Daily Republican., 1888-10-08


not toll the story, for It was impossible
to reAliE9 tho depth Of degradation to
which . oiuz1n must go to get assessed
Of one of these extra assessments. Who
are the mea who receive the benefit of
this outrage upon the franchise and 40 i
cept ofiioe elected BY suoh meAnb?
say that the Democrat who aSospls
ofiiSe through the disfrancnisement Of
his fellow oltZ sns lie tainted with the
deal.
1t ia said By Democrats that II the /
Republicans had tho power In the Leg. |
lAlAture they would not repeal the Law. |
Give me the trial. II bad voice In
the Legislature 1 would put the Re-
publican party TO the test upon that !
question. ME. Curtis made the docla- |
ration that he planted himsels Armly In
faver OF high lioenhe and local option.
II were better to stand up for . prin-
oIple nnd be knocked down than to lie
down and be trampled upon. Tho
seeds Of disintegTatioD, he said, have
already taken root In the Democratic
party and will soon cause Its fall. There
is but one course for honest men TO pur.
sue next November, and that 10 work
aud vote for the defeat Of that party.
Mr.. OurtIs' speech was we'll received
and As he took his seat he was oheared
to the echo.
After . lively air by the band the
chAirmAn introduced Washington
HAatinEs 20 the enthusiastic audience,
by witch he WAs received with hearty
spplRuse.
Mr.. HastIngH said that after listening
10 the able address Of the gentleman
who preceded him there was but little
left for him to say. He felt that he need
mot have been here had he not chosen,
bat the pending issues ere crest and he
was here in the performance OF oiti-
Esn'a duty and he had no apology to
make for Il. 1--WE are oitiEsns," said
Mr.. Hastings, "of great country. We
are not subjects, but sovereiRns, and
while We expect to exercise the rights
OF criticism aud opposition, It still be-
comes ne 10 be obtdieht 10 the powers
that be and confine our remarks TO
TtasonAble bounds Of truth and fair
play"
Mr.. Hastings then entered into q
statement OF what the DemooTRtic party
had done since its advent into power.
Mr. Cleveland had now been President
about three And q half years. He Hever
thought the people intended to elect Lin
AuyhoW, and he only got In by kind
OF scratch, ns is said In billiards, by q
pAltry plurality Of 100 In New York,
eOmslhiDg that is not likely to occur
again.
There were also very grave doubts
about the honesty Of his election, but
% The evidence appeared 10 be In his
'..vor, leaving out Southern bulldcEIng,
II was thought best BY all coed citizens
70 CONSENT TO bis election without tFou-
BILE, and EoSordiB gig he was inRugurAted
President. Immediately after assuming
the reIus OF government the Democrats
were loud in theIF boasts Of what they
intended to do, The Republican rAsoAls
were all to be turned out, and Republi-
can frauds were 70 be exposed. The
/ Democrats had conducted their cam
lpaiRn upon the idaa that Republican
office holders were thieves and that
levery department OF disagreement
was reeking with fraud Well, when
Mr.. Cleveland took bis seat "Republi.
oan rAsoals" were turned cut BY the
thousand and Investigations were COM
menosd.
They searched the treasury through
and through, counted the cash and osr
tiaca.es to find how much shortsRt
there was. Did they Aud any shoriass2
mot o cent. Did they Gnd any embez.
z! !ers2 Not one. Did they find any
thing to prove that the Republican
party was dIshonest2 They found moth
ing. But will tell you what they did
do They pursued one Of their merciles!
investigations so far that they Killed
one Of the biggest men in this country
/. and ruined q giant industry. PerhapI
they didn't intend to kill John Roach
Nha ThaN
| lhounded him because he was Rspubh
a oAu, and death WAS tho sure result
a John Roach was one OF the best exam
pes OF Whist our free institutions pro
!. mote. John Roach, . poor man viii
limited education, came TO thls country
/ gathered n few workmen around hin
i and fought himself into position will
! the greaI men OF the nation.
THE, however, was not what tn
h Democrats had against him. He vas
4 Republican and built ships for the gov
ernmens That was an unpArdonabl'
, ain, or course, aoIording to Demo
a cratic theory, he Wks . rascal and
thlef. This was enough They with
q held the money due him, refused to nc
: cent his ships, ruined his credit, force
! him 10 suspend business and the Doo
. old man died OF q broken heart The
h did this to thoW that q Republican SEQ
4 RETRY OF the Navy cniluded with Re
n publican shipoullder to cheat the Gov
n eminent. To-day John RuAoh's con
A ara nov trying to rebuild what this Nd
r. ministrAtion ruined. Il was saame,
10 burning ahams, and coming generation
"a will blush over that investigation. Thi
Ia was about all Mr.. Hastings know OF tn
I ADMINISTRATION dotngs.
| urAnlh mt N
!, tune to say that ell Republican o11C
holders were honest. The Republloa
a party mad tuInsd out ell that were dil
= honest, 80 that when the Democrats cam
N into power they could find none, henc
II their attack on innooent John Roach.
"A He hoped the Democrats would leav
re no dishonest offlce holders behiud them
m Mr.. Hastings WAS no great Admirer {
.a Democratic civil servloa reform. NJ
IA body believes II to be honest, not eve
ss the MuRVumps. Reform that believe
IN In q continuous term Of office may ;
all right, but don't believe In l
ta Competitive examination 10 the rlgt
m thing, but 1 would always give til
n preference to my own party. We don
IA want any oiflos holding RrlEtccIAoy !
n this country. We don't want M
m families TO ruio this country. Woul
n be honest about It, and would exhAu
all the material Ia my own party hrs
,ls What Mr.. Hastings hatsd about tn
n pretended reform was Its sham. He
4 luded TO the New York Tribune as hay
II ing published column after column
at nam ss OF disreputsble persons appoints
a to Office by tbls administration and 1
re far no effort has besn made to dispr)v
ID Its allegations.
M Mr.. Hastings here brspohed Of O
4ho sarlT uuasftou I'm aha aAma ViunFOu