New-York tribune., 1885-10-24
SENATOR EDMU Dys spggcH

I
have always looked lor counsel on every o,sa.
occasion. that glahd old Republican hero. Sena,a'
Edmunds of Vermont" Senator Edmmnds ~
greeted with repca sed applause. He SAID: ""'
| II you gent 3Ine VINO - eager 10 nse your -,
will wait rrek from next Tuesday night yises tses
you can she Ill hoarse over the victory 80 81,
day fApp I.rl beg you therefore TO kss." VI that
throat powa rj nd let my weak voice mako sr. yolr
heard within tn mail compass OF tLis buiItinn ''f
don't intend to ask you TO stay to hear a repetitio
| or a commentary upon the magnificent deelsr',y,ad u
aud the operations and the intentions of the kennhy
| party. only have Just 10 add, from expersDna"
the Senate OF the United States, that Is is onlv fr
say that single measure OF legislation for the me-,
dustres, for the security OF its inLs5tann,s,' ns'
except against of majority OF the Denpcrsss
party in both houses. lAppause Nearly every nsae
making men free in this country. Only twenty ~s
ago this very time. nearly every Democrat the ssp
mays" voted against securing equal rights 20 and
in this country THY voted jgst as the Tories do N
quite every Democrat in the Senate Of the Units
no% in the OF the Tn ted States tss.
man should be deprived Of his right an Amercaa"o 40
race his color his previous condition in life nv
What Kind of Democracy, should be glad to know
semblies of the people so that every goo measure
repeat the work OF the Republican party from ih
beginning of the war-wheh was the be.
beaten in one election IN 1856, true Which il reo
cred from IN 1850. 1t has been beaten in The I,.
| election and which will in the sa%s as
way recover from three years hence. lAppla1ss1
statutebooks-everythng that has been put into yos,
Constitution has been the work ot the Republican parr,
against the almost solid opposition OF the Democrats
party MI. s...o a,...,o.
shall not keep you long, 60 what my fried Governor
Foraker fas slated touching the question ot
the ,no TorG% saf, aaa the ts pary sc6 of Of the ballot
Congress the people of the state of NewYOrk ust
a. great interest the state or Louisiana and Coops
they have in this State or IN Vermont, be The
Lousianian he TO Washin gtOn kes thslags
you. for me- just as much as for his state. They
are bound protect interests just much as os
OF tIe people OF the State OF Louisiana. Therefore
every fraud, wrong committed against the rigbt
u the people OF that STATE to vote fairy freely
| ~ they choose Is crime committed agams,
who had the courage to stand up here hal
Washington and tell you or rue that for thinking this
as 'dTi6 traitors to our country " APpisass Ssassd
II there is anything in the country that is worth pre-!
OF every man to think as he peases and to speak I'm,
honest sentiments at all times upon any public subject
and Tor that reason whenever | have made a speech
| for | make very few-l have maintained tue rlght
of every man to he Democrat just as strongly as
ask OF him Democrat il that he will feel his re-
.pomSioility as citizen upon whom good govern
meat VIII laoro preeip tate stiH lie, lie eau
publican by saying have followed the direction q
! others; have done as | told to do" Every mar
@ In n his m country as I he should DO With 'nU,a , G %
conceal nothing be true 10 himself. and then he Is
! true 10 every other man. lApplduse.
So thit don't think we have occasion to complain
when sometimes 1t happens, in all parties. that nea
ddltes aud when their personal right to
they please whether the name OF your candidate
glad in this great state. of which feel myself
| almost citlLen-fOr every morniug when wake mp
the shores Of the beautiful Champlan, see your
great North country To he sure in looking anong
your mountains very few ID mocras; they all
that's I lad Erskr
this great state the OF party is Csng this year
particularly, largely It's sisnh unce and whether
man calls himself Democrat or Republican or lndenrnd'
cut, whatever his mission is in selecting your Officers
FOR this great empire. whose government Is
Of The Government OF the United states. wlthn is
sphere-you are to look at what YOU believe the two
VIII do when they come tO this great trust; not
what their patf"rns or their party managers say that
they think they viii do but that you will weigh hem l
the scales f honest Judgment aud not -be frightened
out of voting for one or the other; ana ~ between
them, being citizen Of another state have nolhug 70
say; but it l. your duty, rs | believe II vi be
your pleasure, not stopping for Names but looking at
thng To vote the ticket that you believe Il brng lae
brst the hOnrSteSt government ~ the people ol this
great state. Appliance So think in reseet of the
scented have said. and believe he dd. to Office.
