Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-07-25

crat of every independent voter in the
land, of every man who desires the main
tenauce of simple, pure democrats form of gov
ernment, candidate upon whom they all can
unite without feeling that they have either dis
graced themselves or that they have been recre-
ant TO their duty as American citizens We have
given them a candidate that puts TO shame the
oftrepeated statement that this government is
not safe in the hands of the democratic party. /
This government is safe always in the hands of
the American people, unless the American people
Stultfy their consciences TO obey the direction Of
partisan leaders. (ApplauSel We have given
them all candidate who has Judgment to know
the right, AID who has an iron will to execute
it. and that is what the American people want.
We shall have no grand South American schemes.
no corrupt lobby, no maien hanging about the
treasury upon the dead head rolls; no mere taxes
levied to pay into the public treasury thence to
be distributed TO political favorites to buy and
corrupt the American voters at the polls. Gap
plause) We shall return to pure government
like that of our fathers, protecting all citizens,
fayoring none, (applauSe) and that is denoo-
cratic government. (Appause)
How will the young man cast his vote in this
contests Will he ally himself TO that corruption
from out the ranks Of the party
As the educated man of the east who neither
received or sought Office, leaves by reason OF the
corruption that comes in at one door as he passes
out at the other-does the young voter wish to go
into that corrupt crowd and fill the place that
the man whom he revereS has just lefts Does the
young man wish to vote and join in the
line that goes t, the setting sun or does
ha wis tn
of all men irrespective Of party who are
making the battle for pure administration of the
republic; turning his face to the rising sun
as it passes to its zenith while if he joins that
other crowd of mourners, he goes down to the
last resort that the republican party has, claim
ing that it is respectable because its grandfather
was daughter and appiause). The young man
who desires to live in the present and the future
can scarcely have moments hesitation about
where his vote will be cast He is representa-
tive American. To him soon is to come the alb
solute control of this government To him it is
mattsr of interest vastly more than to us, that
away down in years to come the republic
shall stand in al its simplicity and
in all its glory. protecting the rights of all its peo
pie, offering a home to the oppressed and the
homeless of every land and of every tongue. That
trust is to fall upon him Will he make his polit-
zeal baptism and have lingo Jim and Black Jack
| for his Sponsors or will he stand by the man
whom the tongue of the most bitter partisan has
| never yet intimated was ever guilty of public or
private dereliction OF duty, who has done duty
fearlesSly in every position assigned him,
and won eneomums from friend and oe alike.
There can be but answer. You must east
your ballots for Cleveland and reform in the
government and against corruption aud fraud
and speculation, however respectable it may be
| in tracing its genealogy to the war. (Applause)
| We are told we made n mistake. A grsal
mistake that we have offended the Judgment of
the laborng classes and outraged the sentiments
| of some foreign born citizens and that they are
leaving the democratic patty, OF are about to
| leave it to take up their home i'll strange places
and rollow strange gods Is there any truth
in this statement? Are our foreign-bTrn people
blind? Have they lost their judgment and lost
their memoryg Have they forgotten the party
that stood as n wall of fire to protect them from
| prescription from the days of the old federal
| party down to to-day: Have they forgotten the
| day when Sam ran wild over the country and at
/ tempted to control the government using for its
lodges the watchword, PUT none but Americans
on duty tonight: Have they forgotten the
| words of disgrace and contumely that
| heaped upon the democratic party by saying that
| the democracy was nothing in the world but
| the refuge and the resting place of
the red-mouthsd Irishman from abroad?
Have they forgotten when we stood up
year after year bearing aloft the banner of equal
rights for all races that the finger of scorn was
| pointed at us, as the representatives of pauper
labor in Europe? Have they forgotten who were
willing to fire and tear down the homes of those
sisters, whose services have made the names of
their class word as highly priced as any in the
English language? Or what party it was that
stood between the foe and them proclaiming that
America was settled by men who claimed the
right to worship God according to their own con
sciences and after their own manner and method
| and stayed the tide so that religion was free for
each to worship as he chose? Are they to be led
astray and be led to believe that the great chame
leon leader in his capacity to present himself to
different societies and sections of the country
best might suit them, published his famous circu-
| lar in which he warned the people of democratic
district in Maine not to vote for Madigan; because
| he, Madigan, was a Catholic; and he Blaine. pro
claimed that the liberties of the country were en-
dangered because four Catholics were in con
gress. (Applause)
| No! Those who write most what they know
least about, are mistaken when they think the old
democratic guard will trail behind such leaders
or support such doctrines. applause What
| would they do or have they done: ''Oh, some
body says, Jim Blaine will twist the lions tail
and mako him roar!'' daughter ana applause. }
| Well read his letter of acceptance. He is as
meek as a sucking dove. He has got over that
brave spasm that he had and expect that his sub
stitute is tearing arou2d with gun on his shoul-
der TO go to Ireland. Q4aughter) No; the plumed
| knight is too much like the modern policeman.
Brave with little child or an old woman, and
never seeing anybody who is stalwart and ready
| to fight him. Blaine made fierce attack upon
little Peru and he threatened Mexico, and he was
almost brave enough to dive onto Nicaragua, but
little Chill, with two vessels in her navy, scared
him out Now he has caught the spirit of the
age and acts the peaceable old gentleman that
| would not disturb any body in the world he so
| loves peace. Gaughter) And yet Donovas
O'Rossa has hopes. He is very much such war
| rior as James, he can fight when the enemy is
afar off. but when he approaches he gets little
lame and retires to the rear, advising the troops
to fight in good order while he goes back. Laugh
| ter Lat me say to those who write for
the papers the wonderful stories. TO embody in
L
| guage used by Grover Cleveland when an adopted
| American citizen was arrested in England as a
suspect and kept in prison without charges pre-
| ferred against him, although demanding that
charges be preferred and a trial be had. Then il
| was that Cleveland spoke IS he always speaks
for the right-not to defend any man who VIC
| lated any law but claiming that an American cit
izeu, whether he violated any law or no, had g
| right to be informed Of what he was charged
with and brought TO trial that 1t might be proven
| against him or be refuted before proper tri
| bunal. So spoke Cleveland, the democrat, and
representing the party. who invites the sufrages
of all classes TO his support.
Lsok at your warrior from Maine. Where wa'
he? Secretary Of state. Exactly in the position
to let the American voice be heard. What did hf
dor Oh he simpered IL it had been Peru with 8
| big guano job before Il, be would have been a.
brave as piumed knight Of his species Ea
with England he was, oh 50 quit HcS1eeney, oi
California, was imprisoned in England as s1s
pect, with Jut charges preferred against him Ap
pe2iing to his government 10 demand that charges
should ba preferred, and Mrs HcSweeneys caue
across the continent and upon bended knee, be
seecning this apostate, who claims TO be an Irish
| man. to speak the voice Of America that be.
| husband might he heard and Biaiass turned her