Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-30

CuCAGo, Aug. 2i.-The demcus.sa- ! ton tonight marking the return Cf Gen. 1 Logan t5 his home, was one of great magnitude The Republican torch bear ing organisation Of tEls city made tseIE first appearance in tlis cg-;~-i.,n. and tGe aggregate u-.-. .i,-ls numbered about j.UJJ, ln addition Co tEe local orgauiza- tons and uniformed bodies that were present from neIgLborIEg cities. Gen. Logan arrived from Pullman on a special train. arriving at Twenty Second street station at 9 o'clock. The arrival of the train was announced by the firing of artillery and a brilliant display of fire works. 4 mounted escort was ID wait ius and the distinguished party having entered carriages, the cuyalcGde took up the line ot march Dorthward on Mich isan avenue to Lake park, where stands had been erected for the speakers of the evening. lt was 10:3O before the last of the marching escort had reached the point of rendezvous and Gen. Logan was escorted to the speakers stand. The crowd then in the park had swelled to about 3O,O00. On the stand were Gen. Oglesby, Gov Hamilton, Hon. Joseph McdIll, Hon. Charles B. Farwell, William Penn Nixon, Congressman Davis, Dun ham Adams and an array of vice-presi- dents to the number of fully 200 Gen. Logan was receIved with great cheering and spoke as follows:
 "NE. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITI- zENs OF ILLINOIS: 1 am somewhat travel worn by my cIrcuitOus route from the cherished capital of our nation to my native State and my beloved home. My fellow citizens and friends, my heart beats m harmony with yours III all that pertains to our common humanity and tO our common citizen ship. ! made a VOW when | first entered public life to devote all my energy to our whole people, and to look for my reward in the consciousness that l have kept the faith. ! shall ever remember th,s great evidence of respect, with heart oyerilowing with gratitude. l return Co you, my friends and fellow citizens, thanks for this grand demonstration, and as lt means much more than merely tO bS accepted as per sonal tO myself, but as to the great principles to which I have been chosen .n connection with one of our greatest and most brilliant American statesmen, m Uurt tO represent. l therefore deem
 
 0f the questions that divide the two great parties of the country. The Democratic party controlled this government with only few intervals from 1887 to 1861, and during the twenty four years there was only one important measure enacted in accord with it's financial policy, Gow remsiniue upon the staJute books, viz. "Ihe independent treasury sys- Nrr D thar.rsuQfs control 0t the government they left it financially wrecked. Peopiewere dIs- Leartcned and this country was almost ruin. Their financial ideas and tariff policy had brought the nation to it's low est ltvel without credit and almost with out hope for the future. If we may judge them by heir record mp to that time, there k no ground for belief that they c,ulj now SO manage affairs of the re- public as Co meet the present demands of tGe people. Speaking of tariff, he said that the history of the Democratic party showed that Cu the subject of tariff its coming into power would be full of sug Iesti0us of danger. The idea of the Democratic party, that the market price or the products Of this country should be governed by the cost of like products in other countries would, if allowed to he cOusummated, bring the manu'actur- ing interests cf the country to an end. He then reviewed what he termed the Republican AlroTlo6n protection y stem, and claimed hat 1t had fOstered the wealth uf the nation until now the ag- Creggtcd value of all property had reached the sum of fOrty-fOur billion dollars, 6u increase of thirty billions in twenty years Of Republican administra- ton.
 OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 2L-It is under stood that Deputy Adiutant General HOughtoD, who has been on a tour of inspection in the northwest, has reported to the government that starvation IS staring tho half breeds in the face, owing to the failure of crops in the Saskatche- wan district. They are endeavoring to secure the cooperation of the Indians .. an agitation for better terms with the government. It is feared that it they succeed in TOusIng the latter to action and a coalition IS formed n serious up rising will be the result. Lotus RIel, who led the Red river rebellion in 1870, and who was obliged to leave the coun- try, is now among them, and his counsel ls not likely tO reconcile matters.
 WAsHNGToS, August 23.-It is under stood at the Treasury Department that .he proposed call for ten millions of part of next week The total reserve in the treasury tO-dHy IS sll6,JOO,OO0 The gold reserve, which has been steadily increasing during tue past week IS to- day about Sl2OOOOOOD.