River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
THE RALLY ON TUESDAY EV-
ENING.
A Cordial Reception to Mr.. Price-A
Rousing Meeting Torch Bearers
out in Full Force.

Tuesday was a rainy day. Few
minutes passed that did not bring a
disagreeable rain and the weather
was such as to almost dishearten those
who were anxious to hear our Con-
gresham, w. L. Price.
Fortunately just at dark the rain
partially ceased and the young men of
the Blaine and Logan Club gathered
at Mr.. Havens agricultural warehouse
and put on their uniforms for march
through the streets. The mud was
too deep to allow walking except on
the sidewalks and thus prevented any
evoiutions, but the club took all the
torches and uniforms and took up a
line of march down Main street and
up Cascade to the Normal and thence
to the hall, escorting Mr.. Price who
accompanied the PROCESSION in a car
riage. The band led the procession
playing patriotic tunes while in the
intervals between the pieces the
shrill fife played by Mr.. w. I'll. Win
chester inspired the marchers. Ar
rived at the Hall Mr.. G.. B. Merrick
introduced the speaker. The speech
was like Mr.. Price himself, unique.
Free entirely from any of the popular
hits at the opposition it was a plain
straightforward statement of what
seemed to him the principal issues of
the campaign. The first point Was,
that we cannot afford to elect Bemo-
crat because of the solid South. The
history of the past teaches us that
the South by means of their be-
ing unit i'll their political work are
able to control the Democrats of the
North no matter what their character.
They may be good men of worthy
character, trustworthy in all their
dealings, but once in the political field
they are the servants of the South.
And the South is dangerous because of
their doctrine of State Rights which
they have never given up, because
the representatives are not the rep
resentatives of the whole people, but
only of a part of them. This may be
illustrated by the fact that while
twenty-seven thousand voters act up
on the election of representative in
Congress in our own state only seven
teen Thousand vote there. This is eth
er fraud in the count by which they
are apportioned or many do not vote.
AStll1 buOlI lCSOlO ObesO viz
south is in favor of paying the con-
federate bonds or at least their ac-
tions point in that direction. The
solid South voted to override plain
principal of the Constitution in the
Fitz John Porter matter. A solid
South favored bill to pension all of
the soldiers of the Mexican and other
wars in which were those who after
wards rebelled against the United
States. These acts prove that it is
dangerous to give them control of
the government until new state
of things is brought about and also
that the Democrats of the North are
in friendly alliance with them. The
tariff question was then taken up
briefly and the speaker showed that
the tariff is not the cause of the high
prices i'll very many instances. Some
articles are sold for less than the du-
ties, others for exactly the duties,
while some are sold for less than the
actual cost of production with duties
added. Prominent among the articles
mentioned are sugar, steel rails,
starch, etc. Mr.. Price stated that he
believed in the right of the people to
vote upon any proposed conSJiIuJioHdt
amendment, and hence would allow
the people to vote upon the prohibit
ton amendment. He could not unite
with the st. John party because he be-
lieved it to be a throwing of the cam
paign into the hands of the solid
South. At the conclusion of the
speech he was warmly cheered. TAX
ell all in all it was in very many re-
spects the best political address we
have had this season. Forcibly argu
incentive, and cutting right |
and left without aspersions or person |
al hits, it was throughout the speech |
of man in earnest who knew his
ground and was not afraid of his posi-
ton. One such speech will do more |
good than a dozen of mere clap trap |
from which however we have been
remarkably free this season. The
hall was full. scarcely a seat being
empty, and had the weather been
propitious there would not have been
room for the audience.