The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24

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publican party than Michigan. APP
plause. There is no laborer who works
in any one Of the great shops that have
been built up under the policy Of the Re-
publican party that is not directly inter-
ested in the battle that is now going ON.
There is no worker in iron or wood. or in
the manufactures of either that have
grown up in this State, that is not inter-
ested in the Republican doctrine of Pro.
lection and encouragement, the building
up, the advancement and elevation, and
dignity Of American labor. Applause.
| saw last night scene in Grand Rapids
that could only be equalled by this which
is spread out before us to night, represent
ing the Saginaws. which are hives Of hu-
man industry. Applause.
There is no man in all the manufacto-
ries of Grand Rapids who helps to make
the material manufactured, who comes
forth from the shops there. who ought not
to see his way clear to being a Republi.
can There is no man who works in the
mills in the Saginaws, or along the river
clear up to the lake, who is not directly
interested and has stake in the doctrines
that the Republican party maintains, and
in the candidates whom they have pre-
sente6 More than all that, there is not
farmer in all the counties that stretch away
for hundreds of miles from the great riv-
ers and lakes on the east, and the great
lake on the west, and from the Indiana
border clear TO the Dominion line, who has
not a vital stake in Republicanism and in
the doctrine of protection-not one. APP
plause.
There never was time, my friends,
hnt, ne x.,I,s al, 4 he
people of Michigan and all the United
States, was so squarely presented to you
as it is this year The old features and
passed away. There is no tramp of armed
men heard in all the length and breadth of
the land. All the great questions that
have come up and have agitated the Amer.
lean people in the years that have passed
since the war, under Republican leader
ship and under Republican administration
have been happily, fortunately Justly set
tied by the people in favor of Republican
doctrines. They stand as monuments that
ever point out the way which the Rcpubli-
can party has taken in the past. No rude
hand can tear them down. No Democrat
in Michigan can avail whatever in disturb
ing the results that have been settled in the
past. There is no man here in the Demo
cratic faith that can injure the freedom OF
the Territories, that was settled genera.
ton ago under the leadership of the gal
liant spirit of John g. Fremont, who has
appeared to you tonight just as much Il
living Republican as he was thirty years
ago. Applause.
There is no Democrat who can restore
slavery, which died in trespasses and in
sins. Applause.
There is no Democrat that can again in
jure the integrity OF the Republic estab,
lished by the Boys in Blue under the adj
ministration Of Abraham Lincoln, the first
Republican President, settled by them
and settled forever. There is no Demo
crat that can again bind the shackles upon
Il race OF millions OF people that were
struck off by the Republican party. There
is no Democrat in Michigan, or in all the
Republic who can again injure or menace
the public credit. The Republican party
has settled that, and forever. There is no
Democrat in Michigan or in the nation,
and no Greenbackcr who can disturb the
currency of the people of the United
States. Applause. The Republican
party has settled that, and every other
great question. They have settled that,
and have given us to-day as good cur
rency for the people and for the business
men as the sun shines upon in its circuit
around the globe All of these things are
ended. and the Republican party has set
tied them all and every one of them many
friends. II settled them over the PROSTATE
body OF the Democratic party, that fought
them all. And not only cannot the Demo
Gratis unsettle them, but every Democrat
here in Saginaw, every Democrat here in
Michigan, and every Democrat. indeed, in
the United States is now admitting that
the Republican party was right in all these
great issues.
1t is our fortune, my Republican friends,
as fast as we do anything for the people
and file 1t away as thing Of the past and
turn our faces to new duties and to new
issues. and as we abandon any old ground
that we have occupied. and illustrated by our
achievements and move on to other ground
The Democratic party crawls up behind us
and occupies the old ground THAT we have
left. [Applause. 1t has always been so
1t always will be so. The Republican
party sets its bright, shining face to the
future. IL deals not with the past but
with the present and the things that are to
come. just as fast as it occupies and i'm
proves ground and settles the issues, il
goes on to higher field, and when we
get up to some elevated attitude and are
settling some great question of to-day, we
turn TO the Democratic party behind us,
who are away on some old abandoned
ground we have left below years before,
and we hear the feeble piping of the Dem
ocratic party thanking God that they have
got up as far as that Applause.
just as 1t has been in the past It is to-
day. The Democratic party has been
wrong on every issue, and on this great
present issue of to-day. The issue upon
which Maine fought.the battle and spoke
in tones Of twenty thousand majority, the
Democratic party is wrong. Applause,
and cries Of, "And in Ohio.'1 And down
in Ohio, where you will find when you get
the figures and get all Of the votes of the
Congressional districts, the majority Is
greater than IL has been in any October
Presidential election tor twelve years, the
battle was fought upon the issues upon
which the Republican party has planted
itself rs upon an immovable rock. the doc
trine OF protection to American industries,
and encouragement of American labor.
That was the fight fought out in Ohio
A nn1ause