Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-07-11
Senator Vest with the Sachems Of N. Y.

Senator Vest with the Sachems of N. Y.
At the Tammany Celebration on the 4th
of July, Senator Vest, of Mo-, was called
upon for 'long talk"
Senator Vest bowed and smiled his ap-
probation of the ovation he received when
he was introduced to make "lOng talk"
In the course of his speech he said it was
significant feature of the day we celebrate
that men of all creeds and nationalities uni
ted around the altar of freedom.
Norman, Saxon and Dane are we,
But Americans all in our love of thee.
In the temple of liberty erected by the
ferson was high priest. 81 worship no man
living or Dead" said the speaker, "but if
could kneel to any man it would be at the
grave of Thomas Jefferson"
Senator Vest reviewed the history of the
early days of the contest between the fed
eral party and the repnblicans-between
Hamilton and Jefferson. To-day" he said,
| 1--WE fight for the great truth for which JEFF
ferson lived and died-'equal rights to all
and exclusive privileges to none.' ZAP
plause.] Jefferson would not sanction the
doctrine of allowing Congress the power of
unlimited taxation. That is the doctrine
of the republican party of to-day as it was
of the federalists then. They believed in a
privileged class, and so do the republica ms
of to-day. Their high tariff doctrine means
simply catering to the rich manufacturers
at the expense of the workingmen. Zap
plause.]
| "The democratic party, as founded by
Thomas Jefferson and exemplifed by Cleve-
land-[great applause]-will live to read
the funeral notice of the republican party
as it did the federal party. have differed
with Grover Cleveland as honest men will
differ, not because 1 blamed him for exc
cutting the laws of the country, but because
I would have gone further than he did in a
certain direction. But honor and respect
Grover Cleveland.
sit was sixty years ago to-day that Thorn
as Jefferson died-he, the founder of our
great party, upon the natal day of his coun-
try. The standard of the democratic party
has passed on down from hands to hands
until it is now in the firm and steadfast
grasp of Grover Cleveland"
| This was the signal for a tremendous
burst of cheers for Cleveland. Then some
body called for three cheers for Thurman,
"the old bandanna," and they were given
with will.
Continuing, the speaker said that every
acre of land voted away by the republican
party in Congress to railroad monopolies in
the West had been won by democratic
craftsmanship. And yet to-day the repub-
lican party claims that all the wealth and
| growth and progress of the country had
been due to republican administration.
Laughter. But during the three periods
when the democratic party was in control
the growth of the country had been greater
than under the republican regime
REPUBLICAN ISLANDERS.
The workingmen of the country were told
four years ago that the advent of the demo-
Gratis to power meant that the hum of indus
try would cease, that gaunt famine would
stalk abroad, that the Confederate war debt
would be paid and that the negroes would
be put back into slavery.
81 to day arraign the republican party as
guilty Of libel and SANDER upon the truth
of history" said the Senator.
SIT is libel on our workingmen TO saw
that, with open markets, they cannot COM
pete with any people on earth. Applause. ]
| The courage and skill of the American
workingmen will lift the crest of the work
ingmen of the United States as her eagles
were lifted by the armies in the field dur
ing the great Rebellion.
"The republican party, in its Chicago
platform, declares in favor of Chinese wall
around the country. It's statesmen pro-
pose, without regard to any surplus in the
Treasury, to impose what taxes they please
A few years ago a factory owner in Massa-
chusetts-he was a republican-imported
some Chinese workmen for his shops His
men we're mobbed and driven away by the
outraged workingmen of this country.
To-day the republican candidate for the
Presidency stands upon the same platform.
He stands upon Chinese platform
Kisses He has voted in Congress for the
introduction of Chinese into this country
Misses I favor the coming here of every
foreigner who comes to partake ia our
| civilization. Applause. The gallant
Irisbman, the sturdy German, the hardy
Swede, arc invited to come through the
open doors of the Republic. But I have
stood against the entrance of these Chinese,
who bring us nothing but their vices and
add nothing to our wealth. They are
parasites, and worse than parasites ZAP
plause.
| THE IRISH VOTE.
The Senator spoke of the attempts of the
| republicans to deceive the Irish born voters
by pretending to be their friends and by
high sounding advocacy of homo rule for
Ireland. The tail of the British lion was
being twisted and adjectives and incentives
were being hurled at the democrats charg-
ing them with being in the British manu-
fac5urers' interests. The orators of the re-
publican party, in their crazy efforts to
secure the Irish vote, might be expected
before the campaign was over to assume an
Irish brogue-[laughter]- lin addressing
Irishman, and to go about the country in
jaunting car. But the speaker predicted
the failure of all such Efforts.