Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-09-19

although there was no doubt whatever Of his
quit We have seen q Robson administration
OF the navy in which il was wrecked and de
stroyed that he might enrich his friends and 1850
ciateS. and we to-day are in so p'tiabls plight
that the weakest nation conld attack us success
fuiiy upon the ocean, and are helpless TO dc
fend ourselves from maritime assaults
We have, then, had the star route frauds and
steals, and expensive trials. but the government
tooS good CAT that no one should be convicted.
We have seen, also. general system of SubSi-
dies, OF grants TO railroads. distribution of pub
lie land, and nearly all the republican members
of congress corrupted by it, and most of their
names entered in OaSes AmeS' little book. TAP.
plauSe.l And, gentlemen we have seen too that
James G. Blame, the candidate now proposed for
the office OF president had his hands
in this matter of subsidies clear
that he was engaged in peddlng their shares out
to his friends and receiving the benefit OF it
And, more than all that see by the letters of
Mr.. Blaine. written to Warren Fisher that be was
demanding pay-demanding TO be let into great
railway speculation in consequence of a decision
that he had made as speaker of the house of rep
resentstivsS f6st IS. N1m it makes p no aferenee
When man will 90, however righteous his
action may have been, and say to another-to
his neighbor-'Give me of your substance. be-
cause decided 80 and so; gave you my official
sanction my official position and decision; 1t has
made you rich. now divide with me " say when
ma does that he is asking the fruits of bribery
and should be treated as a bribed man by the
whuls people # the Uaired States lGreat ap
plause Gentlemen, here in 1856 when the
bonds of the La Crosse land grant were diStrib-
and heard Mr.. kilbourns representations
in regard to that matter, and his
promise that if they would vote
so and SO they would be remem-
bered, they believed no doubt, it was the best
thing to do TO vote the way Mr. Kilbourn wanted
them to; 1t was very easy for them to believe
so, and he promised ready reward for SO doing.
They did vote. and they received their five their
ten, their twenty; and the republican governor
of this state his fifty thousand dollars. CAP
plause) am inclined TO think if you had put
them on trial before petit jury every one of
them would have shown thst the vote on that
matter giving that land grant to the La Crosse
road, was the proper thing to do; that it was
proper it should go to the La Crosse company.
was the effect upon those men! Aew
it. Every one of them was
consigned to oblivion and went down the stream
of time in disgrace in consequence of that act,
Applause. Now | ask if 1t is different with
James q. Bla ne. He says Il have done you and
Mr.. Caldwell great favor did not know it at
lhe time, but made a decision under certain cir
cumstances while speaker of the house of repre-
sentatireS that was immensely valuable to you
i'll this matter, and in consequence | desire
part and portion of this contract as a reward for
what did" That is what his letter means or it
means nothing, nothing whatever And that is
just what our La Crosse Legislators did here in
lasting shame [Applause And this is the man
that is presented to the people of the United
States for the high office of president
the man the Young men of this country are asked
to look up to as their model and exempar. Fol
low in the footsteps of Blaine, my son. follew in
the 70 tstepe of this great aud good man; make
every fort in your public life to enrich yourself
at the public expense, or in consequence of your
public acts, and you may in time be nominated
for president of the United States tAppause.)
That, gentlemen is what they ask you to say to
your chldren-to say to the young men of this
country-to say to every body around you-follow
in the footsteps of James q Blaine, and you will
be great and you may be nominated for presi-
dent. But, thank God l trust thai a Cleveland
will come across their path! Great applause)
Gentlemen. during these thirty long years
we have met here ON stated occasions;
We have made our nomin: :tions, and
at he elections we have made our fight and al
most uniformly gone down before she power of
the organized cohorts of this opposition party
But never. never have been destroyed we
never have been annihiated, the party lives to-
day and will continue TO exist. They often pre-
dicted that our defeat ruin, and it is true
these defeats have thinned our ranks The Swiss
troops have left u.s. every office seeker has left us
every man desiring pay and seeking to live upon
it has been weeded out from the great party, and
we stand today here an honest party, guided by
principle, that for thirty Years have stood and
borne aloit the standard of democracy without
the hope or expectation of office or reward. and
simply because we believed in our hearts in tho
we uttered Great applause1
And what are those principeSg They tell us we
haYe no principles that We are a combination for
certain purposes, but we have no principles. Our
first great principle is -th conSti ution of the
United States; that is chart. r. The correct
construction of it is the first article Of our belief
strict construction of that constitution and its
guarantees and provisions, and among them is
first this very doctrine of state rights that have
referred to- 1t was eldest born of that constitu-
tion, not the pretended state rights that would
give the state the right supposed right To make
upon the federal constitution IeSiSt it, but
to csntend for their rights according to the con
Stitution under the conceded niodes by "hich it
h.n Il lf,Yr1rr And hat 30.
dear principle to the heart of every democrat.
