Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-14
Villas In MILWAUKEE
He Delivers Powerful Speech Open
ing the Campaign in Wisconsin.
The Vail too Small by Half to iold
theImmeHse Crowd assembled.
Merits of the Present Administration
Set Forth in Eloquent Terms.
The Shortcomings OF the Z. o. p. Por-
trayed in Convincing Manner.
Issues Of the Campaign and Great
Questions of the Day Discussed.
SECGETA X FILAs' SPEECH.
r. Yf,es' spnEe as fn!Iuws; /;

active promoter OF all stirring campHig Z
work, and with heart anu soul eniIssed II
the cduse to day, fold me he had agreed
with the Opposition leaders OF ms Town
TO mutually fOrbear from tOrcnes and
uniforms and all the varIuu3 para pher
MALTA of noise and blare which make cam
paiKDs hideous; but, instead, he would
have q pleasant room for frequent en-
Joy able meetings. in which 1t was yQr
posed 10 abunaaEtiy debate the issues ol
the hour, inviting tho participation OF
every cIuZen II the Community; be-lds r
which, they would eee that every frIeuGly
elector 10 present at ths polls. l. hJi
that aduirable, wise, sterling, dens GcrGt1c
seuse2 For the Jreeme, OF the nation
are about 20 pronounce mOE
judgment, far reaching IN Iis cOasequen-
ces.
We are apt to say elections are too
frequent. 50 fhey are II inc preceding
canvass Is tp be but the claEIur Of parn-
sans, tho multiplication Of tufm 1u, the
fal-ihcatien of facts, arguments ana
characters, while business wIthUrs IN
natural alarm, and iailOt boxes swell with
political booty wruag from misuud r.
standing, ignorance or fear. But the
stuffed and thOushsful judgment Of the
American peO Jle cannot be 100 request
Iy invoked to tue guidance OF Their pu5-
lie affairs, nor too nigh care exercise d to
secure tho conditions which shall yield
ruoh n judgment. As IL battered sword
att,sts the soldier, the Of used ballot box
proves tho freeman; 1t Is at once the
emblem and the instrument Of Ii5t Tty .
At the best, popular Judgement as OK
pressed by suffrage, can be but spaTInYly
-
twaen tho two great parties, If he
votes to influence events; and be must
often subordinate his opinion on some
points to tho paramount Importance of
the general course and tenduuCy OF ad
ministration and results 70 flow from The
ono or tho other IN power. He ia like
traveller Ht the FORKS of the road; rs he
takes one turning or the other, he must
take also what belongs 10 the road he
ehJO3ee; for whether il have the seducl-
iyo shades and purlinR waters, it carries
him 70 the object Of his journey. Aud
yet, never anywhere was such a ballot
gwen to men "a the Americau freeman
oasis. Nor over anywhere, in ali time, In
all the world buch responsibility and such
trust iucnmbsat on the manhood Of ire, -
mon. The aweep Of his vision must be
- 'ttb htAohbLl y 'l't hAD '.'4+uSls Nls'N anu
bruetcenC enough, to oUm prehend tho
wants and lntcfostaof
Sixty MILLIONS or ms ooUNrHYMEN.
and not alone for tho present time, and
for tho continent no lives o.. lie must
take tie world in view, and Eierco the fu
ture with proNdouce for posterIty. For
SO our fathers IN the republic did for u7;
and such il the obligation of the legacy
we have inherited with cur blood. The
eleotOr who thinks only ot his own day
ard his own interest, and setg in his vote
no aim towards the future glory and drg-
tiny Of his land, IL but Il churi, ard not un
American freeman.
The democratic party Of To day, under
the leadership aud upon tho personal
ard Official record in administration, OF
Grover Cleveland, challenges the COM
parIson with ito JVeGylng adversary aud
confidently invokes the calm und serious
Judgment of the electors of the nation.
1t asks for no hasty or passionate dcci7-
ion; 1t appeals to no prejudice, it stands
in no fear of tho most searching scrutiny.
