The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-17
| lR0QU0IS CLUB.
The Strong Hold Of Democracy st
Chicago.
Annual Banquet at Which ex.Governor
Hubbard
Was Invited 10 Participate In and Re-
spond 10 Toasts.
The Letter Received from Ills Excel
lency.
Dlscourscs upon The poliiicaI Topics Of
the Day.
Touching Allusions 10 The Politics OF
Touching Allusions 10 The Politics Of
the South.
Interesting Letter from an Able Writer.

CHICAGO, April i6-[Specisl The fol.
loving letter has peen received from ex'
Governor Hubbard:
TYLER, Tax, April 12.
IIonorables \. C,rnisg Judd, Chsirmsn. and
Henry Waller. Secretary Political Committee
OF the 'Iroquois Club" Oh cage:
The invitation OF your club TO he present
on the 18Th ins,nut ut the annual banquet
snd respond 10 the toast OF The coming
campaign," was accepted by me with the
expscta alton OF being ahle TO fulfill my
promise. At this late hour-only two days
io advance Of your Observation-Disclosures
arise compsllin my absence. This 10 my
misto tune rather thsn yours, ss the priyi-
lege of meetiug with the representative
democrats of thu great west. and listen NIX
TO their counsels of wisdom and courage
aud hope would have amply COM
com pensa ed for the ,urnsy rom the gull
to the lakes, aud hive inspired renewed
srdor for one great struggle for power,
which the demo 'racy must encounter In
tho coming csmpaign
do regret. however, that / cannot be
with you to assure the democratic party OF
the north aud we.t-in peIson-hut Texas
and her elder si'ters OF the south recog.
riza, ~ heretofore, the heroic secri tlces aud
uuial,erinp courage Of the democracy OF
those states, who in the midst of over
wbelming moi j,ri,ie OF their pollticsl
enemies, have alike In defeat as we'll ~ In
occasional triumnh, remained htead .
fast 10 the great principles OF
constitutional government; that nfer the
integrity Of the U aion has been preserved
1t Is hoped for all time TO come war has
clos. d, that equality under the law-and
irst. rnal aifsciiuu ~ OF Oh, should make ns
Que people in truth, ~ Ia uame-whefev-r
the n az floats or lsud or sea. Sucn sp'rit
has gloriousiy illustrated tue tory OF the
northern aad western democracy, siIcr the
day when the unfortunate wsr between the
states was ended By the surrender OF Lee.
Their
EXTENDED HAND or BROTHERHOOD
renchiug out toward the stricken south, has
been grasped by our people, as To an An
cuor Of hope" in dark aud perilous times.
Is II n wonder therefore. hat the south mas
returned the saiutaiions ol he democracy OF
the north snd wts', with solid noj )riLies OF
hundreds OF thousands, save when robbed
nv radical high xaymen and ELECTORAL
c1mmissieps," as W en- the gIaud iarcancy
ui ballots and presidents was the order It
Frst.-We will be ready in 1884 as in 1915
ard 1880 TO rebuke these "uDpardonahlc
sins' of the republican party, by q bold and
united front and by increased mrjorilits
at the ballot box.
6eCOUu. - w Z uTr Tduuy w Jun "iA'
YOU. IN, IN effort to Yefoi m the corrupt prac
iices of the government, which hnvs
brought ignomioy on its civil servic",
disgrace on the law departments oi
the government, and wbicA hss ROBBED
the treasury by unpunished "Star-R1ulo
contracts, and covered all over with
shame many Of the high officers of the
land, and brought disgrace On the Amen
can name -,
with yol in demanding that the
should cease TO foster taonopo-
lies ia whatsoever form or name. owned by
Tho favored few, at the expense o.. the
many who constitute 1922 OF me votsrs
and tax payers OF 600O0,O0O oil people. Il
tariff onv sufficient to pay the expenses OF
the national governmet,
ECONOMICALLY ADMINISTERED,
to meet the interest on the national cebt,
and 10 pro, ide tor our miserably neglected
hsrbor and coas. deteDces, and for navy
whose only glory lives II the past, and
whose present inc fficiency is the Jest OF the
nation. Such a tariff, producing revenues
simply adequate TO these wants. should be
holdly dema anded by the democratic party:
We nave already over eighty, millions oi
,urp,us revenue annually sdding 10 the
cash balance, which should be given 70 the
people ia the shape ofl0.er taIiH on all the
useinl and Necessary commodities OF our
domestic life: on the food they eat, ana on
tbe cotton and wool n fabrics they wear
and the iron and steel and such like arti-
pies which are used in the workshop and In
he field by our toiling millions.
A tariff i .,w.T, iSr BfSss'''01, BsSn oppos'd si
by The democratic party. IL is al
a "laiter day" doctrine, to advise caution
and silence about tariff reforms. The de-
mocracy triumphed In the advocacy OF low
tariff, and against protection, ior nearly
half a century in the better days OF the re-
public, and since the w'r, under this s.o-
pan Tjlden was elected president IN 1876,
and but for falterinc N iis advocacy Wouiu
have elected Hancock ia 1850. The people
are with the democratic party, when they
opouly, boldly, a. d with no dtlphic orac'es
IN, their platforms, proclaim thai tatiii
only adequate t. the -
ACTUAL DEMANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT
shouid be LEVIED, and did levy, imposed
loves, or not u, all, on the necessasies OF
life used by the great body OF the people.
IL snoud b msde the central hgurb IN
the fierce contest, representing as 1t does
ustica and economv 10 The whole country
and destruction TO the party In power. VINO
nave iattened alike on tbe bad blood oi the
war-time as well Us on the labor and indus.
trv of the people, This is the protection"
they want and the democracy must givel
We will join you IN selecting and support
ing without bitterness or DIVISION, NJ Cbi'
csgo, standard bearers to lead In such
cause and In such a crisis. As proof OF our
uselfi ,hness and u our loyalty to the
upiou, we propose ,s we ever have since
1865. To support candidates for those high
officts from the r,ith and west, while
furnishing two ds OF the democratic
votes of the whole country. The southern
democracy recoguiz. that II Is princlole,
rot men; Il is triumph in the cause OF the
right. for which the southern democracy
sbnIl contend, rather than the selfish scram'
BILE for the spo,ls. The country may be
coNoRArULArHp
on the fact tbAt there 10 70 dearth OF great
statesmen and incorruptible patriots In
your sectiou OF 'he union from whom tc
select q chief magistrate There are thur
man and NcDousld aud Bayard and Hew
III. and Cox ard Morrison, and Ran nial
and Payne, aud Hosdiey. and yet other
unnamed squsl 20 any Of these from whom
the leader may " safely selected, whit
nv own hesrt warms toward that In
comparable sta'ssmzp, Thurman, OF OHIO
because Of hit fid IL y in days q trial, sn'
his dauntlesr courage, In the face oil grea
and hostile mai ", is; while for him. M
own. and DOS ,iy the voice OF my peopi"
might he raised, yet h-g to assure the q.
mocrscy OF ,hr north aud west, that We ar
veddtd to m man Dr section In this con
| test. We viii ,in on Of the west ana /"
the north, Ia the ardent tupport ~ tn
nomsnee- he.her n. n. rom 0aio, lllinoi
~ n diane. or from New York, Delaware o
| Psnnsylvsc's
". mnss be united IN this struggle or q
sball uttsr.y tail the sou b that day ~
bs a. one man, and rexss OF that sol
c,lumn. premis.s mere thsn