Consolidat" this government, blot out the states
that we have here, make it one consolidated gov
erument, and we have, only a consolidated deS-
potism. (ApplauSe.) 1t would be impossible for
US to exist as one consolidated government free
and ndepeu dent as we are now, but If the whole
power was centered in the government at Wash
ington it would be = consolidated deSpotiSm, SuS-
tanned and enforced by standing army. But
when we have the different states of this union,
thirty eight IN number, and soon doubtless will
reach fifty, spreading from ocean to ocean, we
have uniformity in diversity of governments
suited to the condition Of each particular locality,
and we have one general government to
attend to the general matters of this
great confederacy, this great re-
republic leaving them free to act in their several
states according to the wishes and desires of those
particular states. This enables us to hope that
this great republic will continue to exist, and
spread out however far we may, it is ample for
all purpOses-the protection of the constitution is
sufficient ard each particular community may
enjoy their local laws, and customs.
Next, gentlemen, in the principles of the demo
Gratis is y pure and simple government That is
what the fathers believed; that Is what T. faith
err, intended to establiSh-what they did establish
a pure and simple government. And trust that
at the coming election we will return to that pur-
ity which it seems to me, has been lost as we look
back upon the whiskey frauds. the star route
thieving, the selling Of offices and the thousand
and one enormities that have Leen practiced in
the last twenty years. (Applause)
Again. gentlemen. it is doctrine OF the demo-
cratic party to govern as little as possible, to
leave every man free to pursue his own course in
his own way long as he does not inte' fere with
the rights and privileges OF others. Tremendous
applause) Ours is not a paternal government.
We do not undertake to govern paternal the in
fants Of this great rrpub ic but we undertake TO
protect hem ia their civil religious and property
rig. t. and their iberty-give them their freedom
and protection of their property, and when
we have done that, TO leave to all an
equal chance leave them free each
one to combat for i% r. In1s himself rcod1 n
applause And then another OF the doctrines OF
the democratic party is founded by Jefferson and
brought down from that day to this, is that there
shall be no unnecessary taxation. that we should
be taxed for nothing except what Is necessary !.
that no unnecessary burdens should be laid
upon us But Mr.. Blaine, in his let. let
an party to-day stand here telling us that taxa
tion is blessing, we had better be taxed, and
as member of congress in the eighth district
stated in his speech, there is no necessity TO re-
we can spend the money; let
taxation go on" (Appplause.) And this
is benefit they say-a great benefit to be taxed
in this manner.
There are B1e things promulgated by Mr..
Blaine which we do not believe. We do net be-
leye in the division Of the revenue Of the govern
ment among the states, as be proposed in his let
tsr published about year ago. We do tot be
lieve the general government should collect a
revenue to be divided among the several states.
We do not believe in taking the regulations OF
the educational interests from the states and
comforting it Ipon the gene. al government
as General Logan advocates, an ana q
system in this state be advanced If it were turned
over to the general government l. there man
in Wisconsin who would be in favor Of such a
change, Again. take the question OF license and
prohibition. What would be the effect OF confer
state of Iowa recently enacted q strict prohib-
itory law So has the siate Of Maine 1t may suit
theln, but it would not satisfy the state OF Wis
consin.
Ard now. gentlemen. this is the party that we
serve; these are the principles in part that we
believe in. and these principles have held US TO-
gether through these thIrty years Of deprivation
or Office and we have met the evening at every
election and have fought them nobly and
stongiy. and we are here to-day organized a. am
for that conflict We have a noble leader IN Gro
yer Cleveland. Continued applause. 4 man
that believes in the doctrines Of the fathers ia
aeyoud vlat is demanded by tho actual wants OF
the country-e man who disbeiieyers IL the whole
theory and neresy Of projection out one VINO Is
ready If called upon TO administer the govern
reut of this nation endeavor restore IL TO ID
Original purity. and clean out the Auzean stable.
and will ever be ready with his veto II Necessary,
to put a stop 70 all plunder and extravagance.
(Applausel ..,
compare with rhis national ticket that we have
nominated, Of the same stripe and character.