Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-11-27
srERgH BY HR. BiiIKE
Danger 90 tina Nation from s1utiiern Dom
nation "A Graceful A., aston to GOV.
GlSvwIand

ton OF ms g0n41Gt IN Ndlt uiAohah I1hEa-
They marched through the streets under the
marshalship OF Col. Frank We When they
reaehed Blaiue's house their compliments
and friendly regards were expressed IN q
gneech by Herbert NJ Heath, OF the Kenshes;
bar Nr tame responded as follows, his
speech being continually Interrupted bY APP
pls1ssr.
Friends and Neigahors: The national contest
r. 5~cT, and BY the narr0isess on MARGINS VIZ n4Ye
Lost. thank yeu f3r yeur call. which, e nat
one " Joyous cpngYatulasi0r. u one, 1 am sure
OF confidence and u sangiaine nope TOR tne
furnre. fshaak yea Cor this public opportunity
yoM give me 10 esprese my seDse OF ohl>sSi1n,
not ealy 10 you, bat 60 az tas Republicans OF
Maine They responded 70 my nomination with
genuine enthusiasm and rSfined II sya superb
vote. | count Is AZ Snr af the honors and Erafln-
cations 81 nzy public career thar tire psFty IN
Maine. SEER struggling hard fer the Last SIX
years. and twice within that Period laslnz sna
ataSe. has come back Ia this ea.s3.iiS To tnS nst-
fashianed twenty thousand pinrslSF osncr
exprasstou Of popaiar condolences and essesri
could equal that Of the people anzoag wa2m l
bave lived Or thtrty wears and "a whe-a Z am
attached By al tbs Ties thak GnrGnts hi
man nature and siTs Joy AID alsnisy ~ K
maine, my first thougilt n always 81 Pennsytss-
MIA. How can [ hsutngiy express my thanks for
that unparalleled majority ~ eaore than eighty
vUtes--a popular endsrsement when
mas deeply touched nav heart, ard which has, II
~possible, increased my affection for the grand
sid commonwealth. an Affection which M
heyted from mg sncestors, and which 4 shall
transmits 20 my ehsidFen7 Bat I do not limit nv
shanks "a che state II my Testfence and the
etase q my birth. 4 owe Hancb 60 the true aud
~tesloFEs friends m View EaaIands who worked so
nobiy for the Republican pasty snsi ia sandts
dates, and 20 the emiuenb scholars and ftvines
who. striding aside from their ordinary agoca-
made my saase sheir cause, and TO loyalty
10 principle added tae special compliment %
standing A. my personal representatives Ia the
ansNenaI ae-rskrfa RWf thu arbHa4ar1&EF - ~ ira
Republican caasei In the East are even surpassed
BY the
sPEESpTD VICTORIES IN rzH WEST.
In that magnificent Gordon Of states that
stretches from the foothills Of the AIlezhenies 70
the golden gate Of the Pacific, BEGINNING with
and ending with California the Republican
was borne go hoftily that but > single
failed 30 totn IN the vide acclaim OF
FEELINGS 10 / failed 90 thaIsk the Republicans of
she Empire State, who encountered 50 many dis
eouTazemsats and obstacles. who f0aRht foes
iron within asI foes frUul without, and who
80 strong a battle that 4 change OF one
vote IN every two thousand would have zivsu Us
he victory In the ration lndee6. q change OF
little fffuf& tkaH I've thEssard votes -Gatd have
transferred ssew Iog1 kndigna sar Jersey and
10 the Republican standard, and
have made the North as soiid a. the
Ms Lhanks would still be Incomplete IL
! sG0uid fail 20 recognize with special grhtt-
Jude thar great body Of work1hgmen, both
y %AAAA NAA Ra1 EaN AN NAhAN
earnest support, breaking from Old perscnaian
party ties aud fnding Ia the principles which /
represented ia tae canvass the safeguard and
Of their own frestde interests. Tn
Of the election. my friends, viii be re-
z2ried IN the fGtEre, / think, a. extraordinary
lhe Northern states, leaving out the cities OF
sew YORK and Brooklyn from the count, sus-
aimed the Republican cause by E majority OF
million, indeed 81 tae popular vote. The Cit
Of Nev York and brooklyn threw their great
ftresszth ant influence With the solid South and
we're the decisive sIefa1ut Witch save 10 Eaat
seceioH the control of the national Eofer1ufern
aow not at ali al a defeated candidate,
bat simply as a loyal and devoted American.
think the transfer o. the political power
~ the government 10 the south ~ q
sreaf national misfortune. II IL a misfortune
1eca1ae IL Introduces an element which can not
harmony and prosperity 70 tbs people;
1scause II introduces into the rspnhlin me rule
II a minority. The first instinct OF an Ameri-
equality, eaualiGY OF right. equa tity OF priv
leze equality Of political power, that equality
yhtca saws to every citizen, Your vote Ia Just
y citizen, shat can not be said to-day In the
United States The c1Rraa OF AFFAIRS In she
south has crashed Sut tie political power 0f
nOce than 6,O0os00O American citizens and has
transferred tt BY Vl0lencab0 others. FOrtv-twu
electors are assigned 20 the South
"a accguns OF the cqiared population, aud vet
he eoiarsd population. with more than LOO
100 votes have been unable to choose a single
GNEh Va AS1N ~AeAtJr HAt-lI hAAEs 49, a
of more than a hundred thousand they
ne
DEPRTvED OF FREE
nd their rights as citizens are scornfuIIy
roeaeR anaer loot. The eleven states that
onaprased the rsbeiiion federaey had by the ean-
ns OF 1850 Tao00a0 white population ane.
