Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02

Satisfactory nc ulu mol care 10 pant himself
against the great ayr cultural inter, SIS OF the
country. Ii is only In the veto of small pen
sion bills that the Pres dent comes up to the
full measure Of the occasion and has the cOur-
age of his convictions The only other Illus
tr.ous instance can now call TO mind where
the President reached the maximum grade OF
Democratic economy was when he reached the
Consideration OF the Sioux City public build
ing bill. According to the Presidential infor-
nation, Sioux City Is small town on the
western border Of Iowa; on tho Missouri river,
where United States Courts are occasionally
held, and where they hive 3. postofice but the
toEn and LEGALITY are not OF sufficient import
ance to justify public building. II 1t had
been an old town In Mississippi or North Caro-
lima of d few hundred inhabitants its import
ance could have been readily discovered with
Presidential eyeglasses.
have alluded to most OF the public ques-
tons discussed and acted upon at the session
just closed, and | am sorry that SO little was
accomplished afiirmatiyely fof the tiblc good.
But think II subject OF congratuation that
SO little Of evil was done
You naturally ask, what has this administra-
ton 9ole and this Democratic party accom-
plshed in powerl II elected President that
proclaimed the office before election as purely
executive but, when elected, gathers TO him
self all legislative authority, not even returning
bills to the House in which they originated as
required by the Constitution In order that a
vote may be again taken In both Houses and
the bin pass over the veto If two-th rds of both
Houses agree; who transfers the veto intended
to check hasty and moons ideratc and uncon-
st.tutIona! legislation into tue one man power
Of substituting the executive will for the
legislative will IL elected a President, who
before election and after election and before
Inauguration professed the greatest care for
pure civil service uninilucnced by partisan
pressure, depending upon merit alone but
who elected, las prostitutcd the civil service
wholly to partisan uses and purposes, now
and then taking up his old promises as toys
and playthngs to tickle the fancy of his
mugwump supporters in New England and
New York This administration can be summed
up In the brief statement that it has displayed
a weak aud yacillating foreign policy toward
the strong, and a hasty and inconsideratc
policy toward the week; II has crippled and
throttlea the clearly expressed will of Con
gress looking towards the devoprnent OF our
trade with foreign countries; IL has led to
avail Itself of the most favorable opportunity
to secure for our government ana people an
inter-ocCanc canal across the Isthmus, on tie
feeble and untcnablc assumption that we can
not make international engagements or ALI
ances beyond our territorial jurisdiction. il has
failed to pursue negotiations with other gov
crnments with respect to the international use
of metallic money, although Congress
has again and again expressed the opin on
that ills should be done. II has
recommended in the most solemn way, through
the annual report of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, that the greenback currency should
be redeemed and destroyed, that the coin
age of s.lverCsbould cease and our country
thereby brought to the single standard OF
god.
have already shown IFS failure in the man.
ugement of our finances as respects the hoard
ing Of treasury balances and the payment OF
the interest bearing debt 1t has failed to
rrovIdo for our national derenses, and has
m I'd, feeble and inadequate prov.s on for re-
building and reCOnstructn9 our navy, so that
II need be, we may be prepared t. assert our
power on the ocean. 1t has SO admin stored
the public land system as to unsetlle all titles
OF the homestead settler seeking home in
the Territories, making no distincto Oh between
thes, honest settlers and the comparatively
few who are seeking to despoIl the government
of the public lands. II has with presidency
resisted the admission o. Dakota as q State,
upon the shallowest preteXts, because il made
a State it would be reliably Republican II
has not even allowed these people hearing in
the House of Representatives.
1t has usel the dilatory power of the House
under its rules TO prevent the consideration OF
the general subject of pensions to sold ers.
1t has upheld the hands Of the President in
his vetOcs of small, private pension bills for
the relief Of the worn -out soldiers Of the Re-
public
1t has fostercd monopolics by insisting upoL
impracticable and inefficient measures TO cure
alleged evils.
