The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-18

BEN, THE POLITICAL HAPssuRo.
Go,. ireland add Ws.h J"""s Il" n"'' In
joint nisru-s,an-fhr s'umpiu ~"
Throughout lsNls fol rho
National M1k- ltc'
IannIrr az Ininn square.

futlsr ~ I mon Square
Nrw y nE, sept. l5,-nrtWeen lA"0
and $1,000 panplo assembled at union
square tonight Ia hear ten, u, 4, But
Ter speak, /. required the service Ut
a hulf dozen policemen Ia make a pas
sage way for the General Ia reach the
stand. lie was loudly cheered' The
crowd WAS composed largely ofltborlng
non. nr. Ferdinand Iegr called the
meeting Ia order aud introduced Louis
4. Posi- az chairman, Who ia a hrlol al-
drr~, introduced non, Nhller, Ia"
rhoerS tIat greeted tho General ~ h1
came Ia the front continued Tor several
minutes. Mhvu quiet was gained nut
ler said, la pa't;
FIEsp ~ An FEgLow CIrIkENS;
Thanking YOU Far your kind greetings,
I ASSUME YOUR deep Interest la Ga" At
fairs ui The couH.ry n political meas
urcs which Should hu taken ln rylinN"
Iham has brought snNAsl an andlri''e
together. Tai, Is indeed n ratification
bV the great cily Oi New York OF tue
inauguration uf the Peoples party. Tho
true Democracy, unlike lahorud, tedious
and inVul, al platforms ufu'hnr pHiillr.l
parties, hut that ol tnc Peoples party N
short, iIs,isiNp ana ruiuprrhtHsItr "'
every principle for tie conduct oI the
government uf the rvpih'ic aud can nr
eu,ily carried In the memory OF cIrh,
IL il this; Equality nj rights,
equality 81 burdens. equality 90
powers and equality of privileges Ia all
men under the law. None can deny
that they were the fundamental doe
trincS al the fathers of the Republic,
adopted by Jefferson aud elaborated 10y
Madison, and executed by. Jackson
They were the doctrines Of the
-. Hl,H. that ,.ur ri a. Nglg Indeed IA MARTY
of the people, Uncontrolled by coTrup-
tioniSts aud mOnopoiists. ! need not
argue To you that int these latter days IN,
equality OF rights, powers, burdens ana
privileges have been imposed 10y the Gov
Ornamental action upon the people. Cor
p%orations, upon which the pubic unc-
liOus are imposed, ana To whom pubiIo
franchises arc granted should he the
servant of the people only. But how
contrary is practice! Railroads, elevated
and surface, us soon ~ Incorporated,
nv Ingenious and most oficn fraudulent
contriyances, erect themselves int -
terrific ami outrageous monopoly, ny
means of which the people are robbou oi
their earnings, their business hliliercui
aud crushed, and many IMPOVERISHED
tor the sole benefit OF few. Tho pco
pie have endeavored 10 protect pa
selves by granting charters To Compel
ing roads, lines which promised To pro-
cure them lower prices for laro ana
freight. But il is an automatic fact That
railroad competition always end in FALL
road combination aud that combination
most frequently directed To destruction
of other modes of transportation which
they cannot control. Tho capacity OF
the Erie canal should have been en-
larged years ago, aud IL there u man
who hears me that does not know II
would have been done had IL not been
for the persistent, united and selfish or.
position OF railroads. Let IL not be SAID
mat this is u State question. 1t rises 10 a
much broader and higher proportion,
il is "A national one. Tho burden oil
goods brought upon the Erie Canal to
city of Now York exceeds ocean traiiic,
from the city of New York aud
here is done more thar two-thirds ol the
commercial business OF the country
This now is "a great national frec-water
way. 1t any internal improvements OF
rivers and harbors, OF Waterways by the
general government can be Jusliiieu
why is not an enlargement OF the canal
bv appropriations the most worthy OBJ
i.ct Of them all, excepting, perhaps, the
Improvement of the ''tireat Father OF
Waters (the Mississippi),w it'll an alter
nation Of Democratic ana lte-
publican Congressman from the
State of New York, winch
has been power enough W coItIuh INV
nominations and elections of Presidents
of the United States. Why has not
some one representative moved this in
Congress? The answer goes bGck again,
railroads would be opposed to II. Ihey
do not oppose the improvements oil the
Mississippi river, which is therefore
made. Cheap transportation means
cheap food tor men Of the cast, and
cheap food means higher wages
and more comforts. Cheap rams
nortation means the opening. for
manufacturers, WOrkIlCn and artisan :,
East to supply The mon aud women OF
West, who, iftioy IAN obtain lalr prices
for their provisions, can LAY those pro
ductiOns. Ought there not to be some
laws passed by Congress under lhelr
great constitutional pOwer to regulate
Interstate commerce by which the food
of the West and comforts OF the East
should be ntcrclangeu AT Il cucipeH.
rate. All special privileges and spccia!
burdens for the benefit of the few should
be taken for the lives and comfort OF the
many.
Gen. Buffers speech evoke great ap-
plause, and the crowd wanted nun 10
continue ~ he retired.
The chairman introduced ex-senator
Thomas f. Grady, rs the little Napoleou
Of the Sixth, the silver tongued orator oi
Tammany Hail, out of when he came
10 20 in for Batter. When Butlsr re-
tired the meeting gradually dispersed.
MormOns and Politics.