The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-16

sense Of the word, my friends. am q
rewarding men for party services which
sre Of questionable character, such e.
those performed by Dorsey and the re-
turning board fellows, other things be-
ing equal do believe that men who do
the party work. providing their Iabors
have been fair, legitimate and honorable.
are the men who should not be forgotten
when the good things are 10 be given
out. And, airs. that is and always will
be the belief aud feeling Of I'll fair and
liberal minded men. :Appisuse. and
cries Of Correct r. -Good !! etc.1 There
may be-, and doubtless are, those who
are 90 cold in their nature that the At
mosphere about them coDgeals TO point
below 32 deg. Fahrenheit, who in max
ing their awards are unable 10 distin-
guish bet ween the claims OF . friend
and Of one who is not . friend. In fact,
such men usually have no friends to re-
ward. When the nature that warns the
heart Of the average American citizen
changes to that extent. that makes him
inseDsible to the claims Of friends then,
and not till then, will Il do to preserve
Intact a;l Of the provisions Of the civil
service law.
Now. my friends, fear You are being
detained TOO long. know that some Of
you are anxious 10 take the train that is
10 leave inside OF thirty minutes. There
are questions upon which | disagree
with Mr.. Cleveland more than do with
his enforcement or the Civil Service Law
and the Tenure OF Office Law. With his
ideas about silver, its coinage and use,
and with his and Manning's management
thereof, ! am just little Bit out of pa
thence. The tendency Of the Republican
party, and / fear Mr.. Cleveland and his
Secretary Manning are but little better,
has always been 10 enhance the value
and purchasing power OF money. thereby
depressing the poor, and grinding the
debtor classes. thus making more opO-
lent the rich and filling the Golfers OF the
creditor classes. To discuss this Ques-
ton in its details and to its logical re-
suits would Of itself require speech
much longer than could make to-day.
The tariff question il also one most in
timalely interviewer with the business
Interests Of the country. II is question
but poorly comprehended BY our people
might say but few Of our public speak
ers have ever gsappled il understand
ingiy. The view taken BY many OF II il
usually superficial one have studied
the question more or less all my life and
\ for loDg years sieit that 1 understood the
Question, but new light beamed before
my eyes on this AL important question
In the last four or five years. IL may b
.ego;ism in me but now feel that com
Iprehend the question fully, possibly Dol
Sufficiently informed. however, to discus.
\ il ia all is details. believe IN . tariff
\ for revenue only. lido not object 10. and
"a tariff tor revenue does not preclude
the idea OF Ievying tariff sufficiently
high 70 enable our people 10 succe ssiuli j
compete Ia the manufacture and sale OI
a.l those goods aud products which entes
very considerably into the industries ol
our country, bur does exclude making
the tariff so high IS % shut of compcti-
ton OF foreign made goods. When
ever our people are educated to under
stand, that BY excluding the importa-
ton OF foreign made goods BY high
tariffs, they give a monopoly TO make
and sell 10 our wealthy classes all We
CONSUME Of that character Of goods.
| but 1t the same time, deny 10 our
poorer and laboring classes. the right 10
sell some kinds or products equal In val
ue 10 those we exclude BY making il i'm
possible for the foreign man 10 buy, be-
cause the only thing with which he can
buy, il with his products but with them
he cannot buy unless he can find . sale
with our people Making 1t possible
for Us 10 buy, makes IL possible for US to
sell. Competition IL the life Of trade,
trade makes business. A. few impedi-
ments nj the way Of trade ss possible,
il the surest road to activity in bust
ness.
These questions. my friends. in al
their bearings. should be nominated 10
make the race for Congress, I shall
take great pleasure in discussing before
yonr people.
n In conclusion let me again thank you.
Go back 70 your homes and thank the
people OF your townships for me. for the
very kind and generous treatment |
have received at your hands, and a.
their hands. To say that thank you
all, gives but . feeble expression Of the
emotions under which labor.
If elected 70 represent you. don't
know that can promise You all an Of
flee. forty acres or land or mule, much
less . post leadership, but | do want
10 say 10 you and In the sincerity
OF my heart do say, if elected l shall
try and remember that am your SER
want. Yours 10 command. Again thank
ing you. shall await the action Of 9TH
er counties, in the hope Of seeing and
talking 70 yon often before the ides Of
November next shall come and 90.
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