The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-05-25
IpEMoCRATlC COUNTY rIcKET
JUDGE WILLIAMS SPEECH.

JUDGE WILLIAMS SPEECH.
A fair sized audience collected at the
Court House Monday night to hear Judge |
Williams. He was introduced by MICE.
Wolverton, and launched into his subject |
at once. Fer quarter OF an hour he made |
war upSn Cleveland aud his administra.
tion, and this was the burden Of his song
Cleveland vetoed the river and harbor bill.
This amounted to almost crime In the
Judges eyes, and all this In the face Of the
fact that the last republican president had
been guilty of doing the same thing, and, II
our memory serN es us right, Grant did the
same thing at the very time when viii.
liams occupied seat In the cabinet. An.
other matter that seemed to fearfully shake
up and disturb the Judge was the fact that
over 10000 republicans holding federal ap-
pointments at the time Cleveland went In.
to Office had given way 10 democrats, who
now fill the same places. This was truly
fearful to contemplate. The Judges state
ment that large majority of these faith
full adherents of his party had been remov-
ed to make way for democrats was far from
the truth. Not one in four had been re-
moved at all, and those that were removed
were displaced because of incompetency,
neglect of duty, etc. The terms of nearly
all had expired before their places were
filled. Very few removals were made, In
fact, as is clearly seen here in Oregon. Were
any of the postmasters at the following
places removed by Cleveland, to-wit, Pert
land, East Portland, Astoria, Oregon City,
Salem, Albany, Eugene City, Roseburg,
Jacksonville, Ashland, Corvallis, Dalles,
PendletOn or Baker City Not one. Some
of the republican aPPointees are still serv-
ing. So 1t has been all over the country.
The Judge damaged his case very much by
these misrepresentation. The Judge de-
clared that many had been appointed to
Office from the South with nothing else to
recommend them except the fact that they
had borne arms against the government,
whenin fact he knew that no man had been
appointed for that reason. The Judge de-
clared that he had no desire OF intention to
revive the memories of the late war; Haunt
the blosdy shirt,) yet ne put in about s
minutes solid work in berating the "briga
diers of the South, Including Justice Lamar,
whom he evidently hates with "whole
let" of venom. During all the time he
was denOuncing Lamar and Fuller as trait
ors, every one present could see vein of
intense bitterness running through all his
remarks. Those who had not forgotten a
little incident in the Judges history could
easily trace its cause. When Grant was
president, for some causewhich the country
never comPrehended, he appointed Judge
Williams to the very Office to which Lamar
and Fuller have been appointed.No sooner
had the appointment been announced than
"Rome began to howp all over the coun-
try,and such was the strength and character
OF the opposition among both republicans
and democrats that the president was com
PEELED to withdraw the neplination, as Il
was evident that the Senate wOuld reject
Alio WIFI the IdGL IEldL
republican Senate confirmed La
mar and will soon confirm Fuller, and We
have the cause of the Judges deposition to
wave the "bloody garment" The Judge
then discussed the Mills bill and placed his
opposition toit upon the ground that II was
sectional and partisan, removing tariff from
Northern commodities and leaving ali on
Southern commodities. In order to prove
that II was sectional, he had to resort to
sabterfuge and open misrepresentation. BE
said the Mills bill removed all the six mil |
liors duty on wool and left the fifty-eight
m..lions on sugar. The Mills bill makes |
reduction Of $II 100000 on sugar, but the |
Judge says it makes none. lie attempts to |
deceive the people about the matter, and |
also attempted to do the same when he
said no reduction had been made on rice,
when all know who have read 1t that il
makes a material reduction on rice. His
about protective tariff effecting
higher wages for laboring men were so pa
ent that they need no notice here. We
give the Judge credit for stating explicitly
hat he favored the reduction of the sur
plus in the treasury by removing the fifty
light millions tax on sugar, putting that ar
icle on the free list, and removing the tax
rom tobacco. but this is SO intensely parti-
AN and sectional that it did TO credit to
he Judges candor, in view of the fact that
hat was his main reason for opposing the
dill's bill He asked the editor of the DEM
'cRAT to explain why the Mills bill re-
moves all the six millions duty from wool {
nd retains all the fifty sight millions on
ugar, and the Heyald, though ignorant of
he reason OF the truth which 1t told, said /
he DEMOCRAT would not answer 1t. OF Z
curse, the DEMOCRAT, nor no one else, :
ould be held to Ser proposition that 4
5 not true. The Mills bill removes the
100000 duty from wool and 100000
rom sugar, hence the speaker is entitled
o no answer to question false on its face.
The .idge is getting old and seems to be
I'VE ling in the political barbarisms of the /
asst vainly endeavoring to resist the en-
Ightened progress of the present, and his !
peeches lack the force, clearness, fire and /
consistency that characterized those of 9
primer years.
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