The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-14

ana ron Nv tile thievlnE tariff over
$l4O, 900. 600 This they persist in
taking as d bonas Tor the great mo
nopolies. The democrats come up
aud declare in their platform, Down,
with monopolies! down with frauds
and corruption. down with the
thieving tariff! Let the majority
rule and peace and prosperity pre-
vail. This democratlc party when
it dies the nation SINKS. Democracy
declares for sufficient revenue to be
raised by the tariff to run the gov
eminent economically administered.
1t declares for the peoples rights
versus corporate tyranny. II claims
that individuals separately have the
same rights III individuals c0mbin-
ed. When you come to the state
government what do you see? Pre-
vious to 1874 We had not dollar IN
the state treasury and the state was
burdered with So, 500, 900 OF interest
bearing scrip which there was nos
hope of paying. The democrats
have managed to pay all this and
have steadily reduced taxes. They
have also paid all the debts incurred
BY the Brooks and Baxter embrog-
| Ito they have proved for the running
expenses Of the government. We
have built an Insane Asylum that is
q credit to the state. The state levy
of taxes was then II mills, the demo
Gratis reduced to Z mills. and now it
can be reduced TO 4 mills. All par
ties make mistakes and the demo-
cratic party is not infallible, but l
say no other party has ever made
such record. 1t is grand and
noble record which every democrat
should be aud is proud of. It's true
that we have had few bad men in
the party who managed to get at the
head Of the party but they have been
promptly kicked down and out.
People were in 1874 bound down
under the iron rod Of oppression and
disorder and dissatisfaction reigned
throughout; now peace, order and
prosperity reign everywhere and
good will abounds. say this party
has made good record and ii any
dlscord has been produced it has
been by men who want the mess Of
potage. | appeal to all democrats
to come back to this grand old par
| ty. Let the 18th pass and the line
of demarkatio1 is drawn. Let it not
pass. Be up and doing your duty!
Be on the alert for your enemy will
try all means to ensnare yon.
/ Well, what do the Is. of +. propose
to do? Well, they say we are gong
to revolltionize and reform this
government Well. declare. That's
a good idea ii carried out.
| have asked good number of
democrats If they claim to still he
democrats. @ yes, they say, we are
lust as good democrats today as
you are, and expect to vote for
Cleveland; and republican says he
is not changed in principle and will
vote for James G. Blaine. / can't
see the consistency in one voting
the democratic National ticket aud a
4 hybrid county ticket and claiming
to be consistent democrat.
On the eve Of every Presidential
election 1T IS one of the republican
tricks to get up such organizations
in the southern states to try to break
the strong and SERTED ranks of de-
mocracy. Some one remarked to
me short time since that he had
seen the birth and death of democra-
/ cy: Well, sirs, it's the liveliest
corpse | ever saw. When that
greatest reformer of the age, Samu-
ell j. TlldeD, hurled Boss Tweed from
official corruption and had the bold
ness to lock him up in a dungeon,
was democracy dead then? When
| in 1876 under the same leader we
marched to victory and elected q
| president of the United States was
4 democracy dead then? When the
rank and file Of democracy wrested
this state from republican misrule
vas it dead then? Was it dead when
it accomplished all the reform and
retrenchment of this state and gave
us the constitution of 1874? / say
was it dead then, and is it dead to
day? No. no.. mol! and ii will
never die while this nation lasts.
Let all democrats work and come to
the polls on the 10th day of August
and don't forsake the great reform
party just at the threshold of sue
cess.
n. w. KuHN's SPEECH.
Fellow citizens of Wilson township;
/ / come before you like Capt. Rus
sell, candidate for representative
in the next legislature. / come be
fore you ON my record and to give
an account of my stewardship, and
if YOU think / have done my duty
and fulfilled my pledges of two years
ago l ask you to re-elect me. Now
the first thing / done when / reach
ed Little Rock was TO take an oath
to support the constitution and that
constitution SAYS the legislature
shall by law regulate the freight and
passenger rates on the railroads.
Well we passed law to that effect
and it was a good law too. Then
the monopolists and capitalists thor
oughly organized to defeat the meas