Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-29
represented in their chief offices BY men

disappointment; IL we can find such n
man we can not only elect him President,
but with his name we can permanently
restore the fallen fortunes OF the Rcpuh-
llcan party. Such man is William II.
Allison, the log.cabin student of Ohio,
y statesman of Iowa, Long continued
applause With such leader tho Re
publican party can call back To their
places the struggling and homeless Gle
ments OF the old Republican strength.
With such u leader we can go into tho
ttte Of New York and perfect in good
faith treaty of amnesty and OF peace.
In presenting the claim Of Iowa we are
not pleading for subsidy TO n doubtful
state States become doubtful when the
strife Of years has at last borne the fruit
If faction The way TO carry doubtful
States Is To pass by the surviving parllsans
If pctrited quarrels and put the standard
IT the party into the hands Of leader
who Is the accepted friend Of every Re,
publican voter in the United States
Cheers, For the first time since 1870
we have visible line Of controversy bo.
tween the coutending parties For eight
wears the Democrats have enjoyed an In.
crcaSing advantage over us They have
bcca able to charge thousand kinds Of
corruption and To promise u thousand
varieties of reform. They have built
heir platforms ON the pattern of freight
caboosc--ii u man didn't like the view
from his window, he could go into tho
space reserved for tram men only, and
look In any direction he pleased. Aud SO
we had Randall down In New York com.
| an h, nj In, nj pf Al
| try to tho loving favor of the Democratic
party, while Carlisle was shivcring around
| the villages of Iowa relieving his pcnt up
cmolonS on tariff reform, II these
| eminent gentlemen had changed appoint.
meats, not even the superb skill of Daniel
Manning could have taken the dice box
| from the hand of Grover Cleveland and
thrown double skies for him In the game
of politics. No such humbug can be
twice practiced on the same people The
responsibilities OF administration have
compelled the President 10 print u pro.
grammc, No babbling about Republican
malicasanco can avail them now, No
prolligate professions can cover up the
naked fraud that passes in these days for
reform, OF course tho programme Is not
without signs of evasion aud marks Of
ambiguity. But We need not send for
lgnatius Donncllcy laughter Ito de.
cipher ia the Presidents message the old
platform Of the slave power, cut with u
pair of scissors from the confederate con
stilution. On the issue presented the
West and the East hayo common inter.
est With the East IL Is u question Of
| something To cat. With the West II IL
JOr the present n question Of somebody to
feed. The Republican party, true TO Its
platform and Its record recognizes the
necessity of rcadIusting the existing laws
to meet the changing conditions OF In
dustry and business, but the party pro.
poses no changes that will work mn In.
| jury to American capital or drive Amcrl.
can manhood out OF the cottages Of
American labor. In the candidacy Of
| senator Allison the farm and the factory
meet together In common fight for the
National prosperity, Neither the one or
| the other can seriously hope for nything
from the present Democratic manage
ment For thirty years the Democratic
party has made no suggestion worth any
thing for any purpose. Even the period
of the civil war, time when the mind OF
men In every hamlet felt the Contagion
| Of great thoughts, ana mems thoughts by
nearly every iiresidc tremblcd with the
| breath of inspired purposes, even such a
time suggested nothing to the Democratic
party, except confused notion that
somebody was violating the Constitution.
But whether il was jeff Davis or Abra.
ham Lincoln they couldn' tell; and many
Of them do not know to this day. My
theory Is that men who went through
| that momcntous epoch with their eyes
| shut. are not likely to ever see daylight
| again. Hence II Is that in their zeal for
platform they have invaded the GENE.
terry. What seems 10 them discovery In
| political economy u.s. In point Of fact, u
grave robbery. John &. Calhoun, who
| wrote the Presidents message laughterl
had n statesman's reason for the platform
Of the slave power The institution OF
| slavery required for It's life open ports
with The world In vain did any man
| plead before the bar for the dignity Of
labor There was no place In the system
for the hand Of skill while the labor
| question, the impcrious problem OF our
times, was only n question Of bread and
OF rags. The trouble with the Democratic
order Of events. They do not yet under
South has cast aside the plantation poll.
tics Of other days. They have not heard
the new voices Of industry from the
mountains Of Virginia, from the furnaces
| of Alabama, from the spindles Of Atlanta
They have not seen the new signs OF
commercial life, inviting men and money
10 enter the old wilderness Of slavery, and
by the magic OF free labor convert Its
l IL. Lace fNa
Of wealth. The Republican party under
| stands the present because IL OOmprehends
| the forces that lie behind il. The selection
Of William H. Allison as the national
! leader of the party will best serve the
| future because his name recalls every
great political achievement for Il quarter
Of century. The impress Of his trained
faculties is upon every act Of national
legislation He entered The House Of
Representatives with Garfield and Blaine
and speedily rose with them TO place
among The masters Of the political thought
Of these times. The traditions OF the Re.
publican party are safe in his hands. In
these days. when the insolcncc OF office
does not hesitate to insult the national
spirit or offend the loyal sentiment Of the
country. the name of William B. Allison
stands for the fulfllment OF Abraham
Linc0ln's pledge TO the vanishing regi'
ments of the old Union army. In pre-
scnting his name TO the country the Re
publican party OF Iowa renew the promise
IF Justice TO the veterans OF the civil
war. A country which relies for its
safety on the good will Of its people dare
not face the infinite peril of disowning
the old age of the needy survivors
of the National defeEse, We cherish
none of the hostiltties Of other years. The
lengrhening shadows now falling upon
| the scattered ranks Of both armies alike
nre lighted by heroic memories, but the
| flying years have taken with them the
| bitterness of the past. Great applause
With no apology for any principle IL
has ever advocated; with cxnltant salts
| faction with every victory IL has ever W On:
reyerent affection for its dead and honest
enthusiasm for all its living leaders. the
Republican party turning to the future,
welcomes the new era of American
politics: an era of peace, OF fraternity, OF
commercial expansion, of industrial
growth--an era that shall emancipate
labor. that shall sapciify the rights of
fellowship; that shall perfect popular
education; that shall realize in the mis-.
sion of the Rebnblic all the dreams OF
patriotism. Prolonged applausel.
And now gentleman, again expressing