Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-29

cy which has been found best for the
commercial transactions of The coun-
tryp Nothing in the contest just clos
ed authorizes any republican to say
that it signifies any danger to the cur
rency or to any other established in-
strumentality Of commerce. APP
plause. There are some lessons
taught in this great contest to which l
will just now refer. 1t has been taught
by this decision of the people that the
shall not say to the majority
'We cannot trust you quite yet to con-
troll the affairs ofthe country Laugh
ter, applause They said that eight
ed out ''Three cheers for Tilden and
After the cheering had
subsidized Mr.. Hendricks confined:
REFERRING TO THE FRAUD OF 1876.
"When the people eight years ago in
the popular vote, as we'll as i'll the
Electoral College declared the election
Of Tilden and Hendricks-fgreat cheer
ingl-they had a majority at the polls
and a strong vote in the Electoral Col
lege. Then it was that men unworthy
of the high positions which they held
organized for the purpose of defeating
in America, in the United States, the
right Of the people to choose their own
rulers. 1t was the minority to the ma
jority. sWe cannot quite yet trust
you with the affairs of the country
My republican friend, whoever in
Gods name would authorize you to
use that language? Applause and
laughter.] Are you, the Pharisee
cfo IN f1o Sorh ,,lo o. No.
gogue, to address me with such Ian
guage as that? You are not quite ready
to trust us with the administration of
this government-we, your equals, that
share with you in the honor and glory
of the country; we, who pay our taxes
and discharge every duty we owe to
the government, to the church, to socl-
ETY. with as much fidelity as you do.
How is it that you can say to us: Eve
are not quite prepared to trust you with
the affairs of the government? We
have in peril and storm, in dreary
waiting, at last achieved glorious
triumph on the 4th of November-[ap-
plause] ]-and now it is not because you
choose to trust US, but it is because the
constitution of the country trusts us.
CApplause. At last, ,after long delay,
the constitution says to the democracy
and to the Independent republicans
and to all men who united in support
of this ticket: you are responsible for
the just and proper administration of
the government to the constitution and
to the whole country You say we are
not quite prepared. 1 think you are
prepared now (great laughter, and
then cheers for 1876 and Samuel j. Til
den and Thomas A. Hehdricks.l In
continuation Mr.. Hendricks spoke of
the scandals that had disgraced the late
contest. and said that out in Indiana he
had never turned aside to notice them.
Cleveland and Hendricks, he said,
come into power pursued by lies. 1t
had been decided by the people that
there should be reform in the govern
ment, and there would be.
CIvIL-sERvICE REFORM. ...
ado you ask me-" said he, eff 1 am
in favor OF the civiI-service reform?
Of course am in favor of civil-service
reform. Let true men come to be
president and vice-president of the
United States, and let true men be call
ed around them; let these men resolve
that the only test or qualification for
Office under them shall Oe honesty and
fitness for the service, aud you will
have all the civil-service reform you
need" [Applause.I He said also
that there must be revenue reform, aud
alluded to the large surplus of revenue
over the needs of the government. His
views upon the subject OF the tariff
were we'll expressed by the convention
at Chicago. There were enunciated
four principles first, taxation should
not exceed the needs of the govern
ment economically administered; Sec
ond, taxation should only be for pub
lie purposes and not for private gain
and speculation; third, in the adjust
ment of taxes care should be taken not
to hurt labor nor harm capital, and
fourth, taxes should be heaviest upon
articles of luxury and Gghtest on arti-
cles of necessity. Mr.. Hendricks re-
peated these declarations several times
and called upon any republican present
to express dissent from them if he
found any fault, and in conclusion he
said: 1.-The man is going i'll that will
haye equality in taxation. Applause
The republican party demands res
toration of the navy. Laughter.l
Isn't that a curious demand for u party
to make of itself? Laughter. Sena-
tor Bayard-[applause]-says that
S4OO, 900 900 have been spent upon the
navy. [Whew! whew!l The Tribune
II cries of rats! rats ]-doesen't dis
pute it. And yet we haven't the mil
lions nor the navy either We had a
navy few weeks ago. 1t was the
Tallapoosa. Laughter. A sailing
craft sailed into it and she went down
to the bottom of the sea. Applause.
Some people are unkind enough to re-
gret that the secretary did not 90 down
with her. Laughter. ] l disclaim any
such sentiment What citizen is not
proud of the prestige of the American
navy until some thirty years ago? The
next secretary OF the navy will see to 1t
that every dollar appropriated for the
navy should build good y ship. l be-
lieve, too, that when we have controll-
ed the government for few years we
| shall have a navy that will be powerful
enough to protect our citizens at home
and abroad. [Applause.1 We must
have commercial navy, to. Nearly
every ship now carrying our products
abroad is of foreign build. You see
no more the Star-Spangled banner in
the foreign ports. We have 10 craft
larger than canoe to carry our pro-
ducts abroad. Laughter l expect
to see the day when our goods will he
transported abroad in American bot
| toms.
"Citizens OF Kings county. YOU have
stood by the banner and it floats for
you. You have stood by Cleveland
and Hendricks, and by Gods help they
will stand by you. The hickory
broom is the symbol of my democracy
| believe the hickory broom will be The
banner of President Cleveland. -
Great applause.l
THE OTHER SPEAKERS
Andrew Mclean, of the Brooklyn
Eagle, was then introduced. lie said
that the republicans need not be dis
heartened. Those who opposed Cleve-
lands election were conspirators
against American liberty. The repub.
licans should rejoice over the defeat OF
these tiends of society. The triumph
Of Nov. 4th was the triumph of the
principles which the American people
hold dear. BY the election OF Cleve-
land and Hendricks those principles
would be supported.
Daniel Lockwood, of Buffalo, was
the next speaker. He said he had
nominated Cleveland for governor be-
cause he believed that lie would prove
to the young democracy what lioratio
Seymour had shown himself to be to
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