e0tored population The coiorod pop
lati0a almost "A 4 man desire 70 support the
inls3t6lon and BY violence and murder, whEn-
Yer violence and mnrder are thought neoessary,
hey are absolutely deprived ~ all political
over " the outrage stOpfed there 1t wGuldbe
~ enough; But II does not stop share, for not
My Is The negro population disfranchised, bat
be power which FightfgIiy and consTltuEi0naIly
el0nGs % them IL transferred TO the white pop
iation, enabling the whlse population OF the
outh 70 exert al electoral failnsnce far
that exerted by the same number Of
lhife people % the North. To illustrate lust
Ow IL works 10 the destruction Ct all far ebee-
ions, let NE present 70 you I'VE statss in the
ste c9nfsdesscy and I've Ioyal states o. the
9Eth, possessing IA each section the same ann
eT % electoral vogGa In tne south the states Of
Mississippi, Alabalna, Georgia and
eesorai votes Thew bass go @o Sssrs
eopie and over 3,O5O,0O0 coIored people In
ie North the states Of Wisconsin. Minnesota,
va, Kansas and California have likewise forty
ght electoral Votes, and they have a whise
OF 100000. or inst double the Ave
1uthem states which i have named. These
orthern states have practically 20 colored pop
latlon. ~ u, therefore, evident that the
hlte mon In those Southern states, bv asar9-
~ and absorbing the rights Of tie colored men,
70 excrting Just doubls the political ~ ser u
ie white men In the Northern stakes. Is6bJnit,
y friends, that such . condition % affairs is
ttraofdinary. unjust aud dsfogstory TO the
ianhood OF the North. Even those who are
hdicttyely opposed 70 negro suffraRe ei!l not
cny That u presidential electors are assigned to
south oy reason Of the negro Population.
lHt DQUOlatiOu OngNf IA 80 paTmtSfSM1 frn6 x~e
age In election To deny that clear propass-
on IL to affirm that a Southern white man Ia
ie gulf states Is entitled 20
DOUBLE The forfJIeAL PowxR
q Northern white man Ia the lake states. II
70 affirm that q confederate soldier snail WELD
Vice the infipence Ia the nation that a Unien
ldier eau, and that a perrsaaaI So coustsnsly
superiority shall be conceded 20 che
,ltnern wnite man In the 1oyerIgn&nt o. the
MON. n that be quietly conceded In thns gem
alton, y viii harden into custom until tie
Llge on nferfoT1fy Viii attain TO the Northern
bite man as easily a. the Norman noblcs
asnased ~ uSCp the Hax0n cyarL This subject
o. deep interest 70 TIE laboris- ma Of the
nth with the South@rm Democracy trf-
nphant In their states and in the
ton The negro VIII bc compelled
cree--wa1es witch will amount, "a did the
ppiies Of the slaves, 80 a hare 81 bsisr AK,
in cash perhaps 20 IS cents per day. II
eraged over The entire south. The whfte
FFARN AA NtN1A ~ " III FhAlk ltth NNAC WIS
2 effect OF this Hpon his own wages. The Re-
iblieaus hsye clearly sesn from the earliest
vs. u reconstruction that wages in the South
oorsr, or wages IN the North would be ruin
sly lowered, and the party has steadily
1rked for Tho former resnlt- The reverse fDfin-
oe viii now be set in motion and that condi-
VA Of saaiTs produced which years ago Dir.
acoEn warned the free iaborine men OF the
birth viii prove hostile 10 their indcpcndeace
a will inevitably lead 10 . rainous reduction
wages. A. difference IN the color OF
ensirely disersns standard of wages
consfgnous and adjacent states, and the vol
ltary win be compelled 10 yield 10 the inyol-
Atary. So corapleteiy have the coiored men
the South been already deprived by the
party Of their constitutional and
Qal right ~ citizens Of the United States. that
regard the advent OF that party TO national
as the signal for their Reimbursement,
"a are affrfghted because they think all legal
sossetion for them is gone. Few persons Is the
0Ftb realize how completely the chiefs OF the
WELD the political power which has
iumphcd in the late election. IL is a porten-
ous fact that the Democratic senators Who
from the states of the late c~onfedeFscy ALL
vi / mean all--wtthout q single exception. per-
,nally participated in the rebellion against this
aeional government u II a still more siznih-
mt fact that In thc=s states no maa who was
TO the Union, no matter how strong a
be may be to-day. has the ssightest
aance Of political promotion. The oaa
AVENUE 70 HONOR
/ tnat s~ction h thu record Of zeaions ssrytce IN
ie war against the governments Ir d cerA MY
a astounding fact that the aectfon ri " fch
iendship for the Union In The day Of It's rial
be called now % rule over ne Tsinn.
= this takes place dnT1pg the iifetbns of ths
that foNgnetnr war. ann elevate4gufo
tactical az the American zDvefna ent
% tdenslcsi men WHO crgaHized for il eespne-
and plunged rs into the bloodiesg esErxs.t
I modern times. have att,keo ~ fl,e Gonsk =.