The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27
HENDRICKS.
He Makes a Speech. Giving Some Intima-
ton of What VIII Take Place I'm the
Next Four Years.

Next Four Years.
Vice President-elect Thomas A. Hendricks
spoke at considerable length in the Brooklyn
Rink. on the occasion of Democratic juLilee,
in the course OF which he said:
do not join you tonight for any purpose OF
rejoicing over the fall OF our opponents 1t Is
enough to know that they have fallen 1 join
You TO rejoice, not that their flag has been
trailed in the dust, but that ours flies In tri-
umph over the land; not that they suffer the
panys OF disappointment and defeat, but that
we, tho representatives of the Democracy, the
politics OF the people, are successful But am
also sorry that after the result an attempt has
been made to infuse into the minds of our col
ored people the idea that the success Of the
Democrats party meant the destruction of the
rights and privileges OF our colored voters.
This is great wrong MY fellow-cltiz , as
entered the Democratic ranks, and, n free
and independent voter he will remain under its
broad b9pner and principles We have been for
nearly the last quarter OF a century suffering
with great patience the rebuffs of the party in
power with the statement that we were not ft
TO be trusted, but on the 4th day OF this month
millions of our fellow countrymen declared
that we are to be trusted.
/ thank the Independent Republican party
and those of the ministry of the bar, and of TIL
other great professions, who have stood by our
side in the hour of trial The people of the
United States have taken up the great questicl
OF reform in all and every department. When
the Democratic party took hold of Cleveland
and Hendricks was likene1 TO the cry OF the
traveller in the sledge who was followed by the
of the battle better than the traveller
7 am ashamed to say That the campaign just
closed sss pSs eyer took part
heard all this going round that it would not
avail and did notgo out of my way to say one
word but inst let matters take their course in
Indiana, and so 1t came out all right.
] do not wish to speak In terms Of disparage
ment of those who must feel the pangs OF de-
feat, but / will ask the Republican party who
gave them the authority TO sit in Judgment on
the party of the people, and say that 1t was not
safe TO trust the Government in our hands?
This, my fellow-citizens, has been answered by
the voice of the people OF the Empire State, as
well as the other States, in no unmistakable
terms Let us be as patient now in the hour OF
triumph as we have been In the long years OF
trial. We, they tell us, VIII be responsible for
the future of this great country. Yes, and we
accept the great responsibility that will bring
peace and good government to the people OF the
United States. IL was God that gave MS the
power TO set this great lesson--a lesson that we
must abide by, and lesson that hope the
Republican party will not soon forget
that the great work commenced and carried out
by the people of the United States on Nov. last
when the Democratic party was once more
placed in power, means nothing more or less
than n government of the people, by the people,
and for the people. oh, you will very
great change after the 4th of next March, when
President Grover Cleveland takes his seat NJ
Washington
II has been decided by the people that there
shall be a government executive reform, so that
all the laws shall receive their just and proper
construct <0f-a construction that shall bring
blessings upon the common people, upon labor,
as well ~ upon capital; construction that will
be in accordance with the true intent and mean
ing of the legslators that there shall be adj
ministrative reform, that there shall be no
longer any inability TO carry the mails across
the country without loss to the public treasury;
80 that there shall be honesty In all the depart
ments OF the Government
DO you ask me il l am in favor Of civil-service
reform? or course am in favor Of civil-serv-
ice reform. / am not in favor OF a continuation
of so many things that we have seen in some
years tat are past ne eU yne Are .reo on IT,
from me what civil service have confidence in?
j am very free to say TO you people tonight
that am not particularly confident of success
after a schooimastefs examinat on. But will
tell you what have confidence in, as il was in
the days of Andrew jackson. Let a true man
men be called around him to aid him In the
public service, and let these men resolve that
the only test OF qualification for office under
them shall be honesty and fitness for the serv-
ice and you have civil service reform
This great contest has established IL In this
country that there must be revenue reform In
his message OF December. 1882, President Arthur
informed Congress and the country that the
revenues of the country exceeded by 800. 100000
the wants OF the administration economically
administered A slight reform made the
next March thereafter. but after that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury your defunct Judge Fol9er
-honored be his name; be Is dead now-in his
last report TO Congress, when he lived, declared
that the present revenues exceeded the wants Of
the Government by sS5,0oO,0oO year, and that
/ w
countrymen, you men OF Brooklyn, you mer-
chants, yOu business men, you laboring men,
you skilled mechanics, 1 ask you what Is
the standard by which the Government shall
be regulated in the taxation OF the people2
President Arthur expressed IL as well as / am
able TO express It. He said that the only stand
ard should he the needs OF the Government eco
nomically administered. But Secretary Folger
In his last report to Congress-, said: The ques-
ton that now presses upon US is what legisla-
I'll n will relieve the people of the burden of un-
necessary taxation. Ay, IL Is burden, and 1t
presses hard when IL Is $50, 100000 year. How
much for the country, IL taxation were reduced
wisely and judiciously, 40 as to leave Il In the
pockets OF the people and in the channels OF
trade, would the $s5,0o0,00O do every year?
What IL the position of the Democratic party
upon the subject OF taxation2 1 know OF no
standard of taxation except that taxes shall
not exceed the needs OF the Government eco
nomically administered.
At the convention I'm Chicago the win OF the
Democracy of this great nation was expressed
In n resolution on taxation. OF course that res
olution related mainly to the tariff law. and
now, IL you please to give me your attention,
will state what the Democratic party at that
convention declared II is expressed In four
propositions:
1. Taxation shall not exceed the needs OF the
Government economically administered.
Taxatfon ahall only hQ for nuhlio t,ur-