Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-10-14
the following glowing TriDuts to the

the following glowing TrlDute to the
| present Administration:
AMI Cow, acknowledgements of Indi
ana we enter This contest with high And
earnest convictions of duty to our Sfsse
|, and 10 our country. Indiana With The
m ghty development of her inexhaussioie re-
sources. and the establishment and growth OF
hef glorious institutions of learning and OF
CHRISTIAN beneyolence. under the ausDices OF
part under Democratic State control appeals
to Us to be true 10 the broad and liberal prin-
cipfes on which all Der greatness is founded.
party owes it to its good name ans splendid
record in Indiana, tbxt the administration OF
the State shall not fall into the hands of those
who distrust the people and who deny to 9th
ers the same freedom and right they exercise
, for themselves But in still broader sense
discharge our duties citizens. The admin
istration of the Federal Government by Gro
misrepresented and slandered By the
Republican State convention, and by
the leaders of the Republican party
agreed III every thing. nor does it follow that
supporter of administration necessarily
concurs in all its official details but am hero
to night to declare, as far as my words will
go, that the Admin 'sfration of Grover Cleye-
lana IS strong. clean, faithful to public duty
cratic party and by the eoontry VIVA. pnS
lie interest has suffered at his hands, What
public duty has been neglected. What pub
lie trust has been betrayed? In the more
than electric hight thrown upon every act of
his Administration, and on every step of his
public life BY the powerful and sleepless
newspaper press of the United States. he
stands clear and above reproach in his great
office Senator Harrison had much 10 say in
his recent speech in regard TO Democratic
pledges which he alleged had not been full
hiied: He well knows. and SO does the coun-
has no power to enact a law, nor TO
repeal bad law heretofore enacted,
lie money WV without the approval ' and the
concurrence of a Republican majority in
the Senate The Democratic party has not
had the ldw-making power of this Govern
ment. embracing. as it does, the legislative
and executive departments. a single day since
the 4tb of March. 1851 Every evil of iegisla-
ton which has afflicted the country flows
from Republican responsibility If the SOL
der failed to get his arrears of pension IL is
party did not grant them. If he did not get his
bounty, it is because Republican President
vetoed The bill granting it If the colored
earnings and savings by the Freedmen's Blu
reau and by the Freedmen's Bank. it is be-
cause Republican laws were so made that the
thieves could break through and steal Sem
ator Harrison seems entirely to forget the
responsibility of his own party. as shown
By the long and blotted records while
he vehemently arraigns the Democratic party
for what ii has done and for what it has
monfns and during wheh time no t enaet
ment could be laid before the Democratic
Executive for his signature without having
party in the Senate. Ny colleague appears
to complain of the amount of the appropria-
tons made in the last session of Congress
and quotes an imposing array and a specious
arrangement of figures, recently made by
senator Allison, of Iowa Is it not enough to
SLY that Allison was. and still is, chairman of
appropriations in the Senate; that he
ported and voted for every appropriation
bill, and that Senator Harrison voted with
him? On the question, however whether the
actual expenses of the Government have in
creased or diminished under Cleveland's Ad
mnissration. am content to rest the whole
case on the statement recently made by John
g. Carlisle the very able, clear headed and
mpartialminled Speaker of the House. He
puts the total expenditures of the Govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June 81. 1886, at
81, .43, 196 less than those of the preceding
are needed in support of a conclusion reached
by him. The recent Democratic State conven-
luton, Endorsed the ability. the integrity and
the economy of thA present Administration.
Its ability is conceded by the people of all
parties, and its integrity has not been ques-
toned, aud its economy has been proven by
the record. Mr.. Cleveland has broken no
theme for this canvass, would inquire how
the pledges. profuSe, continuous and abuu-
dant. OF the Republican party to the colored
people of the country have been kept? Mr.
Cleveland appointed, during the last session
of Congress. a well-bred, intelligent, educated
portant office in the District of Columbia The
Republican party has eight majority in the
United States Senate, and that body rejected
for Register of Wills. The love Of the Re-
publican party for the colored citizen is
based on the same condition as its love for
the former rebel of the SouIh-party service:
only that the rebel. when he belongs to the
Republican party, gets offices in abundance,
while the colored man, whether Republican
or Democrat. is left to feed on the crumbs
VIII Oh fall from the Republican table,
more generally left without any thing at all.
May we not expect the support of all classes
who believe in an Administration which. I'M
der the most irving circumstances. has had
the courage of its convictions. and has been
faithful to all lis pledges. either expressed or
impl ed?
The public debt is being paid more rap
idly than the public creditors desire:
the surplus in the treasury, SO enormously
overstated two years ago by the Repu blican
candidate for Governor. is being rapidly re-
duced notwithstanding the President with
held his signature to the Morrison resolutiS:.
emasculeted and rendered worthless. as it
was. by the action of the Senate. There is a
feeling of confidence in business circles, and
Signs of returning activity and prosperity are
Let us join voices hands and hearts once
more in the cause of good government. Let
not Indiana faiter now; and thereby open
breach through which the Republican party.
with its evil methods. its pernicious prin-
ciples. and its rapacious hordes may return
to power IN 1888 Indiana holds The key to
future Democratic national success and to
the prolonged supremacy of a Democratic
Federal Administration II voice which in
storm and disaster, as well as in sunshine and
victory, has always been heard in the battlihg
ranks of the Democratic party. viii still be
listened to. invoke a united harmonious and
determined effort at this time in behalf of the
present and the future welfare of the Ameri-
can people"
The speech attracted a number of
Democrats from the
State at large, all of whom reported to
the chairman of the State Central
Committee iattering condition of af-
fairs in their respective localities