It's trust il in its purposes, its fidelity to
tho people, aud the unorrinR certainty ot
justice ard wisdom in their Judgment, Us
the voice ot God. 1t is the historic party
ti hllltt Aihll DIllhlht llbti' iAhE, llpil
the earliest contests, the cham pi0u of the
people against c.usses and class tho true
exponent, advocate and administrator OF
the principles of constitutional liberty
in America.
invite you to 0u}rust the conditions.
tho prlnoi pies and professions of tho Up-
posing parties in this contest, and the
promise of the tuture afforded 10y them,
respectively.
What ia the republican party of to-day,
and wherein Ia II better or more worthy
of confidence than it was in 1854?
II was In the beginning more Popu-
lar uprising than political party. 1t
found origin aud quickcnIug power III
the high appeal ls Justice ana tenderness
tor hHmuu brethren in oppression, and
in the honest asal OF deep conviction,
ita following WAS well nigh fuuatical. 1t
was crusade against great national
sin; and 1t fell upon the timo appointed
of heaven for the rurifCn,ion Cf the re-
public by fire. So it rose to rapid power
like tine whrlwiud; aud
LIKE THE wuIRLwINU
it swept it's course of destructive though
" q.
the evil which had cugender,d it's being,
was iuore than destroyed; IL was de
ratiuatpd as by Dynamite, aud the land
was strewu with the mighty wreck, whore,
in fautnr,jo chaos, lay states, coHsrtu
tious, aad people, amid tho wide flung
havoc et war. That was tha logical
period OF Che rnrty's existence. l. stood
upon or pc sess,d no ductrJuos ofEoreru-
mont, no principles for tha gu. lance Of
the institutions ct freedom III the reposa
of peace. !, was not national, but sec
tionRl; u party tor c,vH war, not for
national frUttrnity. Bur the heart OF n
victorious people was III its GRASP and
the tHgo OF war was long unspeut. The
party retaIutd uHslackeugd control of
all legislation and taxation, with all their
pu-s huiliCs of ErGuiulent gain. L. was
tho opportunity of opPurtUultiv, for the
political iroshuotCr. There lay the car.
cass and there the keen scented 5iiG5 #
prey were soon gathered t1ge her. Fhs
republican party VAS not IN
origin tn party Of She rich or
the aristocraGicA. Its TauEuaId was the
prosecuted ah0lytjUniats, it's mission was
to redeem the Iowiy slave, Rud is appeal
WAS to the poor and humble rather taau
10 the rich and high. Bat the csc aud
nose Of greed never fail, nor ever lts iu-
satiate thirst relNu's. The golden hOur
was promptly rycuSuiz n, Even in the
darkest days "f the mighty Hfe-s'rGECie
of the natl, II, when every thought was
agonrztuGly il and every muscle truse
III the teSrtui strain Of war, even while the
drepch of our brothers blood was vet uu-
drunk by the stated earth, the agents OF
personal aud confederRted aNsrics, darkiy
moving behind the scenes, gave constant
ly the sklllful turn - private gain Of
measures taaeu for the prosecution oi
war.
And never for one moment did they
suspend their efforts nor ever spare the
exhausted people. Upon one pretex: and
another, from almost the earliest gras I
of republican dominion, corruption be
gan ita work and schemes for dishonest
enrichment of the few TO prevail.
Ii was in 1862 that, pursuing the senti
msnt that national defense required c
transcon'inental highway, the PacrhT
railroad legislation begun; sna in 1884
that with unreleuting ingenuity Is was ST
amended to diaoolical perfection, thai
the government really built the roads, aDc
gave them. with land enough for an EN-
pire, to the successful couspirators
Then, also, the earliest act for laying
taxes, and att=rEard, with a greed thai
heightened with each new sluttony,
EvERY RKvESUE MEASURE
vas prevented and distorted by ingenious
touches, imperceptihle to any but tn,
practiced eye, by which private t1ibut,
was extorted from the people, five time: