The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14
SUPPLEMENT-
COL. CHARLES A. CLARKE,
Extended Summary Of His Eloquent
Campaign Address ON Saturday
Evening.
REPUBLICAN, scouNDRELlsM.
In Iowa Laid Bare to Its Ruits-Th
0errymanders viii Prove Dead
Sea Fruits.

The Alleged Beauties Of Protection
Analysed and Their FaIsity IL
Shown.
TRUE GOSPEL.
I'm fifth DISTRICT CAMPAIGN.
MIAsnAII.rowN, Sept 1S.-Col. Charles A.
oarls, o. Cedar Rapids, made splendid In.
breesion on his audience here tonight, and
adossn addresses By tho colonel In this de
ttct would b guarantee of . thousand
majority for Mr.. Frederick.
Col Clarke said that the acts ana policy Of
the republican party in both state and na-
ti0nal affairs were under 0ro In the present
campaign and subject 70 tho severest crit
lcism.
In state affairs ono Of the most noticeable
features Was tho desperate methods to which
the republican leaders In Iowa had resorted
TO perpeiuatc their power. He believed that
the honest mass both In the republican and
democratic parties would disapprove Of such
methods and would repudiAto them at the
last legislature were Of the most startling
character. Il was = familiar fact, to which
the democratic press had already
called attention, that republican eoun-
ties having population Of Al,-
IN tho s os.. legislature re- Win. ds%oc1.,io
counties having q population Of one hundred
and f0rty-nve thousand were given only I'VE
representative.
This wss simply . scheme to disfranchise
one hundred thousand people In Iowa In the
interests OF the desperate and selfish rcpnbii-
can leaders. The NTH congressional district
had been eerryinAndered BY taking out deuo-
cratic counties in order 10 keep Ben. Freder-
fck out OF congress.
Mr.. Frederick had been twice weighed in
the scales Of public opinion In this district
and had not been found wanting on either oc-
casiOn. He Was drst elected when the district
was strong repubacan, and - his
majority was email q republican returning
beard Undertook to seat his defeated oppo-
nent and MIR. Frederick did not gain his seat
until the last day OF the congress- to which he
was rsturncd. On the second occasion he
had b,,en returned by SO emphatic . majority
that 10 republican returning board, even In
the state Of Iowa, had dared to attempt TO
steal his seat, and he served with great salts
faction to his constituents. II was demon
strated that he was the man that the pes,ple
Of this district wanted therefore the repub-
lica1 managers said, I've don't want this
man, and 70 win gerrymander him out" 90
cOrdingly they have cast about TO nnd .
and carry out their gerrvmandertng scheme.
Up in 0rundy county WAS the Hon. Daniel
Kerr. Years ago he had run for state scna-
tor q . disyruntled and sore-headed repubi-
can a.<ainst Hon. Detos Arnold, Of Marshall.
the regular republican aomineo, and had
been Leaten, although he then solicited and
relied on democratic votes to secure bis cleo
ton. limo ruled around. however. With It's
mutatiOus and chanxes. Mr.. Kerr had been
0eut 70 represent his county In the lower
house Of the state legislature. lie bad aired
hts Oratnry aud crank notions and ideas,
OF which he hAd . seemingly nexhausIible
arsenal, Ia the halls Of the legislature II Des
MONIES. Having shown his constituents In
this manner his merits and defects a.
o logislAtOr no ran for reelection In his
own county last fall and was defeated
By that good democrat Hans. Peterson. a..
though his county seat bad returned repub-
lican majority. HIS own neigLbors and
frio0ds, tho people OF his own county Who
knew him best repudiated him and kept him
q homo. There was man then who, Il was
Demonstrated, the people did not want and 10
just oiled out the programme which the 70
publican managers had started to accomplish.
They said, 1--WE will gerrymsndcr out Fred.
rick. the mau whom the people do want, and
ws Will gerrymAnder 10 tho Hon. Daniel Kerr,
The man whom the people do not want" and
aCCOrdinxly they nominated him and accord
tngly be became til. republican nominee for
congress In the 6th district. That the people
Of the district would become parties to this
unfair and dishonest scheme by rattfytng the
acts Of the republican managers ut the polls;
Il did not admit Of belief. Mr. Frederick, ~
bic two terms Of service. had acquired valua-
BILE experience, and was bettos 1ttod - serve
the people Of his district than any ~ wan
who could be sent He sorviooo - he farm
Or In supporting the oleomAsSasfns h0l. his
faithful services to al soldiers sesurln6 Pen
oions merited their approval an1 support.
The other man. Il WAS An op0n ooorot Wa0 .
nominee for ono term only, and that 4 "
should be elected he could do soothing Tor ths
MI Ia sfeffsf In hat
hts abilities were very much 0oGO bg1llAAa1
than 10 generally supposed
Other state Issues weso 610uaDe1 ~ -
speaker. who then turned Ais attntasa = he
tariR.
He said that the tarin isevs ~ 60 c nrst
importance 70 tho western farmer ond the
western laborin9 man. very large portion
Of tho war tAxes which had existed In tho
form Of internal revenue had been repealed
and taken from the shoulders Of the Ameri-
can people. but the war tariff remained sub
stantiaily intact. Why It should 30 It was
hard 70 tell. This tariff had been condemned
BY all parties a. indetensible. The Minnesota
republican convention just held had reminded
ehc republican party OF its promises in ito last
natiOnAl platform to remedy the IRREGULAR
pArty to perform us pledge. Il WAS .
ootoriOus fari ,i.., the last ->p"s's-
0ongross elected in 1889 hs.
appointed commission to investigate the ex
sting tariff, and thus that that commission
was packed in tho interests Of protec.
ton. Nevertheless Il had been compelled to
report and had reported In favor Of . heavy
reduction In tho war tariff. Both the repub-
ican house and the republican senate OOn-
ceded the justice Of this report, and under
the whole matter had boon jugglod and con-
fused that thcre had been substantially no
reduction Indeed, 10 some Gases the in
crease was marked. sixty days ago It did
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