania. They say there was
something of an overthrow of bosses in New |
York who were conspiring against James G. |
Blaine who represented the liberal element. |
Applause The last convention of ours was
not only fair and just convention, but the
first and only fair national convention ever
held in this country. Applause. In every
one of its predecessors there was more or less
of gross injustice. And how did the demo-
cratic party appear in its conventions The
Mo- ha1 Iafandar of ITO
course said there was no harm in the unitrule
as enforced by the democratic convention, and
yet there were twenty-one or more delegates
from New York who were opposed to Mr..
Cleveland, but the New York delegations vote
was cast solid for him. That is not all; they
not only adhered to the rule which we have
decided was not democratic, but they used the
two-thirds rule, which was adopted in 1854,
that the south might put veto on everything
that was opposed to slavery. For the last two
or three conventions the south has been quiet,
taking back seat, but they had the lever all
the while, and nothing was done displeasing
to them. They are simply waiting to get
power before going further. We have shown
our ability to reform by adopting civil service
REFORM by which from 1900 to 1900 en-
ployes Of the government are taken without
of party, and yet Mr.. Curtis and
Mr.. Schurz, the principal advocates Of this re-
form, are supporting Mr.. Cleveland, and l
suppose are supporting Mr.. Hendricks too. 1
lOH l See HOW lutl GILL ESCAPE IL. MT. Ilcu- |
tricks says it will be necessary, in order to
surify this service, to put GO, 900 democrats into
office. You know what Mr. Curtis said of the
democratic party: "We are confronted by the
party, very hungry and you may
Jingle definite principleh thank you G. W.,
or that word. "a party without any definite
rational policy which it dares present to the
ountry; party which fell from power as a ,
against human rights, and now at
l. IL t..t.x |
cy for spoils." That is just as true now as it ..
fas ON the 4th of June, when Mr. Curtis ut
cred it. SIT is the party Of imbecility and in
ction.n !
DEMOCRATIC OBSTRUCTION.
Now let me give you brief list Of some of
he things they not only could not do, but
'ould not let us do. One Of them, for exam
lie, was this billfor increasing the naval forces.
We passed bill In the senate providing for
leven new vessels, getting the best wisdom we !
ould get 1t was passed there by large ma
)rity. There are some good democrats who help !
S ont in many things because we are stronger
nan our numbers. We worked with the tariff {
zen. The last days of the season were ap- !
reaching, and the roll Of the senate was call j
olite pause. To carry the tariff bill one vote I
as wanted. The clerk was about to hand up :
lie fatal talley when Senator Mcpherson from
ew Jersey got up and said aye" aud the bill i
as passed. majority STOOD Dy tnelr party, |
ut they were determined the bill should pass S
INFLOW. Brown of Georgia said 81 am not
Ding to pull your chestnuts out of the fire. /
am going to vote No on the BILL" And
avid Davis said s'What does a republican Y
,nator mean by going off without voting on c
lis matteri Here am an independent dem c
rat, helping you on this wing because you I
re right and yet one Of your men is going
way What does 1t meanln There never was F
ny serious apprehension that the Morrison /
nj would get through the house. Nor was v
lere much hope Of the passage Of the naval
H. The democrats were not going to let John Q
zach and Bill Chandler build any navies for I
). Wait until we get a democratic president. Z
he business men and the good sense of the q
,untry demanded a bankrupt bill. The SEN s
e passed one known as the Lowell bill,
ter your distinguished fellow-citizen here r,
odeed largely upon his draft. That has "
zen twice sent down to the house. 1t has not n
lssed You can not pass 1t. Whyl Because 1t G
Gates more offices for the black republicans. s
he United States supreme court is three II
ars behind with its business. There are long
I'd injurious delays The lawyers recognize "
at something must be done. II it were a r.
onarchical government it would I've a grev- q
ice, sufficient cause for revolt. We passeda C
Il increasing the number of judges. The II
st democratic lawyers voted for it and down 81
went to the house in the last congress as
FL as this one. Nothing whatever done. l
mt down 10 see n leading democrat about IT, ",