Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-03-21
THE OUTLOOK. y
Gov. Foraker's Speech in Re-
Spouse to the Above
Toast,
Delivered It the Lincoln Day Banquet
of The Ohio Republican
League.

All that we want is time, patience and a re-
lance on that God who has never forsaken Hss
People ~ LtMctNs Speech. at Columbus, u.
MIR. CHAIRHAA AND DFELIow-REPuBIIcANs. .--If
there is ono thing that am positively sure.
Of, 4 is that tha political outlook OF the Re
tonight. am elrs that what has been said
indicates thet Sas exAOtly the opposite Of that
ess,sSa &. e srs sod IN shs s.osy xhr .a
middle Of the night. insisted that her husband
should go to the window and make observations
as to the weather. and he, anxious TO please
her. undertook 10 do 80, but in his bewilder
ment, and in the darkness. mistook for the
window the pantry that stood near it. and
opened the door and stuck his head into
outlook was as dark ~ Haaes and smollea
like Ash" In other words, our outlook is not
dark, neither has it an offensive smell. 1t is
true there may he found here and there n trace
of coal oil' In the political atmosphere but II is
so much fainter than II was two or three wears
ago. that il no longer serves any other than the
good purpose Of locating and defining the whore
abouts OF that enemy whom we are after. There
is no darkness or want OF brightness. The nay 3
OF light are beaming and streaming over the po
htical horizon, not only To cheer and beckor us
onward, but to give mistakable indicat pns
that no matter whether our own great leader. as
most Of uR hope, is to be our standard bearer in
the approaching national contest, or some OF
leader, we are ready, from Maine to Oregon, rank
and hle, rs one man. to follow him with vim and
rieor TO triumphant victory l know there Are
some Democrats~wh would not subscribe to
this They argue themselves into the belief
That because their party managed to pull
through Grover Cleveland their candidate ia
1881. they ought to be able To win again III 1855
With-anybo must confess that, in my Judg
ment at least these gentlemen not liable to
harsh criticism on this account; for certainly
no poll tical party ever owed less to candidate
fpr t,tn hovp IN
Grover Cleveland for their success in 1884. One
of the signs Of the times is that the leaders OF
that organization realize and appreciate that
fact and hence 1t IL that they are now mani
Testing disposition with respect to the im-
pending struggle to depend not npon the man
but upon the party and this seems to be more
For ut last 1t seems to be dawning-
as that may appear-on even his intellect, that
he Is likely to have more difficult job OF hold
ing down the presidential chair in which he sit 8
than he did in holding down that log in the
Adirondack Mountains which he sat while
fishing on Decoration Day. hope that no one
unkind about His Excellency the President.
On the contrary, I want to be understood
as in full accord with the Republicans all over
this country in the belief and feeling that We
owe him debt OF gratitude on two accounts nj
least. One Is that he has relieved us Of that
class of dudish theorists, Of which James Russell
he has made us by contrast appreciate Abraham
Lincoln
But however all this may be. the truth is and
that is what want to cali your attention tn.
that in the last contest the Democratic party
were successful not because of, but in spit Of
their candidate. and in spite also of themselves
II view, In spite OF the fact that there ub-
soluteiy no lack of merit on the part OF either
the Republican party or that magnificent leader
who WAS our standard bearer in that contest
In short, there was nothing in the character or
the record OF either the Democratic party or
their candidate that was calculated to inspire
either confidence or enthusiasm. They went be-
fore the people Of the country not making an
issue, but proclaiming there was none. They
affected to have accepted the fruits AND results
Of the war, and pledged themselves. as IL has
been said here tonight that they would uphold
and enforce the great constitutional amend
ments They promised that they would not
disturb the tariff or in any manner interfere
with our financial or revenue systems. They
everywhere promised to continue on in the good
ways established by the Republican party In
other words, they openly professed to have no
principles whatever except only ours by adop-
tion. No one pretended in that canvass to crit
icise single one of the great measures of ma
tional Importance that had been adopted by the
Republican party while in power; neither had
any one, not even the Democrats themselves,
the hardihood to attempt to defend any part of
the long line OF grave mistakes and grievous
errors which they had committed during the
last quarter of a century.
And yet they won! And why? One man says
it was the "Burchard business = another says it
was because they had n rainy election day iii
the State Of New York; another says it was the
bankers dinner . and others attribute our de-
feat to the disaffection of the
ali these | matters played their their
several parts, but truth and justice require the
statement that greater than all these combined
was the difficulty against which we had to COLI
tend on account of the fact that the idea got
into the minds of the people that, inasmnch as
the Democrats were promising all these things,
that the books might be examined. the money
counted. and the people be assured that, after
all, everything was exactly right and as it should
be- Every man who talked Oh the stump in that
contest will never forget how, in the presence OF
this idea, IL vain to recall the patriotic rec
ollections which we are cherishing here to-
of our illustrious leaders. The story of their
great deeds, il told at all, fell upon ears that
were deaf. 1t was vain to talk about free
ballot and fair count, the tariff or anything
else. The sll-sufficient answer, ever ready to be
given, was that the time had come for change.
and therefore 1t was that by means of solid
south S 1 and miserable Use scratch in the State Of
became President, and we have been given
three years Of Democratic administration,
tinrousa TN, l;;, which has o We have 1s been drift
other great national struggle, from which be-
lieve We are to emerge, as said a moment ago
crowned with . triumphant victory.
In saying what have about the last contest,
have already indicated why that should be SO
for have been endeavoring to show that In our
last contest our opponents enjoyed exceptional
advantages, and that we laborcd under corres-
ponding disadvantages. The Democrats had
been out Of power for twenty four years. In
consequence the people were not fully
quainted with them, and therein was their
strength. 4 whole generation Of voters had
come upon the stage OF action who had no per-
soma! recollection Of how they had NAL adminis-
now all that is changed. They have been on
trial ; not very long, but long enought to demon
strate that there was no occasion for change
when II was made. BY their inability, as dwelt
upon by Senator Sherman, TO provide against
tho accumulations Of surplus revenue have
they demonstrated that they are still
Of business capacity that so distinguished
them bsfors the war. By declaring in favor Of
free trade they have broken their plighted faith
whether We think more Of this country than Of
England or any other. We must answer with
our votss whether We intend to protect and sle-
Iaent Of our great system Of diversified indus
By is mosi reckless and relentless .pplica-
the spoils' that has ever been known In history,
they have brought reproach upon the cause Of
civil service rsfofm and have driven In disgust
from Their r,nas every true friend Of such
rsovsn their inability q apprecists the services
s2d :acriacss: nm me herolam @ and velos Of the men
men - old Jake Thompson and by atsemptina
70 rsturn 70 the so-calied Confsderate states
he cspscEsd 9 s rebel nag and by placing on the
the Inost distanguished representative that
could BE- found in the whole country Of practi.
Sai nal!ineesion e the Constitution. they have
undsrfaken 70 enece the distinction between
the men WIG fought Tor and those who fought
again:s our 0oyernmsnk By acts Of this char
soter they have touched and aroused the bust
country - they have mot been touched OF
aroused sihee the war.
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