Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-10-26
COKE.
GRAND OVATION TO THE PEG.
PIES FAvORITE.
Trip Hammer Blows for the Demo
cratic Party - Mills and Tariff
Reform-Death to the
Blair Bill.


There was large audience present
at the court house last night to hear
Sen. Coke. 1t was composed of ladies
as we'll as men, white people and col
ored people, staunch democrats,
bloody shirt republicans, prohibition
lists, union labor, non-partisans and
the Independents, self-called. There
were farmers, merchants, laborers,
lawyers, doctors and preachers. The
aisles were packed and people sat
around over the stage and stood up IN
the rear. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed and whenever anything was
said of Roger Q. Mills a shout rent the
air. The ladies listened with the
most profound attention and seemed
to take great pleasure in the discus
sion of the intricate tariff bill.
Senator Coke was introduced by
Hon. Eugene Williams. After ex-
pressing his qualification at being at
home once more he said: "The DEM
ocratic party has been the leading
party in politics for more than hum
dred years, and while many parties
have sprung up and flourished for
time and then have strewn her path
way with their wrecks, yet the old
party still lives. These mushroom
parties, the nonpartisans, prohibition
greenback, and union labor parties
should not be mentioned in the same
day with the old democratic party
which comes down to us with the wis
dom Of Jefferson, Monroe and Jack
son, while these ephemeral organiza-
tons come to us with no sanction.
Where are their laurels? Upon what
battlefield have they gained the con-
fidence of the people? Where are
their leaders who have stood by the
people in the days of trouble? What
financial policy do they present? In
an era of prosperity they come among
us to attempt to make easy the con-
quest by our enemies were such q
thing possible. They have no repre-
sentatives in Congress. There We're
once q few greenbackers but they
have turned democrats. Ask for a
union labor or non-partisan or
prohibition senator or congress-
man? Ask for white crow or fe-
male man. There are only two par
ties at the national capitol, the dem
Ocratic and republican parties. and he
who goes there not subscribing to
either faith will be as lonesome po-
litically as if he were in the depth of
Sahara, and if he makes a speech he
must solilOquize. He must be DEM
ocrat or republican, and if he goes
there opposed to the democratic party
and its nominees he gravitates to
the republican side as certainly
and as naturally as a duck takes
to water. We are in the midst
of terrific contest and when d man
talks about non-partisan parties he
shows that he does not understand
and appreciate the magnitude of the
question. When the returns shall
have come in from the election
from New York, New Jersey
Connecticut and Indiana, will any
one ask what vote the prohibition
or union labor candidates received
No, the cry will be How stands thu
score between Grover Cleveland an(
Benjamin Harrison?' Fellow citizen
don't throw your votes away. / hav,
respect for republican who says 8
am for Harrison and Morton, although
deplore his judgment. But when
man says he Is for a non-partisan can
didate he is cipher in the contest
There Is between these two great pal
ties an issue superior to all Others
and that is the tariff, The democrat
hold one side and the republicans til
other. There is no middle groun'
and these little parties will be crusl
ed between the giants. How stant
the non-partisan platform upon Il
the issue? 1t is silent. How STAN
the union labor platform Mum
the word. How the prohibition phi
form? 1t says nothing. Listen