Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

temporary ISSUE" The only ouos,;,.
is one Of principles Sketohinp our nai,. lOv
history from l777 down he said tbe n"lVn
cratic party had always represented 9u
toiling millions" The period before A. .l9
had been one Of great prosperity. bnt VA
the war dangerous tendencies had ,r,' 9uoe
His two main allegations against he psleed
lcen party were that IL is party nj -, pun
giant expenditures and of ccpiroli,,,;',a'A
power. A rich nation always r.n,osa,, ot
ovortaIed people. The Democratic an
holds that the general government h.p"V
power except such a. is delegated 10 10
the constitution. my
The tariff question was next taken nm 49,,
though tho speaker affirmed over and ,ai u
again that 'the tariff IL not an isspo T.. U ,i
campaign, be devoted a very large , u .li.
his speech TO an effort to get around uitsU
ect. The Democratic party, he said !. 'uo
party Of free trade it simply stsnds IVY y,
more tariff reduction than the RennIia'uu
party does. Whatever prosperity Tho co eau
try has had under Republican rule bas Iu
In spite Of its high tariff-"but I tell 90, Y r
tariff is not an issue in this cam1s;,.' 'ue
whichever party triumphs 1t will nstsou
difference about the tariff. No presidsrt uo
make tariff laws. II any man wants ~ , oan
the Democratic ticket this fall. DOM IL, ' V
tariff crush his patriotic impusesl ALi%s
tariff always makes low wages. p,ics.
up and wages go down. Our present to,5S
discriminates against the poor man by n.a
ing duty Of only 10 per cent on dampp"J,
for the rich while cotton goods for Tho nov.
man pay duty Of 10 per cent The gres,
manufacturers want the tariff kept up 90 III,
they can pile up immense fortunes ra sra'
lands increase in value less under bigb A..
KIT thp faFu1nr Unta n f,rnfaotf,..
pay more for everything no buys Amorio,S
laborers are in no better case than the FnoiiL
laborers. II they are it is because Of ipisr,
perance among the English laborers. or II M,
this then it is the English land moponols
that keeps down the laboring classes. me-.
were some of the leading arguments m Nv
which the speaker enforced his views on ,Ss
tariff question (which is not On issue in MI,
campaign Unless we were much tnistsko,
his own views on the tariff question were M,
80 absolutely crystalline that he would h.
able TO make them clear to Horace Greelsy
on the one hand or to Prof. Sumner Of YAH
on the other could he be given the chance
Mr.. Redington's disposal of the Tweed
ring fraudulent naturalization business IN
New York and Of the question OF ballot boy
stufiing at the South was an essentially have
faced and unblushing performance. especial
y otA tAo AattNA BoAhAf tA NAiGll ne DECLARED
without qualification, first, that he did mi
believe the stories Of ballot.box stufinp. and
second that there had been ballot.box stus
in Vermont, and that, because the Democrat,
stuffed bsllot-boTes in Virginia was no reason
why men should be asked 10 vote for Blaine
In Vermont. To Mr.. Rsdington and bis
Democratic admirers this argument WA
evidently conclusive and unanswerable.
Passing to a consideration Of the character
and record Of the several candidates. the
speaker accused Mr.. Blaine Of Know moth.
ingism, said that he had never been friend
Of the Irish or the workingmen, that his rec.
ord in Congress was such az to repel honest
men, that be was mol q safe man and was too
radical"
OF Cleveland he said that the Republicans
had resurrected against him an exploded"
scandal-'yes, an old exploded scandal
which was not so bad as the scandals alleged
against General jackson, aud yet jackson
was elected :" Look at Cleveland record.
Mr. Redington said, as he allowed his enthu.
siasm to rise to the point of escapenent ~
believe in that man / knOlo he il homes,
from his toes to his head and from his head
to his toes. l think, l fully believe he will
be carried in by an overwhelming majority :"
The closing portion of the speech was de-
voted to Hendricks and the fraud" issue.
Hendricks, the speaker said, was elected in
1876, and that great fraud should be stamp
ed upon" by his election again this year.
After ringing all the changes on the fraud cry
Mr.. Redington closed by urging every Demo-
crat to do his duty at the approaching state
election.
The stage was attractively arranged for the
occasion portraits OF the Democratic candi.
dates hanging at either side of the proscen
um. The First Regiment band furnished
music, aud Mr.. L. X. Willis gave songs at
the opening aud closing of the meeting which
were warmly applauded.