The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-07
AtScOttsVi|e.
CAMPAIGN ORAT0RY.
THE CANDIDATES PLEADING
WITH the PEOPLE.
A Running summary Of What
they Said.
ScorrsvILLE, AK, July 26.

The house was called 10 order By
Jesse pardew, who introduced g.
w. Bergman. who spoke 10 sub
stance as follows
G. w. BERRYMAN's SPEECH.
Gentlemen and Fellow citizens
] come before you this morning
under somewhat embarrassing cir.
cumstances, as have been sick all
night and am still sick, and under
| the circumstances do not expect
to detain you very long. The mat
ter which / wish more particularly to
speak about is the good of the dem
ocratic party, and expect to show
that the democrats are being misled,
ami in doing SO / do not intend to
Intentionally hurt any ones.fcelings.
| When democrats go INTO any polIti-
cal move they go into it in good
faith. When the County Council Of
| the b. of +. decreed that we should
not go into politics, then all good
ard true men expected to abide by
that decision, taking it for granted
that 1t was final. Now sir, these
scheming politicians have forced
upon us this new tangled ticket, and
| have perfect right to show it up
and use my aanoGents past record
and expect too Howard said IN
/ his speech at North Fork, that he
was always democrat and was al
ways true to his party. Now sir,
what is his record? You all know
that he run here once before in the
primary election. was beaten, add
then what did he do? Why sirs, lie
run independent. Done the very
thing then to break democratic har-
mony that he is doing now. Now
he is promised 500 republican votes
by the republican party leaders and
he thinks he can get disappointed
and dissatisfied democrats enough
to elect him. Democrats beware,
the republicans are treacherous and
are leading you into snare to break
down the democratic party.
The leaders of this movement are
political, odious. and men who will
be fighting principles tomorrow that
they advocate to-day. One of the
most conspicuous leaders is j. T.
Wharton, and his career is marked
as turn coat. He was very promi
nent in the republican party then
fiops over into the brindle tail move
ment when he asked TO be made
county clerk, when E. King said no
such d scoundrel would ever
receive his support. e. +. Tobey,
tho great, the wise, the noble, self
sacrificing Tobey, is another leader
of this move, and says it is politi-
cal party. He can't write one half
column of a newspaper without say
ing something about monopolies,
rings, cliques, or millionares. when
all such were brought about by the
republican party. Who ever heard
of monopoly prior to 1860? Who
ever heard of a millionaire prior to
that time? Both these are the out
growth Of republican corruption.
Mr.. Bergman aired some of the
republican corruption in stealing
$l50,000,000 annually through the
protective tariff, and also showed the
danger Of electing republican con-
gresham from this district. Con.
tinuing he said: "Look what efforts
the republicans are making! Why
sirs in the last session of the State
Wheel OF the Agricultural Wheel,
some of tue republican party leaders
went to the leaders of that move and
offered them 10000 votes and $780,
900 to carry the district. Does that
not show that democrats should be
on the alertY
| He then took up H. j. Mayos
speech before the last County Coun-
ell, and showed the fallacy and falsi-
ty OF his remarks, and also gave j.
L. Wharton's last article a short
crlticising, and concluding said !:
"The democrats have no rings or
ringmasters. The party is as free
OF them as any political party. /
hope all who have not made up their
mind will come to the polls on the
10th of August and cast their ballot
and stick to the grand democratic
party. These are my honest con
victiors given in persuasive man
ner FOR the good OF the democratic
party. AS ! have rejoinder / will
not worry your patience longer.
Thank you for your kind attention"
b. II. BAyLrss' SPEECH.
Gentlemen and Fellow citizens:
| am a candidate for County clerk
before the democratic primary cleo
ton. To you all need no intro
duction, as you haye all been &C
quainted with me for years. When
man offers himself as candidate
we are tojudge his future actions by
his past record, and when a man has
been in Office his record is public
property 1t is the peoples duty to
see il he has fulfilled his obligations,
and if he has it is their duty to re-
elect him. Two years time gives a
sufficient trial. Gentlemen, my rec
ord goes back to the days OF recon
struction to "the days that tried
mems souls" How stood the test
is we'll known. AS TO official record
/ have none, as have never had the
hn,n, 1f Lo;nr an afficar I wao