1t has masqueraded as the friend of the la
borer, hut has done nothing and proposed
nothing for the benefit of labor, but per-
s'stS in policy 10 handicap, If not de-
stroy, the true interests Of the American la
bOrer.
This is the, party that this year asks the cen
ildence Of the country In the coming campaign
ard asks the GrcenbackcrS and lahoring inter-
ests in the State to give it support at the bal
lot box. | cannot think that party lea iers.
blinded b. party zeal and by party patronage
already secured and hoped for, can thus lead
the masses of the people on to its support. 1t
is the duty and should be the mission of the
Republican rartY to uumask these pretenders
and hold up to the public gaze their preten-
sioDs and promises, as compared with their
failure and shortcomings.
1h,rl are most important national questions
B. be dealt with in the immediate future, our
great industrial interests involving in their
prop r adjustment the entire labor of the coun
try; the promotion of our foreign trade, and
the enlargement of our foreign markets; the
agricultural interests as affected by the regula-
ton of Interstate commerce; what shall be
the pan"r oley Of our country; how il shall
be CURvgTt Il into coin, and the relation OF the
two metals used as money; the protection,
preservation and rebuilding of our national
dcicnscs; the rebuilding Of our navy; the
secUrigg of an intGr-Oceanc transit across the
.sthmus under American control; t1e securing
of free elections in every part Of our country,
untaiuted by violence and uncOrrupted By
gold; the education of the people lately en-
irauchised, so as to tit them for the intelligent
and independent exercise of the rights OF
citizenship, as upon the intelligence and in
tegrity Of the masses Of our people we must
inally rely for the perpetuty of our existing
form of government, this educational WORK
friendly spirit and will require
for its ACCOMPLISHMENT a generation OF
time; the enlargement and iberalizat on Of the
provisions Of our pension laws in just recogni-
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public; these, ard kindred and collateral
questions of a national character are now pre-
Mt with us ami must be solved. This year
the entire House of Representatives is to be
elected and those chosen will pay their part
in solving these questions. They have solid
vote in the South for the d 'mocratic party In
the next House OF Representatives, and they
hope by securing a Struggling member here
and there in the other States In the Union to
make up a majority. Let us see to 1t that no
| stngglcr from Iowa gets into that Hous,
Can there be gu sIou as to which OF the two
parties can and W. best promote the great
interests and ma ntain good government in
| this cOuntrg! Tha Democratic party In Its
majoritIes and in its leaders is sectional in its
| character. holding one section of the country
| firmly in its control, united now by common
! ser timcut as before the war il was united By a
| common interest. 1t stands there with It's re-
| representatives. in the House and in the Elector-
| al College, as a consolidated force, needing
| rccru Is here ara there from Otner sections OF
| the Union to give it the needed ma jority in
| The House, AMI union Of the baser element
| Ia New YCrE CITY TO secure jority there
| sufficient to overcome the rural vote of New
! York and I, eeehv with this cDnsol dated force
! in tHe South hill the Presidency. Is II not
| the duty If good men everywhere to unite for
| the overthrow of this oliCarchy Then let us
! in this State do our part by selecting united
| Republican delegation TO the next House of
| Repre- sanis,ives. We have an able
| intelligent and concient:oIs delegation In
| the House Of Representatives from Il State
| of Iowa q viii not speak OF the Senate.) We
| have men there OF experience IN public fairs
| most Of them, | believe all of them thus far
| have been rc-nominatcd 10 Congress, want
| to assure You that the true interests OF the
! people Of Iowa, without reference 10 party
! afIilcaton or party association, requires that
| we shall rC-elect these men, and there ia that
venerable and honorcd Statesman, who see
by the morning rapers, has consented TO bear
| our banner in the Second District | hope
| Gov. KrkwoOd too, will be able TO carrS that
| banner In the sun on election day in November
next having secured n majority in that dis
| trict for the Republican colors. The Re.
| publican party in this nation and in this State
has shown itself to be the party Of the people
| in its laws and in its policy. 1t is the party Of
| law and oHmpr fayOriDO the rights of all nd