The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-02
GOV. IRELAND AT pEHToN CITY
Atiorney.Grn.ral Iemplrt"u 10 abilene
Cengre..ional Nominatious-Wash
jones Blus 60 sayers Ma
Iarity- Norton's Vote
Tim, co,umbu. Ratification.

tions To- this city, and from @l,ooI To H.
30 people, and In the afternoon
The meeting was presided over by soma
tor Thurman, who made the intro
ductory speech and remarks on in
PRODUCING the different persons,
senator Rayard made the main speech
m the growth of the Democratic party
,in &c the war, un reform ANA on the ron-
.titution, and the ven which had
been developed with H. progress,
Speeches We're made 10y senator
Elect Henry II, Payne, Robert Mel can,
IL Maryland, and ex-senator booiIttlr'
of Wisconsin.
GOV. Hendricks wa given an ovation.
hut postponed his address TIL evening.
A conference was afterwards held OF
the officers of the Democratic clubs
throughout the state, at which
a constitution and bylaws were
adopted perfecting the organization
and arranging for pcrpetualing the or
gauigatiOn Ms II State association Tor
which officers will hc elected.
In the evening n grand street parade
was given In connection win an
elaborate display of fireworks. Speeches
were made from four different Platform
on Capitol Square ana addresses wGTp
made by Senators BaHard'
Gen. Nansur, OF Missouri,
com.res.man p. K. Collins. Of Boston;
John +. follott, Gen. Durbin Ward ana
others.
GOV. Hendricks spoke at the East
front and was Introduced 10y Thur
man. Hc said he had just
come from his home and was
astonishcd at the interest displayed IN
public affairs. hut when he remembered
that the State election was but three
weeks and the National but SIX weeks
distant, his wonder ceased even wheh
he saw thousands gathe eel here Every
fourth wear the people at the ballot box
decide for or against Il change in the
gen of the government. IN
NoyeEIbtrthC people must again decide
for n continuance or Il change pi
administration. Did they think some
men must hc continued iroil
Olympiad to Olympiad? Now II
is twCuty-iivc wears since Il change oc-
cured. Millions of dollars had been
collected and paid ont IN that time, and
last wear there WAS collected ana pald
ont in the aggregate SWi,5Dl,uuo. Inc
story of these transactions Is
written in q thousand books by lhouS-
ands of CLERKS. hut all are Re
publicans, and no Democrat is
Much more money is collected than
is used. and the government should
have ali that is needed for
the economical admi' istration of
affairs OF the country, but
not 81 more. when the citizens have
paid in all that the Govern
ment needs, they have done
their whole duty and they ought
not to be asked to do more. Senator
sherman said in very rough
language last night that he (Hendricks)
had misreprescntedthe National Treas,
ury.s The remark alluded to reflected
more on Calkins, the Republican candi-
himself. Calkins had said in a
speech that the Republicans
found the Treasury empty and
that now it is full to Overlooking. He
(Hendricks) had quoted Calkins on the
s%upposition that he knew, being n mem
Der of Congress. The question
is, whether taxation is Too
high and it ought to be reformed. TWO
wears ago Arthur said that taxation
was too high and ought to be
lightened. The revenues annually
exceeded the needs of the Government
by 800 OO,00O. In 1882 the excess was
Si45. 100000, and Congress undertook a
slight concession, but at the re-
Secretary Of the Treasury reported
that the reduction did not relieve the
people as it should, the excess being
xS5O.OOO, 900. This excess is increasing
annually, so that the speaker did not
upp Calkins could be mistaken.
If the Ss5,NOO,O0 o remained with the
people, would it not be a great benefit?
A sentence in the Democratic plat.
form saws: Taxation should not exceed
the needs of the Government, and 1t
shall be for public urposes alone.
It shall be highest on arti,
cles Of luxury, and by Its
honor the Democratic party stands
pledged to support these principles. In
the speaker related the Incl
aent Of the arrest in Pierce's
administration, by Austrians of Costa,
who had become an American citizen,
md the seizure by the Eng
iish constables when Blaine was
Sweeney. the Irishman, who was
n naturalized American citizen. He
had done something wrong between
Republicans and Germans and the lat
ter would not support Blaine. The
differences having been widened
by Blaine's conduct in regard to prohl-
hilton in Maine. The speech closed
with an appeal for the citizens to vote
for Cleveland and himself.
Speaker Carlisle made the most elab-
crate speech OF the night, a%lraigning
The Repnh, dss party the Tor na cor,
the public land and other
acknowledgement in government affairs.
He also arraigned them for h en-,
monopolies, and for the whoie-
sale pillage Of funds uselesslv
collected from the people. Denying that
ne was a free-trader, he proceeded to adj
vocate a tariff and revenue reform on
the basis of collecting taxes
r. H. tnn
administration of the government,
and he held that the work
ingmen were being deluded by
h question of wages, when in fact they
were kept poor by the high prices. La.
bor troubles we heard of on all
hands. The Republican party believed
in high taxes and great expenditures
seeks to control the tastes and
habits Of the people. The Democrats
favored constitutional rights and per-
sonal liberty. They were in favor OF
no determinations by a protective
lariff, but for the free growth
II alIindustries. They did not believe
IN the theory of getting riGh by our
and the Democrats promised to
have a revenue tariff which would re-
duce taxes and benefit all alike.
The speaker devoted much
ID his time in answering Blaine's letter
II acceptance as to the tariff question,
and the growth of wealth
IN this country under Republican
rule. He spoke for over two hours on
this and the subject of general retrench-
meut and reform in the
body polite. He held that the peo-
pie's servants had become the
:,cople's masters; that by corruption
fraud and bribery these masters
Sere perpetuating themselves in power