Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-14
State Historical Society

| enioyed. The northwest will indeed,
never set its interests before the honor of
/ the nation. When the hoEr of that neces
sitY shall arrive, If ever,-sLd ma!
heaven avert It's comiug,-thls loyal
region, ever faithful to the union VIII
cry to the nations head 'Strike! strike
and spare not! Our country first and
foreverw
But why should our senators have re
| fused postponemeut of the treaty5 con
! sideration until election feVers cooled!
| Why nov refuse the keenest weapon oi
retaliation? Is their allegiance to 1.-THE
uucrowned king" of the republican party,
with his railroads and his trusts, para
mount to their duty TO their Northwestern n
counsrymenY
'Oh!' say some, inspired by the fishery
trade, put the embargo on Canadian
fish, That is, indeed, the policy of lat
er day repubiicsnism! Put the honor
of the country to the use of favored
pockete! "Retaiiate, indeed, but just
enough to let US make our countfymen
pay us more for tishr' Not SO does the
president deal with national honor. If 1t
Is wronged, the wrong is deep and grieV-
Gus, and the remedy shall be potential,
and the redress ample. Is he right, fel
low citizens?
Such Is the republican party; no longer
VitaiIzzd by national purpose, but
decayIng o dissolution, mere OBJ
3 ructiOn 10 national progress. What
pew measure. what new policy Goes 1t Of
fer to the peopie' Do they see no evils
pressing harmfully upon the laborers OF
the country, aud rstardlng the growth OF
our prosperity? What redress 90 they
propose? Can you name any new meas
| NJ ~. cd II
of speelouS profession, their plat
form? Yes, they make two proposals,
both in the same interest, and preemI
nently characteristic. Realizing the
enormous over burden OF unnecessary tax
! alton, now thatecJEOmy and care have
gain made the posta! service self sus
tanning, they would strike off one-haf
the revenue from lester postage, in Or
| der that the cost OF that serViCe may fall
| on custom duties; una they would repeal
the tax on whisky, In the interest of
morality, that their friends may continue
to oxtort tribute from the people on
| the unnecessaries OF life. This is the
SunG ratio of their statesmauship. The
| preservation of class legislation anu the
obstruction of measures for the popular
| soOd.
The republican party has already be-
| S'NAAA~4''
rust are not in the promise of the future,
but IN bnasts Of past achievements; and
the achievements were never wrought by
them who boast today! The party lies
athwart the path OF natio2al progress
! The banner of reform aud progress IL
| sees in democratic hands, and the
column moving on the course of the re-
| public'a advancement and destiny.
Col. Villas then went on at some length
| 10 consider III detail the work of he pres
en-, administration. The work of the
different departments was spoken of,
and when compared, the orator exclaim-
| eG:
This is gratifying! and i WAS crafty
ing TO your public servants when the
democratic leaders at st. LCuis, threw
down this challenge as Il plank in their
PLATFORM
The democratic party welcomes an eXsctirg
scrutiny If the administration Of the executive
power which four Yeas ago was committed to
| It's trust in the election If Grover Cleveland
president Of the United States, and 1t challeng,
the most searching inquiry concerning its fidelity
and devotion TO the pedges which then invited
! The sulfragss of the people"
ASK YOU THEN FELLOW CITIZENS.
| have ovcrdrawn tho case between the
| parties contending in this canvass? Is it
not demonstrated truth that the repub
lioan party during its latter years has
| been steadily deterioratiDg in value as a
! governmental agency, cankered with
abuses, given TO corruption, and in hands
! cODtentiy schemiug for private gains?
Are there any but its partisans who
think to-day this nation met with mis-
| fortane by the change OF administration
decreed in 1884? Does any Intelligent,
tair-mirded man, in his heart believe
that to day the country would have been
more pros perOu7, stronger or happier,
had James G. Blaine been chosen presi-
dent instead of Grover Cleveland? Who
viii challenge the gracious Providence OF
God so often manifested to this great
people, in the popular judg ment of four
years ago?
Is it not true, truth within the grasp
of every man who will "think straight ard
see clear" that this nation has bsen under
this administration united by firmer
grasp OF constitutional obedience, in
warmer love of all its citizens, in truer
faith and allegiance, in a higher and bet
! ter hope for it's future destiny and gloryY
That the false idols are broken which
cast baleful fear over the minds of the
the colored race, or clouded with appre-
hensiOn the intellectual perceptions of
many whose fairer skin gave claim to
greater strength? That your affairs have
been administered with honesty, with
| fidelity, and with industry on the part of
your public servants? Nay, more, tiat
many great abuses have been reformed?
That many great wrongs have been re
| dressed? That your monies have been
honestly collected and faithfully applied
to the objects to which your legislature
appropriated them! That your public
domain has been jealousy guarded for
the settler, your foreign affairs managed
with dignity and irmness, anS that your
navy, once the source of pride, but
moro lately of shame, again wears
fair promise OF regsinIng strength AID
honor? And are not the excellent fruits
of this conduct shown in the business CON
fdeuce, activity and enterprise which are
| witnessed Oa every hand, the basis al d
| only basis OF domestic comfort, tranquil
ity and happincssr Such results have
followed democratic rule; to what end,
! upon what reason, will patriotic citizens
choose To discard this agency of admins
| ira, tou 10 return to another once so wise
Is GisCaTdeds
BUT TO WHAT END
! Is faithful, honest administration, what
advantaSeth it to the people if there be
retrenchments IL public expenditures, if
hue fuOIC S"pb De palC, II everywhere
prudence and economy tepress waste,
when from sn this the people derive no
/ benefit IN the reduction of taxation?
For quarter of century they have
psid taxes at the e1sctIng rates Gre
ated by q state of wsr; in some
particulars even heavier. Is it not an
ohject of desire that less shoald be taken
| by tbs tax collectors? Whence comes
this new theory OF government taught by
the example, almost the precept, of mod
ern republicanism, that taxation is q
/ blessing, rising with lis weight? The
taxes levied by permanent law passed IN
der repu 5lican rule, now yield vast sum
in excess of sll the requirements of the
government. We can pay all the cost of
civil administration of the army and ma
w, the maintenance of our courts, the in
terest upon our public debt, our munii-
cent pensions aud every other rIghtfut
charge upon the people, and have more
than s hundred millions a year besides,
unnecessarily taken from the people.
This is an enormous sum; over twice as
great as the average cost of the whole
government during the periods of demo
cratic rule frcm the year 1900 30 1851.
Apply the case directly TO ourselves.
THE SHARE OF WISCONSIN
alone, If proportional, in this saving,