Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-17

/ in power the democrats charged upon US
/ oil forms of occupation, brazenly deelar
/ ed that the books and records were
/ frgudulently kept and that the money
/ claimed was not in the treasury. They
/ promised that with their accession to
/ power times would be easier, money more
/ plentiful, wages higher ana taxes lower.
Now the people see that every change has
| been disproved, and every pledge been
/ broken. The light has been turned on
/ the books have been examined and found
correct-the money mas been counted, and
/ u was all there. Times are no better, the
products of the farmer and the wages of
the laborer are no higher and taxation
has gone on introduced Mr. Cleveland
promised, if elected, an improved civil
service, that public Office should he made 3
public trust, and that fitness and efficiency,
rather than political belief and activity,
shOu be the tests for retention in and
( appointment TO office. These wero the
promises. Now look at the fniillments.
In the early days OF the administration
every disreputabls scheme was resorted
to gain a pretense for removing republ-
cans. WiscOnsin's distinguished civil
service representative in the cabiGet--Be-
former Villas invented the cunning term
Offensive PARTISAN that trivial charges
might be irumped up against republicans
to make pretense for their dismissal
from Office In these later days no
apologies have been made, all preteIse
of civil service has been abandoned, aud
the president pLrsues the policy of the
/ S oOilsmau without paliation or excuse.
Mr.. Cleveland with grave, and what nov
js shown to have been hygoceitical
i "a
second presidential term, ard virtually
promised the people that he would never
seek re election. Yet now we see him
employing all toe vast patronage OF his
great office, end invoking all the aids OF
the party mpchirecy TO continue HIM IN
power,
Gentleman, tine people are Io5 blind,
and they will not long let such trcachery
and hypocris- go unrebuked.
/ Fa5e not time TO discuss / can only
mention the issues that are presented.
And one il, are the barrirs of protection
that surround our prosperity to be
broken town? Is labor here, in this free
land of unlimited richness and resources,
toward which the eyes of the struggling
poor IN all the world are tarned, is labor
here to be deg raded ard Impoverished?
tected and our people paid. Americans
must take care of America. Taxation
must be reduced 20 its lowest limit-the
burdens of government must be mainly
imposed upon those best able to bear
them capital must have fair protection
and labor ample pay-trusts, monopo-
lies and combinations of every kind TO
extort illegitimate profits must be crush
ed. A patriotic and intelligent revision
of the tariff laws must be made. Then
will thrift wait upon effort and prosp .rity
follow enterprise and toll. Then will we
build up great and independent and
pros porous nGtion that will furnish good
wages to the laborer, sure market to
the farmer and honest profits to capital
The republican party was born in the
struggle for equal rights, and it is pledg-
ed to the protection OF every man, no
matter wheat his position or calling. 1t
was born to give men liberty and make
labor free, and il will not die until the
peoples rights are thoroughly intteuched
in the policy of the nation.
The democratic party holds to-day
within its fraudulent grasp several states
Their verdict is already made up. II
makes no difference what platforms are
adopted or what candidates are placed in
nomination, their returns will show demo
cratic majorities. You all know, every
intelligent man in the nation knows, that
TO bring about this state of affairs, that
fraud aud intimidation have been piac-
ticed, that murders have been committed
and the ballot debaUched And yet we
are told We must not talk about this, that
II is reviyiug unpleasant questions, and
will postpone the day OF reconciliation
and fraternity. / do not understand that
Political philosophy that requires that
upon the questions growing out of the
war the djsloyal sections must be kept
solid and the oval states divided. ! be
lieve that until the laws are enforced and
all men given equal protection in the
exercise OF their legal rights, that q solid
north should face a SOLID south / have
only contempt for that political coward
ice that dare not tell the truth for fear
Of criticism or ridlcue.
Only the other day | sat in the senate
chamber of the United States and listened
to the debatee upon the blll to admit in
10 the Union South Dak0.a The demo
cratic senator's gave as leading
reason for opposing the bill the fact
that the vcte on division was not
j full. In reply TO this, republicans sena-
tors pointed to the vote in southern states,
and read from the election return the
shameful record. They showed how
many members Of congress were holdiag
seats who received only 1000 or 5000
votes, aud nov 10 Georgia ten members
, we're elected by less aggregate vote than
j it takes to elect one in the north Wis.
consiu's junior senator, the gifted and
/ eloquent Spoouer, in his mastery effort,
. showed by what methods Of fraud and
, violence aud blood free suffrage in the
. south had been throtued. AEd, as the
! crowded floor ard galleries hung sympa-
thiziug and breathess on his burning
words, the rebel brgadiers swung iudif-
] ferently in their easy chairs and smiled
derision at the awful arrangement that
ought TO have made every honest patriot
{ blush with shame.
s Gentleman of the convention, if the re-
, publican party Will be true to ltself-true
, go its traditious-true TO the memories of
! the brave and loyal and illustrious men
{ who were present at It's birth ana gave
glory to its uaturity.Jf they will stand