Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-09-05

SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN in rak ug The opening speech of the Ohio campaign on Wednesday expressed some veFy vigorous lar gusye. The telegraph reports him as having re- viewed the career O; the Republican party, and declared that tue Democrats nov concede the wisdom and success of all prominent Republican measures, and the merits of the great leaders of the Republican party. He sad it mIght be unkind. but it was natural to recall that these same men, within thirty years, had termed the Republican party a "black abolition party" Lincoln an "ape." Grant "a butcher and Union soldiers "Lincoln's hirelings." The Senator de- ciared that, by the dellection of a com paratively few men in three Republican states, some of the very men who con- spired to overthrow the government, wRged war against 1t and were the cause of the loss of half million lives, have been placed in the very seats Of power they abandoned with scorn and defiance,
 He saw the Union flag floating at half mast for Jacob Thompson, who was regarded as defaulter and n trait or. Two of the men who bore arms agalnst the government now represent this country abroad. This strange turn of eyeuts,' said the Senator, "hss but one example in history, and that was the restoration of Charles II after the brilliant but brief protectorate )f Cromwell, and, like that restoration, IS a reproach to the civilization of the age"
 The speaker said that appointees of the Hew administration had examined the books and vaults, and found every dollar of public money on hand or &C., counted for. The Republican party was not beaten by Democrstts but by disgruntled Republicans of three States. who opposed the nominee Of the Repub- lican party, and ID the great State of New York a narrow majority of but lit- tie more than one thousand heat Blaine gDd Logan. "It was not for want of merit in these two great leaders of our party" said the speaker. but the dig appointments, personal contests and controversies incident 10 long lease of power" He declared that even this detection among the Republicans would have been in- effective but for the solid south, held together in political fellowship by crimes, violence and frGnd, which, if continued. will as surely renew the strifes Of the civil WET Es that the earth rolls ar, urd its course. The speaker de- clared that the negro or the south IS openly deprived of his political rights, and it was done as boldly as any highway robbery. He discussed this question al great length, and then turned to the ad- vocacy of protection as opposed to free trade He condemned tbe course of President Cleveland ID parionipg Lieut.. Muller, the member of the Cincinnati police force, sentenced to one year for E-resting negro voters Tn CincInnsl at the recent National election. He de- tended John Roach against the action of Secretary Whitney, and decllred that. under the rule laid down in the case of Roach, no one but foo! or n mad man would take contrsct from the gov ernment to construct ship or aByth ng else. He declared thst even the ordin- sry collection Of revenue IS obstructed by the demaEogu:sm which preceded tue last electi n. Illicit distilleries abound in the South, in the belief that Democratic rule means free whiskey. While he believed that President Cleve- land meant .u enforce the Civil Service law, re mova's were made daily for pure ly partisan parposes-m mainly by the Postmaster-G -nCrai-at the rate of two hundred day. lie closed by a few
 words III regard to the temperance is sue Tn Ohio, and sR;d he believed the temperance question should not enter party politics. He belIeved a wIse sys- tem of tax laws Tt estraining the traffic the proper course to pursue.