The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-19
Hendricks Speech.

Inc question is, TelIoW-c)tlZenS, VIII
you support the ticket just nominated 2
Cheers and cries of 1--WE will ~ And
in asking that question I want to ask
you another: De you not, all Of you,
Democrats and Republicans, believe
that the affairs of the Government have
been long enough in the hands of enc
set of men Cries CT Eve do?'7 And
do YOU not believe that we have
reached period where there ought to
be change2 Cries of 1--WE do, and
We will have it y do not ask that
all shall be turned out; that is not the
idea If man has done his duty well
and faithfully; if he has not used the
powers of his Office to disturb the
rights of the people; if he has not fur
nished money to corrupt elections; if he
has simply confined himself to the
duties of his Office, I am not clamoring
for his official blood; but, my fellow
citizens, Of the 10000 men that now
fill official positions in the country, we
have no right to suppose from what
has taken place, that they are all hon.
est Cheers aid laughter and the
only way tLat we can do row is to
make change. A month ago every
body supposed that all the employees in
the bureau Of medicine and surgery
were honest, and now, at the very fist
examination, 1t turns out that they are
not. But what is the remedy Put
them out, and put honest men in.
Cheers and cries of "That's it" We
cannot do that if we leave the same
President ard heads of departments
and heads of bureaus in. I have every
faith that this ticket will be elected.
Cries Of $50 have [" I think I know
something of Indiana. Great cheers
and laughter. We will probably stand
here together, won't we2 Cries of
"Yon bet " And this banner of lib
ert,, Of right, of justice, and of fair
government, that has been placed in
the hands of Cleveland and Hendricks,
shall b. carried and placed in glorious
triumph on the top of the national
capitol in November next. Great
cheering and cries of owe will put it
there" Shall this be the peoples
banners Cries of "It is. You have
no interest except IN good government
and think I have none. ] have lived
among you a long time; l have tried to
secure your confidence and preserve it.
Cries of "You have it, too" And al
I ask of you is your support, not for
myself, but for yourselves and for your
children, and all the people that are in
tsrested in good government. TChecrs
and cries of ''Go on" Now, I have
spoken longer than [ intended Cries
of "Go on, and eve are not tired of
you. I know Wien any of my Re
publican friends, who are intending to
stand by their party still longer, shal
see this numerous crowd here tonight
they will think the doom Of fate has
come at last Cheers and laughter
Why, [ happened up the street few
weeks ago. It was just after Blaine
and Logan were nominated, and | saw
little gathering of very honest and
honorable people behaving themselves
exceedingly well and very quietly, and
General Harrison was delivering to
them a speech about the nomination
made at Chicago loud laughter] and
really, if you were to bring the crowd
here and drop it light down amongst
you, you would not notice it at all.
Great chez RS and laughter. What
does it mean 1t seems that the people
intend to have reform cheers and
that is the watchword that is written
upon every Democratic banner. 1t
was written upon the Democratic ban
ner eight years ago cheers, but reform
was defeated by defeating the right of
the people to elect their own ruler
fCheers. And what is the consequence
There has been no reduction of expen-
ditures; although the war is all the
while further and further away from
us, still the Republican party makes
no reduction of public expenditure
Shall we have it Shall we have cheap
government? Shall we have lower
taxesl They tell us that the govern
ment can be we'll carried on for $780,
100000 less than is now collected from
the public. II Cleveland shall come
into the Presidential Office I believe he
will cut expenditures down to the last
dollar that will support the government,
economically administered cheers; |; and
then, when he does that, he will have
accomplished what Gen. jackson said
was the duty of any government. A