The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-14
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES,
As Eloquently Expounded by Hon
Q. 9. Dobbins at Smiths
Hall Last Night.

DoDb:ns, of Indisna, would address the de-
moor cy of this city at Smiths hall In the
evening, and an invitation was extended to
republics rs, greenbsckers and ell others OF
whatever poIitical it'll, to attend and hear
the issues of the campaign discussed from
democratic standpoint. The notice OF
the speaking was limited as 10 time, and
the name of the speaker was unknown,
save to few, IN the city, but when the
meeting was called to order by Judge
John A. Lacy, chairman of the
county central committee, the
no Use was comfortably filled and
b, fore the speaker of the EVENT was half
through there was & large crowd present,
prob bly, FIVE hundred
The Sedslis Cornet band had been Sc
Gu red and rendered some fine music on the
str e, in fr.nt of the hall, and then from
the gallery. Judge Lacy, in a few we'll
chosen words, happily introduced Mr..
Dohbins, who was cordially greeted Ly the
audience.
Mr.. Dobbins began by saying that he
was glad to address his hearers as fellow
citizens of q common country, in which
there was no north. no nth, no east, no
west He was proud to be cIrizen of such
a coun'rv, and TO De able able 10 take p ,rt
in maiot aiming its honor and glory. He
cid not intend to deal
IN vITUPERATIoN
| or to abuse any man because he
was not a democrat, but to speak
plainly, kindly and dIspassionstely. The
| first great issue, the speaker believed, ~ss
the danger ar sing from the long continued
power of any party. He believed it was
not the design of the fathers of this govern
ment that rover should vest unbroS en- In
any one party, and that this danger nj sht be
ayerlrd, Ih, v had wisely ordained the hold
ing Of an ell ction every four We rs for ii ling
the highest Office in the governm n, and
| indirectly determining the character of The
administration for the subsequent four
wears Washington recognized the wisdom
| OF this principle by refusing TO serve as
president iongt than eight years, ard So
did Madison and Monroe. snd the father If
the democratic psrIy, Thomas Jefferson.
| Tn principle of the necessity of a change
in order to maintain purity and honesty and
ecouomy in the administration of the
government, spplies To parties as well SIS to
! individual In 1910 the democratic party
went out OF power AMI the whig party came
| in possession Of the government. In 1874
the wings were yoie1 out and the demo-
Gratis again came IN power. 10 lS4S they
were defeated, and so on ran the changes
till 1860, when the republican party
tr.umphed and has continued to triumph
al every presidential election, but one, TO
his day. This was too long a lease and
the result has b, e1 corruption, peculstioD
AID dishonesty 10 high places. The
speaker had heard republican oia:or say,
not long since, that
THE CHILD WAS NOT BORN
who would We TO see the democratic party
ia power again. This me ans, he Deli, We :,
determination TO re-eDact the fraud
which rob. ed Tilden of the presde.cy,
TT er than TO give up the gov
eminent to the cnntrol oil the demo-
GA ic party, even if 1t was in the ma
! i1rity. ouch an outrage coud rot
again be permitted. He did rot sps; in
a revolu Ionary spirit, but In defense OF
constitutional liberty and rights
Turning his attention TO Mr.. Blaine, the
sIe .ker said e would show his record by
| republican testimony. AS Introductory,
an extract was re I'D fr I'm Senator Hours
speech delivered 10 the Belknap use where
in the senator pointed out the numberle,s
instances of republican rascality and thiev-
ery, and then said that Just such Sound
lei. were Mr.. Blaine's chief supporters and
buglemen. Extracts we're read from the
Cincinn ii CONNER, la, edited by Murat
Ha stead, the Chicago Tribune, Indisnsp-
OILS News and Globe d mocrat, and Mrs.
Moni'i's letter, in which Mr.. Blaine was
wildly portrayed as the very prince of
corIupiionis.s and lobbyists, p ostituting
his high office to forward swindles and CO.
hao ting with knSves for private gains.
This was republican testimony
! as to the character of the man tie republi-
can party was seeking to elevate to the
chief msgistraty of the country. Not a
line or word of democratic t.,timoDy was
ffered.
The speaker said that as reply to these
charges, the republicans said tia. it would
not 90 to trust The government in demo-
cratic hands. Republican speakers In In
6ianna, and e sewhere, den1unce democrats
rs traitors, even though they had fought To
maintain the Union, as the speaker had
done. But The democratic party had been
in control of the government; il had seen
the rise and fall OF the federal party, the
wing party, the knownothing party, the
peoples party, and il would attend the fun
ersl of the republican par y. Great az
plause.)
Passing TO q discuss on Of the tariff ques-
! ton, Mr.. Dobbins said that the democrats
were not in favor of absolute free trade, for
such thing had never existed in this
country, but that the platform declared for
tariff for revenue. A protective tariff
meant protection OF few at the expense of
the many. The poor man was xei
as severely as the rich man. 1t was called
| a proteciion of the laborinp man. TO-DAY
but 10 Henry Clsy's time 1t was properly
called & projection of the manufacturers.
And that is what it was. There is needed
just so much money to meet the current ex-
pense of the government, to pay pensions
and to pay the war debt. To raise more is
to illegally oppress the people. This is all
the democratic party proposed to do by the