New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-05
A R1TTIING SPEECH.
THE NEW REPUBLICAN ORATOR IN IOWA.
PGTHY EPrGRAMs AND HOT SHOT

spcech or r Docer. ocniystr years oid) 7emPor
an chairman Iolea Republican Conventions
Out of the abundance OF my heart thahK
you for the honor which your favor has conferred upon
me II builds up mans political constitution 10 take
front Wow of the lighting strength OF the krRnonc n
bothered with political Dyspepsia who find trouble IN
selecting from the printed Dlli OF ihro OF h'ptVoan
politics. advise you To bring them here and lct then
look In the face OF this magnificent assembly Your con-
ventiuns have always been deberatiye your n0mna-
lions representatives your canpashs Popui 81 XII
ballot boxes too full for uterance OF straight kepuD-
on tho streets OF an Iowa city ater O'Clock Oh
election night for quarter OF century Inc music OF
the telegraph oce has been their annual eegy OF grief
They 00b upon bulletin OOard as An enemy Oh hIco
government. and accept tho first half Of Franklins
The first act OF tho Democratic party Is to file
schedule in bankruptcy. Already their property Il out
hands OF whose name Is not disclosed by the Demo
cratic national record FDur years his name could
travel ncognito all over the known world outside OF
Buffalo. To elect him President would be Ike lending
stranger the train. IL takes the cheek or
0 Ic for s,,,ars tbanI GGd that we belong 10
party the of its public honor for the
brow Of its actual leadership. With the Democratic
party, nominations made not so much 10 represent
the party disguise it, In its long struggle for exist
cncc the who have made the history of the party
20 10 the wall It ia the only party that existed
whose candidates and platform never throw any llght
whatever either on its management or Its it In tact,
modern Democrats OF the practical school have creed
All the important Democratic principles are unfit for
use They have been left in the field just where they
used last. with not bunch of swamp grass
thrown over thcm and rain. until rot and rust
have done their fatal work Ii is true they talk ppusy
Of the need Of reform, and with an iucNcusaDe HDel
accuse the integrity OF the Republican civil service.
They their classical HllslOu 70 the Augcan
stables for all thcre in It, These they assert must be
cleaned Yet from the general appearance or the
crowd that Is on hand ID do the business me average
citIZcn likely conclude that their intention Is To
steal the fork rather than clean out the barn.
they prc-cmpt all sides of the tan question.
They profess settle that ss 10y itrgOn OF words
without precedent in the annals OF knonsnSc and conu
sion. might well try to tit the hundred headed
dog OF the ancient fable with straw IA" as to place
candid and Ineligible tarf platform under the feet or
the Democratic party. They apptOdch that question ana
nearly every other like cmptying hard coal ashes
in high wind with their eyes smut ana lhelr backs 10
the subject.
Sow and then you fnl Republican who enjoys the
momrntary importance that belongs TO the kicker and
the scratchcr The shortest road celebrity nowadays
is to advertise Your conscience In the ncSspapers.
There Republicans who treat their conscience as II
the stock In trade OF baking powder factory.
They sOlcmuy protest that every bOdy conscience has
alum in IL except theirs. They adopt the doctrine OF
Matthew Arnold and insist that in order To be safe the
tickets and a front They would have the country
govern itself by the advice OF persons whose names II
borrow phrase from your good friend, Governor
Carpenter, written IN the herbOok OF high political
grades.
Only last month convention was held in New-YOrk
parlOr in which the only credentials called for by the
committee written preense OF holiness and the
creed required the membership was; believe IN
the communion OF the saints of Beacon HUI and rankin
Square" Let them commune. | trust they VIII suck
together till they get thoroughly acquainted with each
other have the curiosity the efectOf genuine
Democratic candidate on an unusually sdnctined nostr
This cdmpagn will last long enough % show 70 every
sensible mans that possible combination Of tight
the real conscience OF this country the Republican
citizens OF America.