St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-25
LOGAN in CHICAGO.
Welcomed Home by About 5000
Republican Torch Bearers.
Cannon Firing and Fireworks and a
Good Deal of Cheering.
He Makes Speech to His Admirers which
Falsifies Political History,


lcan torch bearing organizations of the city
made their first appearance in this campaign,
and the aggregated marchers numbered about
5000. In addition to the local organizations,
uniformed bodies present from number
of neighboring cities Gen. Logan arrived in a
Pullman on a special train, landing at the
Twenty second street depot at o'clock. The
advent of the train was announced by the firing
of artillery and a brilliant display Of
fire works. mounted escort was in waiting
and the distinguished party having entered car
riages the cavalcade took Up the line Of march
northward on Michigan boulevard to Lake park
where stands had been erected for the speakers
of evening. 1t was 10 80 O'Clock before the last
of the marching escort had reached the point of
rendezvous, and Gen. Logan was escorted to the
speakers stand. The crowd then in the park had
swelled to about thirty thousand. On the
stand were Gen. Oglesby, Gov. Hamilton, Hon.,
Joseph Medill. Hon. Charles B. Farwell, VIII
liam Penn Nixon, Congressman Davis, Durham,
Adams and an array Of vice presidents to the
number of fully 200. Gen. Logan was received
with great cheering and spoke as follows
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens of Illinois
1 am somewhat travel worn by my circuitous
route from the cherished capital Of our nation to
my native state and beloved home. The love for
home association is deeply imbedded in our
hearts 1t was on this, native soil, that my
boysh pride encouraged up to the ordinary
ambitions of manhood, and if / have or can serve
my constituency fairly and well in the advance
ment of their interests, my fondest aspirations
and hopes will have ripened into most cherished
reality.
My fellow citizens and friends, my heart beats
in harmony with yours in all that pertains to our
common humanity and to our common citizen
ship. / made vow when l first entered public
life to devote my energies to the interests OF our
whole people, and to look for my reward in con-
seriousness that l had kept the faith l shall ever
remember this crest evidence of respect with a
heart OVERLOOKING with gratitude. return to you,
my friends and fellow citizens, my thanks
for this grand demonstration, and it
means much more than merely to be
accepted as personal to myself but to
the great principles which have been chosen,
in connection with one of our greatest and most
brilliant American statesmen, in part to represent
l therefore deem it proper at this time to exam
inc some of the questions that divide the two
great parties of this country.
The Democratic party controlled this govern
ment with only few intervals from 1897 to 1851
and during those twenty four years there was
only one important measure enacted in accord
with its financial policy, now remaining upon the
statute books, viz: the independent treasury sys-
TEN. Its financial policies in all other respects
have failed and have been abandoned by the
country. The doctrine of state sovereignty
by which the nation was to be subordinated to
the individual states, is now repudiated by the
people. Under this doctrine the southern half
of the Democracy entered into gigantic rebel
lion against the government. While the majority
of the Democrats OF the north were loyal to the
government, great many of their organizations
sympathized with the south.
In 1860, when the Democrats lost control of
Al Il.
the people disheartened and the country almost
in ruins Their financial ideas and tariff policy
had brouhht the nation to its lowest level,
without credit and almost without hope for
the future. IL we may judge them
by their record up to that time. There is no
ground for the belief that they could now so
manage the affairs of the republic as to meet the
present demands of the people.
The speaker then went on to declare that the
Democratic party had resisted every advance in
finance and every measure touching the security
of human rights. 1t had opposed the emancpa
ton of slaves and the homestead law; it had left
the law of voluntary repatriation in such shape
that citizens of foreign birth were seized and
forced into thearmes Of foreign governments
until a Republican congress gave them
the same protection which is af
orded the native born citizens. In
all reforms of the civil service Instituted by the
Republican party opposition has been shown by
a great portion of the Democracy. We find their
candidate for vice president gentleman from
whom the people ought to have expected better
things" said the speaker, ''declaring in speech
made by him July ~. 1874, and since his nom
nation that the only remedy for dishonesty of
administration in the government is to turn out
the 900 Republican ofiiceholders and supply
their places-I suppose he means-with
honest Democrats. When union soldiers
are holding Office suppose he
would replace them with Confederate Democratic
soldiers, and where civilian Republicans are
holding offices / suppose he would supplant
them with civilian Democrats in order that the
government may be honestly administered. This
declaration from one OF the nominees of the
Democratic party shows what that party means
by civil service refofIns'
The speaker said dishonest men crept into all
associations in life, and declared that while he
would not charge the Democratic party with be-
ing dishonest as whole, he did not think it
would profit Gov. Hendricks to challenge COM
parison OF administration as between the Repub
liean and Democratic party.
He then quoted statistics showing the losses
in the collection of public moneys under Repub-
lican and Democratic, administrations and adj
verted to the conduct OF Floyd, Thompson, Cobb
and others, whom he claimed had depleted the
treasury arsenals and Indian trust funds at the
outbreak of the late war.
Gen. Logan then prnceeded to discuss the
party, under which he Lelaimed that the evils
heretofore experienced under the Democratic
system had disappeared. The perpetuation
of system should be left in the hands
Of its friends, rather than committed
TO its enemies. In periods OF business depres-
sion he declared the Democratic party was al
ways ready TO recklessly seize hold Of almost any
quack system for payment of the public debt,
and for the temporary relief of the country, al
though its adoption could only work permanent
disaster. Speaking of the tariff he said the his
tory of the Democratic party showed that on the
subject OF tariff its coming into power would be
fun OF suggestions of danger. The theory of the
Democratic party that the market price of the
products OF this country should be governed by
the cost OF like products in other countries,
would. IL allowed to be consummated, bring
manufacturing of the country to an end.
He then reviewed what he termed the Republi-
can-American protective system, and claims it
had fostered the wealth of the nation, until now
the aggregated value of all the property had
reached the sum Of 81, 600, o00, 00O An increase
Of $50, 900, COS, 090 in the twenty years of the
Republican administration. Whether this was
to be attributable to the Republican policy or
not, il WAS evident the country had never en-
joyed such great prosperity or advanced in all
things pertaining to the highest civilization. SIS
power aud adopted this American
policy The free theory he described
as the Democratic English policy.
He declared the commerce of the country IN
der Republican government had caused our ex-
ports to increase 20 more than Sis,O00 O0O. OO0
all of which had been prodneed by American
labor. The remainder Of his speech was largely
taken up in making u comparison Of the con-
dition OF the laboring aud predicting classes in
the United States and those of Great Britain,
under their respective protective and free trade
policies.
He claimed that the two parties were radically
divided on the question OF suppression OF