The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-24
HE SHAKES THE BLOODY SHIRT
Also Talks About Democratic and Repub-
lican Financiering. the Protective
Tariff, and Criticises Governor
Kendricks-otherN Notes.
Gen. Logan ut Chicago.

cities. Gen, Logan arrived from Pull
man In special train, landing at the
Iwenty-second street depot ut 9 o'clock.
The advent of the tram was announced
by the firing of artillery and brilliant
display of fireworks. A mounted es-
cort was in waiting, and the disting-
qiShed party having entered carriages,
the calvalcade took up the line of march |
northward on Michigan Boulevard to |
Lake park, where "a stand had been |
erected for the speakers OF the evening.
1t was 1880 o'clock before the last ofthe |
marching escort had reached the point |
of rendezvous, and Gen. Logan was es-
corted TO the speakers stand. The
crowd then in the park had swelled
TO about 10000. On the stand were GEN.
Oglesby, Gov. Hamilton, John Medill,
Hon. Chas. b. Farwell, VIM. Penn
Nixon, Congressman Davis, Denhane,
Adams and an array of vice-presldents
to the number of fully 2,2OO. Gen. Logan
was received with great cheering, and
spoke as follows;
Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizens of
illinois,: am somewhat travel worn
by my circuitous route from the cher
ished capitol of our nation to my native
State and beloved home. The love for
home associations is deeply imbedded
in our hearts. 1t was
on this my native soil that my boyish
pride was encouraged up to the ordinary
ambitions of manhood. If have served
or can serve my constituency fairly and
well in the advancement of their Inter-
est, my f0ndest aspirations and hopes
will have ripened into most cherished
reality. My fellow citizens and friends,
my heart beats in harmony with yours
in all that pertains to our common
humanity and to our common citizen
ship. | made vow when first entered
public life, to devote all my energies to
the interest of our whole people, and TO
look for my reward In the consciousness
that ] had kept tho faith. l shall ever
remember this great evidence
of respect, with q heart oyer-flowing
with gratitude. return to you, my
friends and fellow-citizens, my thanks
for this grand demonstration, and as IL
means much more than merely to be
accepted as personal to myself, but TO
the great principles which have been
chosen, in connection with one of our
greatest and most brilliant American
statesmen, in part to represent it; there
fore, l deem it proper nj this time to
examine some of the questions that
divide the two great parties of this coun-
try. The Democratic party controlled
this Government, with only few inter-
n vals from 1887 to 1851, and during those
twenty-four years there was only one
important measure enacted in accord
with it's financial policy, now
remaining on statute books viz. tho i'm
dependent treasury system, Its finan-
cial policies in all other respects have
filled and'hayo been abandoned bv the
country. The doctrines OF htate
sovereignty, by which the nation was 10
be subOrdinatod TO the individual States,
is now repudiated by the people. Under
this doctrine the Southern half of the
Democracy ent1r,d into gigantic
rebellion against the government.
While majority of the Democrats of
the North were loyal TO the government,
a great many of their organizations
sympathized with the South. In 1850,
when the Democrats lost control Of the
government they left II financially
wrecked, the people disheartened and
the country almost in ruins.
Their financial ideas and tariff policy
had brought the nation to its lowest
level without credit and almost with
out hope for the future. If we may
4 judge them by their record up to that
time, there Is no ground for tho belief
that il they could now so manage the
affairs of the Republic as to meet the
present demand OF tho people.
The speaker then went on to declare
that the Democratic party had resisted
every advance in finance and every
measure touching the security OF hui
man rights. II has opposed the eman-
cipation of the slaves and the home
stead laws. 1t had left the doc
trine of voluntary expatriatlon in
such shape that citizens OF
foreign birth were seized
and forced into the armies of foreign
governments until Republican Con-
gress gave them the same protection
which is offered native born citizens.
In all the reforms of the civil service in
stituted by the Republican party, OPP
position has been shown by great por-
ton Of the Democracy. We
find their candidate for Vice
President u gentleman from whom
the people ought TO have expected better
speech made by him July 2nd, 1881 aud
since his nomination, that the only
remedy for dishonesty of administra-
ton in the government Is TO turn
out the 100000 Republican Of
fice-holders and supply their
places 49, suppose he means with
ahonestn Democrats. Where Union
soldiers are holding Office, | suppose he
/, would replace them with Confederate
Democratic soldiers, and whore civilian
Republicans are holding offices,
suppose he would supplant them
with civilian Democrats, In order
administered, This declaration from
one of the nominees of the Democratic
party shows what that party means 10y
civil service reform. Tho speaker said
dishonest men crept into all associa-
tlons in life, and declared
that while he would not charge
Democratic party with being dishonest
as n whole, he did not think II would
' profit GOV. Hendricks to challenge com
, parison of administration rs between
: the Republican and the Democrati,
party. Ho then quoted sta
, tistics showing tho losses u
the collection OF the publ,
money under Republican and Demo
cratic adunnistratio and adyerted /,
, the conduct of Floyd, Thompson, Cobb
| and others, whom he claimed had deple
: ted the treasury, arsenals and lndiai
: trust funds at the outbreak of tho lat
war.
Logan then proceeded to discuss thl
financial policy established by the Re
publican party, under which he claime'
that the evils heretofore experience
. under the Democratic system had dis
: Speaking of tho tariff, he said the his
+. tory of tho Democratic party Shove
: that on the subject of tariff, its comm
h into power would be full of suggestion
= of danger. The theory OF the Dem,
products of this county should |
governed by the cost Of like product
other countries, would, II allowed TO |
;, contaminated, bring the mnnuiacturiu