Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-08-13
HON. W. n. CALKlNS.
Speech Of the Republican Can
didate for Governor Of
indiana.
The Policy and Principles of the Rcpub.
aican Party Etoq.sntiy lind
Effectively Defended.
The Work and Purposes Of the Two
Great Parties Forcibly
Contrastsd.
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bow thu Republican Tariff Laws Have
Increased Wealth and Increased
the Means Of Living.

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! MAJ. calkfns, Republican nominee Is,
Governor, opened the campaign at Parker,
Opera House in this city The buillin.
holds about 2, 800, and it was crowded. 4
procession escorted the Mayor and othe,
city officials to the opera house, A glct
club Of sixty four voices opened the hidet.
Ing with 4 campaign song. Hon. T.. D
btubbs, chairman Of the County Central
Committee, presided. He read 4 dispatch
from Col. W. W. Dudley, CemN,isaidner Of
Pension and Galkins' Competitor for the
nominat'aa expressing good wishes and
eofdlai support. MIR. Calkins was intro
duced amid deafening applause, which con-
unued for several minutes. When auiet
was restored the speaker spoke substaptialls
Ms fellows,
IN raantly lika ours history repeats itself
frequently. The Republican party Is engaged
To-Day In an effort to save the Industries and the
inSeT Ths pSystsn Of sae county from ttet rin
dcstros both In 1856 the Republican party op-
posed the extension Of slavery: In 1860 It refused
70 Ss allow the acknowledgment Of. the Union: in
1st4 It refused to submit to dishpnorabe peace
IN 1868 it Insisted on the adoption Of the consti-
tutional amendments: in 1872 II ropudiafod d,
sincerity; til 1875 1t oppsscd shata Eforfis aid
m MS, ,sss II was in favor Of honest money in all of
.
| 80, to day, the Democratic party is engaged In
| an assaul upon the industrial interests Of the
country In as fagrant and wicked manner az
It was to those questions in each Of the periods
have named.
The Republican party found an empty treasu-
| ry, anu now 1t has surplus Of ti0o,0Vo,WO. It
iOund the credit OF the nation so low that the
bonds OF the nation sold nc u per cent discount,
bearing high rate of interest, and no sale for
them at this ruinous price, while now it's bonds
bear per cent interest and arc at premium
! OF 70 per cent. It found nm incipient rebellion
which ripened into q cyclone OF war, which it
.ubdue9 and made the unfon Of States irdisso.
lnbIe IL found 5000 00e OF slaves working with
out pay, with the masters lash applied 10 bare
backs, and labor forced from sefvilt hands; 10
struck the shacklcs from their limbs aud made
1t found the mother Of ths SLAVE chiidfen de-
MED the riyht Of psiilng her own child The
Republican party PLACED her gnsrdianship above
bands unable to protect the virtue OF their
wives or daughters: 1t wrote manhood upon
tnelr sace, and placed In their hands the power
OF the law for their full protection. 1t found
slavery recognized iii the Constitution. and IL
bottet 1t out bX the thirteenth aifiendmteit. It
iound the mouths OF witnesses closed in the
courts OF Justice, and it unlocked their tongues
and gave them the power to speak by the four
teenth amendment.
1t found men born and reared in this country
ballot in their hands.
find among the first eaunciated PRINCIPLES of
tnc democratic party, according to their Chicago
rps
ducing all Federal taxation to q point 10 low
that the sum rails d shall be exclusively tor
In,,itc purposes. and shall not exceed tho needs
OF the Government economically administered
The words used in this declaration are disin-.
genous and crafty. hut the Republicans are not
lett alone to put an Interpretation upon them
Upon that question the REPUBLICAN, party makes
issue with its adversary, and boldly and fear
less!y throws down the gage Of battle and c,Nl1
ienges them to discussion Of the questions
involved.
The declaration IN favor Of honest mSney,
gold and silver coinage of the Constitution con-
vertlbie into circulating medium without loss,
y departure from recent Democratic pplicy
We can congratulate ourselves As Rcpui5licais
that VIC have converted the Democratic party
from the error OF its ways on this subject, a. on
many others of late years. and have brought
them back within constitutional bounds
The declaration by the Democratic convention
relating to the question OF sumptuary laws is
misleading and deceptive. The design of the
declaration was to capture the German vote Of
the country, and in the word "sumptuary- they
seek to practice deception both upon the
German voters and upon the honest temper
| to remind the people that the Democratic party
have always enacted sumptnary laws when they
| have bcentn power In this State. The control
of the liquor traffic by license is a sumptuary
| law. l now warn the German voters OF this
| State that the Democratic party will make use
OF them just SO long as they find it to their ad-
vantage, and the moment that they find It con
| venicnt, after having used them for the purpose
of getting into power. TO bstray them, they will
not hesitate TO do So This has been the history
| of the Democratic party In its dealings with all
classes in the past.
The most singular declaration found in the
Democratfc platform Is in relation to the regard
which the Democratic party has for law But
when interpreted In the light Of the resolution
following Its construction Is not difficult II
arst assures the capital Of the country that the
| Democratic party doesn't intend to play the
pirate and robbcr, and then it turns its face inn
mediately toward the people and informs them
that the Democratic party intends to forfeit all
1 tha nj Yro ~ for t1x1 -
homesteads. 1t Is the old game OF talk with
/ double tongues to different classes.
The declaration by the Democratic party that
It is the duty OF the United States to protect te
citizens at home and abroad, when compared
with It's acts. IL an anomaly. While the aeeer-
| ton contains . sentiment which should be car.
Democratic party have never attempted to pro-
tect the American citizen. either at home o.
abroad, whereby his rights might be entirely se.
Cratic party, whileit withholds appropriations Il
| build . navy or to construct guns, which are thu
only means that can be used to enforce thu
rights OF American citizens abroad. is simply
am at . loss to know why the Democrsti,
party OF to-day referred with pride to the 20
q n od. spd tns Mssc.,
party for the acquisition OF the territory o
Alaska IL in harmony with Democratic thought
forms viii be found vague ss ali siiusiens q dy R,di
service REFORM Exactly what II intended cal
not readily be undcrstood. We know that the]
tuted by the r. pubiiesns an NJ. Hsndricss. re =
ccnt declaration. n his speech after tho Dem.
oCsatic convention ct Chicago, disdpates &
o. sess ss question and even 4 n
recent overthrow Of that distineuishod Dem
ocrat IN Ohio, senator Pendleton, leaves h,
room Tor donota1s y, thss the Rsmocsssc party
has hcen entered npon by Republican rule.
While " pretcnds TO love abstract virtue, th