whrrr he said tIat public office Is public trust -
Is. [Applu.e] say also, aud say 50. that the
rgh O ,uiira aud he duty exercise it is and
st more public trust appausr that every manis
the ben lit Of his country and his race
App@usel
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
spoken OF tonight. which will JUST refer to. and that
the very important OF what called the reformation
OF the civil service OF the United States which
shall Withdraw from the grasp Of
spo.lsmen and from the effect OF mere poiu-
cal contests the working details Of this Government
The Republican party in its last National pa' orm
dec lrcd adhesion IN terms 10 that doctrine. 80 tatf
10 had nctra> ed il 0ad We succredrp there wound I've
been uo escape from the condemnation We should have
received, should have de-eryel it, for violating
pie OF the United states in our PLATFORM
The platform of the Democratic party was not thdt
thing. It sufficiently vague 10 suit every cTuum-
stance and 10 mcct every want As the man al the
Capital Of our state. who always used to 20 there 10
pee tde the assembling Of the Lesa nrr. sad IN SELF
ug his ,uspeuder,-thry lun enOu IA for any man
and short enough for any w9nah-so this platform u
tine Dracrauc party on the subject OF civil service re-
form wa, worried 81 ~ to he strong enouca
tor the IndePenient aud the Mugwump AL
the civil Service former and suh'ienuy
elastic To let the corner grocery man ami the sp's aa
in. II thry could only accomplish the election oI 'A@F
candidate.
Well, what las happeuedl have no doubt that
President Cleveland really believed i would be for lie
Jst Interests 0l AL parties ana al men M TINS keiupc
II the Republican platform coul he honestly ami fairy
atmini-"tcd and carried out believe hc was shc'e
when lie wrote two Of those celebrated letter. on
'ha, subject. ani pat himself plainly IN wutl;
so that n he ha wished to he could not get aga 1uat
the statute II frauds ~ favor OF that thug but Muat
can he President do There are nfty thousand scNen
th"uNHml' d1ht Know but one udfeb luou- 'l'l ia In
in the United states II one OF the most rtspc ne
OF hi, resp rIabl" hody Of people named 70 ma
asa clwt1te Tor Office the eh !nres wou ne h9S'.
10 oIe ihdf the President or the O"tou
states would not know hun aud that he must rI' Uou
solnrbod. 10 tell wheh Mr. Thomas Jones or Il. I'M
Othy smith WI, good man TO be pOstud~tr- or cO.,
lrCtur or whatever h might he Who /, lac 10 rely uh
How Is he to exercise this -reat trst and see hal ne y
NOT imposed upon and cheated lie must have ms 'at-
and tine ~endrs OF The Uuited states have a" ys
swa"W,d alSbOly that was nominated 10 De n.t n-it
ot the Cabinet without really exercising ali the t"ns
tlou tmu upon uS, fer Ia rutlnLinc what s"i V
they are; and have dOn- t upon lc gr ldml
that the President of the United sta OLgLt 10 hr per
mtlcd 10 20 10 the extreme verge of tSrraace ~
select his own for these great uinrcs III
order that they may cOuientaiy make inquiry ann az
vSe hlm what nOmindtions, removals and appointments
t. make.
Now tL.u, il the President Of the United 4 Hes
could have selected seven men who really 10 l"et
hearts brlIcvrd ~ he stated IN IN letters tnat ne
diI, that Rrpublicansm on that point, - Ly
friend has shown 10 has been all other points, was
adopted 10y the Democratic party and to be- carried
out, then 20 Wa It not have hat the seen" tha You
have now of thousands aud tens OF thousands aud t"h
;I,s OF thou ands OF men going to Washington by every
train with their hats and their pockets stuHrl
with recommendations of people who were never
heard OF before. get all place, at once. You
would not have had the spectacle OF thrss